Notes for above vote on when Freeze boxes appear.
(i)This would be visible for all joiners
(ii)e.g. 20 escalator, 30 flat rate, 40 no cardsConcise description:Freeze the game on unanimous vote, automatically set up a new game and carry the points over * so winner takes all.
Stalemates are the most wasteful demand upon time and server space and there are many ways to conclude them!
The best I have come across is to gain agreement from all players and start up another game with the agreement that winner of the new game takes all points for both games
(* see Yeti's refinement) This requires lengthy diplomacy and then mundane surrender of the stalemate game to the relevant player.
Why not have a
'Freeze Game' tick box which each player can select and once all remaining players select it the Game halts, it is archived, the points are pooled and roll-over to the Decider Game.
Voting is anonymous, with only the number of votes for game-freeze visible to each player. This means that players can not be bullied into ending the game if they wish to keep playing.
Specifics:The replacement game would be played on the Original board, with the settings of the first game With only the alive gamers automatically joined.Points will be pooled and frozen at the rate of the existing relative ranks and then carried over into the decider.
*Refinement from Yeti: (Vote was unanimous that only eliminated player points should be pooled from 'Frozen' stalemate game)yeti_c wrote:
(Example given 8 player classic game.)
1 ) Game 1... 5 players are eliminated (4 5 6 7 8 ) - 3 players left (1 2 3) - Stalemate agreed.
2 ) Game 1 now frozen - players who are eliminated aren't losing a game as it's in their eliminated list.
Players still playing don't lose a game as it gets moved to the recently finished list (but won't get archived until decider is finished)
3 ) A log is made in Game 1 saying that the game has been stalemated and a decider is playing at game #...
4 ) Game 2 now starts with 3 players (same rules as before)
5 ) Game 2 concludes with player 1 winning.
6 ) Player 1 gets points from Players 2 & 3 from Game 2.
7 ) Player 1 gets points from Players 4 5 6 7 & 8 from Game 1. (No points are lost for 2 & 3 in this game)
8 ) Game 1 & 2 get archived a week (or so) later.
The beauty of this is
a) no abuse - points are still the same regardless of how many games played.
b) It's extensible - the games can keep rolling collecting eliminated players until there is a clear winner.
c) IF there is an unfair drop on a decider game - you could stale that game out immediately (obviously with unanimous decision).
d) Once the coding is done - CC staff have nothing to do and the games just keep on rolling. (of course serious abuse may well get looked at)
The Replacement games should benefit all players who accede to the vote.
'Frozen' archived game would not count as one of the Fremiums 4 games!As the settings are the same and the players are those left alive from the Frozen game, the Replacement game is merely a continuation.
A continuation with a greater chance of fast completion. Therefore for example, the Freemium player should benefit because a game slot has a greater chance to be open more quickly.
To prevent players being targeted who do not 'click the Freeze box' voter anonymity wins poll by a large majority.
That should discount targeting of players who do not agree with the majority. (the vote must be unanimous and anonymous to Freeze the game and automate a replacement)
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