Re: Are Replacements becoming a problem?
 

One drastic way to take care of the relative scarcity of replacement players would be to prohibit the creation of new games on PBW until the amount of available replacement slots falls to a low level. I personally would be in favor of a policy like this.

Re: Are Replacements becoming a problem?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yuck! I vote "NO" to that!

Re: Are Replacements becoming a problem?
 

"One drastic way to take care of the relative scarcity of replacement players would be to prohibit the creation of new games on PBW until the amount of available replacement slots falls to a low level. I personally would be in favor of a policy like this."

I would also vote no to that. If it WAS implimented, I'd take control of as many empires as possible.. and kill them all off. Quickly. (watch the empire die in 6 turns or less! yes, it can be done)

I imagine the other players in the game wouldn't be thrilled with that prospect.

Phoenix-D

Re: Are Replacements becoming a problem?
 

It's not a severe enough problem to call for drastic measures. We can't force people to play in games that they don't want to join.

Part of the problem is actually the wide number of options available. There are so many different settings that can vary from game to game that every game you don't personally set up is likely to have some settings you don't particularly like.

Re: Are Replacements becoming a problem?
 

I have found that the majority of games needing replacement players are in Version 1.49.

Since I bought Gold, I can't play in these...Greybeard

Re: Are Replacements becoming a problem?
 

If replacement players are a problem the best way would be to create stats for them kind of like relief pitchers. Is this possible in PBW? Playing as a replacement for X # of turns would earn you a save or something. Baseball would probably have a severe shortage of of Relief pitchers if they got no credit. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif