SpielByWeb

JeffyJeff · Joined: 27 Oct 05 Posts: 85 Location: Longwood, FL

It would be nice if the games waiting to start list, ie. http://www.spielbyweb.com/games.php

was separated into to parts, those needing passwords... and those that don't...

Why? Those that are looking for a password protected game already know what game they are looking for (and that it will be password protected). Those of us who are looking for open (not password protected) games just see the password protected ones as clutter... and the password protected ones are the super majority of the games listed since they are waiting on specific folks to join them so take longer to fill.

Ideally have two side by side columns of games, one listing password protected, the other not. Or at least under each game major heading, sort the games with the no password games 1st.

With new game titles being added, the list is getting longer and longer, and harder and harder to find open games Sad

Jeff

mrbass · Joined: 05 Apr 06 Posts: 182 Location: Las Vegas

I agree this would be nice....just like mabiweb does it.

milksheikh · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:25 am Post subject:

I was just now fiddling with the games lists, largely to somehow paginate the "Current Games" list so that it isn't displaying 1000+ games at once (any ideas on that -- by game, in pages of x games, etc.) welcome. So I'll include this in my reworkings -- thanks for the suggestion.

mrbass · Joined: 05 Apr 06 Posts: 182 Location: Las Vegas

Personally I'd just have a link to the passworded page. I took a screenshot since non members of mabiweb can't see what it looks like without creating an account and logging in. I do anything I can to prevent others from joining Evil or Very Mad

Invited by a friend to join a game with a password? Click here to view password games.

Something along those lines. That way only people that know the password ever have to be bothered with viewing the games and they should know how to navigate around. Worse comes to worse the person who created the passworded game can help them out.

Also passworded games that aren't started within 15 days (statiscally speaking) I bet less than 1% ever get off the ground. So I'd prune them instead of waiting for 30 days. They can easily just restart the game once Joe Blow comes back from his vacation.

mrbass · Joined: 05 Apr 06 Posts: 182 Location: Las Vegas

freduk · Joined: 18 Jan 06 Posts: 433 Location: Bristol, UK

Agreed. Have 2 lists. One for open games, one for passworded games.
Maybe the

Kanga · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:18 am Post subject:

spearjr · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:42 am Post subject:

I would love to see this as well.

milksheikh

JeffyJeff · Joined: 27 Oct 05 Posts: 85 Location: Longwood, FL

awesome! makes it a LOT easier to find the open games!!!! Thanks a million! -Jeff

Bkruppa · Joined: 08 Nov 05 Posts: 241 Location: Fremont, Ca, USA

Could you also make it so that we decline someone from joining a game, say for example they are from...I don't know...Massachusetts we'll say Twisted Evil

stargate · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:28 am Post subject:

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Alashar · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:37 pm Post subject:

The only downside is that now everybody won't be forced to read the cute names I make up for most of the games I create. Laughing

So maybe we should have a special category that reads "Alashar-Created Games". Yeah, that's the ticket. Shocked

Or, I suppose I could be like those non-creative types from Massachusetts and just name them Crazy-Yog Gadzillion and 10. Confused

stargate · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:05 pm Post subject:

CrazyYog is from Rhode Island not Massachusetts