Stalling in lost position.

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aksuited

I do not understand why people sit for a minute and let their time run out in a lost position. This seems to be occurring more often these days. Why not just resign and move on to the next game?  It seems I encounter one person a day who engages in the behavior of stalling/ quitting game. What is the appeal of sitting in a lost position? 

Latvian_empire

some people are degenerate sore losers and waste your and their own time when outskilled as a coping mechanism

MoleQle

Cannot accept the defeat.

aksuited

Some people need to realize you cannot win them all

flametoofast
eh majority of time trying to make a stalemate, if not possible usually just sit there and do nothing, close their phone or play something else, they don’t want to resign in the possibility of maybe “wrong move that would let them stalemate” depends on what kind of players you encounter, if with small elo, more likely to make a stalemate, with big elo, most likely to not make a stalemate
flametoofast
what I mean with small and big elo is what type of player are you, if you have small elo chances of stalemate can be big, if with big elo, not rlly many chances
BobRossOfWar

what's worse, them wasting your time, or you wasting your own time with this thread that is just you complaining?

TasteyRacoon
I remember a psychologist study that boiled it down to abandonment issues primarily by a father figure, or mistreatment. It becomes a defiance/control response for their childhood. Daddy issues; although I think it’s wrong that dads got the brunt of the blame in those studies… people can just be jerks sometimes 👍🏽
RubberSoul54
Whatever. It does happen a lot. It’s wrong and it does waste everyone’s time.
DemonicArchangel

It is bad sportsmanship and happens at lower levels. Once you get higher, there is more respect among players because say if your famous and do something bad, everyone's gonna know about it and you might be screwed. That is why at higher elo people are usually nicer (maybe not so chatty) but they don't stall. There is really nothing you can do if your opponents decides to stall. Chess.com has a feature that detects it but some players are evil and sit there with their devices open and wait to make you suffer.

HolyQueen2

 there are a few reasons why players might do it:

Frustration: Some players feel frustrated about losing and find it hard to accept, so they let the time run out instead of formally resigning.
Hoping for Mistakes: Even in lost positions, some players may hope their opponent slips up or gets distracted, which could theoretically save them.
Distraction or Multitasking: Some players may lose focus or switch tasks if they know the game is lost, letting time lapse without intending to be disrespectful.
Poor Sportsmanship or Annoyance: For a small number of players, it’s a tactic to irritate their opponent or "punish" them for winning, though it’s not seen as sportsmanlike.

aksuited

Thanks for the insight Queen wink

Greggo01

It's particularly irritating in Arena when you want get as many wins as possible in a preset time.

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