Time extension (manual or automatic)

[zen330]

I’m thinking the site would be a bit better if each player were to have a time bank they could use for various games.

The reason is pretty self-explanatory, nobody wants to lose a game because they missed a turn, and this is probably even more true overall of team games than of 1v1s. While people should be consistently diligent the reality is that many aren’t, with most players here having imperfect attendance.

My suggestion then is simply this, each player should get two 1-day extensions per game that they could set to be automatically used if they miss their deadline or to be manually used when they know they are likely to be AFK the next day. For team games I would suggest that teammates could set this to be automatically or manually used for other late/AFK teammates as they saw fit.

[gcwca_4_life]

Time limits teach punctuality and respect for ones time. Responsibility for the load you put on yourself.
If you join to set up too many games, it's your fault, no one else's. Therefore if you miss a turn it's your fault, no one else's.
If you miss a turn it's either because you didn't respect your time frame enough or you were just too busy with life.

This will never be a thing, and it's extremely illogical to try to push it.

Being able to add time to the clock in any way makes it unfair for anyone against you who has the exact same time limit.


It's sooo easy logging in at least once a day to take turns.

[Apatheist]

I've seen other sites that allow people not to play at weekends...but then they get into a tangle when different religions define what the sabbath is (eg Judaism starts at sunset on Friday, which in winter can be very early in the afternoon). One does get the missing troops deployed at the end of a turn. Where I can see it being helpful is assassin games - it's somewhat frustrating to find one's target has gone missing, to be left chasing their original target who hasn't been hit for 3 rounds. It would seem to be a fairer game if they were allowed to continue. There will always be unforeseen circumstances - in this weather, internet and power outages are quite possible.
Would it be churlish to point out that your attendance is only 97.9%?

[gcwca_4_life]

I've seen other sites that allow people not to play at weekends...but then they get into a tangle when different religions define what the sabbath is (eg Judaism starts at sunset on Friday, which in winter can be very early in the afternoon). One does get the missing troops deployed at the end of a turn. Where I can see it being helpful is assassin games - it's somewhat frustrating to find one's target has gone missing, to be left chasing their original target who hasn't been hit for 3 rounds. It would seem to be a fairer game if they were allowed to continue. There will always be unforeseen circumstances - in this weather, internet and power outages are quite possible.
Would it be churlish to point out that your attendance is only 97.9%?

My attendance is only 97.9%. I had more than 600 games going at once 15 years ago when I attempted to take my own life and was hospitalized for 6 months with no access to anything.
Why does that matter? I took those losses like a man and didn't complain about it and try to get the rules on casual games changed. I got back on and started more games.

It all boils down to self accountability and responsibility. If you join a game you are taking the responsibility to take the turns and not miss them. If you miss a turn you own it and dont wine like a little cry baby about it, or find someone to account sit for you when you arent able to play for extended periods of time..

And yes, account sitting is a thing. Back when I kept an average of 400+ casual games going I had 2 people that would sit for me when I was on vacation once a year. No, it isnt against the rules as long as they announce in the chat that they are taking your turns and sitting your account for you. And no they cant be in any games against you or that would be against the rules.


But, lets get to the math.. Because I tried to take my own life I ended up deadbeating on 600+ games, and I'm only down 2.1%. Thats really not that bad. I think I did well.

Whats your excuse for the .1% you missed since we are calling each other out?


Trying to add time to the turn clock for personal reasons is illogical, if you cant play on the weekends then only play speed games during the week or games you know will end before then, weather it be for some cult views covered up as beliefs of a religion or some other sorry excuse a person can come up with. Its a different story if they have server issues and add time for everyone. That benefits all, not just one person.

This is one of 14 different suggestions by the same person in these threads and only one of their suggestions don't make them look as stupid as a brick thats broke in half. And you trying to support it makes you look just as unintelligent.
Sorry, not sorry. Get over yourself and get off that shit brown horse you painted white. You are as much human as all of us..

Unless you are an AI robot, in which case, I'm on John Conner's side.

[Apatheist]

My excuse is that the site is wrong. I've never missed a turn, so I don't know why it's not saying 100%. That would be one turn missed in 1000, and I don't think I've been signed up long enough to have that many turns - that would be 100 a week, and I started as a freemium. You were the one who said it was "sooo easy" to log in and take your turn - but you then gave an instance of why that isn't always the case.

I suppose it's expected at this time of year, but your text included a bad spell of "whether"

In all seriousness, I think you need therapy to help with your anger. You talk a lot about whining, having a back bone, being a cry baby, doing things "like a man" and so on - if I were to guess, I'd say something happened in your past where someone didn't stand up to someone who was bullying them. Whether that was you and you feel guilty for not stepping in (which may have led to your attempt), or it was a relative/friend who didn't step in to help you, I don't know, but it's clearly unresolved, and taking it out on fellow players seems to be your only current outlet. It's okay to be vulnerable at times - give yourself a break.

[gcwca_4_life]

My excuse is that the site is wrong. I've never missed a turn, so I don't know why it's not saying 100%. That would be one turn missed in 1000, and I don't think I've been signed up long enough to have that many turns - that would be 100 a week, and I started as a freemium. You were the one who said it was "sooo easy" to log in and take your turn - but you then gave an instance of why that isn't always the case.

I suppose it's expected at this time of year, but your text included a bad spell of "whether"

In all seriousness, I think you need therapy to help with your anger. You talk a lot about whining, having a back bone, being a cry baby, doing things "like a man" and so on - if I were to guess, I'd say something happened in your past where someone didn't stand up to someone who was bullying them. Whether that was you and you feel guilty for not stepping in (which may have led to your attempt), or it was a relative/friend who didn't step in to help you, I don't know, but it's clearly unresolved, and taking it out on fellow players seems to be your only current outlet. It's okay to be vulnerable at times - give yourself a break.

I am now convinced that you are an AI and said person who made this post is your programmer and that's why you are defending them.
In that case, the true destruction is upon us in just a little time and the whole world should prepare..

Get off their dick and defend something you actually believe in.
A religion isn't a reason for not owning responsibility.
Just because you don't want to isn't a reason for not accepting responsibility that you decided to take on.
If you can't take the turns don't join the game, or just deadbeat and move on.

But getting on here and attempting to assault my past and try to project trauma on me because you find fault with what I'm doing because I decided to troll someone that post stupid ideas and I call them out on it?

Yeah, I was beat half to death when I was a kid and hospitalized for it, yes, I've tried to take my own life more than 300 times.
No, that does not give you the right to try to implement some type of narcissistic trauma in my mind.
And yes, I will now be trolling you as well.

Sooo sad that you decided to defend an idiot to become a target. Should have just accepted reality and truth instead of trying to bring up my past demons that you think you know about.
You are less than the scum I scrape off my boots, but now you are a crosshair.

[Apatheist]

I was genuinely trying to help you with your anger. Never mind, I'll leave you to it. I didn't want to start any conflict.
I mentioned the religious angle for information; you may infer from my username that I don't support religion at all.
What I do believe in, and shall defend, is that you're entitled to disagree with someone's idea, just as they are entitled to disagree with yours; I don't think that necessitates insults or trolling from either side. Sometimes it takes several suggestions before one hits on a good one - it's hard to know all the variations of how everyone plays or what everyone wants from the site, so personally I'm happy to see any suggestion, with people making logical points for and against it, before a decision is arrived at.

[gcwca_4_life]

I was genuinely trying to help you with your anger. Never mind, I'll leave you to it. I didn't want to start any conflict.
I mentioned the religious angle for information; you may infer from my username that I don't support religion at all.
What I do believe in, and shall defend, is that you're entitled to disagree with someone's idea, just as they are entitled to disagree with yours; I don't think that necessitates insults or trolling from either side. Sometimes it takes several suggestions before one hits on a good one - it's hard to know all the variations of how everyone plays or what everyone wants from the site, so personally I'm happy to see any suggestion, with people making logical points for and against it, before a decision is arrived at.

But something happened in my past where someone was being bullied and no one stood up for them...


Wait, that never happened.
Right.
That was your narcissistic attempt to make me think I had anger issues because I'm trolling someone who made dumb suggestions that would potentially make any and every game beyond unfair.

Nothing about this suggestion is logical, and only one of said persons post has any logic in it at all..

You say you don't follow a religion, but you use it as an example to try to support this ignorant idea.
I mean that's clearly an obsolete inheritance because you are trying to defend it with something you apparently don't even believe in.

I mean really, what do we have to do? Do we need to wait for another shipment of tea at the Boston harbor so we can have a party and throw it in the bay?
Or would that just be too insulting for you?
Because I used logic to defend my beliefs on this, stating in many ways how it's a person's responsibility to make sure they can handle the games they join, and how it's upon them to take their turns and how adding extra time for any reason other than the team adding it for server issues makes it unfair for soo many..
But yet you still try to defend their suggestion like it isn't the trash it truly is.
You and I are the only ones that's even commented on it, and I know if owenshooter was paying attention your feelings would be hurt way more by the black Jesus.

Maybe you need therapy instead of trying to project your own past trauma on others.

You can't get rid of the target put on you. That's your responsibility now. Good luck though. Maybe should have thought logically before attempting to defend a stupid idea.

[Apatheist]

I didn't use religion as an example to support it, it was just additional information for people to consider. It's no skin off my nose either way.
I think people need to consider that, from what I've read, the site has declined considerably, and any suggestion for improvement should be considered on its merits.
You believe it's trash - fine. On consideration, I agree with you. I would not be in favour of implementing it. I'm just not going to insult anyone for coming up with an idea - I don't think that's productive, and certainly not a way to encourage people to make suggestions that would improve the site.

[gcwca_4_life]

I didn't use religion as an example to support it, it was just additional information for people to consider. It's no skin off my nose either way.
I think people need to consider that, from what I've read, the site has declined considerably, and any suggestion for improvement should be considered on its merits.
You believe it's trash - fine. On consideration, I agree with you. I would not be in favour of implementing it. I'm just not going to insult anyone for coming up with an idea - I don't think that's productive, and certainly not a way to encourage people to make suggestions that would improve the site.

Lets be clear, I didn't insult the poster because of their idea. I insulted them because they decided to foe me over disagreeing with them on 13 of their "suggestions" and they got mad when I told them that multiple of them were completely unintelligent.
Seems like a personal problem for them not being able to accept criticism.

And just so it's know, with every suggestion I debunked I gave very good reasoning and explanations as to why it was one of the most idiotic ideas ever.

And yes, the site has declined considerably in the past 15 years. But it's mostly because of people like the all mighty zen330 here spamming stupid ideas and the dumbest of the dumbest get approved and implemented.
And that's exactly why I came at the stupid ideas the way I did.
And that's why we need flame Wars back.

Some people need their feelings hurt to understand that they aren't all that.
And I know I ain't shit.
But I know when an idea I may have is stupid or not and know how to refrain from posting the dumb ones.

However, zen330 obviously doesn't.

Thank you for hitting the quotation every time for me though. That just means they have to see my post even though they foed me due to their feelings being hurt over not being able to accept actual positive criticism.

In a sense, you are helping me troll the trash that I called out because he wants to be such a weakling over criticism.

Now, I'm in NICU with my newborn waiting for him to wake up, so I'm calling it on this for now. No need for me to waste time right now trying to run someone else's day...




But, since you think it's no skin off your nose..
I guess I can give you a chance to remove the crosshairs that are pointed at you on the troll central attack force..

Just openly admit how inconsiderate of an idea this is so the poster knows how ridiculous they were for suggesting it.
Or just admit how unfair it would make the system and how casual games have worked for 20 years now unfair and unjust.

Call it blackmail if ya want.. or just call it plain out dirty tactics. IDC. Right is right and this is just wrong.

[Apatheist]

I've already said that I agree with you, and the poll currently says 50% No, so I think can be forgotten about and closed.