As your rating improves, so does the competition - so whatever your long term rating you can count on losing half your games on average. I just enjoy playing, so resigning against a poor sport who is stalling, and temporarily losing a few points is no big deal - I’ll get the points back soon, and I get to immediately start a new game and actually play, instead of waiting and waiting and waiting. And if that gives a poor sport a few those that are in a totally lost position but play on anyway just to be a dick that irritate me the most.
Yes it's irritating but I think the irritation is that you feel the fear of blundering and losing after you clearly should have won. I often wish opponents would resign, but really, it is their right to play to checkmate and it is your job o finish the game. I have been up +10 or more and lost, on more than one occasion. So sometimes I play longer than I know my opponent would like, I am sure. If I can blunder than so can my equally rated opponent.
I think people resign as if they were gandmasters, but at lower ratings, resigning makes a lot less sense.
As your rating improves, so does the competition - so whatever your long term rating you can count on losing half your games on average. I just enjoy playing, so resigning against a poor sport who is stalling, and temporarily losing a few points is no big deal - I’ll get the points back soon, and I get to immediately start a new game and actually play, instead of waiting and waiting and waiting. And if that gives a poor sport a few points - who cares? He or she will lose them again shortly anyway.
Why resign? It's not hard to just switch to another tab or something while you wait for the system to kick them off. You're just making it harder on yourself to get better competition by lowering your rating for no reason.
Disconnectors don't bother me at all. I can just do something else while I wait for the server to kick them off like I said. It's the folks who stay connected but just let the clock rundown and those that are in a totally lost position but play on anyway just to be a dick that irritate me the most.