Yep. Nope. It happens. It’s the internet. Be glad they didn’t kick you off their table. That was possible twenty years ago on another site.
Please resign instead of letting the clock time you out
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Jun 29, 2020
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It happened once to me in a 30min rapid game, I had to wait 23 minutes. That was really annoying.
It’s happened to me before - my opponent was WINNING and just let the remaining 17 minutes tick away down to 0.1 then used the chat to say that the clock was unfair and that I shouldn’t be allowed to win because he had 17 MINUTES to make a move.....
Yes, please just resign
Yes, please just resign
Jun 29, 2020
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#5
I hate it, but it's a fact of life. It always seems funny that the other person is clearly just irritated at losing and they think they are getting back at you. But since they are also sitting there wasting their time also (when we both could be starting another game) it reminds of someone that grabs someone and pulls them over a cliff. Both end up falling.
I believe it is immature, and unsportsmanlike conduct.
Guys, flag these stallers as "bad sports" and REPORT them!
We all need to start doing this consistently. That's the only way to weed them out. I don't actually know if chess.com acts on the reports, but I do hope so because why else would there even be a bullet point specifically for this issue in the report form?
Accruing enough "bad sport" flags supposedly kind of shadowbans you, so that you only play other people with many "bad sport" flags - which is a very efficient way to deal with these bad mannered players, at least in theory.
Jun 29, 2020
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#7
It's only happened to me in Bullet and Blitz which I don't really mind. It's only a couple minutes for me at max, but I understand how you guys are feeling in the 15|10 games for this to happen to them. On the upside, if you're a Premium Member, you can just start another game instead of wasting your time with them (you can play multiple games). If you're not one, just jump on another website or just use it as a break period. As annoying as it gets, you can't let it get to you by screaming at them in the chat.
It happens. Sometime, poor connectivity is to be blamed.
It's clear that some persons are immature and are not ready to learn more even if they lose.
Network connection too can cause such to happen, I've played online and I was about to checkmate my opponent's king then I realized there was no longer network connection available to complete the game, I waited for the network to be back, unfortunately, I lose..... (Really painful).
So, we shouldn't blame them cos some while playing have different challenges
I’ve both had it done to me, and am guilty of it. It was not intentional. I received an important call and simply had to walk away. Not that it was justified, but that it was unintentional.
That being said, it is poor etiquette to simply let the clock run down. At minimum it deprives the player a lesson in loss. We all play, and we all loose. Surely, a key to understanding how to win is understanding how to lose.
That being said, it is poor etiquette to simply let the clock run down. At minimum it deprives the player a lesson in loss. We all play, and we all loose. Surely, a key to understanding how to win is understanding how to lose.
Jun 29, 2020
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#11
Justs99171 schreef:
It takes a real loser to be gracious in defeat, but make no mistake; this is intent to cheat. There is a real possibility that you lose connection and then the game. Or what if you have to leave? When people do this, there is this miniscule percentage of games where they actually gain rating points for a game that in reality they lost; but technically, according to the web site, they are essentially gifted a win.
How significant would the amount of points gained be in the long run?
While it is bad sportsmanship I'm not sure if it really is cheating.
If you play a 10 minute game then you have a right to use the full 10 minutes.
And how would you differentiate between genuinely running out of time, thinking a long time and abandoning the game?
Should there be a mandatory tempo? Like 1 move per minute in a 30 minute game?
Farthole pantsd
Jun 29, 2020
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@Can-eh-duh "I received an important call and simply had to walk away. Not that it was justified, but that it was unintentional."
That could happen to anyone, but this happens much too often in my games for that to be the primary reason.
Resigning is one of the great things about chess. If you know you have lost, you don't have to keep playing and it isn't rude at all, like it would be in most other games.
YES PLEASE
Here is a position from a 10 minute blitz game I played today. It is black to move.
My opponent (black) can see this is a lost position, so they do nothing and let the remaining 5 minutes 43 seconds run off the clock. This is very annoying and makes the game less fun for everyone. Please just resign and start a new game.
If we are all gracious in defeat, it will make the game better for everyone.
Does anyone else get tired of this happening?