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t0afer

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Rating changes from Timeouts
Posted: Oct 15, 2022, 7:34 PM

Is it possible to exclude rating changes from games that timed out in turn based games? In live games losing on time is a real thing that comes down to skill, but gaining rating from a player who forgot, got too busy, or had some other thing happen in a "3 days per move" game is a bit silly.


watsu

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Re: Rating changes from Timeouts
Posted: Oct 15, 2022, 8:28 PM

I'm opposed to this idea. Vacation days offer a padding for the occasional move which goes past the number of days per turn (+ weekend days) limit and extra vacation days can be purchased. It's not fair to the player who doesn't time out to not gain rating points on a set they might very well have won had there been not time out.

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madmike

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Re: Rating changes from Timeouts
Posted: Oct 16, 2022, 4:14 PM

plus, a player that is losing, may decide not to play (time out) in order to not complete the loss

nedhall17

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Re: Rating changes from Timeouts
Posted: Oct 22, 2022, 4:40 AM

One compromise option would be to add a "request more time" button. That way if stuff comes up (as it will!), there's a reasonable way to manage that.

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