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Auto Abort?

I noticed about a week or so ago that if I aborted too many games, I got penalized (couldn't play for some time). Because of this I've been doing my best to not abort games. However, I've noticed players will just not move. After a few minutes of not moving, game the game be automatically aborted so I don't get penalized? I'm having this issue right now; I got paired with an opponent and they just never moved. Meanwhile they started playing other games in another tab...
I think its wait 15 secs and it doesn't count against you to abort. Wait 1 min and it counts against your opponent for not moving
Yeah, I think this is currently questionably implemented. Like @Link said you only have to wait 15seconds but there is no indication of when this has happened. I'd agree it auto aborting or at least informing you somehow (perhaps the abort button flashes) that it's "okay" to abort would be nice.
Aborting shouldn't be penalized, because there are too many seek abusers, that exclusively play only with lower rated opponents. They should be punished, not the guy, that do not want to play with those abusers.

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