RGG FAQ Part 3 Section 4

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3.4: How do I act towards someone I cannot see?

Playing against an opponent whom you cannot see and who may be on the other side of the world is a little bit different from playing face to face.

An excellent etiquette guide for play on the Go servers is posted on [ext] Ken WARKENTYNE's pages

Some of the main points bear repeating:

Your opponent and you may not share a language, indeed, you may be conversing in a language foreign to both of you. It is therefore essential that one is careful in the use of slang or expressions which may not be known by everyone.

Also, your opponent may be the grandmother next door or an 8year old boy in Taiwan. Do not be surprised or short with an opponent who is slow in responding or seems to misunderstand you.

Due to the intricacies of the internet, there is a phenomenon known as netlag which affects play, and in severe circumstances, can even stop play. Netlag is a function of the internet connection between your opponent and the server, and between the server and you. Netlag means that it may seem that your opponent takes a long time over his moves, whereas in reality it is the net which takes time.

Most clients can compensate for this, so you may see your opponents time left on the clock increase, once his move is registered.

Netlag cannot be blamed on your opponent, nor on the server, nor on anyone, really. Sometimes it is there, other times it is not. With the state of the internet, it is something we have to live with.

In extreme cases, netlag may mean that a player is cut off and unable to continue play. On the servers, the games thus involved are normally stored and can be restarted at a later date. In the case of disconnection, please hang around for a while and wait for your opponent to come back.

If it happens to you, try to get back on, or, failing that, send a message or email to your opponent to let him know what happened.

Needless to say, it is extremely rude to disconnect from a lost game in an attempt to save face ('escaping'). Most servers will be able to tell whether a disconnection is net related or user related. Most servers have a policy which, after a certain time, gives the game to the party which did not disconnect.


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RGG FAQ Part 3 Section 4 last edited by tapir on August 9, 2013 - 12:03
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