Recently I hosted a big real time FFA with 14 players. When the lobby was almost full and the game about to start, I notice two players joining at the same time, they're from the same country, about the same level, their accounts created on the same day, and they had identical count on number of games played in the different FFA player count. Usually I BL anyone with alt accounts in FFA, but I had not seen these two before. I tried to remove one of them before the game started, but got a message reading something like this: "This player has already accepted the game and you can't remove him".
I could have deleted the game, but I thought that a pity, since it had taken a long time to fill and I looked forward to playing it.
The game went exactly as I had feared, those two accounts played perfect teamwork and eventually beat us other players.

So my question: WHY CAN'T I AS A HOST REMOVE A PLAYER FROM THE LOBBY??

It would have saved the game if I could just have removed one of the two accounts, and would teach the cheater a lesson, as he would not be happy to play the FFA with only one account, that is, on same terms as everyone else

Regards

Edited 4/27/2023 22:56:48

You could easily abuse it by removing all players who have very good stats, for instance, so that it's just you vs noobs. I see your point but I fear that changing the current system to make people stop abusing it will create abuse in the new system, just in a different way.

I see your point Waffle, and I assume that's the reason why it's not possible to remove players from the lobby. I played this game some years now, and the problem of cheaters using auxiliary accounts in FFA's had exploded recently, and I think my suggested remedy would help much, or at least give the host some control. After all, it is the host who waits the longest time for a game lobby to fill, and he should be privileged accordingly.