On occasions, every game I start is aborted before the first move is made. At first this seemed like frivolous opponents, but then IO realized this was due to a bug.

I use Firefox 3, WinXP.

How many games? I've had 3 in a row from people just trying to make trouble.

Hi - I used to think it was a bug but then I saw some people saying they always abort if they don't get the color they feel comfortable playing. Kind of lame/annoying (not sure why they don't just create their own challenge w/ the game specs they desire).

--Tom

No. I thought this was antics too, but now I am certain this is a bug. Why:

1. I always play unrated, opponent has nothing to lose by playing black

2. I had this happen with the same opponent 12 times in a row with both colors, and he always offered rematches

3. Right after the said 12 aborts, four other opponents aborted, 2 with white pieces.

4. These were some quite highly rated players, not likely to resort to such tactics with some rated quite lower than them

5. After I reset my connection, the aborts suddenly stopped

Trust me guys, I work with software and know a bug when I see one. 

I never saw this bug, yet the new chat blocked my ability to send messages!

not a bug, evwn I abort if its not White or Player is under-rated

I'm telling you, this IS a bug! The aborts happen way too fast for this to be the result of human action.