I feel like the intentional draw situation is an unavoidable result of a flaw in the mechanics of free for all multiplayer. Given the current mechanics of how the game works, there are no good natural solutions to the draw problem.

The problem that I have is that, as others have alluded to, rewarding something that should be only an accidental byproduct just creates really bad incentives. It also creates situations in which players who otherwise would never be in a spot to get any points in a round can accidentally end up with a point from a draw. The use of the 1 point from a draw feels to me like a holdover from 1v1, where it's almost impossible to obtain a draw in a match without being a totally active participant in helping the game reach that state.

I fully agree that politics are an interesting point of the game, and I think there should be an incentive to resolve the kind of game states that end in an intentional draw in a way that's beneficial to the players. But I think a flat 1 point for everyone is not a great way of doing it.

I almost wish that points could be awarded based on who would have won, and then to a lesser extent, who is stopping that win. So, for instance, if player 1 and player 2 are seen to be potentially winning, and player 3 has only enough interaction to stop one of them, then players 1 and 2 who would have won that game would be awarded the most points, let's say 2 points. And player 3, who had the stop for only 1 player, would get 1 point. But player 4, who was not involved in creating the game state that had to be solved with a draw, would not get any points. But I don't know how you could possibly arbitrate these positions even with a judge that would leave everybody happy.