EPTEtiquitte on Pause/Unpausing games? - Page 6
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RedTerror
New Zealand742 Posts
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konstantin
Mexico45 Posts
Pausing and then justifying yourself is a bad manner imho and even worse if it is the heat of the battle. If someone would ask to pause I would consider. I have a hard time concentrating myself on the game and when I am in focus and someone pauses it totally stops me cold in my tracks and its very annoying, so if the game pauses I am like "wtf" and angry already and no excuse will be good, so I unpause. I hope the new battlenet would have an option for a "no pause" game settings, play or leave. | ||
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Mastermyth
Netherlands207 Posts
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. This. But what i really hate is when i wait patiently for several minutes, and suddenly they unpause without any kind of notification. If you pause, at least have the decency to warn your opponent when you're about to unpause. | ||
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rackdude
United States882 Posts
But still, for pausing etiquette, if you're that far behind and you really need to leave your computer, please just gg. I mean, sure you can "try" to fight it out some times, but if you really need to go... then go. | ||
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stockton
United States128 Posts
The only thing is I don't understand why everyone is so unwilling to wait a few minutes if there is a pause without an explanation. I know that it is annoying, but can you seriously not wait a couple minutes? I only say this because this happened to me, I was playing at my friend's place who has a wireless keyboard. The battery in the keyboard died right as the game started. I paused to run and find a keyboard, but I obviously couldn't type why in the chat..... so i come back 20 seconds later and have to pause again. I sprint around the house looking for a wired keyboard, find one...come back and lose. I was gone less than 5 minutes. It's not like ladder games get paused very often. I've experienced maybe 3 total pauses in 150 ladder games. I think we can give our opponents a 5 minute window once every 50 games, no? | ||
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Entertaining
Canada793 Posts
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-fj.
Samoa462 Posts
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PokePill
United States1048 Posts
Is it okay to unpause or agree to pause then unpause if they 1) Are hackers 2) Are former hackers 3) Are someone you don't like 4) Are mass murderers Am I also allowed to unpause if they paused to get a sandwhich or something, which is no different than using the phone or going to the bathroom. I want to make sure I am following proper battle.net etiquette. | ||
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The6357
United States1268 Posts
On March 30 2010 09:50 konstantin wrote: If someone pauses the game without asking it first I would unpause no matter what. If you want to play the game then play, if you cant for any circumstances then just leave. Pausing and then justifying yourself is a bad manner imho and even worse if it is the heat of the battle. If someone would ask to pause I would consider. I have a hard time concentrating myself on the game and when I am in focus and someone pauses it totally stops me cold in my tracks and its very annoying, so if the game pauses I am like "wtf" and angry already and no excuse will be good, so I unpause. I hope the new battlenet would have an option for a "no pause" game settings, play or leave. amen | ||
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
That being said, I have had a few times where my opponent requests a pause for a moment, explaining his situation, and I always wait. I'd expect most people to be nice enough to do the same. | ||
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peidongyang
Canada2084 Posts
But enough of WC3, this is SC2  Anyways, always a load of dicks out there. Esp when you look a guy's game list on ICCUP and you see: Average game length : 4 minutes Race played : 100% Zerg | ||
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Zeke50100
United States2220 Posts
If they are notoriously bad players and whatnot, obviously I'll be more cautious. *"Crap. Bloody Nose." "o.0 Take as long as you'd like. no blud on teh keyboard plzplz" -Hypothetical situation | ||
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gedassan
Lithuania83 Posts
I think that is the reason I cannot tolerate waiting. Another reason is I have limited game time. And time spent waiting is not a fun time. | ||
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gedassan
Lithuania83 Posts
On March 30 2010 10:40 stockton wrote: I dont usually pause much unless it is an emergency. The only thing is I don't understand why everyone is so unwilling to wait a few minutes if there is a pause without an explanation. I know that it is annoying, but can you seriously not wait a couple minutes? I only say this because this happened to me, I was playing at my friend's place who has a wireless keyboard. The battery in the keyboard died right as the game started. I paused to run and find a keyboard, but I obviously couldn't type why in the chat..... so i come back 20 seconds later and have to pause again. I sprint around the house looking for a wired keyboard, find one...come back and lose. I was gone less than 5 minutes. It's not like ladder games get paused very often. I've experienced maybe 3 total pauses in 150 ladder games. I think we can give our opponents a 5 minute window once every 50 games, no? Problem is, when they pause without an explanation, you don't really know how long you are going to wait. It may be a couple of minutes, but it may be much longer than that. I don't care about the win/loss ratio, but I hate to lose time waiting for some stranger, really. If they care for the ratio that much, let them prioritize better instead of taking it out on me (by pausing). | ||
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love1another
United States1844 Posts
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Believer
Sweden212 Posts
I mean, isn't it more fun to barely squeeze out a win and play really well than to cheese the other player and killing him while he is AFK? I play because it's fun, do you? | ||
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Dx Fx
Russian Federation85 Posts
if i have to do something with higher prio as the game, i'm leaving the game or play the game sloppy... take the lose, of course it's annoying, especially if you were on the wining road, but there is nothing more in a game when someone finds it funny to pause the game.... | ||
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ArdentZeal
Germany155 Posts
On March 30 2010 23:07 love1another wrote: I'm with the guys who said "take all the tme you need" and take free win. anyone saw the irony between his name and the statement?  tt: let the game stay paused for a minute, wont cost you anything and you will have at least respect from your opponent. | ||
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Perseverance
Japan2800 Posts
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