posted by Dr Feelgood (Dr Feelgood) on 04/02 at 01:06
What is the consensus in resigning a game that you have no hope of winning?
Some people seem to be highly offended if a game is resigned "just because the opponent is losing". Others seem to be annoyed at having to play out a game where the outcome is quite obvious.
My opinion is if one player has no hope of winning, why not resign and move on to a fresh game? However, I seldom resign for fear of offending those who think I'm quitting "just because I'm losing".
why not send a message first to ask if they mind your finishing the game early? I'm always happy to end a game but the polite thing to do is get the ok first
Here's my take, for what it's worth: If it's a match and I'm just resigning a game, I'll do that and send a "GG, congrats, GL" sort of message. That doesn't seem to offend people.
In just a single game, if my situation is hopeless and we're more than a couple of turns away from the game ending anyway, I'll typically send a message saying congrats, I have no chance here, I'll resign on my next turn. That gives my opponent time to reply before I end the game. That seems to work pretty well.
Of course, this all assumes the game really is hopeless. I'm a bit pathetic: If I still have any chance, even if it means I'd have to roll four doubles in a row, I'll keep playing -- in hopes that I roll four doubles in a row! ;-) But if it's really hopeless, I actually think it's polite to resign, you're acknowledging your opponent's victory. And I suppose you're also being gracious, in that if you kept playing the game out, it's always possible something would happen and they'd time out and you'd "win" even though really you'd lost. That said, though, I've never been offended by someone not resigning.
-- T.J. :-)
Re: Resigning a Game
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posted by heartsvertigo (Bob Bowman) on 04/02 at 21:39
It's not pathetic to keep playing if only a longshot allows you to win. This is merely maximizing your chances, and not the mark of a weak player. The bulk of my backgammon experience has been playing in the real world for money, not cyber games. You can't resign games prematurely and expect to make money(or win matches)
Well, maybe I was joking a bit on the pathetic part.. ;-)
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posted by Dr Feelgood (Dr Feelgood) on 04/04 at 02:20
Thanks for your thoughts! This is something that has troubled me for a long time. Especially in tournaments where I might be playing a slow player, I have NO hope of winning, and the next round can't begin until we finish our slow moving game.
T.J. wrote:
"If I still have any chance, even if it means I'd have to roll four doubles in a row, I'll keep playing -- in hopes that I roll four doubles in a row!"
Very much it would be desirable, that the button "resign" was far away from the basic buttons because I some times nearly have not lost by foolish accident, losses and so enough.... Excuse for troubling, thanks, yours faithfully valeri
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