While "claim victory" waits a suitable amount of time in games where players are logged in, when playing anonymously, it is much more common for players to leave games when losing. Waiting time should be much shorter in anonymous games.
Could "claim victory" appear immediately if anonymous players who have good or excellent connections leave games?
i agree
cool idea!!!
After playing more games anonymously, I suggest that a delay of one second or two after an anonymous player disconnects should be enough for a "claim win" prompt to appear.
We don't need to give as much benefit-of-the-doubt for anonymous players as we need to for registered.
I don't mind waiting around, to be honest, but it'd also be good if we could know how long we have to wait.
Could you all clarfify something -- If a connection is lost by a logged on member, there is some amount of time given to reconnect before he can be forfeited ? This hour I lost my connection in a 13' + 10" casual game; I got it back in between 90 seconds and 2 minutes, but he had forfeited me for leaving the game. When I'm on the other end of it, sometimes I wait around longer than necessary. I usually call the game a draw if it's Casual and pretty even. I'll claim a win if I am in fact winning
Why are you waiting around for the claim win button to appear in an anonymous game? There are better ways to spend your time. When your opponent leaves just start a new game. You know you won, your opponent knows you won - Just leave the game as well or resign and start a new one.
Thank you, NBT. Ach, I've forgotten to keep things in perspective. :D