@Rufus absolutely not. I can see you dont do diplos either. It's actually pretty much frowned upon to use autoboot.

Autoboot as in 7 days or so, not like 2 days. Because then you can only blame yourself for not committing in time despite being active in the chat.

Edited 1/31/2024 16:44:09

I wanted to say something, but TR-8R already did the honours

Wow. People complain about me being a bad diplo/warzone esports host (LOL i try the whole esports angle) sometimes but I have never had the honor of a forum post being made about me.

Also, jeez, this is what gives diplo players a bad rap LOL I agree with the brain cells reply from earlier

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I'd defiantly agree using auto boot is best. At least then your orders will be auto-committed (all your active orders will be committed even if you haven't committed yourself) if you take long enough to be auto-booted.

If I remember correctly, enabling autoboot disables manual boot. In that case, a person can just stall each turn for the max boot time.

If I remember correctly, enabling autoboot disables manual boot. In that case, a person can just stall each turn for the max boot time.

Had to check and you are right, that feature was indeed removed. But games still support different auto- and direct boot times, so i m sure there must be some way to create such games, even if the option is now missing.
For example you can click "rematch" on an old game that used different auto and direct boot times to now host a game with the same settings.

Talking about removed features: there used to be an account setting page with more settings - anyone knows if thats still accessible somehow?

"Autoboot as in 7 days or so"

again, extremely unnecessary. if it does go up to 7 days theres a reason. Diplo's should always try conserve the player numbers where they can.

And yet again, the main problem i keep mentioning is the fact that i was given less than a minute to take my turn. I had no history of stalling in that game, and i had a valid reason to take that long - it was just before a big war and we were discussing the legitimacy of certain moves, if you read the turn chat.

The fact that the host booted me in under a minute, knowing full well that i was active just before the booting as indicated by chat, all because he was feeling petty and wanted to exert his power (he was annoyed i called him petty for mentioning me where it was not needed ("although i would love to boot Auntie ..." a few comments before), speaks volumes about his character as clearly he wanted to double down on what he said instead of admit wrong (which he never does). Hence this post. I know hes one of the main diplo hosts (I think) so he deserves a post :)

"Even then, you had a full minute to even ask me to reconsider, and I would have" I mean how stupid does that sound??

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Do you even read the posts? Literally EVERYONE agrees that booting you was not only correct but also very much necessary and overdue.

It is like driving on the opposite lane of a highway and complaining that all the other cars drive the wrong direction.

And everyone here doesnt do diplo it all makes sense doesn't it XD.

I am an experienced diplo player, and I was the first in this thread to say that Reich was right.

So you too would give a one minute ultimatum before booting because a player annoyed you? Good to know.

No, ofc no. I would boot you way earlier without any ultimatum.

In my last diplo I booted so many people...even the host got booted by me

"In my last diplo I booted so many people...even the host got booted by me"

not impressive

"I would boot you way earlier without any ultimatum."

How early? So no chances just boot?

we need a forum host to boot auntie from this thread, so we can hash out the real diplo norms

Edited 1/31/2024 19:49:11

@Jacob

Did you know you can .. make your own thread :O Wow so hard isn't it??

for the boot settings what I like to do is put quite a bit of banked time, like usually a day or two for if you get some last minute idea and need to communicate with an ally, and then autoboot so people don't complain when they are taking way too long

Less than a minute? You had almost 7 days. By then you at least had to have some orders entered already and the "ultimatum" wouldn't give you a panic attack. Maybe if you asked nicely for the host to give you some more time they would have done that.