EPTWhen Game Is Paused, Opponent Should Not Resume - Page 2
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TelecoM
United States10894 Posts
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Master of DalK
Canada1804 Posts
I've gotten phone calls all the time for work and I'll pick up and keep playing and I might play worse but if the calls so important and I really must have those extra 20 ladder points, that's on me not the other person. I find 99% of people are more than cool if I write "pp" and then also the reason why immediately after before I pause, if I write pp and they dont okay it I keep going. | ||
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5546 Posts
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-Kyo-
Japan1927 Posts
edit; also, expecting blizzard to make any changes like this after their recent announcement is a big: xD | ||
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Malongo
Chile3479 Posts
On November 22 2020 10:46 geokilla wrote: I literally pause, and before I can even answer it to see who it is, the game is resumed. If it was a long phone call then yeah it's understandable. But at least give me 5s to type out "phone" man. If this was a rated chess game on the board I wouldn´t even think to stop the clock because my phone rang. If this was a rated game online I wouldn´t even have the chance to stop the clock. Likewise If I stop a starcraft game to check the door I feel I´m just abusing my opponents goodwill. Even if it is something truly important for ME. A ladder game is part of a competition. If I want to take it seriously I may as well not answer the door or mute my phone. And the one thing I dislike the most, is how people in this thread misunderstand being Polite with doing whatever others want you to do. Goodwill and politeness are different. | ||
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insitelol
845 Posts
But in return you just autolose when you press pause. Players can continue playing but no matter who leaves first player who touched pause is count as loser. | ||
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Pangpootata
1838 Posts
One day when you wait for a paused opponent out of goodwill, this will happen to you (3:08 on video / Volume Warning!). | ||
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leublix
493 Posts
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SamirDuran
Philippines895 Posts
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_fool
Netherlands686 Posts
On November 22 2020 18:03 insitelol wrote: 100% agree. But in return you just autolose when you press pause. Players can continue playing but no matter who leaves first player who touched pause is count as loser. I kinda like this  Would make for some funny games as well. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7460 Posts
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DSh1
292 Posts
On November 22 2020 12:35 TelecoM wrote: Luckily in Tournament games, you are usually allowed to pause if there is a legitimate reason. Yeah, but you won't be taking phone calls during that I guess? | ||
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Luolis
Finland7202 Posts
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Philippe
354 Posts
On November 22 2020 21:49 DSh1 wrote: Yeah, but you won't be taking phone calls during that I guess? I'd bet the opponent might be entitled to ask for a game loss | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12134 Posts
On November 22 2020 10:50 ZigguratOfUr wrote: A good reason to instantly unpause? I don't buy that--games take a variable amount of time anyhow, if you're immediately unpausing you're just being an asshole. That being said not unpausing is still a courtesy that the opponent is extending to you, so I don't think it's something Blizzard should be enforcing. 1) The game literally just started? If you can't sort your shit before the game starts and you request a pause right after the game loaded, WTF? Get yourself together! 2) I love people who are not exactly polite to my silence and then request a pause and expect me to be polite. Seriously? 4) I love the pauses arfter my opponent lost 4 battles in a row, I know they have much weaker army, I am going for the killing blow and suddenly they request a pause? No way, I'm winning the game and moving on, not gonna waste my time. If you don't like it, leave the game, you should have left anyway 2 minutes ago when you bathed in the storms with your bio for the epic nexus kill. 5) I am not risking a 5min pause(yeah, I had those) when I am playing the last game of the day. 6) Oh, and the holy grail of all the superb pauses are people who pause before they attack me. Then they don't realize they play me again and pause the game again before the attack. Nope, not gonna happen. But hey, maybe they really really get calls in the similar time and situation in both games, what a coincidence! 7) If they're on my ignore list, insta unpause. Sorry not sorry, if you're on my ignore list you're either a cheeser or somebody who lowered they MMR by a lot. No pause for ya. I usually don't mind waiting(although I unpause after 7 minutes, that's my limit, but sometimes I either don't have the nerves or the time(or both). 9 out of 10 times I'm gonna wait, pauses are not that often and they don't often meet my criterias for cancelling them. Edit> specifically #1 pisses me off, so sometimes i just leave and move on. I want to play the game, not wait in the pause while looking at my 1st pylong warping in... | ||
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Luolis
Finland7202 Posts
On November 22 2020 23:18 deacon.frost wrote: 1) The game literally just started? If you can't sort your shit before the game starts and you request a pause right after the game loaded, WTF? Get yourself together! 2) I love people who are not exactly polite to my silence and then request a pause and expect me to be polite. Seriously? 4) I love the pauses arfter my opponent lost 4 battles in a row, I know they have much weaker army, I am going for the killing blow and suddenly they request a pause? No way, I'm winning the game and moving on, not gonna waste my time. If you don't like it, leave the game, you should have left anyway 2 minutes ago when you bathed in the storms with your bio for the epic nexus kill. 5) I am not risking a 5min pause(yeah, I had those) when I am playing the last game of the day. 6) Oh, and the holy grail of all the superb pauses are people who pause before they attack me. Then they don't realize they play me again and pause the game again before the attack. Nope, not gonna happen. But hey, maybe they really really get calls in the similar time and situation in both games, what a coincidence! 7) If they're on my ignore list, insta unpause. Sorry not sorry, if you're on my ignore list you're either a cheeser or somebody who lowered they MMR by a lot. No pause for ya. I usually don't mind waiting(although I unpause after 7 minutes, that's my limit, but sometimes I either don't have the nerves or the time(or both). 9 out of 10 times I'm gonna wait, pauses are not that often and they don't often meet my criterias for cancelling them. Edit> specifically #1 pisses me off, so sometimes i just leave and move on. I want to play the game, not wait in the pause while looking at my 1st pylong warping in... 1: There usually is a reason to pause at the start of the game. Maybe a hotkey is wrong, maybe you spilled your drink when putting it down before starting to play, etc. The list is endless. This is probably the worst reason to unpause on your list. 2: I have no idea what this even means. 3: Where is 3? 5: Doesn't this just mean you prioritize your time over others, making your statement "Sure, YOUR pause is importnat. But what about the other person who may not have the time for your pause? Have you thought about them as well? While your reason for a pause may be a good one, their unpausing may have a reason as well. For sure mine do." hypocritical bs. 7: "I unpause because cheeser  (((" Wow aren't you just a great person :DD | ||
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
But on ladder? If you have something that is more important than the game going on just go deal with it instead of wasting someone else's time. | ||
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virpi
Germany3599 Posts
If I want a pause, I type 'pp', but it's totally fine if the opponent unpauses. It's not really nice etiquette, but it's an online multiplayer game. If the opponent doesn't want to wait, it's fine. | ||
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aringadingding
481 Posts
Your suggestion would however be potentially very, very annoying. | ||
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
My general take on this is if I get a call or something worth answering I just leave the game. I don't want to waste the other person's time, especially if it ends up being longer than 30 seconds or something. I think leaving is the more courteous thing to do than pausing. It's just a game and one loss isn't the end of the world. | ||
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