"Abandon Pool" - Live Chess

I was playing a game of blitz chess today. My opponent fell to a couple of tactics I found, and I was up a queen, a bishop, and two pawns by move 27.

Naturally, he swore at me in chat, and then let his clock run down to something like fifteen seconds before making another move. (I responded pretty quickly and he resigned.)

(Here is the game. Not really relevant to post, but I felt like posting it anyway XD)

Later, I was browsing the forums when I found an article that mentioned that players that abandon games will be put into a special pool where they play other people who abandon games.

(Edit: Source is here: https://www.chess.com/article/view/interesting-chess-data-time-controls-and-game-results)

I'm well aware that I have "abandoned" many of my games, usually because my internet disconnects mid-game or slows to snail pace. I was wondering, is there a way to tell whether I am in this "pool", and if I am, is there a way to get out of it? I'd rather not play unpleasant people like those in the situation mentioned above.

Thanks in advance!

You get placed in the pool by having a high abandon percentage. What you describe would not get someone flagged, as far as I know, since the didn't actually abandon and ended up resigning. 

I don't think there is a way to determine if you are in that pool but you probably would know if you abandon a lot of games or not. But you get out by playing games and not abandoning them.

It's a common trick by losers like your opponent.  They leave for a while and then move right before they flag, hoping that you have left the game or are off doing something else, hoping to win on time because you aren't paying attention.  Technically, they haven't abandoned the game.  Chess.com can't prove that the person wasn't just thinking for a really long time before making the move.  Just block them and move on.  

Glad to know that pool exists. I thought nothing was done. Those in that pool who repeat the behavior and seldom play black should be put in a smaller D-baggier pool yet, and Eric should let me p in it.

BISP247 wrote:

Glad to know that pool exists. I thought nothing was done. Those in that pool who repeat the behavior and seldom play black should be put in a smaller D-baggier pool yet, and Eric should let me p in it.

That's both gross and inappropriate.

Yeah, I thought that might get him around it. I feel like there might be a chance that he didn't know that before, though, so he was put into the pool before he started resigning instead of letting it abandon after Chess.com's warning messages woke him up.

I never abandon games intentionally. I'd completely understand if I'm punished for it, since there's no way of diifferentiating between people who do things intentionally and unintentionally on the internet, but it would be nice to know my options nonetheless.

Thanks all for the replies!