Site down-deadbeat victories

by **mbohn2** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:04 pm

Speed game #4677377, I had only one opponent left with 17 armies and held 86 terr with over 200 armies when CC crashed for 45 minutes causing us to both deadbeat the game. because I was listed 1st it forced me to deadbeat first giving the game to Cobra Kai. Can we not set it up so that if there is a problem like this that the player with the most armies would win and not the player listed last? This would also be a good Idea for arms race when both player hold only the missile launch at the end...it sucks spending 45 minutes winning a game to have it stolen by a site malfunction.

Mbohn2

by **ubersky** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:21 pm

The only problem is how does the system determine what is a site failure vs a network failure.

An interesting suggestion might be to build some logic into the system to pause the game if both sides are in danger of deadbeating, as this may be an external issue.

by **ubersky** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:21 pm

More likely, you must understand, that no one can withstand the Cobra Kai!

by **hwhrhett** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:28 pm

ubersky wrote:The only problem is how does the system determine what is a site failure vs a network failure.

An interesting suggestion might be to build some logic into the system to pause the game if both sides are in danger of deadbeating, as this may be an external issue.

site was down for me too, and everybody i asked on msn said the same....

by **KoE_Sirius** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:34 pm

Yeah,I lost a game,I would have won the next turn.The other player even said gg.
Most gamesites that freeze end the game as a default.
This site asks you to write an E-Ticket.
I'm still waiting from October for one to be answered.

by **ubersky** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:36 pm

hwhrhett wrote:
ubersky wrote:The only problem is how does the system determine what is a site failure vs a network failure.

An interesting suggestion might be to build some logic into the system to pause the game if both sides are in danger of deadbeating, as this may be an external issue.

site was down for me too, and everybody i asked on msn said the same....

Agreed, but the trick would be to automate it somehow so manual intervention is not required.

by **God Emperor Q** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:47 pm

Another issue is in escalating games. When the cashes get higher, the person with the most armies at one point in a game will not neccesarily win. I think we should just assume that this doesn't happen very often and move on.

by **mbohn2** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:28 pm

I have had at least 6 occasions in the last 12 months where the site is down long enough to force a deadbeat result, this is enough of an occurance for me to wish it changed.

by **Royal Panda** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:35 pm

Site certainly did go down (though maybe it was an IE issue? Everyone else affected using IE, or another browser?) - fortunately I was not in any speed games so it didn't bother me.

Can the above games not be deleted?

by **hwhrhett** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:23 pm

mbohn2 wrote:I have had at least 6 occasions in the last 12 months where the site is down long enough to force a deadbeat result, this is enough of an occurance for me to wish it changed.

this is the first time in a long time its been down for me.... and im on most all day every day....