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Escaping
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Escaping is the practice of abandoning a game on an Internet Go server by disconnecting when one is losing in order to avoid recording a loss in the game. Aside from being exceedingly rude and inconsiderate to your opponent, it usually doesn't work; after a set amount of time, the server will usually dock the disconnector with a loss anyway.

Worst for this is Yahoo!. You may even get others jumping into the game, which is one thing I didn't like, seeing 3 to 5 opponents in a game because it does break your rhythm. -- TimBrent


You can eliminate this jumping-in behaviour at Yahoo by switching the game over to "protected" or "private" once it has started. -- Michael Richter



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