Fizzer, you made a great game. There's no denying it. But right now, I'm appealing to you in a time of great frustration with your decisions.

I have been alerted by my players in regards to another player who griefs and trolls games. They have taken the time to email me with message histories detailing a player who berates others and breaks lobby rules. I cannot remove this individual, and, judging by his history, he's going to ruin my game. By the time I report him, it will be too late, and blocking him won't remove him from the game. Thanks, man. Really appreciate this arbitrary and shortsighted move.

If you read this, don't bother giving me that standard copypasta I've seen you post when someone mentions player removal for the umpteenth time. Instead, recognize that its something that your playerbase has insisted on for so long you started a copypasta. You're a game developer, man! You have a constituency! And people have a right to be frustrated at you for ignoring their demands. That's a valid critique.

I love your work, but...Jesus.

just add them to your block list, mr.genius

I cannot remove this individual, and, judging by his history, he's going to ruin my game.

First of all could you explain with a link or why you cannot remove him, there should be a game-creator who can remove any they want? By simply going to add/remove players before the match have started.

You could also just make a new game and delete the old one. Even if they have joined in you can still deleted the game as a whole and re-invite all players, if you have blocklisted the player at the point he cannot join(but just in case remove him before he can join, i thought the game creator already could remove players who had joined their game?).

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there should be a game-creator who can remove any they want?

Nope, they can't. Players who have been invited but haven't accepted yet can be removed, and players can be assigned new slots - but once they've joined/accepted they can't be removed again.

I mean back in the day the biggest problem was people who clearly went offline (last seen 16 minutes ago) but were still in my game. That frustrated me.

There should be an exception for RT games for "inactive" players to be removed. By "inactive", I mean last seen over 15mins ago.

I don't think being able to remove people from the lobby would solve this. Most of the time I see, the bad behavior doesn't come from players until after the game starts, which renders your idea useless.

Instead, you should be reporting them. Click their name, then the Report button and they will be dealt with. You can also blacklist them so you won't see their chat anymore. This works both in the lobby and in the main game, which renders it superior to a method that only works in the lobby.

You should be adding your votes here: https://warlight.uservoice.com/forums/77051-warlight-features/suggestions/1080679-allow-game-host-to-remove-players-who-have-joined-