Prevent non-players from commenting on games they're not playing

[Apatheist]

Self-explanatory. I'm not sure why it's actually possible to begin with. Game chat should be limited to participants only.

[IcePack]

Nah its fun to cheer on teammates and tournament games in big events

[Apatheist]

It's not fun to be distracted or abused by someone who isn't a teammate though.

[TeeGee]

It's not fun to be distracted or abused by someone who isn't a teammate though.

what game number did this happen in?

[Apatheist]

It didn't (as far as I know). Someone posted a link to a game, I clicked on it out of curiosity, and saw that someone else had been posting comments, telling them they were going to lose. It may have been friendly banter by someone they knew, I don't know; I just thought it might be useful to prevent any abuse happening before it starts. In other online game sites in which I play, it's only the participants in a game who can post comments.

[gcwca_4_life]

You are calling socializing a form of abuse in a game that has a chat in the games kinda for that reason.
It doesnt make sense.
I talk to friends in their own games all the time.
And use to when i played 15 or more years ago always had people talking to me in the games i had going.
But, its not on the map, and not in your actions area, so unless I'm misunderstanding what you are saying somehow I'm not seeing how it could even be a distraction.

Besides, if I'm playing a speed game and miss a turn because I'm talking to a friend its my own fault and shouldnt bother my opponent or anyone else who may be watching.

If you are actually being verbally abused, now thats a way different story. But, since I just wasted sooooooo much time clicking on all your games just to check, that never happened to you. So I wouldnt even be sure why you would even bring that up?

Back in the day we had the Flame Wars thread, but thats before everyone lost their backbones.

Sorry mods, had to chime in on this. If I'm in the wrong I accept my punishment.
But only from Gee, wait, no, Ice.. Crap, you both can handle me if need be. dang.

[owenshooter]

Thank goodness we have people like you looking to eradicate problems before they even exists... In all my years here, i have never seen an official complaint, a C&A case or even a comment in Global Chat. But hey, thank you for keeping all of us from something that you THINK may happen... Seriously... Suck it up, Cupcake... The black jesus has spoken..-Jesus noir