Hi - I used to think it was a bug but then I saw some people saying they always abort if they don't get the color they feel comfortable playing. Kind of lame/annoying (not sure why they don't just create their own challenge w/ the game specs they desire).
--Tom
No. I thought this was antics too, but now I am certain this is a bug. Why:
1. I always play unrated, opponent has nothing to lose by playing black
2. I had this happen with the same opponent 12 times in a row with both colors, and he always offered rematches
3. Right after the said 12 aborts, four other opponents aborted, 2 with white pieces.
4. These were some quite highly rated players, not likely to resort to such tactics with some rated quite lower than them
5. After I reset my connection, the aborts suddenly stopped
Trust me guys, I work with software and know a bug when I see one.
I never saw this bug, yet the new chat blocked my ability to send messages!
not a bug, evwn I abort if its not White or Player is under-rated
On occasions, every game I start is aborted before the first move is made. At first this seemed like frivolous opponents, but then IO realized this was due to a bug.
I use Firefox 3, WinXP.