jurek: No, I haven't proposed any change to the scoring rules, only to the criteria used for determining when the game ends. Nevertheless, after thinking about it some more, I've realized that the two issues are not independent. My proposal is not suitable for use with BrainKing's Japanese-style rules, as it would have made joshi tm the loser when he clearly deserves the victory. I could say more about rules and scoring, but this is the wrong board.

I withdraw my specific proposal, but I agree with joshi tm and others that this problem needs to be fixed. Arbitration is not a perfect solution, but it would be far better than nothing.