Starcraft – What are the victory conditions

Yes.

You should receive full points. No part of the point calculation or the change to your rating is reflected by anything that happens in game.

On an unrelated note it is considered proper etiquette to say "gg" before leaving in such a manner.

Now I'm sure someone will mention pro-matches in reference to this question. When participating in a tournament with Bo5 style matches (Best of 5 games, or First to 3 wins) experienced tournament players will actually delay a final push when they believe they have 100% chance of victory. The purpose is to cause the losing player to exert additionally mental stress in trying to win an unwinnable game and thus have them "tired" for the next game in the series.

While this behavior is not considered bad manners and is often times a signifier that you are playing against a tournament pro, it leads many professional gamers to bow out earlier than you might normally expect. Because they know they still have to play potentially 4 more games, top players will often quit if their opponent has gained a significant advantage at any point in the game.

The corollary to this behavior is that in a game N situation (or game N-1 if you're losing floor(N/2) to floor(N/2)-1), losing players will often stay longer as defeat implies elimination.

It sounds like you're building a large army and using it to gain map control, but then are falling prey to things like drops and backdooring.

If you have map control your first thought should never be: Crush my opponent, as you're essentially sacrificing an advantage (map control) for an unsure victory (because he doesn't control the map doesn't mean he can't take you). Instead your thought should be: take the map. I think you'll find this change in philosophy will lead to situations where you have a much more powerful economy than him and you're able to kill him with attrition.

Now if you're falling prey to things like BD here is a quick check list for you:

• Are you scouting? an Observer should be the first thing you build out of Robo. If you don't go Robo, a Hallucination works just as well. Sometimes scouting means sacrificing some Zealots in a pointless charge to just get inside his base.
• If you're scouting, are you seeing it coming? Overlords on the edge of your base, Starport with Reactor + 3 Rax, all of these are indicative of certain strategies you should watch out for.
• If you see it coming, how are you responding? If you have map control that means you should be able to respond quickly. Shutting down these back door attempts is often a bigger victory than a straight up conflict
• Finally, Do you have map control? If you don't have map control that means he does, and if he's beating you with map control then your problem is not "how do I deal with a base trade?" but rather, how do I regain the advantage.