AoR2, Krazy Kingdoms, New World, Waterloo, Malta, 2011 World

[jmyork82]

speaking of flipping, is there anyway that we can "flip" the join games to show the oldest games first and the newest games last?

I'm sure it would cause a lot of ruckus, especially for how long it would take to clean the games up. BUT, I do feel that overall it would drastically decrease the amount of games waiting to be filled.

Thoughts?

[Donelladan]

It was the case before, old games appeared first.
But then, first page was a bunch of Das Schloss quad with some weird settings that was set up by some farmers, then you had a bunch of oasis quad or all your base quad freestyles. First pages were useless, you had to go directly to page 5 or 6 to start finding some interesting game.

And somehow at some point those farming games were filled by some noobs with no idea of how to play the map or how to play a team game and were quickly eliminated by the farmers, giving poor experience to those noobs.

That is why the "join games" page was changed.
There has been some suggestions to change it again though, will see if this will be done, because something need to be done for that join games page.

[jmyork82]

now that you mention it, I do remember that back from my first stint on CC. That makes sense why it was changed.

Has there ever been any discussion about limiting the amount of games one person can create? Like having a cap of 5 or 10 games that you can host, until they are filled?

[Dukasaur]

There are many tourney games that will need to be deleted. I know I'm guilty (as TO) of not deleting some. Since these tournies are over, I would assume these games can be deleted:

Unfilled tourney games should autodelete after two weeks. If any of those are older than two weeks, you need to send them to an admin. But if they're less than two weeks, then no problem, they'll go away by themselves.

now that you mention it, I do remember that back from my first stint on CC. That makes sense why it was changed.

Has there ever been any discussion about limiting the amount of games one person can create? Like having a cap of 5 or 10 games that you can host, until they are filled?

I think there is a Suggestion up about it. I don't think it ever got much traction.

What is far more urgent, I think, is the Suggestion to autodelete public games after some period.

[elonpuckhog]

There are many tourney games that will need to be deleted. I know I'm guilty (as TO) of not deleting some. Since these tournies are over, I would assume these games can be deleted:

Unfilled tourney games should autodelete after two weeks. If any of those are older than two weeks, you need to send them to an admin. But if they're less than two weeks, then no problem, they'll go away by themselves.

now that you mention it, I do remember that back from my first stint on CC. That makes sense why it was changed.

Has there ever been any discussion about limiting the amount of games one person can create? Like having a cap of 5 or 10 games that you can host, until they are filled?

I think there is a Suggestion up about it. I don't think it ever got much traction.

What is far more urgent, I think, is the Suggestion to autodelete public games after some period.

The bolded part was changed some time ago. They are def more than 2 weeks old. All of the games i posted are for tournies that are over. I sent them to blake, but so far no action.

[elonpuckhog]

Well this fizzled out faster than I expected.

[jmyork82]

What is far more urgent, I think, is the Suggestion to autodelete public games after some period.

I agree with that to a certain extent. I like what was said earlier about inactive players being removed from waiting games. If they are the only one waiting for the game, then the game can auto delete. Otherwise, I think people should be allowed to wait on a game as long as they want.

I will say this, I have had good success with filling games by inviting people to them. I use the game finder to search for players who have played similar map/settings as the games I am trying to fill. I have filled over 40 games this way, alone. The only downside is that I have to join every single one of these games to do that which has driven up my game count significantly. I have learned that there are players out there who are willing to play these games that are sitting open, you just have to direct them to the open game.

What if there was somebody, or a small team, that were allowed to invite players to games without joining them? They could be the ones tasked to assist in filling games.

[Butters1919]

new games up!

[jmyork82]

update me Butters, I have 3 on 1982 that just need a little bit of attention

[Butters1919]

will do a bit later today.

[jmyork82]

You're the man! Go ahead and list the ones up to where I have joined so far. I'm thinking the 1982 games aren't too far from being finished.

[jmyork82]

I have noticed more and more people helping out with the cause. I appreciate everyone who has been joining these games!

Thanks again!

[Donelladan]

Game 14123498

1 player more !

[Dukasaur]

I joined the Easter games....

[jmyork82]

I joined the Easter games....

lol, thanks! Now I have 6 waiting and 6 more that I have yet to join.

Anybody else interested in joining more Easter games, let me know! PM me or post below!

[dillonbrett]

you should make it that if you join the 4 or so oldest games you will get a credit or something then there will be a feeding frenzy for the last 4 or so games (even i will join them

[jmyork82]

you should make it that if you join the 4 or so oldest games you will get a credit or something then there will be a feeding frenzy for the last 4 or so games (even i will join them

If it were up to me, I would try to put a little reward in place to help give an incentive, but unfortunately that is out of my jurisdiction.

But, you should join one anyways out of your good nature the Easter games have been interesting so far and should have a quick turnover on how fast the games conclude.

What kind of maps/settings do you like? I could match you up with an older game and make it fill for you!

[baddestbrute]

if you guys need a player to fill games then send me as many invites as you can,,,willing to help fill those games,,,,lots of time on my hands,,recovering from hip replacement surgery,,,about a month before i go back to work,,,oh and i did join a few games from first post

[jmyork82]

Awesome brute! Glad you to see that you are helping out

It looks like you already have the initiative and dont really need me to invite. If you go to the "join games" tab and click to get to the very last page, you can join as many games as you wish. I have been methodically working on filling these particular games. The closer to the end of the list, the sooner I can fill the game you have joined.

In the meantime, I hope you have a speedy recovery from your hip surgery!

[Mad777]

joined a dozen from last page (Easter, Baltic states and 1 Random)

[Fewnix]

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Re: Auto-drop waiting games

Postby Fewnix on Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:21 am
agreed,

Let it be done.

The good idea would be that those old games are automatically deleted.

And for this kind of stuff :

Ok, after that anticlimactic start to this endeavour, we next have a Terminator game on Bamboo Jack: Game 13344996

11 player, manual, sequential, escalating, chained, fog.

Only the creator, tryagain is not premium and his last completed game was in this number range. So we'll have to endure him deadbeating. But, I promise it will be fun afterwards!

Someone made a suggestion no sot long ago that I think is the solution ( I made the suggestion ) :

https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewt ... 4#p4566934

Has to be done ! I think it's simple work ( the code already exist for speed game somehow it should be possible to use something similar for sequential game) and would avoid most of deadbeating players from round 1.

Of course since it was a simple suggestion no one argued about it, no one comment about it, and I am assuming no one from CC staff did notice it.

[owenshooter]

where's my snare? i have no snare in my headphones...

keep cleaning out your closet, YORKY!!!-Jésus noir

[Butters1919]

thanks [player]jmyork82[/player] for keeping this going. i was obviously not up to the task!

[Dukasaur]

thanks [player]jmyork82[/player] for keeping this going. i was obviously not up to the task!

You still deserve a lot of credit as the originator of the project!



But yes, thanks to jmyork, who is doing a stellar job of keeping it alive!

[Mageplunka69]

joined all i could ..i like this way to fill old games