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Abusing undo for infinite time limit

Posted: 03 July 2019, 04:28
by VolgaChaser
Hi,

Recently I was playing a game against CraWieR, 4 minutes per turn. We are ranked 2 and 4, so we were both taking the game very seriously. Near the end of the game this player was having trouble deciding on moves, so when I asked them to commit to a decision once their clock ran out they started furiously and repeatedly making a move and undoing to stop me from having the option of skipping them. They ended up extending this turn for over 15 minutes, and the whole game for over 2 hours. (Maybe irrelevant, but they were well under a 1% chance of winning by that point.)

I went to submit a bug abuse report, but haven't been able to find a bug for it. Since this is abusable in any game on this site with an undo button, I assume the devs are aware of this and either I failed to find the correct bug to tag to my report or it is considered acceptable behaviour.

Can anyone here shed light on this?

Thanks.

Re: Abusing undo for infinite time limit

Posted: 03 July 2019, 04:47
by Jest Phulin
Just as a heads-up, you will generally get better responses from the administrators if you focus on the bug, and not on the player. When you say "against <<PlayerName>>" rather than "against an opponent" it makes you sound like a whiner who wants to start a smear campaign against a specific player, rather than someone looking to make the site better.

Re: Abusing undo for infinite time limit

Posted: 03 July 2019, 04:58
by VolgaChaser
Sure, although in this case it is about both. I'm looking for input on this bug (does a report exist, is it a known thing - search didn't bring anything up), but I don't feel its inappropriate to name an abusive player. Maybe others have experienced the same, or will in the future, and will find this thread.