No one answered me in help chat for 2 days so I’m re-posting here.
What’s the policy regarding “escaping” when playing with bots? There are a few players who timeout every time they lose to my bot. Should I report them or is it allowed?
Edit:
To clarify, I don’t mind blitz timeouts, but there are weirdos who make 1h games and leave (and don’t disconnect o.O) after 15 minutes.
Ah, sorry for missing the post, I though you were not there. - sorry, sorry, could not resist, but genuinelly sorry for missing the question.
I would not say we really have a policy on that particular issue, did not really come up often enough for us to have a talk with other moderators. I must say, me personally I probably will not feel as “strict” about it as with human timeouts, I can understand the players may feel less obligated to be “polite” against a machine, but that said, it never hurts to report, and I am happy to ask the players not to do that and explain why.
IMO strong bots should be unranked to prevent this problem from even arising.
If KataGo, Leela Zero, Golaxy etc. are recognised as superhuman then they don’t need a rank; their grey bot username supplies the necessary information.
I mean by this that they shouldn’t be permitted to play ranked games, and they should be given a “rank” like 1b, like a pro’s 1p. This’d also prevent airbaggers from farming them using ladders.