Strange Timeout

Varg

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31 Aug 06

Varg

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Odersfelt

Joined: 20 Jan 03
Moves: 14580

31 Aug 06

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A game I was playing timed out (I won) yet my opponent has plenty of time left in his timebank - 2.74 days to be exact.
How did this happen?
Game 2100802

FabianFnas

Joined: 11 Nov 05
Moves: 43938

31 Aug 06

Originally posted by Varg
A game I was playing timed out (I won) yet my opponent has plenty of time left in his timebank - 2.74 days to be exact.
How did this happen?
Game 2100802

I've experienced the same thing but the explanation is simple:
When a game is timed out, the 'time left' note is not trustworthy anymore.
Is it a bug or a feature? No one knows.

David Tebb

Joined: 26 May 02
Moves: 72546

31 Aug 06

Yeah, it's a bug. Once someone is timed out, their timebank often jumps back up to a random level. Russ knows about this and I'm sure it's somewhere on his 'to-do' list.

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Odersfelt

Joined: 20 Jan 03
Moves: 14580

01 Sep 06

Thanks for the explanation.
Strange that I didn't notice the timeout - it was an auto one.