people abandoning games instead of resigning

I hate it

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Bro the lag today is just to much, slow snail pace chess it kills me it really does, lichess runs like a Rolls Royce engine, ok that engine maybe inside a Lada but still you'd think you'd wanna be better than your closest competitor

the number of people who I've beaten, then accepted a rematch and lost, and didn't get the tiebreaker is too many to count. your comment means nothing to me

I've noticed that people who offer a rematch play noticeably better in the rematch. Just saying.

I agree... I think after one loss, you're just more careful... At least that works for me... Then if I loose 3 or 4 in a row, well okay then, the other player is better, but sometimes it's just (bad) luck, one bad move or lack of focus...

oh!, and of course, the more games you play vs one opponent, the more statistically correctly it shows which player is better... But you know that

why do people always abandon games, why can't they just resign

Fair enough, but at least run it back to break the tie lol. Maybe they're just ELO chasing (which I never understood in low ELO)