My computer is fast and has high speed internet. And when I resigned in disgust with being unable to move (the guy, Reven9 would not respond to me when I told him about this), well, chess.com responded fine to the resignation and I was able to come right here. What's the deal?
That happens when you are disconnected. Your opponent appears to ignore your posts when you are disconnected.
I suggest that you try another method of connecting.
Was this the game? https://www.chess.com/live/game/3891615521?username=screaminggeezer
I will have our devs take look to see but most likey you had temporarily lost connection.
jdcannon If I temporarily lost connection, why did it let me resign? My connectivity is very good. I play on a pc, a fast one with high speed internet, not a smart phone.
jdcannon If I temporarily lost connection, why did it let me resign? My connectivity is very good. I play on a pc, a fast one with high speed internet, not a smart phone.
A resignation would force the client to try a reconnect to end the game; if time on the client would have run out, that also would have tried to force a reconnect. A refresh of the client should have also forced a reconnect.
A disconnection to the live server is different from a general internet disconnect and can be caused by problems between the site and the client. I don't know how the client code is set up to acknowledge a connection and/or determine disconnects or hung processes, so can't really say if it could be more robust or not.
There are some settings that might make it happen less often.
https://www.chess.com/blog/News/how-to-adjust-your-live-chess-connection
Also, things in the following article may help prevent disconnects.
My computer is fast and has high speed internet. And when I resigned in disgust with being unable to move (the guy, Reven9 would not respond to me when I told him about this), well, chess.com responded fine to the resignation and I was able to come right here. What's the deal?