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craw-daddy · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject:

If I've heard correctly, an abandoned game on this site is classified as abandoned for *all* players involved, not just the person who "caused" the abandonment (i.e. the player whose turn it is when the game is "officially" abandoned). Thus with the current system, every player would be penalized under a system that would be based on this statistic. Of course, this could be altered too, with more work for the programmers and such...

AmericanEagle · Joined: 26 Mar 06 Posts: 35 Location: Michigan, USA

I agree, that if a player has not moved in a game in X amount of time or has abandoned a game, that player should not be able to join another game until moves get within x amount of time.

milksheikh · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject:

I'm intrigued by the idea of giving game creators the option of "approving" those wishing to join the game.

I will also, very soon, allow game creators to specify a maximum "Average Time per Turn" for each game, that users must meet to join.

Finally, I will, also very soon, start to enforce a "no abandoning games under any circumstances" policy. Anybody who does will not be allowed to join any more games, unless they can explain to me why they deserve a second chance. With this, I don't see the need for any more elaborate "karma" system to handle this.

I'm not sure if a "replace a player" system will be necessary after I get to doing the above, but if it is, I'll put it together at some point.

milksheikh · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject:

craw-daddy · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject:

Well, all I meant is that there seems to be no differentiation between the collection of players involved in a game that has been abandoned. If there's four players in a game, then that game appears in the "Abandoned games" total for each of the four players, correct?

Llama · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject:

milksheikh · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject:

Llama · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

milksheikh · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject:

Kanga · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:59 am Post subject:

I think milksheikh has once again hit the nail on the head in the changes he is implementing. Average time per player should be a good way to limit players joining a game. No player who has abandoned a game should be allowed to play on the site.

I do believe that the ability to ask for a substitute for players who have disappeared from the site to allow games to finish would be very good (and still necessary). For whatever reason, there are a few players out there who have joined the site, joined several games, then disappeared never to be seen again halfway through these games.

Onceler · Joined: 10 Nov 05 Posts: 10 Location: Manhattan Beach, CA

Nice, easy solution, and thanks for making the change Smile

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ejmowrer · Joined: 18 Mar 06 Posts: 12 Location: Portland, OR, USA

seamusk · Joined: 05 Feb 05 Posts: 21

Average time per turn sounds good. Amazingly, I looked at mine and it was 6.3 hours. That kind of surprised me because I'm usually pretty quick to move. But I guess when I'm sleeping and working that adds up. What are some other average time per turns?

RyanMC · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject:

2.1 hours here. I tend to be really fast.
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ejmowrer · Joined: 18 Mar 06 Posts: 12 Location: Portland, OR, USA

I hover between 2 and 3 hours per turn. I've seen several people with 12, 24, or >24 hours per turn, though. I think there are many people who just check in once a day, and just as many who check many times throughout the day.