KGS Tips / discussion

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KGS Tips#toc4 Is it really true that the server knows that there was no connection?
Still there is a problem in those cases where the internet connection is shaky:
I describe my own experience:
fast rated game, no time problems , only about 5 endgame moves left,
opponents time (!) runs down, apparently he doesn't make a move in a simple
and even position (SE gave later a 1,5 point estimation).

I type 'Why don't you move?' etc. several times. His time zeros, THEN suddenly my time jumps to zero and I (!) have lost on time.

My guess is that my internet connection (Wifi router up on 2nd floor (AE 3rd), me playing in the living on ground floor) was not stable,
hence sometimes disconnected,
yet succeeded to re-connect just before my end of byoyomi, only in order to establish a loss on time.

My questions now:
Why did I see my opponent's time running out?
If the server knows, that there was an interruption - can it's length be measured?
Can both parties be informed of this?
(Otherwise why should s.o. add time?) tderz


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