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04 Sep 07
04 Sep 07
Originally posted by duecerWhat about people who have had timeouts due to illness or problems with their internet connections. Would it be fair to label them as 'bad players' as well?
I think it would be a great idea to post how many times a player has lost a game due to timeouts on the stats page. It will help people choose better opponents, and also help clans determine who would be a good member.
04 Sep 07
Originally posted by Daemon SinI don't think it labels them as bad players, but "potentially" bad challanges. The recent thread you commented in about banded tournies and sanbaggers are also relevent here. If a player has a habit of letting games lapse, then gets interested again, s/he might enter a tournie, and clean up.
What about people who have had timeouts due to illness or problems with their internet connections. Would it be fair to label them as 'bad players' as well?
As for clans, if you were head of a clan, would you pick a player with 50 or 60 recent timeouts? I think your clan might suffer if you did.
04 Sep 07
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Originally posted by duecerOne of my clan members just let all his games go to time out. And among these there were 18 league games, ruining all this season. I asked him why, he said that he got other priorities. He will never again enter a league for my clan anymore, no way.
I don't think it labels them as bad players, but "potentially" bad challanges. The recent thread you commented in about banded tournies and sanbaggers are also relevent here. If a player has a habit of letting games lapse, then gets interested again, s/he might enter a tournie, and clean up.
As for clans, if you were head of a clan, would you pick a player with 50 or 60 recent timeouts? I think your clan might suffer if you did.
If a member asks me to join my clan and I know he has a lot of time outs, then I politely ask him why, and with not the right answer he will not enter my clan.
I think too that this information should be on of the statistics about a member.
04 Sep 07
Originally posted by duecerYou've just proven my point:
As for clans, if you were head of a clan, would you pick a player with 50 or 60 recent timeouts? I think your clan might suffer if you did.
Having that figure on their account instantly puts the player in a negative light. There could be any number of legitimate reasons why a player has had a high number of timeouts (recent or not) that aren't being taken into consideration. For example: imagine if a member of your family died, you lost your internet connection or you had an accident; and you were unable to access the site for a few weeks. Would you like your account permanently 'branded' with the number of timeouts you received in your absence?
Also, it seems irrelevant putting it on a user's stat page. Any time you look at their statistics the graph makes their recent form blatantly obvious.
04 Sep 07
Originally posted by Daemon SinThe information is there already. Look at the green graph. If it has a downhill slope you can suspect a series of timeouts. You can easily confirm it by looking in his public games. No problem to find the information!
You've just proven my point:
Having that figure on their account instantly puts the player in a negative light. There could be any number of legitimate reasons why a player has had a high number of timeouts (recent or not) that aren't being taken into consideration. For example: imagine if a member of your family died, you lost your internet connection ...[text shortened]... Any time you look at their statistics the graph makes their recent form blatantly obvious.
Why he has a series of time outs, is another question.
04 Sep 07
Originally posted by PsychoPawnI think if you get timed out you should not be able to post in the forums for a week, and also not be able to make any chess moves. Something needs to be done to prevent people from getting timed out.
Why not put a scarlett letter T over his profile. That would be better.
Fabian, as you suggested, the information is already there so no need to add it, right? 🙂
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04 Sep 07
Originally posted by PsychoPawnYou're right in this, but it takes som research to do it.
Fabian, as you suggested, the information is already there so no need to add it, right? 🙂
As a clan leader I want this information instantly whenever someone wants to join the clan. Then I can ask him about his excessive time-out frequence right away.
No clan leader loves members who frequdntly uses timeouts for dubious reasons.
The scarlet T over his name is not efficient, neither is a tatoo on his forehead.
04 Sep 07
Originally posted by FabianFnasSo having higher priorities than chess isn't a good enough reason?
You're right in this, but it takes som research to do it.
As a clan leader I want this information instantly whenever someone wants to join the clan. Then I can ask him about his excessive time-out frequence right away.
No clan leader loves members who frequdntly uses timeouts for dubious reasons.
The scarlet T over his name is not efficient, neither is a tatoo on his forehead.
Frankly, I hope the vast majority of people here have higher priorities than chess.
The prime reason I'm against this is what Daemon Sin mentioned pretty much. It will serve as a tattoo on the forehead of any player.