Time Out Poll
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Time Out Poll
Several players have complained about what they perceive as inappropriate time outs, so I'd like to see what the general attitudes of the community are on time outs.
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Time Out Problem
I fully agree that the time out problem here is no worse than on other sites. This is the only site I know of where anything is done about the problem. Greg will take away some of the time of someone who seems to not be moving or resigning in a clearly lost game. More players should complain so that Greg can do this more often. Another possible step would be to rate us all according to the percent of our games we time out. Players with too high a percent could have their game invitations flagged and could be subject to exclusion from the game invitations posted by others. I do believe that this could be an automated process once Greg found the time to write the code.
Penalizing Timed Out Players
I am confused about just how players are penalized for timing out. It seems some of the 3000 ranked players have losing records, but all losses are time outs. How then do they keep a perfect rating? Does their rating not drop even though they had a time out?
If not, I would suggest that it does.
If not, I would suggest that it does.
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Timed out games
Another question on that topic : when a player times out, what is the rule for his opponent to be granted a won and see his rating modified? Is it a matter of moves played before the time out? (To be more specific : it seems to me that when I time out, my rating automaticaly drops while it doesn't necessarily raise when my opponents time out).
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Please Answer
This is something I am still wondering about so could someone please answer pblanctranchant's question?
Thanks
Thanks
I'm in my first tournament, and really enjoying myself. I've never played online except informmally with people I know, and I'm impressed by the way it works. I wondered about people abandoning lost games instead of resigning, and I'm searching all the threads about it. I resigned like a gentleman in games where I was clearly beaten and outclassed, sometimes hanging on a few moves for the education but not wnating to insult anyone's intelligence or waste their time - that seems the expected etiquette, and it makes sense to me.
It is frustrating that in a couple of games that I seem to be getting on top of my opponents have apparently wandered off. It seems a little childish... fight on or resign, I say. My rating here is only important to me because it means I'll get to play better players, stretch my muscles and get stomped. But still, it's nice to get a clear win.
It should be possible to evaluate a game abandoned before 10 moves and award the player who's been abandoned a win if it is a clear win... using a computer program would give consistent results and minimise bickering. Has this been considered? Is it a good idea?
It is frustrating that in a couple of games that I seem to be getting on top of my opponents have apparently wandered off. It seems a little childish... fight on or resign, I say. My rating here is only important to me because it means I'll get to play better players, stretch my muscles and get stomped. But still, it's nice to get a clear win.
It should be possible to evaluate a game abandoned before 10 moves and award the player who's been abandoned a win if it is a clear win... using a computer program would give consistent results and minimise bickering. Has this been considered? Is it a good idea?
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So where's the problem:
If someone doesn't move you'll get a win. If something like this happens in OTB chess. What do you do? Wait for his clock run down to zero. You win, that's it. Play another game and have fun. Why bother about others.
By the way: the major time out problem is with new users. But this does demand action in any way. It is good as it is.
If someone doesn't move you'll get a win. If something like this happens in OTB chess. What do you do? Wait for his clock run down to zero. You win, that's it. Play another game and have fun. Why bother about others.
By the way: the major time out problem is with new users. But this does demand action in any way. It is good as it is.