% games completed statistic
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Worker Bee
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% games completed statistic
Players should be discouraged from starting games that they cannot or, even worse, have no intention of playing until the end.
I would like to propose that a statistic "% games played completed" be visible alongside each player after a probationary period of, say, 20 games (during which only the number of games played would be visible). Hosts can then boot players who do not complete more than a certain percentage of their games (or who haven't played more than a certain number of games), or use the statistic as a condition for joining the game in the first place.
This system is used in "GunBound", and it works well. The only problem is excluding newbies, but being able to stop one bad egg from ruining a 6-player game seems worth it to me.
I would like to propose that a statistic "% games played completed" be visible alongside each player after a probationary period of, say, 20 games (during which only the number of games played would be visible). Hosts can then boot players who do not complete more than a certain percentage of their games (or who haven't played more than a certain number of games), or use the statistic as a condition for joining the game in the first place.
This system is used in "GunBound", and it works well. The only problem is excluding newbies, but being able to stop one bad egg from ruining a 6-player game seems worth it to me.
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Elvish_Pillager
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In a 6-player game, it shouldn't matter if one guy leaves. Especially since you're likely to have an observer to replace him with...
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Re: % games completed statistic
It is a good idea behind, but the implementation is poor. A player could not easily abort when it it almost killed and after he has told the other he surrender.Worker Bee wrote:Players should be discouraged from starting games that they cannot or, even worse, have no intention of playing until the end.
I would like to propose that a statistic "% games played completed" be visible alongside each player after a probationary period of, say, 20 games
Also, it require some account to keep the info into the server.
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Worker Bee
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Yeah, I thought of that the day after posting this. One solution would be a "surrender" menu option. It's the same as disconnecting, but with the (important) difference that the other players can consent to the surrender before the player leaves.
Okay, it was just an idle idea. I'm washing my hands of it, let other people take it up if rude newbies bug them.
Okay, it was just an idle idea. I'm washing my hands of it, let other people take it up if rude newbies bug them.
disconnecting, aborting, playing, surrender
Worker Bee : about surrender, please have a look at this thread :
http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7121
An ally or an observer could replace a quitting "player", or the game could be gracefully ended (with win and loss) but never aborted. So there would be no frustration.
http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7121
An ally or an observer could replace a quitting "player", or the game could be gracefully ended (with win and loss) but never aborted. So there would be no frustration.
There are plenty of good reasons to quit a game in progress in the first couple of turns if the players are taking too long with their turns or the map is super stupid or like one of the the players on your team quits and the host refuses to let anyone take over and instead forces you have to a computer player or just someone is being unpleasant and abusive etc etc etc.