This has happened to me multiple times and it's not because of a slow connection. I've watched certain players do it repeatedly; their names disappear from the seek console when someone accepts their challenge and then 10 seconds later their names pop up again after they've aborted, often several times in a row until they find somone that meets their requirements. Perhaps the right rating bracket? Want to play a particular color - who knows?
Whatever the reason, the behavior identifies a narcicsist without any manners.
I’m not sure if I’m the only one with this problem, but I figured that I might as well post and see. I know that there’s been some “fair play” policy put in place lately, but does it take aborted games into account?
One thing I’ve noticed a lot is that many of my opponents tend to abort the games before move one or after they play move one. At first, I thought that I was just being paired up with a bunch of jerks, but then I thought about it a bit and I realized the problem. My computer tends to load a new game quite slowly, taking anywhere from five to twenty-five seconds. I suppose that many opponents get impatient or think that I’m some annoying idiot and abort the game. Unfortunately for me, it usually takes me several tries to find either a) a patient opponent or b) an opponent with as slow a computer as me.
So I was wondering if perhaps some sort of “wait-time” can be put in place at the beginning of the game. The “abort” button could be initially disabled, but if say, ten seconds pass, then it could be enabled or something like that. A sort of “cooling-off” period if you will. I know an idea like this ought to be put in the appropriate forum, but I was just wondering what other Live Chess players think about this.