Why people refuse to resign?

I know sometimes people just WONT resign.

I honestly prefer it if people dont resign, so i can practice my endgame

When half your wins result in resignations, it's hard to practice endgames

I remember a GothamChess video where he said as he was winning against a bot, "Um, what do I do now? I don't have much endgame practice, folks are generally resigning at my level."

Yeah, and i presonalky

*personally love endgames

Why? You are entitled to play to a checkmate even if you are down a gazillion points of material. They are entitled to play the game they see fit, including promoting to bishops and knights. It cuts both ways.

And if you let the the clock time out in a lost position instead of resigning, it is expressly against chess.com's sportsmanship policy. You can be sanctioned for doing it, and I hope you will.

This is significant, if someone enjoys playing chess. Often a position, not just endgames but middle games too, looks completely hopeless. But the challenge is to find the draw, or even win. Most of the time of course that wont happen. But it's surprising how often it does.

And the practice works both ways. Practice finding the draw (or win) and practice avoiding a mistake.

Yeah, but i guess some people dont think too.much about, at least for me, most of my games end in middle game, so endgame is pretty rare in my case, yet it still really fun

Agreed Sure it may be perceived as unpleasant, but I do feel that people are entitled to their choice of how to play out their game. If it's clear their intention and you don't want to entertain it, you can resign.
Though for me, I only promote to bishops/knights etc. if I let the person know over chat and they're okay with it. Because I'm aware it may not be fun for everyone. Had the urge to sac my queen and checkmate with three knights the other day and asked my opponent if that would be okay, and she was like sure XD

Choosing to never resign was the absolute best decision I ever made for my chess. It allowed me to enjoy the game in whole new ways, it's hard to even describe without trying it out for yourself.

Once you go a few thousand games without resigning you eventually beat it out of your system completely, and it's no longer something you even think about anymore.

I've played thousands of games online against masters and not resigned a single game. If I played Magnus Carlsen tomorrow in a classical game, I would play out till mate.

:stockfish

The higher your rating gets, the more often the "winning" you do in the middle game is just obtaining a winable end game. The endgame is actually the hardest part of the game because it is often possible for humans to calculate accurately with very few pieces on the board and known winning strategies. This makes the endgame interesting and exacting.

best post of the thread

OP is just a clown that wants to try to win games he's losing, but doesn't want others to force him to win games he's winning

would be an honor to be blocked by such a poor sport

Sometimes people don't resign just for the fun of playing chess, or sometimes the game might end in a draw. You can also use this for practice by learning how to convert a position if it is still possible. Also, those on the higher levels of chess have a better reason to resign as they know that their opponent is good enough to get the win without stalemating. However, those on the lower levels of chess can't assume their opponent will see the winning moves. That means players around 500 elo are more likely to end a lost game with a stalemate when compared to those who are 1500 elo. 
Note: Sorry if this was poorly written. I wrote this while half-asleep.

anyone who wonders if not resigning still pays off at a very high level should check this recent blitz game of mine: https://www.chess.com/game/live/75166430937

LOL

Like the game where I got stalemated when my opponent has 2 queens and a rook