Can I block matching players from India?

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They always abandon games when losing and make me waste my time keeping waiting.

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Stopping being a racist would be a good start for you.
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There's no way to filter opponents by country.
You can report players who make you wait.

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I've had this complaint equally from players from all countries. Not just Indians. Some people just stall when losing. Chess dot com should have an 'inactivity timer' that forces people to move their mouse every N sec after last move to not forfeit. Otherwise they just walk away from their computer & sip a latte while we hang around for the entire duration staring at the screen. Or just ban such people after N such offences. Unfortunately chess dot com & all other chess sites want maximum users, even if it means there are hordes of such people who either throw tantrums upon losing or stall silently or start cheating.

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@Santosh Keep in mind that many players use mobile app. It is hard to monitor inactivity in their case. But I do agree stalling should be punished.

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try improving your rating a little, those things usually happen in low habitats

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ProcionA wrote:

They always abandon games when losing and make me waste my time keeping waiting.

So what, Is it only Indians? No, Everyone Aband Games, which could be purposely or by mistake. Just because 1 or 2 person from India abanded the game (you don't know whether they did it purposely or by mistake), you can't block them

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@ProcionA you are very rude to Indians 

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ProcionA wrote:

They always abandon games when losing and make me waste my time keeping waiting.

You do realize that the flag thing is just a self-identification, and we are allowed to change it to anything.   All the Indians can change their flag to Japan and that is allowed, so such a block is useless. 

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SantoshWildlifeArt wrote:

I've had this complaint equally from players from all countries. Not just Indians. Some people just stall when losing. Chess dot com should have an 'inactivity timer' that forces people to move their mouse every N sec after last move to not forfeit. Otherwise they just walk away from their computer & sip a latte while we hang around for the entire duration staring at the screen. Or just ban such people after N such offences. Unfortunately chess dot com & all other chess sites want maximum users, even if it means there are hordes of such people who either throw tantrums upon losing or stall silently or start cheating.

But not all people do this- "people just stall when losing"                                                      As I said they either do it "purposely or by mistake"

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you're right anyways, "Not just Indians everyone"

 

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Why?

Avatar of Un-de-Feat-Able

Remember @ProcionA all Indians together will block you one day, if your rude to Indians  

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ChessElder14 wrote:

Remember @ProcionA all Indians together will block you one day, if your rude to Indians  

that would actually help him in the exact way he wants happy.png

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I play a lot of three day per move games. When the game gets harder I might go back several times before I make the move, if a game is very hard it could go on for a couple of days before I decide, however the actual time spent on the game maybe an hour. Some days I literally have no time to give. There are all kinds of time sets available. Also you could play friends in a reputable club and set up things exactly as you like.

Also I would not block India from your games pool, imagine all the wonderful players and people you would never get to play and meet!

Time is a very tricky one in online chess.

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SantoshWildlifeArt wrote:

I've had this complaint equally from players from all countries. Not just Indians. Some people just stall when losing. Chess dot com should have an 'inactivity timer' that forces people to move their mouse every N sec after last move to not forfeit. Otherwise they just walk away from their computer & sip a latte while we hang around for the entire duration staring at the screen. Or just ban such people after N such offences. Unfortunately chess dot com & all other chess sites want maximum users, even if it means there are hordes of such people who either throw tantrums upon losing or stall silently or start cheating.

So, if i am thinkinh N+1 seconds , i lose the game? Nonsense

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MoveNotToMove wrote:
SantoshWildlifeArt wrote:

I've had this complaint equally from players from all countries. Not just Indians. Some people just stall when losing. Chess dot com should have an 'inactivity timer' that forces people to move their mouse every N sec after last move to not forfeit. Otherwise they just walk away from their computer & sip a latte while we hang around for the entire duration staring at the screen. Or just ban such people after N such offences. Unfortunately chess dot com & all other chess sites want maximum users, even if it means there are hordes of such people who either throw tantrums upon losing or stall silently or start cheating.

So, if i am thinkinh N+1 seconds , i lose the game? Nonsense

 

You can think all you want, provided you move the mouse every 30 sec or so, or indicate your presence at the board by some other means. Otherwise what stops me, as a hostile player, from starting a 15min game, find myself losing within two minutes, and the leave the computer & go watch TV while vindictively making you wait the entire rest of 13 min? Many people do this in longer time controls (5min & upwards) in the hope that *you* will get fed up and resign or abandon a winning position & give them a victory.

This behaviour is the biggest reason I don't play higher than 10min games though I'd like to. There has to be some kind of solution to letting time run down deliberately than to say:
"Just don't play longer time controls then..."

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SF2021 wrote:

where is this sign ?

stupidity knows no bounds 

 

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I dunno, I mean a win is a win regardless of whether your opponent gets all butthurt and let's their timer run down.

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