Patience tends to be important when it comes to strategy games. If you want non-stop instant action it's better to find a FPS.

I would actually argue that having short turns means more strategizing. one more thing to consider, especially when you're talking about a real time game. you have to know the best move and know it quick

No. Thats bull. If you take 30 seconds to take your turn, you've missed something..

Shorter turns in real-time games just means more rushing and more stupid mistakes being made. It also equals a lot more booting which really ruins the point of playing in the first place unless a cheap win is what you were searching for.

It doesn't mean stupid mistakes if you are able to look at the board and know the best move right away. It just calls for a different skill set. Not everyone needs to use the analyzer on every single territory

Booting someone ruins the game and that's the truth. Especially in team games, when there are no booted players turning into AI's, which is the case in your games, which obviously means the only reason of your winrate is that everyone gets booted and you outnumber them.

We dont boot anyone, the computer does that. It's no fun playing against AIs. Also 12 hours is more than enough time to make a move. We have plenty of people who don't get booted from our games, but them we have some bozos who join a game where they can't dedicate time to and get booted.

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12 hours is more than enough time to make a move

Absolutely wrong. Depends on your RL issues, the number of games you are in and other factors.

I've always found reading the setting for a game before joining, and basing my decision on whether to join the game on those usually helps. Probably too difficult for a lot of people though

You dont rent an apartment without reading the stiplulations on the lease first.

We dont boot anyone, the computer does that.

You set the boot time so low that it's almost inevitable that someone on the other side will get booted.

Also 12 hours is more than enough time to make a move.

I guarantee you that just about anyone who has a life outside of their home will have times when they're offline for more than 12 hours.

I like when people say good luck and good game. I don't mind when people say hi, but I also don't see much point in saying just that.

I like longer boot times for ladder games, but for normal games, I like the 12 hour boot time. Personal preference, mostly. I like to have games in recent memory when they move, and when one pops up after several days I have to spend a little time remembering what happened. Again, don't mind the longer boot times, I just prefer shorter. Although, for team games, I would set strict prerequisites for fast boot times, because I don't really enjoy team games with booted players.

I agree with jz, but whenever i make pre requisites the games never fill up :(.

Why don't you add AI's? And the ability to take over from the AI. That way teams would still be balanced and everyone would be happy.

The whole point of ranked games is so you dont have to play with AIs.

I'm not sure if that's the point.
Also, it would make the game more FAIR. Right now, if someone gets booted, all the team gets punished.

Simple solution is dont get booted or dont join a game where you cant take your turn in time. My members get booted too, we dont complain.

Simple solution: Don't join any games made by the Poon Squad.

+1, Eklipse.

Simple solution: Read the settings. Then if you like the settings, Woohoo, join. If you don't, diddums, don't join.

Seriously still having utmost difficulty in understanding why this seems so hard for some of you to understand. If someone can please point out the part of this which is most difficult to understand, I'll try and explain it in even simpler terms for you.