Fill stones in the opponent's territory which was clearly 100% not going to work

[kickaha]

i feel like sharing this very old post here again. the topic wasnt exactly the same then, but imo it fits the overarching theme. then, this post changed how i used to think about the issue of resigning vs ending a game and i am very thankful to @sTan for it. ive been able to enjoy go more and in all situations since.
really, the polite thing is for the winners to stop whining about how they are winning .

@sTan

I think there is a VERY BIG MISUNDERSTANDING about the “polite rule” out there.

First: to play a complex game like GO to the end is important! Not only to look who won but rather to learn how certain position will play out for good or bad…it is all about learning. Even if you can easily aproximate a outcome its even better to let your subconscioussness actullay see one of the results.

(You will steal this from your opponent AND you by just resigning)

BUT
of course it is unpleaseant to play a game to the end while you clearly losing.
To avoid this unpleaseantness in front of everyone else (remember: its an actuall board game in an asian culture, where ‘losing face’ is a fix term) you CAN resign without a unpolitness whats usual comes with quitting earliyer and not playing to the end.

So it is for the winning party polite to accept the resigning without hesitation or repression.

Its funny to see how the “polite rule” become something different in our modern wolrd, where time is money and the weaker player have to decide that the game is lost without understanding, because it could be unpolite to play further. wtf

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@Samraku

I think this is roughly the argument that @danielt1263 is making, and I don’t see why it’s particularly controversial.

@danielt1263 s logic is certainly sound . but the fact also remains, that it is intuitively wrong to say resigning and playing on are essentially the same thing, when, imo, the exact point of playing on is not to resign .
the two are clearly different, as can be seen by their different results. one ends the game before concluding it, the other results in a finished game including scoring phase.