dargorygel wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:39 am

Pengwinja wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:23 pm

I still think that Dargorygel and other mods should do more giveaways, find peoples mailing address, and then use capital punishment if they ever leave a game early.

*this is a joke, probably.

As soon as we raise enough funds for our WebDipDrones, this might, perhaps, be part of the plan... mwa ha HA ha HA mwa HA...

Pengwinja wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:23 pm

I still think that Dargorygel and other mods should do more giveaways, find peoples mailing address, and then use capital punishment if they ever leave a game early.

*this is a joke, probably.

kingofthepirates wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:55 pm

Pengwinja wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:23 pm

capital punishment

did you mean: "PUNISHMENT"?
(get it? it's a joke, because punishment is now capitalized! no? no one? alright... *slinks off to dark corner to sulk*)

Pengwinja wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:23 pm

capital punishment

BrianBaru wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:15 pm

There is no real penalty for dropping out of a game. This creates all sorts of problems
Here is a suggestion:
1. Keep the site free to play, but charge a, say, $5US refundable deposit upon registration with the site. This is an individual player account balance.
2. When you join a game (either a new one or as a replacement), a $1 charge is made to your balance.
3. If you complete the game (win, draw, defeated or game canceled), or withdraw from the game before it starts, your $1 is refunded to your account balance
4. If you do not complete your game, your $1 fee is forfeited, and goes into a general fund used for site maintenance and development.
5. If your balance drops to $0, you may not join another game until you recharge your account.

This could reduce the number of players on the site, but hopefully it would reduce those players who drop out of games, trolls and bots.

Diplomacy&Warfare wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:02 pm

Getting rid of reliability rating won't solve anything. My solution is that all-hold orders count as missed turns and decrease reliability ratings.

Also, yes, I have not played that many games of Diplomacy on this particular platform. That does not make my opinion invalid, nor my solution invalid. What makes your solution invalid is that it removes the only method of making sure players who join your game are reliable.

Diplomacy&Warfare wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:09 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:49 pm

wulfheart wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:45 pm

What would be a solution in your opinion?

Disabling reliability rating so people who want to quit can just quit and be replaced by others who will actually play

Or do what we used to do, and have it be something where the mods can step in and kick players out who are abusing the system (wide discretion must be given to the players though, since throwing the game is a legitimate move, but quitting is not).

Again, if reliability rating was disabled, there would be no way to filter out trolls. The requirement of having a good reliability rating to join games filters out trolls and people who don't fulfill their commitment.

If you want to leave a game that you have committed to, you're a bad sport.

People like you, who would just leave in the middle of a game, are exactly what the reliability rating system is supposed to filter out. Nobody wants to play with people who will leave as soon as their position gets rough. You are asking for the moderators to remove a mechanism that works exactly as intended (in this case, being a deterrent for leaving in the middle of a game).