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johnrbrown
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timed out games

Post by johnrbrown » Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:55 pm

I have found that players get to a point in the game and then they sit until they run out of time and it is posted as "Timed out" and I get no rating points. Why is that ? The player knows by the position they are lost and should resign but take the timed out way out.

I do agree that if a player never starts a match that I should get no rating points from them.
I really think this "Timed out" needs to be updated.

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Re: timed out games

Post by gmiller » Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:27 pm

The current rule is that timeouts under 10 moves won't count as a win, but still count as a loss. The reasoning being that a lot of people sign up and only make a few moves and disappear, so rating such games just inflates everyone's rating. And if you actually beat someone in under 10 moves, you probably outrank them enough that it would count for little or no rating adjustment.

Are the games you're referring to longer than 10 moves?
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Re: timed out games

Post by johnrbrown » Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:02 am

Yes they are. You can check my list of games if you would like.
I have no problems with few moves not being rated.

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Re: timed out games

Post by gmiller » Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:04 am

Can you provide the game ID of one.
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Re: timed out games

Post by johnrbrown » Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:22 am

three current games g1105391296 move 48
g110538929 time has expired move 21
g1105388920 time has expired move 23

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Re: timed out games

Post by gmiller » Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:49 pm

There's a limitation of the time display on the game page, when the time remaining has more than 8 digits (in seconds). If you look at your "all my games" page, you'll see your opponent actually has more than 100 days of time remaining. So I do need to do something about the display making it look like they're out of time.
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Re: timed out games

Post by johnrbrown » Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:25 am

Okay. You really have not solved my question.

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Re: timed out games

Post by pwillows » Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:39 am

agreed John; common courtesy & extra demerit rating for this action unless good reasons

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