[EoA] [PC] Online Status 2.0

by **Twill** on Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:13 am

Concise description:

Online Status 2.0

Specifics/Details:

Player name marked (ie bolding, color change, highlighting, or icon) on Game Finder, Join a Game, Central Command, and In Game screens
Shows an icon on profile (Implemented!)
Includes the option to show online status only to friends/clanmates
Includes the option to hide online status only from foes

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

Not sure, the community seems to like it
Real Time Games are made easier

Keep in mind this may have effects on freestyle and speed games, and "cheap shot" strategies become more accessible.

by **falkon** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:33 am

I don't know if it has been suggested before...

but a nice add would be that when you are ingame... I would like to see who is ingame too... (or maybe just online...logged into account...)

It would help in those time in freestyle games when you are waiting for the last player to do his move... see who is online waiting to jump to be the first to play... I lost several games like that (games where I was the strongest, but I couldn't make my move before the others...)

so that is that...

flame away!

by **kingwaffles** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:45 am

If you look down at the bottom of the forum index there is a list of all the people currently logged in.

by **GOD** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:01 am

true, but they need to have been active in some way in the last 5 minutes to show up there

by **Red Army** on Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:27 am

Have a symbol next to the name of users that are online, so that the game chat becomes actually chat, and not a bulletin board on which you pin messages. Also this would greatly aid those who would like to play real time games.

by **kingwaffles** on Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:49 pm

If you just look at the bottom of the forum you can see everyone who is logged on, except for the people who don't want to be seen.....

by **qeee1** on Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:43 pm

I think that's only if they go onto the forum.

by **Timboa844** on Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:46 am

I was just wondering if there could a symbol on the boardgames showing that a persons online thataway we could know wearther to wait or play another game...

by **Boxcutta** on Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:48 am

Yes. Or no. Whatever.

by **wcaclimbing** on Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:50 am

i chose australia because anyone in control of asia will be targeted because of their continent and bonuses.

if I had enough armies, i would love to control asia because then australia is an easy grab

by **Sir Gordalot** on Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:00 pm

umm i say you can't hold asia without first controling australia

by **joeyjordison** on Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:14 pm

never seen anyone get the asia bonus unless they are about to win anyway so i think it one of the worst continents

by **Timboa844** on Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:40 pm

joeyjordison wrote:never seen anyone get the asia bonus unless they are about to win anyway so i think it one of the worst continents

i got control of asia right after astrilia on the 4th turn....

by **SprCobra** on Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:53 pm

Asia gets alot of armies but is hellish to take early in the round and hard to defend

Austalia has a decent defence but if you survive there you may not have the power to break out and be left there to die

by **Pedronicus** on Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:12 pm

this is a bollox poll - why did I come here? :roll:

by **Timboa844** on Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:32 pm

Pedronicus wrote:this is a bollox poll - why did I come here?

cause theres nothing else for you to do with your life....(or mine for that matter....)

by **hairingtons** on Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:26 am

It'd be nice of there could be an on-line flag next to peoples names so you can tell who is on-line and who isnt when looking at game sign ups.

i know you can view the list on the forum page.

but that'd be nicer huh? and may stop the need for real time posts.

by **Herakilla** on Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:41 am

i think thats on lack's to-do list

by **AndyDufresne** on Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:46 pm

Please check the 'To-Do' list before posting 'new' ideas.

--Andy

by **gavin_sidhu** on Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:31 pm

I like the idea for sequential but for freestyle this would be annoying as it would create the waiting game. If you know an opponent is online you might want to wait for him to begin his turn before you begin yours to create more chaos. This would just be annoying in freestyle.

by **PaperPlunger** on Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:47 am

You could maybe have a link toa place that lists all members, and shows online ones. Or like I suggested a while ago, a friends list to tell if buddies are online or off.

You could probably just rip the code from the phpbb and put it somewhere else.

EDIT

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I don't know exactly how this code would need to be altered for use, but this is the code that's used by phpbb.

by **gulio** on Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:09 pm

For team games, and other reasons, it would be nice to see if a player is "online" - especially in team games.

It would allow for easier communication and your team-mates would then read comments if they see that you're online.

by **gavin_sidhu** on Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:15 am

gulio wrote:For team games, and other reasons, it would be nice to see if a player is "online" - especially in team games.

It would allow for easier communication and your team-mates would then read comments if they see that you're online.

Its alright for team games, but not for freestyle, as people would just wait for the other to take his/her turn then.