A question of manners...

wisn...@teleport.com

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Dec 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/19/97

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How long is it reasonable to wait for someone to move before leaving
the game? I'd appreciate your opinion, as I don't wish to be rude to
opponents, but I'm sometimes been stuck waiting 10 - 15 minutes for
someone to move.

Marsha

Dean Gay

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Dec 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/19/97

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Depends on if you're winning or losing the match. ;)

I usually wait about 5 minutes. Maybe a little less if it's someone
that I run into frequently and know that we won't have any trouble
finishing up; a little more if it's someone I don't know or don't run
into frequently. I also try to leave the person a message indicating
that I did wait a reasonable amount of time and look forward to
finishing soon.

Chase

Tom Keith

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Dec 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/19/97

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wisn...@teleport.com wrote:
>
> How long is it reasonable to wait for someone to move before leaving
> the game? I'd appreciate your opinion, as I don't wish to be rude to
> opponents, but I'm sometimes been stuck waiting 10 - 15 minutes for
> someone to move.
>
> Marsha

Some players are able to calculate the proper waiting time
over the table, but I find it easier to memorize the
following chart:

Opponent's Score
Your
Score: 1-away 2-away 3-away 4-away 5-away

1-away 5 min 7 min 10 min 15 min 25 min
2-away 3 min 5 min 7 min 10 min 15 min
3-away 2 min 3 min 5 min 7 min 10 min
4-away 1 min 2 min 3 min 5 min 7 min
5-away 30 sec 1 min 2 min 3 min 5 min

Tom

Morten Wang

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Dec 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/19/97

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* Tom Keith

| Some players are able to calculate the proper waiting time
| over the table, but I find it easier to memorize the
| following chart:

ROFL

is this table something I should save for my newsgroup archive? ;)

Morten!

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J...@suffolk.lib

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Dec 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/20/97

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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 11:08:05 -0500, Tom Keith <t...@bkgm.com> wrote:

>wisn...@teleport.com wrote:
>>
>> How long is it reasonable to wait for someone to move before leaving
>> the game? I'd appreciate your opinion, as I don't wish to be rude to
>> opponents, but I'm sometimes been stuck waiting 10 - 15 minutes for
>> someone to move.
>>
>> Marsha
>
>

>Some players are able to calculate the proper waiting time
>over the table, but I find it easier to memorize the
>following chart:
>

> Opponent's Score
>Your
>Score: 1-away 2-away 3-away 4-away 5-away
>
>1-away 5 min 7 min 10 min 15 min 25 min
>2-away 3 min 5 min 7 min 10 min 15 min
>3-away 2 min 3 min 5 min 7 min 10 min
>4-away 1 min 2 min 3 min 5 min 7 min
>5-away 30 sec 1 min 2 min 3 min 5 min
>
>
>Tom

And of course, multiply the result by the square root of the number of
letters in the opponents last name...

Jon

Kevin Bastian

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Dec 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/20/97

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Aren't you oversimplifying? What about gammon chances? What about the cube
level?

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