Faray wrote: ↑16 May 2019, 18:52
Are you assuming that every person who kicks someone is because they are losing? That's a risky statement to make.
I don't kick people after one second, but if it's been 24 hours and there hasn't been anything then sorry I'm kicking and moving on. Don't get mad at the kickers get mad at the people who disappear. Sure sometimes stuff happens and I understand that, but that doesn't mean the rest of us should be obligated to stick around.
You should be getting mad at someone who doesn't honor their commitment to the game, not the person who is following the rules by kicking them.
I believe the original poster was talking specifically about unsporting people who exercise their right to expel you only when they are losing.
Let me give you an example: Some time ago, I accidentally joined a game which was 12 moves per day (instead of 1 move per day which is what I usually play). I probably should have asked my opponent to abandon right away, because as soon as I realized my mistake I knew I would run out of time sooner or later. But I didn't. That was my mistake. I fully admit that. However, here is what happened later. I ran out of time within the first 20 or so moves, when the game was at something like 15% progression. But my opponent did not kick me out. Because of the way the time increments are set up, even though a little time gets added each time it is your turn, I could not catch up, because 12moves/day and 1move/day are vastly different. So we played the game for lots of moves, from 15% progression to 95% progression, and my clock was red the whole time. But he never kicked me out, and I even thanked him for it. (We weren't talking much because of different languages). THEN, on the very last move, when I was in a clearly winning position, he kicked me from the game. I can only suppose it is because you get a bigger ELO boost for "winning" a game at 99% progression than at 15%. But from my perspective, it would have been much better if he had kicked me from the game when I *first* ran out of time. Was he within his rights to kick me out? Certainly. Will I ever play him again? Certainly not! Would you?
In summary: there are a fair number of extremely unsportsmanlike people on here. The only thing you can do is decide not to play with them and move on.
