Claiming a Victory within a few seconds or minutes or even hours is quite ludicrous. For what gain? I would rather win by out playing a person versus getting a few cheap victories.
Part of playing is always getting better. By getting a few cheap victories you get nothing of value. 😏😵🙂
Originally posted by bearballis that what you say when you play OTB chess with clocks..."oh your flag's dropped, no worry, lets carry on"??
Claiming a Victory within a few seconds or minutes or even hours is quite ludicrous. For what gain? I would rather win by out playing a person versus getting a few cheap victories.
Part of playing is always getting better. By getting a few cheap victories you get nothing of value. 😏😵🙂
fred
Originally posted by Freddie2004Of course if the position is interesting, though I tend to do this only with 5 min games. Why not put another 5 mins on the clock?
is that what you say when you play OTB chess with clocks..."oh your flag's dropped, no worry, lets carry on"??
fred
Originally posted by Freddie2004I don't like that analogy. On RHP you're timed per move not for the entire course of the game. There's a good chance that if someone hasn't made a move in a while then it's because they haven't been able to find time in their life to play chess, not because they are devoting more time to the game than their opponent. Correspondance chess really has no need to have time pressures except to give an indication of the pace you'd like a game to move at so you can find like-minded people.
is that what you say when you play OTB chess with clocks..."oh your flag's dropped, no worry, lets carry on"??
fred
To answer the original question I wouldn't have a hard rule on when to time people out. You're certainly within your rights to do it as soon as you have the option, but there are more polite courses of action. For your own sake I think you'd be better off not timing out interesting positions, or games where your opponent was moving quickly until the last move or two (they may well go back to their normal frequency). Also I'd consider sending people a message warning them that you were about to time them out, or simply asking them to move.
Mike
I agree with mikenay. As a matter of fact, I think that the only reason to time people out on RHP is to increase the rating. And if you need this to improve it, then i think you are a lousy player.
Ofcourse there are exceptions. If you have tried to reach that other person for a while without any success, if you consider it's fair enough (i'm not talking about 5 or 10 minutes), if you had warned the other person that you will time him/her out, etc.
I rather enjoy a good game, that increase a little bit my rating.
I also have to agree - I would rather lose a fun and interesting game than win by timeout after a couple of moves - the only exception i have is when it is obvious the other player is not going to bother finishing the game (this cannot be determined after only a couple of days). It's much better to finish the game (even if that means losing) cause it should be possible to learn something from it.
Although, I can understand it from non-subscribers as we only have a limited amount of games and having these games in the list does stop them us from starting new ones. I very rarely reach my 7 game limit anyway so I dont feel the need to time ppl out simply cause they haven't played in 4 or 5 days. There is no excuse (other than being greedy) for a subscriber to time someone out.
Originally posted by bearballThe gain isn't the rating boost, it's the pleasure you get from not having to waste any more of your valuable thinking time on people who are incapable of managing their timebank.
Claiming a Victory within a few seconds or minutes or even hours is quite ludicrous. For what gain? I would rather win by out playing a person versus getting a few cheap victories.
Part of playing is always getting better. By getting a few cheap victories you get nothing of value. 😏😵🙂
Yes I agree with Amourote, I set my time settings, offer them out ,people accept the terms by accepting the games. I enjoy relatively fast games, one day no timebank don't play if your not going to move once a day. Those are the terms deal with it. and to those who say"oh I had a crisis something came up", etc etc:well yawn yawn heard it all before lifes a bitch and so is chess. When something comes up in my life which stops me from playing I certainly do not expect the whole world to wait for me, swings and roundabouts folks swings and roundabouts.
Originally posted by CoconutWhich is why I said that I can understand it from non-subs - as for subscribers ... there is no real excuse other than being greedy for rating points.
I doubt many non-subs do...
Whats wrong with just letting the game sit for a while and getting on with the others you have moves to play in, if thats not enough start a new one. Ok so it annoys you that you got a static game in your list but does it really make your time on RHP unbearable?? I doubt it.
I dunno, some people are just more considerate than others I suppose.
Originally posted by MCAI was joking with you because the limit is 6, not 7.
Which is why I said that I can understand it from non-subs - as for subscribers ... there is no real excuse other than being greedy for rating points.
Whats wrong with just letting the game sit for a while and getting on with the others you have moves to play in, if thats not enough start a new one. Ok so it annoys you that you got a static game in your list ...[text shortened]... nbearable?? I doubt it.
I dunno, some people are just more considerate than others I suppose.
Originally posted by MCAFrankly yes - I prefer to have a clean break from the Internet at times, and I naturally like to have games wrapped up when that happens. As for being inconsiderate - well, that cuts both ways: if someone plays like greased lightning and then suddenly start playing like Father Tiresias once they're losing, sorry, that's their prerogative, good luck to them, but mine is timing them out like the bitches they are.
Ok so it annoys you that you got a static game in your list but does it really make your time on RHP unbearable?? I doubt it.