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#31
I know it'd be a beast to implement but wouldn't "free floating" things like coin tokens and debt tokens be neat - then you could do the virtual equivalent of putting them somewhere obvious to avoid forgetting them...
#32
I'd further add that there's no way to know the difference between someone who is taking a long time to think and someone who has left their computer or otherwise abandoned the game - unless that person messages to say they are still thinking (In which case I'd always be fine with the delay) - so resigning someone after the time limit feels totally reasonable without any other communication.

Best wishes
Tim
#33
Hi Madadri,

I believe the way blocking works is that once a player is blocked the moderators are automatically made aware - and if blocked by several people the moderators take note and look at banning them - so the reporting is automatic in that sense.

Sorry you had a bad experience but hopefully you'll find other people more civil!

Dextrapunch - it occurs to me you're arguing as if "no report" = "no consequences" which isn't true at all! The mods look into blocked players and take appropriate action, which I think's a decent compromise.

I'm sympathetic with the bad feeling caused when resigning a game if someone's being abusive - I feel it myself - it does feel like giving them what they want, but I trust that the mods do notice such things and take action. Maybe the problem is that we the user don't see any of the process after we block someone, so it does feel like that goes nowhere... but I think's Stef's right that we just need to let it go after blocking... We know that we won't personally be bothered again, and if the user makes a habit of being nasty they'll be banned in due course.

Best wishes
Tim

#34
General Discussion / Re: Offensive Language in Chat
19 March 2018, 03:49:35 PM
Thanks jsh - good to know.

Stef - does banning work only on username? Can it be amended to be done by email/IP - or something more robust?

Thanks
Tim
#35
General Discussion / Re: Offensive Language in Chat
19 March 2018, 03:14:39 PM
I'd like to second this and add a call for a zero-tolerance of such offensive and derogatory language - when coupled with a death threat I'd argue this is grounds for immediate banning. The fewer places online that will allow such abuse the better.

Tim
#36
Support / Re: nm
04 March 2018, 10:22:46 PM
Speaking with mouth full?
#37
Support / Re: Loan card glitch?
28 February 2018, 01:15:14 AM
I agree here - it's really easy to miss a card of yours being trashed on an opponent's turn...
#38
I'd be careful leaping to conclusions about people's reasons for not ending a game - the quoted example certainly was nasty gloating behaviour, but perhaps some people like to try to get the highest score they can when winning, so might prolong a game to do that... it's not necessarily about trying to humiliate an opponent - and if a game is clearly lost you are always free to resign!

That said, it is a shame some users are unpleasant or worse, and the blacklist tool is useful both for avoiding those people, and also just for avoiding those whose play style doesn't suit yours...

Hope you're finding other folks more courteous...

Best
Tim

#39
Card Bugs / Re: Hamlet order asymmetry
24 February 2018, 11:33:03 PM
It's just a terrible bit of interface design though - and didn't used to be this way - I believe its shortcomings are known by the team here...
#40
Feature Requests / Re: Disable Undo for the game
02 February 2018, 02:25:33 PM
It's a fair point Stef...

My preferred implementation of Undo would be something like I described here...

http://forum.shuffleit.nl/index.php?topic=2709.msg12109#msg12109

Cheers
Tim
#42
Connection Problems / Re: Games not starting..
02 February 2018, 02:45:34 AM
Just to say thanks for a really quick fix on this one - bravo folks.

T
#43
Feature Requests / Re: Disable Undo for the game
02 February 2018, 01:53:04 AM
Ingix - it's because it *feels* rude to deny undos manually - and often provokes players to be abusive in response, no matter how much we hold the principle that undos are optional. Undos on/off as a matching criteria would avoid this social difficulty - as it established the attitude towards undos before a player commits to game.

#44
Connection Problems / Re: Games not starting..
02 February 2018, 01:49:11 AM
I've had the same and confirmed from other players in chat that this is happening to them...

Something is broken!

T.
#45
Support / Can't get into a game...
02 February 2018, 01:48:12 AM
So... weirdness...

I log in, I go to matching and click "Start Search"
Instead of going to the pregame screen I'm taken to a "New Table" with another player - but if they're ready and I click ready it says "already starting" and nothing happens...

I think it also happens the other way round...

Whaaaat?

T