Author: Steve
Date: 00:11:35 10/31/99
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On October 30, 1999 at 00:19:49, Lanny DiBartolomeo wrote: >I Decided to try out ICC and see if id pay to play, I was playing things seemed >ok and then I was booted in the middle of a game, I logg back on and this >wonderful peron doesnt want to finnish, so ok I seek a game and it automatically >rechallenges him and i get declined , fine with me someone else plays me. this >went on day after day he seemed to be on everytime i was there I Tried talking >to him to finnish and no reply , I'd seek a game and it of course would >auto-challenge this guy and hed of course (auto-decline?) I decided since i am >up 2 pawns I may as well get this game adjudicated,I had waited over 5 days. >They told me that i needed to wait atleast a week so i did i waited 11 days >total and sent request again, they message me back saying he has until the >28th?? (WHAT THE HECK?) mean while i was getting driven MAD with him declining >every time i wanted to seek a game.(atleast if that stopped It would be >bairable) >I could resign the game but it got to a point in my mind that he isnt going to >pull this garbage. Now i wait until this morning and requested again an >adjudication and They message me back saying we have requested that ----- resume >his game with you Good luck! WHAT THE HECK!!! does this player know someone or >what! >ive waited too long can i complain to someone else? I dont mean to sound like a >raving Lunatic or knit picker but if they cant be reasonable ... I know i should >just let it go but it got me soooo riled up that now its personal to me I am not >EVER going to join there NEVER. peace and love too all :))) >Lanny As some other posters noted, this problem rarely occurs, because most members of ICC are decent people, but you are absolutely right that ICC needs to adjudicate games more quickly when someone is being a jerk. I suggest that you e-mail them with your concerns and see what kind of response you get before you give up on the club.
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