deadbeating newbies

[Bavarian Raven]

...has anyone noticed that recently alot of the newbies have been deadbeating? I'm in four games with deadbeating newbies,,,

[btownmeggy]

I don't really think it's a recent development.

[richardgarr]

I currently have at least 2 games that noobs are D/Bing , I have come to expect it to happen every once and awhile....

What really gets me going is when you think they are not coming back, so you disregard their armies and create a plan that may or may not include the now assumed deadbeater , when all of a sudden they appear out of no where on the 3rd turn and destroy all efforts and plans that were done under the assumption that they would not be back. (I figure that the noobs must have found the instruction page, or actually read the CC intro )

So I have learned the hard way that even though they look like they are deadbeaing that the noobs may actually read the instructions or the introduction page and realize that the site is based on long term strategy play,( not instant start and go,) and once they realize their error they start to play.

I personally believe that the noobs should have to read the instructions b4 being allowed to play their first game.

So after all this ranting all I want to really say is , Noobs deadbeat it happens, get used to it, and don't assume they won't clue in and walk in at the last moment and destroy all your best laid plans...

[misterman10]

Get premium if you don't like it, otherwise you just have to live with it right now. In the next update (supposed to be this month but I doubt it will ever happen) there are supposed to be anti-deadbeat measures.

[EmperorOfDaNorth]

I'm a newbie myself and I too noticed some people register but then think 'meh' and never show up. I hate that!

How about that if you're a newbie (less than 5 completed games AND/OR not a paying member) THEN you're NOT allowed to miss turns. Or not allowed to miss turns during the first 5 rounds of the game if a complete ban is too strict.