Kicking player?

General Woundwort · #1 June 15th, 2003, 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by Ruatha:

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Originally posted by DavidG:
Hmmm kicking a player who gets his turns in within the games set time doesn't seem right to me. Seems like what you really want is a faster game so why not just set it to 48 hours or whatever.

I have no intention of kicking anyone for sending in their turns late!
I might kick someone who Posts an answer without reading the question though!!!

If I may put a word in DavidG's defense, you did say...

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Originally posted by Ruatha:
I was trying to reach him to ask why he uploads a few hours before the 72 hour deadline runs out, persistantly!

Atrocities · #2 June 15th, 2003, 05:06 PM

To hell with it, just kick everyone!

Roanon · #3 June 15th, 2003, 05:25 PM

Give him some time. He might be away (vaccation virus?), not able to read his mail, only able to get limited internet access. Maybe by uploading late he tries to make sure that, after uploading his turn, he can instantly download the results - thereby minimizing the necessary internet contacts which may pose a problem.
Guesswork of course. He just should have told us or at least you before. I too do not like lack of communication. I suggest to give him 1 or 2 more weeks, then force him to contact you by doing 2) - should not hurt.

[ June 15, 2003, 16:46: Message edited by: Roanon ]

DavidG · #4 June 15th, 2003, 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by Ruatha:

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Originally posted by DavidG:
Hmmm kicking a player who gets his turns in within the games set time doesn't seem right to me. Seems like what you really want is a faster game so why not just set it to 48 hours or whatever.

I have no intention of kicking anyone for sending in their turns late!
I might kick someone who Posts an answer without reading the question though!!!

Ooooo Oooo can I kick someone who assumes I didn't read the question 'cause they didn't like my response?

I certainly understand your frustration I just don't know what you should do about it. I mean if he did not answer his e-mails but got his turns in within 24hrs you would not consider kicking him. (I think)
I think if I ever host a 72 hour game I would put a note in the rules something like: "This game will be on 72 hours turns to allow players who may occasionaly need some extra time. Players are encouraged to submit turns within 24hrs. Failure to do so consistantly without expalination will result in the boot"

[ June 15, 2003, 17:00: Message edited by: DavidG ]

DavidG · #5 June 15th, 2003, 05:58 PM

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Originally posted by Ruatha:
Why on earth shouldn't it accept my e-mails? They don't bounce, it's just no one who reads the in-box!

Probably a long shot but I once got an e-mail from a host of a PBW game that my spam filter identified as spam??? If I had the 'auto delete' feature turned on I never would have seen it. I suspect maybe the host had an account on server that had a bad rep with sending out spam. I'm not sure why else it would have been tagged as spam.

Ruatha · #6 June 15th, 2003, 06:18 PM

We'll I'm on a small ISP that's local here in the county, not much of a Spam senders target to transmit from.

Yes, if he had uplaoded within 24 hours I wouldn't have tried to reach him, and therefore wouldn't have had seen that he doesn't reply.
I don't belive the vacation thing, but hey who knows, maybe...
He really bugs me, dealying turns like that without explanation, turn after turn after turn after turn...
And to top it off I've recently started getting spams to my private e-mail adress and two mails the Last two weeks with attached viruses (2 out of 3 since I started getting e-mails, what? 10 years or so ago). So I'm in a bad mood

I don't kick people as a gut response, never had.
But if I can't get into contact with them I might consider it, as I'm doing.
I was planning on doing a turn offline with changing password, but O wanted to hear what people thought of it, is it an intrusion on his integrity? What's worse, kicking or changing password? I belive it's worse to kick him.
i've played in OPBW games where players have been kicked after not replying to the hosts mail, I didn't protest then as it was a rule in that game and that player had accepted the rules when joining the game, a rule I've since adopted in my games aswell.

If I need to get into contact with one of the fast uploaders and they don't respond, I'll treat them the same way as I treat this slow uploader, even if it will hurt (me as I like fast uploaders).

I never stated that I wanted to kick him becourse of his slow uploads, I was quite clear why, I even posted the rule (se first post),

There is another slow uploader in the game who has responed to my mails, I wouldn't dream of kicking him, on the contrary, I'll go a long way to keep him in the game!!!

I might be somewhat annoyed with him uploading late as I'm anxious to play the next turn, but I understand his reasons and fully support him in his right to take the time he needs.

[ June 15, 2003, 17:20: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

Ruatha · #7 June 15th, 2003, 06:27 PM

Just to clarify things so there's no misunderstandings.
The one I'm discussing here who don't reply is SWizzardS so if anyone has any contact with him get him to contact me ASAP.

I know very little about him as he is the only one of the 20 players who hasn't introduced himself at the game forum page.

[ June 15, 2003, 17:27: Message edited by: Ruatha ]