Playing by yourself

[Rob Gambino]

When you create a game and someone else joins, you click start and there is a countdown to when the game starts.  If your opponent leaves before the end of the countdown, then the game starts with only you being there.  If there is only 1 person in the game, it shouldn't start.  It gets kind of annoying.  Thanx. 

[matlu]

It was already discussed - it's more a "feature" than a bug - during development I need very often to start a game for testing, and it's annoying to have to login twice.

But ok, if it's so annoying I will make it as you suggest.

[BladeSabre]

It's a good feature being able to start a game by yourself. The problem arises if you click to start a game, and then the other person leaves. So you could make it so that the countdown stops if the last of the other players leaves.

Alternatively a "leave game" button inside the game would pretty much solve the problem, and would be good for other things too.

(Edited to add) Perhaps it would work better generally if the countdown stops whenever anyone leaves, and make it so it's not possible to join a game while the countdown is in progress.

[matlu]

you see, it's impossible to make everyone happy

[raikoukami]

man your makeing up all this stuff >.< pointless thing we don't really need
i think if there is no one in your group the timer shouldn't start.

It's a good feature being able to start a game by yourself. The problem arises if you click to start a game, and then the other person leaves. So you could make it so that the countdown stops if the last of the other players leaves.

Alternatively a "leave game" button inside the game would pretty much solve the problem, and would be good for other things too.

(Edited to add) Perhaps it would work better generally if the countdown stops whenever anyone leaves, and make it so it's not possible to join a game while the countdown is in progress.

i find that pointless

[Rob Gambino]

Do what you want, Matlu, it's your game.  I'll still play either way 

[BladeSabre]

Adding the "leave game" button would make everyone happy ;P

[Adam]

leave game button is good except that will just start people cheating to get points easier...

timer stopping when anyone leaves is good but making it so you cant join with a game in progress is overkill... you should be able to lock a game down if you want though... sometimes i feel like playing only friends and if someone joins then it kinda ruins the purpose... doesnt happen really because of how few people there are at the moment but its something to think about... its obvious you modeled this after cyber wars from the castle so unless there are legal reasons as i heard there were for some things you should look more into copying stuff directly over... like a time setting...

[anima]

Why would you only want to play friends? The more the merrier 

[Bakster]

I hate 5-6 player games, you can die far too quickly.

I hate the scenario when you are in the lobby with one other person, and there are maybe one or two other games taking place, and the person insists we wait for them to finish instead of playing a 1v1 game. Wouldn't a 1v1 game pass the time anyway??!?!?!?!?!?!

[TheMcCool]

I don't like 1 v 1 games. I like the subtle, or sometimes not so subtle interplay between 4 or more players. 1 v1 games are just too simple and straightforward.

[matlu]

I agree with both of you, 2 player games are (mostly) very straightforward (but sometimes very funny). In 6 player game you quite often die too soon, without being able to influent it.

[Leviathan]

Yeah, but in big games, i spend my time chatting to folk and making others laugh! thats how I lost 200 points! But I reckon that's what its all about. Though i class the "Free Points, its Leviathan" chant as bullying!