Could it be that players from some countries prefer to let the clock run out instead of giving up, even in really hopeless positions? Is this a cultural thing ("I just lost on time") or is the "give up"- button not obvious enough?
I don't want to complain, it is the right of every player to use his time as he wants. It still feels like... well... a waste of time, and hence slightly rude.
I agree. They should just resign.
I agree as well. Please resign.
Sometimes I give them a +15 or two, to drive home the point that they can't win. Usually they resign after a hint like that.
_____"I like people -- they're my species" {from Harold & Maude} However, there is some strange stuff that happens: I responded to e4 with KN-c6 and had a player simply sit there for 12 minutes w/o reply to give me free points.
____Most of us are in our mid 20s & beyond: when I run into a bonehead I simply imagine them to be a precocious yet immature 10 yr old.
Unfortunately I let the clock run out on my last game in the hourly blitz tournament. Pretty sure the guy reported me.
Now lichess is telling me I'm an 'engine' and I can no longer join tournaments.
Okay, I shouldn't have let the time run out. I was in the wrong. But this seems a little excessive punishment doesn't it?
Hopefully lichess admins will remove this restriction :\
while thinks are fine, it is rude to force a player to wait and win on time. when it happens does to you, though, you are in good company. famously, Von Bardeleben walked out on Steinitz in the 1895 hastings tournament. it is a jerk move, otb or online. if you don't want to play on and don't think the game is drawn, resign.
on a similar note, I have noticed that players from certain countries are far less likely to offer a rematch if they opened as white and won, then other countries.. I won't name the countries, but, I keep track, and it seems very clear to me. They are also the same countries whose players throw insults when winning.