kaynight wrote:
I'm noticing a strange prevalence of players who, instead of getting on with it, will simply post about this time after time. Franky,it is doing one's head in. Please give it a rest.
Amen
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Yeah, this phenomenon will never go away --
However, chess.com does deal with players who seem to do this too often.
"players who [...] will simply post about this time after time"
This is the first time I've posted about it. Calm down. It's a genuine question, one which may have a reasonable answer. I'm not complaining; I'm just looking for their perspective on why pressing the Resign button isn't worth being reported for violating Chess.com policy.
But yeah, let's all pounce on the new guy for bringing up a topic that may have been discussed before.
Apr 8, 2015
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The best answer is because they can. If you search the forums you can see why kaynight reacted the way he did. It's the reality of Internet chess.
Just happened to me for the first time. Opponent was losing at least a piece, then dropped queen, then offered a draw and just stopped moving. It's odd to take a loss in a bitz game so hard. (MY goal is to loser a lot so I can find gaps in my play & improve for OTB.)
Jan 25, 2020
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Yesterday I played a 30-minute game and I had mate in 1 move after 10 minutes into the game. My opponent left me hanging for 12 minutes before disconnecting. He asked me at one point while I was waiting if I'd accept a draw which I denied After he disconnected, I checked he was a bad sport. Chess.com noted that they sent him a warning, that if he continued disconnecting he would only play opponents who were bad sports.
I'm noticing a strange prevalence of players who, instead of resigning, will simply disconnect and make me wait two/three minutes before playing another game. This has happened three times to me just in the past week.
I'm pretty sure it's not coincidental, because no disconnects have happened on the other end in a long time unless I'm in a winning position. (On principle, if someone disconnects when I'm in a losing position, I resign.)
Why do people do this?