Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed quite a few people joining as many games as possible, then never playing turns. Obviously there was yourmom, but I have noticed another player, shlmnsr, who does the same. This doesn't seem to be a special case for this player, as their profile indicates they have a boot rate of 68%. Here's the link: http://warlight.net/Profile.aspx?p=629283030

Is there anything that can be done about this? Perhaps something that keeps track of a player's boot rate, and "probation" for players in the 70% range?

It's not such a big deal when it is a 1v1 game, but I have seen this particular player in numerous team games. I don't think it's very fair to the person who happens to joins a team with one of these non-players, as they have no real choice but to surrender, or play 2v1.

yeah, PREREQUISITES. and checking players' profiles before you join their team.

Ah, cheers. Although this generally happens in autogames, or games where I am not the host. Thanks for the advice, tho.

I've just had this happen to me in a real-time game, so I'm going to use this old thread to whine and complain. Honestly, WHO joins a game and doesn't even make their picks?!


-Do you have bad internet? Really? I use 3G internet from a concrete room in Thailand. Re-connect. If you only have multi-day internet, then only play multi-day games.

-Do you have attention issues? Good, come back here and create a diversion. Perhaps your randomness will confuse the opposition into letting down their guard.

-Are games not that important to you? Okay, fine. They're not terribly important to me either... but I'm addicted to this d@#$ site and you are directly contributing to a condition I call MAKING MY HEAD EXPLODE!

-Were you distracted by porn? Well, it's hard to ignore that 99% of the internet, but what with your ADD and all there's *no way* that could have taken more than 5 minutes. **Get back here.**

-Did your mommy make you leave the computer? You're lucky. Maybe she has food for you. Go give her a hug. Next time just leave a heads-up before you go. Though I might still be upset, at least it would somewhat reduce the head asploding potential.

*I mean no offense to anyone who might be afflicted with ADD. I, too, have my own imbalances.


Okay, all that said, I wish there was a profile stat for "early departures", showing the percentage and number of times that a player leaves a game for ANY reason (elimination, boot, surrender) before turn 3.

Being eliminated before turn three is always bad luck. I can't think of any way to apply strategy in the very first few turns.

I would settle for only including boots and surrenders. I suppose I could imagine unlucky situations in large games.