Hi there,
I was playing a game when the recent reset happened. After the reset, I refreshed the page to get back to the game. My opponent did not. They probably didn't know that the reset only took a few seconds and that they could refresh the page to come back to the game in progress. Heck, I don't know how resets work--maybe there was no refresh necessary? I won the game on time, but I'm pretty sure the other player just didn't know that they could come back.
The "Lichess will reset in X minutes" warning should tell players that they can return to their games in progress. Many (myself included up to a moment ago) aren't aware that this is how it works. This time, I ended up "winning" because of it, but a lot of people are probably "abandoning" games they would otherwise have played out.
Thanks.
I was playing a game when the recent reset happened. After the reset, I refreshed the page to get back to the game. My opponent did not. They probably didn't know that the reset only took a few seconds and that they could refresh the page to come back to the game in progress. Heck, I don't know how resets work--maybe there was no refresh necessary? I won the game on time, but I'm pretty sure the other player just didn't know that they could come back.
The "Lichess will reset in X minutes" warning should tell players that they can return to their games in progress. Many (myself included up to a moment ago) aren't aware that this is how it works. This time, I ended up "winning" because of it, but a lot of people are probably "abandoning" games they would otherwise have played out.
Thanks.