Hrqls: I often times have running commentary through a game or just a conversation that has little to do with the game we're playing. But it had to start with a greeting unless I'm playing someone that I've played many times before in which case we might just gab away. If I get no response to whatever I start a game with. I might type again to this person (not everyone knows about messages on the game pages, especially new members) and see what happens. If nothing, them no more from me except to say that, plus maybe a last comment when the game concludes. Language can be a barrier and I only know one, so I can understand when there's no reply for that reason. During a series of games, I still might say something about the just finished leg at the start of the next game. Something like, "That's one for you. Good luck in next game." But I don't always type anything and it will depend on what has been typed earlier between us.

It is this talking during a game that keeps me from playing hundreds of games, even if I only type in a fraction of my games. It's lots more time consuming to type than it is to find a move, though you might not think that from some of the stuff I actually type. :)

And let us not forget the bug that deletes the invitations and the acceptance message. Someone might have typed to you, but you never got to see it. So you think they're being rude or have some other reason for not saying hi or greeting you and reply in kind. Now the game is started and there's no messages. This is another reason why I usually type a message after the second move and always copy and paste the acceptance message when I play first. Yeah, right, Fencer says it's not a bug, but it'd be nice if all of a game's messages stayed visible.