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Old January 17th, 2004, 05:41 AM
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I sent a news email just now to try and encourage people to play or drop out. Did you get it? I didn't get it myself. Not sure if the problem is sending or me not receiving.
Yes, I got it. I appreciate your efforts at trying to keep the game on schedule. I know it's aggravating.
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Old January 17th, 2004, 05:45 AM
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Yes, they do not have the time to play their turn, but they will always have the time to go email everyone that they will not be able to play their turn for X hours or whatever? That is just not practical in most situations for short delays.
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Old January 17th, 2004, 05:48 AM
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It has nothing to do with negligence in the vast majority of cases, but with real life issues that cause everyone to not have the same amount of free time to devote to gaming that you do. Not everyone has the same schedule.
True, but Slynky's point is still valid. If people can't play turns at that rate they shouldn't join the game in the first place. Or if something comes up they can let everybody else know. Just not playing and not saying anything is not cool at all.

But this is a problem that really has no solution. All we can do is deal with it.

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I gotta echo Geo's comment. I try to forcast my real life needs with PBW games and join accordingly. Those who know me know I'm rarely late with a turn (maybe once in 500 turns). But, as Geo said, there's no real solution. Which is why I said I'd rather turn the position over to another player. And also why I said in an earlier post, "Why oh why...". ('cause they just sound so interesting but I need to keep telling myself, "DON'T get in games with more than 6 people!"...
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Old January 17th, 2004, 06:58 AM
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Yes, they do not have the time to play their turn, but they will always have the time to go email everyone that they will not be able to play their turn for X hours or whatever? That is just not practical in most situations for short delays.
For short delays I don't think anyone would mind Fyron. In this case though we are looking at a guy who hasn't played in three days and hasn't left a message. And you don't have to email everyone, but you could let the game owner know.
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So boot him and get over it!
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All the rated players have responded and the results are unanimous: It's OK for Electrum to count this game as a rated game.

Thanks for taking the time to message me, guys.
Thanks for letting me in.
Slynky. Did you ever get my e-mail?
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All the rated players have responded and the results are unanimous: It's OK for Electrum to count this game as a rated game.

Thanks for taking the time to message me, guys.
Thanks for letting me in.
Slynky. Did you ever get my e-mail?

Never did get an email. If the email isn't successful...you should get a "kickback" message. Are you saying it just goes into "space" and that's the Last you "see" of it?
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