Accidentally resigning a game.

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JamieDelarosa

Nope.  Not if the site wants continued patronage

rishabh11great
PsYcHo_ChEsS wrote:
Elena wrote:

no it cant be undone

i guess u shouldnt have been so sure that u wanted to resign when it asked u if u were sure

Why does everyone have to be a smart*ss? I obviously "wasn't sure" - it was an accident. It's possible to inadvertently click a button, you know. Reading these forums, it seems it's happened to other people also.

You clicked 2 times so its clearly your fault.

RedIscariot
PsYcHo_ChEsS wrote:

1) The resign button is available within analysis mode. You can't make your actual game move within analysis mode, yet you can resign the game? Doesn't seem logical. 

[...]

3) The "Are you sure" confirmation popup comes up immediately below the resign button.

From the maker of the hit Chrome extension Never Surrender, we are proud to present...

Sometimes Surrender -- removes the resign and draw buttons (only for daily games) when in analysis mode. It also moves the confirmation dialogue to the top of the screen.

RedIscariot
theendgame3 wrote:
RedIscariot wrote:
PsYcHo_ChEsS wrote:

1) The resign button is available within analysis mode. You can't make your actual game move within analysis mode, yet you can resign the game? Doesn't seem logical. 

[...]

3) The "Are you sure" confirmation popup comes up immediately below the resign button.

From the maker of the hit Chrome extension Never Surrender, we are proud to present...

Sometimes Surrender -- removes the resign and draw buttons (only for daily games) when in analysis mode. It also moves the confirmation dialogue to the top of the screen.

Or even simpler.....................

DO NOT PRESS THE RESIGN BUTTON TWICE.

You mad?

RedIscariot
theendgame3 wrote:
RedIscariot wrote:
theendgame3 wrote:
RedIscariot wrote:
PsYcHo_ChEsS wrote:

1) The resign button is available within analysis mode. You can't make your actual game move within analysis mode, yet you can resign the game? Doesn't seem logical. 

[...]

3) The "Are you sure" confirmation popup comes up immediately below the resign button.

From the maker of the hit Chrome extension Never Surrender, we are proud to present...

Sometimes Surrender -- removes the resign and draw buttons (only for daily games) when in analysis mode. It also moves the confirmation dialogue to the top of the screen.

Or even simpler.....................

DO NOT PRESS THE RESIGN BUTTON TWICE.

You mad?

You're the one thats struggles resigning accidentally. 

Not anymore. wink.png

EamonB1
Elena wrote:

no it cant be undone

i guess u shouldnt have been so sure that u wanted to resign when it asked u if u were sure

Hey eff off the dude just asked a question...

RedIscariot
theendgame3 wrote:
EamonB1 wrote:
Elena wrote:

no it cant be undone

i guess u shouldnt have been so sure that u wanted to resign when it asked u if u were sure

Hey eff off the dude just asked a question...

+1 I agree, I was sceptical when I first read this problem but I fully understand the issue now. My apologies to @PsYcHo_ChEsS and @Redlscariot.

 

No worries on my end, man. Jumping to defend developers when users are overly critical isn't a bad instinct.

I just think this particular issue has turned into a meme at this point, based on the tone of this (and similar) threads. lol

PsYcHo_ChEsS
theendgame3 wrote:
EamonB1 wrote:
Elena wrote:

no it cant be undone

i guess u shouldnt have been so sure that u wanted to resign when it asked u if u were sure

Hey eff off the dude just asked a question...

+1 I agree, I was sceptical when I first read this problem but I fully understand the issue now. My apologies to @PsYcHo_ChEsS and @Redlscariot.

 

It's all good. Thanks for understanding. I probably would have been doubtful myself about the problem till it happened to me.

Strangemover

What's this an apology and a retraction on the chess.com forums? I don't believe it! 

lfPatriotGames

Judging by how many people are so intent on resigning, and demanding other people resign, they probably got a lot of complaints that the resign button was way too small and way too hard to find. Probably no matter how easy they make it for someone to resign, someone is going to complain it's not easy enough. 

RichColorado

I was playing a team match two games and i was in analysis and accidentally hit the small resign and hit "are you sure" by accident. It was on my 10th move and had no reason to resign. I notified my club it was accidental, put a note on the match board, sent my opponent what happened. . .

We still were playing the second game and two moves later my opponent resigned when there was no reason to. . . 

That was a gentleman and i made him my friend . . .

I notified chess.com the problem of hitting the resign link and they should move it. . . But the only thing they said is "Send me a screen shot of the problem" . . .

I use a Kindle and it doesn't take screen shots . . .

I still hit RESIGN by accident but i try to be more careful . . .

Moving the click link is not a big thing to do. I know since i program HTML . . .


 

RichColorado

Wait till it happens to you then you will have satire . . .

RumbleSweatSkin

This has just happened to me in my first tournament . Early on as well. Very disheartening. I don't think I'll be letting my free trial continue to a pair subscription. They really ought t move the button as it's far too easy to make a mistake on a tablet.

archaja

You are not alone!

Have a look here: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/site-feedback/resigning-by-mistake-bad-site-design

archaja

Good that you informed the stuff. I think if enough people tell them maybe finally they will remove that useless button! For me it happened only with my tablet and my solution is: when I do analysis with my tablet (on the road) I switch off the internet connection. That is a bit akward, but save!

PsYcHo_ChEsS

Yep. Seems to happen to people quite often, yet they still don't consider changing the design. Again, the problem is twofold. The button itself is in a position where it's too easy to accidentally click it, and the confirmation pops up right by the resign button. I've argued that if the confirmation is moved so that it pops up on another location on the screen (upper left corner, maybe) then it would solve the issue. 

archaja
PsYcHo_ChEsS hat geschrieben:

Yep. Seems to happen to people quite often, yet they still don't consider changing the design. Again, the problem is twofold. The button itself is in a position where it's too easy to accidentally click it, and the confirmation pops up right by the resign button. I've argued that if the confirmation is moved so that it pops up on another location on the screen (upper left corner, maybe) then it would solve the issue. 

Yeah - good point!

BigGee9

I resigned by accident. Felt bad I dumped on my opponent. Sorry.

glockdave
Why use an Apple Pencil to play chess? It’s for drawing.
pazminoj

Es para presentar una queja ..mi partida de hace como 10 minutos dice que pierdo por desistir, nada más falso, se pierde porque falla la conexión..teniendo superado al rival y no me marca la jugad que hice