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True disconnect vs. leaving the game

Hi, everyone. Not sure if this was discussed before (my apologies if it was), but here goes...

I was just wondering if there is no real way Lichess can distinguish between a genuine disconnect (due to a poor connection) and someone purposefully leaving the game?

For example, if a person closes the game window or makes the game window not-in-focus (except in a simul), could that situation be detected and IMMEDIATELY be declared a loss? Imho, there is no reason to have the other player wait any number of seconds in this case, since their opponent purposefully left the game. I also think the penalty (temporary ban) in such a case should be immediate.

Perhaps some type of Javascript or jQuery can be used to detect that, or maybe there is another solution...

In any case, I sincerely believe this would greatly limit the cases where someone just takes off and runs down their clock.

Feedback or ideas anyone? Thanks.
if they close the tab it's instant "opponent has left the game"

if they just switch to another tab it's allowed (otherwise some fellow playing a classical and reading the news would get unfairly counted as "leaving")
Actually, I tested that and found that is not the case. When you close the window, the other party does NOT get an instant win. They are advised you are offline, but they have to wait a while until a win is declared. And you can even rejoin the game (you're actually prompted to do so if you go back to the lobby), as long as the time elapsed is not too long.

Re. the scenario with reading the news -- I could (maybe) understand it in a Classical game. But what about Blitz, Bullet or faster? Doesn't it look very disrespectful to your opponent to start a 1+0 game and then go "read the news" while they wait for you to play them?
On unstable systems like Windows, a number of reasons can cause the browser to close a tab without user input e.g. virus, third party plugin, ...
A tab, the browser, or the OS itself can also become unresponsive - forcing the user to close and restart something.
@hpekristiansen -- It's never happened to me, but I agree it can happen. What I don't get is: because there MIGHT have been a technical issue on someone else's system (i.e. possibility, not certainty) , I should be made to wait?

Also, I encountered this type of leaving-the-game behavior especially after my opponent blundered a piece. They then close the browser and go, and I am left to wait for the time to run out or for a while until I can claim a win.

It's just not realistic to assume this had anything to do with their system's instability. Too much of a coincidence. Much more likely they act like jerks (true, they maybe get a temporary ban eventually), and meanwhile my time is wasted. Not cool imho.
@Pashut I have also had many opponent making me wait after they made a blunder. There are many many posts about this subject. Some are mad that there are no official place, where you can read exactly when and how users are punished for this behaviour. It is official directly from Thibault that users are automatically punished.
I almost always play 5+3, and when people make me wait, sometimes it only takes few seconds, before I can claim a victory and other times it takes minutes. -this makes me believe that lichess punishes repeat offenders by making their gracetime shorter.
@hpekristiansen -- Thanks for your answer.

Yes, the fact there is no official place to read about how these temporary bans are applied definitely contributes to the frustration + is part of the problem. Maybe it's because they don't want to show these people how to circumvent the rules...

But coming back to my original question: is there no technical way to determine that someone closed their browser's window? If there is, then imho that should automatically be a loss, regardless of why they did it (out of spite, because they OS/browser crashed, because they got a phone call etc).

This should be rule #1: If you leave the game, i.e. close your browser or app, you lose. No ifs or buts.

And re. browser window losing focus -- I would differentiate between a Classical game (as @fpvbmct mentioned), in which case you could make the case they were "reading the news" and a Bullet game where if you want to "read the news", you should resign and then read them. My 2c.
@hpekristiansen the "automated system" doesn't do anything.

The warnings are literally useless unless you are leaving like 50% of your games or something. They're just there to scare noobs.

Tons of people ragequit and leave the game and nothing ever happens.
I often switch tabs to change my music and stuff, regardless of the time control.
"I often switch tabs to change my music and stuff, regardless of the time control."

Yeah also i play classic only atm and if my opponent thinks 3 min over something i might go watch some yt in the backround ^^
like i think its fair the way it is i remember some time back i could just start a second game when someone was running his clock down kinda anyoing this is gone :/

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