Too Much Time....
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:43 pm
Greg -
In several of my games against sourcerer, he has not made a move since April 26th. He has also conveniently only made 9 moves in 4 of these 6 games, even though his latest login is June 17th. I also noticed that in one of his games (not against me, but another opponent), he hasn't made a move since February, and in one of his games he hasn't moved since March.
To me, this is poor sportsmanship. If you are going to sit on a game due to a vacation, I understand that. But if you are going to log in after a longer absence (I think a month and a half qualifies as a long absence), it is poor sportsmanship to not move and not give any explanation.
All 6 of the games that I am playing against him have an add time of 10 days per move. I now regret accepting these terms. I know that you have reduced think time in the past for circumstances such as this, and I would ask that you also do that in this situation. However, couldn't you also put something into the script that ends a game if there is no move made within a certain time frame....say.....30 calendar days? Quite frankly, I think that the person who doesn't move for over 30 days should automatically lose and the winner be awarded a point regardless of how many moves have been made, but I can understand that some would think that only a draw should be awarded. My reason for saying award a point for the winner is that it is not really their fault that the other person is (in my opinion) obviously not making that 10th move, so as to deny their opponent the 1 point. I consider such a situation a forfeit or a resignation because the player has abandoned the game.
It's one thing to timeout on a game with commonly accepted time perameters, or timeout due to not making their first move within 10 days. It is a completely other thing to make only 9 moves in several games and then abandon them in favor of other games or just not move for who knows what reason. That is poor sportsmanship.
Please let me know your thoughts. The games in question can be found in match m1172346334. Thanks.
In several of my games against sourcerer, he has not made a move since April 26th. He has also conveniently only made 9 moves in 4 of these 6 games, even though his latest login is June 17th. I also noticed that in one of his games (not against me, but another opponent), he hasn't made a move since February, and in one of his games he hasn't moved since March.
To me, this is poor sportsmanship. If you are going to sit on a game due to a vacation, I understand that. But if you are going to log in after a longer absence (I think a month and a half qualifies as a long absence), it is poor sportsmanship to not move and not give any explanation.
All 6 of the games that I am playing against him have an add time of 10 days per move. I now regret accepting these terms. I know that you have reduced think time in the past for circumstances such as this, and I would ask that you also do that in this situation. However, couldn't you also put something into the script that ends a game if there is no move made within a certain time frame....say.....30 calendar days? Quite frankly, I think that the person who doesn't move for over 30 days should automatically lose and the winner be awarded a point regardless of how many moves have been made, but I can understand that some would think that only a draw should be awarded. My reason for saying award a point for the winner is that it is not really their fault that the other person is (in my opinion) obviously not making that 10th move, so as to deny their opponent the 1 point. I consider such a situation a forfeit or a resignation because the player has abandoned the game.
It's one thing to timeout on a game with commonly accepted time perameters, or timeout due to not making their first move within 10 days. It is a completely other thing to make only 9 moves in several games and then abandon them in favor of other games or just not move for who knows what reason. That is poor sportsmanship.
Please let me know your thoughts. The games in question can be found in match m1172346334. Thanks.