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.

Mastermyth

Netherlands207 Posts

March 30 2010 01:06 GMT

#103

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.

rackdude

United States882 Posts

March 30 2010 01:34 GMT

#104

I'm usually nice with pauses though today somebody told me to pause while I had 2 collosi standing in their base, they had no units left, and I destroyed all of their tech labs and was just about to finish off the barracks (already killed the factory). When I looked at the replay, he only had 8 scvs left. He got mad at me for unpausing but after the game I messaged him and told him I was sorry if I pissed him off but the game was already over and I was waiting for the gg, not a pause. He cooled down and everything turned out alright.

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.

stockton

United States128 Posts

March 30 2010 01:40 GMT

#105

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?

Entertaining

Canada793 Posts

March 30 2010 01:44 GMT

#106

I would never unpause a game even if some1 didnt explain. Usually they just cant speak english. Although ill only wait like 5minutes tops without an explanation. At most i pause games for like 1minute i think anything longer u should'ov done before the game.

-fj.

Samoa462 Posts

March 30 2010 02:06 GMT

#107

I just leave if they don't come back soon, regardless of whether they said anything or not.. I suck anyway its not like I care about the ladder points...

PokePill

United States1048 Posts

March 30 2010 02:10 GMT

#108

I have some questions (for anyone really)

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.

The6357

United States1268 Posts

March 30 2010 02:13 GMT

#109

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

SichuanPanda

Canada1542 Posts

March 30 2010 02:41 GMT

#110

Most BNET players are going to take wins when they can get them, and might give you 30-40 seconds at max before they unpause. Once in a while you will get a well mannered opponent and he will allow the pause. I personally will always let someone pause if they have a good reason. My limit is 6 minutes. If the player in question can't get back by then I'd have to say that they probably shouldn't have started a game if they didn't have twenty-thirty minutes to play. The only times I've had to pause are spills, or my mouse being unplugged/batteries dieing (I don't use wireless mice anymore because I was tired of this, and the half second delay circa 2003 models had).

Mikilatov

United States3897 Posts

March 30 2010 02:45 GMT

#111

I'd never 'expect' someone random on battle.net to leave it paused if I paused it.

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.

peidongyang

Canada2084 Posts

March 30 2010 03:23 GMT

#112

Trust me, this isn't as bad as on WC3. Some people on WC3, when fighting in a crucial battle, pause and unpause the game, causing it to completely impossible to micro. Usually they would be going Blademaster, and you'd be getting your hero chomped, and pause/unpause makes it impossible to TP away.

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

Zeke50100

United States2220 Posts

March 30 2010 03:29 GMT

#113

I would let them stay paused, as I understand that crap happens in life. I can see the other side of it, as well. Really, it comes down to my mood. I'm generally too nice to give myself a free win, and I'd feel pretty bad because while I may not care about stats/ranks/etc, they might. Of course, I'd need a proper reason.*

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

gedassan

Lithuania83 Posts

March 30 2010 13:50 GMT

#114

I guess the main reason for me is that I lose the flow of the game if I have to wait. I'd rather just start a new game then.

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.

gedassan

Lithuania83 Posts

March 30 2010 13:54 GMT

#115

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).

love1another

United States1844 Posts

March 30 2010 14:07 GMT

#116

I'm with the guys who said "take all the tme you need" and take free win.

Believer

Sweden212 Posts

March 30 2010 14:19 GMT

#117

I always wait for the paused player to come back, if he explains in some way why he can't play right this second. I myself have paused to close some apps in the background that lagged me out, I can't see why people want their wins so much more than a competitive and fun game.

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?

Dx Fx

Russian Federation85 Posts

March 30 2010 14:37 GMT

#118

i dislike the pause function at all... either you play the game or leave it and take the lose... it's highly irritating and disturbing, if the game gets paused for whatever reason...

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....