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Hey guys, so I've been wondering this for a while now. What is the etiquette on pausing and unpausing games?
I just played a ladder game, and was drinking some Pocari Sweat  . Unfortunately, I spilled it mid game, and paused the game, asking for a few minutes to clean up. The guy said yeah sure, but when I come back 30 seconds later with a rag to dry it up the game is already unpaused, and my minerals and gas are way high. I paused again saying "dude just give me a few minutes and we will go" to which he said he would only give me a countdown of 5 seconds and then started the game again.
Needless to say I lost that game (I wonder why?), but also there was another instance. Back while playing BW about a month n a half ago, a guy paused the game and said to give him 2 minutes, to which I responded okay. I've never been one to start a game without the other person there. But he never came back. What would you all say is the standard time limit for if a player hasn't responded to anything that you can unpause it?
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If you're playing in a tournament or something, people are usually ok with it. I wouldn't ever expect to pause a game on B.Net, though.
I mean, you might get lucky one out of ten times, but generally people take whatever wins they can get.
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If someone suddenly pauses the game and doesn't provide an explanation within about 10 seconds, I'm unpausing it. You need to at least explain why you've paused the game in order to prove that you're not just being an ass. If it's a reasonable request, I'll wait patiently for the other person to fix whatever is the problem and come back, usually up to 5 minutes or so.
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On March 27 2010 07:25 Excalibur_Z wrote:
If someone suddenly pauses the game and doesn't provide an explanation within about 10 seconds, I'm unpausing it. You need to at least explain why you've paused the game in order to prove that you're not just being an ass. If it's a reasonable request, I'll wait patiently for the other person to fix whatever is the problem and come back, usually up to 5 minutes or so.
Pretty much. I'd always instant unpause if they never said anything. But at the same time I'd always be ok with pausing if they ask if its okay.
I wouldn't expect most people on ladder to be okay with pausing at all.
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I wait for them if they pause and give a reason or at least say "give me a sec" or something. I think it's the courteous thing to do. But of course you can't expect that even half the time on random bnet matches probably, so I wouldn't be too trusting of asking for a pause against some random player haha.
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While I'd consider it good manner to let the game stay paused, I wouldn't consider it bad manner to unpause, assuming it's a normal bnet ladder game.
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It's always polite to give them 5 minutes or so, but if someone won't let you pause, remember their ID so that if you play them in the future and they need to pause, tell them to take all the time they need, so that u can get a free win.
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I always wait if someone pauses, but I never pause myself unless playing with friends. I dont trust online gamers.
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On March 27 2010 07:25 Excalibur_Z wrote:
If someone suddenly pauses the game and doesn't provide an explanation within about 10 seconds, I'm unpausing it. You need to at least explain why you've paused the game in order to prove that you're not just being an ass. If it's a reasonable request, I'll wait patiently for the other person to fix whatever is the problem and come back, usually up to 5 minutes or so.
my thoughts exactly, except I'll wait like 1 minute, not 5 
also i dont except "phone" as a good reason to pause for more than 1 minute. ITS SC TIME, NOT PHONE TIME
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Pardon me but how do you pause the game?  Had completely slipped my mind until I saw it used a bit in tourney streams and thought that might be nice to know if needed
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I always wait 5 seconds if somebody pauses then unpause. That way they think I will keep it paused and go away and I get a free win.
Strategy.
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Meh, I feel the need to go to the washroom about 1 every 10 games, and I've only had one out of maybe 20 people unpause on me. If you give a reason most people are nice enough, at least in my experience. This is gold league though, I'm sure there's more asshats in the noober ranks, and more jerkknobs in the more competitive league =P.
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On March 27 2010 08:07 Feefee wrote:
Meh, I feel the need to go to the washroom about 1 every 10 games, and I've only had one out of maybe 20 people unpause on me. If you give a reason most people are nice enough, at least in my experience. This is gold league though, I'm sure there's more asshats in the noober ranks, and more jerkknobs in the more competitive league =P.
I would instaunpause.
Go to the bathroom before games, not during. There are few things I will let people pause for. As OP mentioned, if they spill something I would let them pause. If a phone rings I would unpause so fast their head would spin. Phones can be carried to the computer.
Just some thougths about pausing.
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You guys are way too polite. I never asked anyone for a pause in any game, because I think that's a lack of respect to the other guy. If I'm waiting for a pizza delivery, I just don't play a game during that time. If you wanna play the game, then play. If you can't play, then too bad, leave.
You can't expect some unknown guy 5000 miles away from you to care because someone knocks at your door. I never gave anyone more than 10-20 secs pause. Some people are willing to wait 5 minutes, are you kidding?
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if someone make pause i ask for reason
if he say like "phone" i say "ok u have 20 secs tell him call back later" and then i unpause the game
if he wants to phone he have to leave or play while phone and u rly no need longer then 20 seconds to tell someone u call him back xD
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wow, be nice to peeps. It's just 1-2 minutes out of your life. XD
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Maybe you can't expect them to do it, but it's the nice thing to do nevertheless.
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On March 27 2010 08:17 Anther wrote:
wow, be nice to peeps. It's just 1-2 minutes out of your life. XD
Being nice to people would be to leave the game if you need to, instead of asking some total stranger to wait 1-2 minutes for you.
It's just a game, after all.
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On March 27 2010 08:07 Feefee wrote:
Meh, I feel the need to go to the washroom about 1 every 10 games, and I've only had one out of maybe 20 people unpause on me. If you give a reason most people are nice enough, at least in my experience. This is gold league though, I'm sure there's more asshats in the noober ranks, and more jerkknobs in the more competitive league =P.
what? People actually wait for you when you tell them you are going to the bathroom? I never would. That is a ridiculous reason to pause. Just wait a few minutes and piss after the game. Your bladder can't possibly be that weak.
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Naw, that's called taking it too serious =p.
I mean sometimes you just have the demeanor of an asshole and to you everyone else seems that way o_o.
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