Reasonable waiting period

[Montana Grizz]

What is a reasonable waiting period before claiming a victory :chin:

If you email your opponent once a week and never get a responce, how long should one wait?

This question takes into consideration that your opponent has not informed you of any delay (computer problems, internet problems, illness, vacation, work situations, etc.)

Appreciate any club rule information or personal opinions.

Pat

[Antoni Chmielowski]

Here are the rules Pat

https://www.theblitz.club/rules_of_engag...Game/rid=9

[Montana Grizz]

Thank you Toni,

I hope the hand is better.

Pat

[Antoni Chmielowski]

Nope,

still in a cast for another 3 weeks .....

Thank you Toni,

I hope the hand is better.

Pat

[Crossroads]

Posted this originally on another thread, this one seems more appropriate however.

What happened was that I sent a flare to someone I lost touch with some six weeks ago. I asked the following open question as well:

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Fellow members - what is the common thing to do in a case like this?

I would of course prefer to continue with the game, but if it has been a while I would just like to clean the PC from extra files and move on...

This has happened to me just once before. Reported the game as a draw then, as only a one third was completed, which is the case now as well.

My main motivation to report the game at all is the fact that I am quite new here and would like to show others that I am fairly active and a reliable gamer as such...
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Advice appreciated

[Herr Straße Laufer]

Rule #9 gives it three weeks.
I've had games abandoned for up to six months! 99% never that long a period of time. :eek1:

It depends on the opponent. Or, if I forget a game (or two) that I was playing. :smoke:

Just follow the Rule #9 instructions?



HSL

[Crossroads]

Rule #9 gives it three weeks.
I've had games abandoned for up to six months! 99% never that long a period of time. :eek1:

It depends on the opponent. Or, if I forget a game (or two) that I was playing. :smoke:

Just follow the Rule #9 instructions?



HSL

Yes, Rule #9 is very clear.

My question was slightly off-topic though... I was wondering what to do as in both my cases I had pretty much played a third of the scenario, some 6 out of 18 turns or so... I guess I was asking as when to apply Rule #9 regarding turns played...

Registering Major Victory seemed somehow undeserved? Registering a Draw gives the opposite side points even less deserved?

Having played at least half way through the scenario would have seemed more deserving. As I mentioned, the motivation to register the game has to do with a wish to appear as a legitimate player to others (ie. as some who does more than just babbles on and on in the MB :) )

A good rule of thumb is of course not to do anything one has second thoughts about. Maybe I should just delete the files and move on.

Thanks!

- Herr Kreuzung

[Antoni Chmielowski]

All ROE #9 does is set the criteria for claiming, the level of victory you want to claim is up to you.

If you want to claim a draw then thats what you do, if you want to claim a Major Victory, again thats up to you.

Rule #9 gives it three weeks.
I've had games abandoned for up to six months! 99% never that long a period of time. :eek1:

It depends on the opponent. Or, if I forget a game (or two) that I was playing. :smoke:

Just follow the Rule #9 instructions?



HSL

Yes, Rule #9 is very clear.

My question was slightly off-topic though... I was wondering what to do as in both my cases I had pretty much played a third of the scenario, some 6 out of 18 turns or so... I guess I was asking as when to apply Rule #9 regarding turns played...

Registering Major Victory seemed somehow undeserved? Registering a Draw gives the opposite side points even less deserved?

Having played at least half way through the scenario would have seemed more deserving. As I mentioned, the motivation to register the game has to do with a wish to appear as a legitimate player to others (ie. as some who does more than just babbles on and on in the MB :) )

A good rule of thumb is of course not to do anything one has second thoughts about. Maybe I should just delete the files and move on.

Thanks!

- Herr Kreuzung

[Crossroads]

Yes, and I assume whether to claim anything at all that's up to me as well. I am considering that very strongly (not registering this game at all).

But my question remains: are there any common practices as how far in the game one should be before the Rule #9 is typically applied?

Maybe I should create a personal ROE that once a game is over half way through, or let us say I have played more than 8 (add a number here?) turns I will regard it as a game worth reporting?

Of course, I hope this is something I would not need to consider often at all. So far I have a 20% non-completion record at games I have started, though...

[Herr Straße Laufer]

One turn or ten turns. Why should it matter? :dunno:
If a member begins a game and then walks away, without a word, why is it so horrible to claim a major?
You are the one who still wants to play and made every effort to do so. In the least your disappeared opponent might just learn a lesson?

Or, as you wish, I have reported plenty of draws in matches where my opponent went away. :)

It is left to the members discretion? I think that is a good thing.



HSL