Can't answer you question Dave but it did spark a thought. Seems to
me it would be useful to have a top-level topic where players (or
friends of players as the case might be) could post an "away"
message for those who will be effectively 'away from the board' for a
while (vacation, illness, lost my ISP, whatever). I think most people
would be wiling to check that kind of area for easy to find postings
before invoking a timeout. The other solution would be to make a
software change as a characteristic of a player where could tag
themselves as 'away' but that would be more work and causes a whole
other set of computational and policy complications.
-ww-
That is actually a great idea...I don't T.O. on someone unless they
are moving in other games and not ours or they haven't been very
nice in messages or something like that.
I will send a message over to Russ and see if something like that
can't be done...although he has done so much already to continue
and improve the site.
Thanks
Dave
Captain USA
Thanks but I must admit I have seen similar things for other sites so
this is not a unique idea - your query simply connected it in my mind
for use here. 🙂
I set a similar policy early. No message, nothing in their profile, not
moving anywhere or moving in other games recently, and no forum
comments (if I can catch them). Then I usually wait two more days
before dropping the TO hammer.
BTW, I always knew you wanted to be ... Captain USA!