OFB-9

I would like to draw the organizers' attention to certain aspects of the game that are particularly noticeable when playing against foreign players. Neither in the OFB nor in other tournaments is the system of saving the game clearly defined, which leads to many misunderstandings. If there are Russian-speaking players, this can be quickly discussed, and compromises can be found, but when communicating via Google Translate, many problems arise.

I'm playing against HeroLvi, it's my 124th turn, and I receive a message that he has saved the game (i save). The opponent does not indicate the timer time, and I didn't even look because I wasn't warned in advance that a save would be made. We start playing from the save, I write, "Give me 4-5 minutes to remember, and let's go" (because the opponent was making moves quickly, and I roughly estimated that it would take 4-5 minutes). After 1-2 minutes, the opponent writes something in English in the game (I think this shouldn't be done because I can't translate it without knowing English), I think he's just writing, "When you're ready, let me know," so I write "ok," and immediately I get my turn, and the opponent gets an extra 2-3 minutes. The second save, the opponent makes in exactly the same way as the first, at the end of his turn, passing the turn, and without warning, and again without indicating the timer time. This time it's turn 137, the end of his turn. If the opponent had accumulated an hour of time by the middle of the 3rd week, now his turns are already long, and he chooses the time, plus during the turn, I was away, so I don't even roughly know his timer. Before continuing the game, I write that the next save will be mine!!! I start from my save without trying to remember, because I don't want to increase his timer by another 15-20 minutes. The next save is an exact copy of the previous ones, without warning, and at the end of the opponent's turn, passing the turn, and without indicating the timer. Again, I am forced to start from my save. After 2 turns, the opponent crashes on his turn, approximately 2-3 minutes after the start of the turn. I start to find out what happened. Since the opponent writes that it was a disconnect. In general, I come to the conclusion that it is possible that the game wrote that I had left, and this gave him the opportunity to save. We continue from his save. After another 3-4 minutes of play, there is another disconnect. I've never seen anything like this; the game disappeared from my screen. The opponent writes, "Join," and I understand that the opponent, who has about 15-20 minutes left on his timer, is getting another bonus (2-3+3-4 minutes), so I write, "You join me, because with each save, you get extra time." Let him just take the whole turn rather than a time bonus. Of course, explaining that he should pass me the turn for a save (for verification after the end of the game) in case the opponent disconnects or incorrectly arranged the hero is impossible. After my persistent desire to continue the game from my save, the opponent disappeared, although I wrote to him, "If something is unclear, ask questions." Well, that's the situation.

In my opinion, it would be good for the organizers to clearly define the game saving system; this would be useful for everyone, especially for foreign players.