Kicking player?

Ruatha · #1 June 15th, 2003, 11:19 AM

One of the players in NGC3 does not reply to my e-mails.
One of the game rules is:

1. Always have a valid e-mail adress where the host can reach you.

I was tryoing to reach hime to ask why he uploads a few hours before the 72 hour deadline runs out, persistantly!
If there was anything I could help him with?

Now what to do as I can't get contact with him, he still plays his turns.
As I see it I have three options:

1. Do nothing, accept things as they are.
2. Run a turn offline, changing his password so that he must contact me.
3. Kick him.

Any suggestions, opinions, ideas?

Atrocities · #2 June 15th, 2003, 11:27 AM

2. Run a turn offline, changing his password so that he must contact me.

Then 3 if unsuccessful.

DavidG · #3 June 15th, 2003, 02:24 PM

Hmmm kicking a player who gets his turns in within the games set time doesn't seem right to me. Seems like what you really want is a faster game so why not just set it to 48 hours or whatever.

tesco samoa · #4 June 15th, 2003, 02:45 PM

I have that problem with Georgig.

I would not ever think of kicking him.

I just delete the bounced mail. And hope he reads the Messages.

Remeber not all e-mails accept everything that is sent to them.

I believe that is the case with Georgig and I.

I think his ISP bounces my emails.

I would suggest that you get someone to contact him in the game next turn to send you an email about your concerns...

Then you can work it out.

Ruatha · #5 June 15th, 2003, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DavidG:
Hmmm kicking a player who gets his turns in within the games set time doesn't seem right to me. Seems like what you really want is a faster game so why not just set it to 48 hours or whatever.

I have no intention of kicking anyone for sending in their turns late!
I might kick someone who Posts an answer without reading the question though!!!

Quote:

Originally posted by tesco samoa:

Remeber not all e-mails accept everything that is sent to them.

Why on earth shouldn't it accept my e-mails? They don't bounce, it's just no one who reads the in-box!

[ June 15, 2003, 15:31: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

General Woundwort · #6 June 15th, 2003, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ruatha:

quote:
Originally posted by DavidG:
Hmmm kicking a player who gets his turns in within the games set time doesn't seem right to me. Seems like what you really want is a faster game so why not just set it to 48 hours or whatever.

I have no intention of kicking anyone for sending in their turns late!
I might kick someone who Posts an answer without reading the question though!!!

If I may put a word in DavidG's defense, you did say...

Quote:

Originally posted by Ruatha:
I was trying to reach him to ask why he uploads a few hours before the 72 hour deadline runs out, persistantly!

Atrocities · #7 June 15th, 2003, 05:06 PM

To hell with it, just kick everyone!

Roanon · #8 June 15th, 2003, 05:25 PM

Give him some time. He might be away (vaccation virus?), not able to read his mail, only able to get limited internet access. Maybe by uploading late he tries to make sure that, after uploading his turn, he can instantly download the results - thereby minimizing the necessary internet contacts which may pose a problem.
Guesswork of course. He just should have told us or at least you before. I too do not like lack of communication. I suggest to give him 1 or 2 more weeks, then force him to contact you by doing 2) - should not hurt.

[ June 15, 2003, 16:46: Message edited by: Roanon ]

DavidG · #9 June 15th, 2003, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ruatha:

quote:
Originally posted by DavidG:
Hmmm kicking a player who gets his turns in within the games set time doesn't seem right to me. Seems like what you really want is a faster game so why not just set it to 48 hours or whatever.

I have no intention of kicking anyone for sending in their turns late!
I might kick someone who Posts an answer without reading the question though!!!

Ooooo Oooo can I kick someone who assumes I didn't read the question 'cause they didn't like my response?

I certainly understand your frustration I just don't know what you should do about it. I mean if he did not answer his e-mails but got his turns in within 24hrs you would not consider kicking him. (I think)
I think if I ever host a 72 hour game I would put a note in the rules something like: "This game will be on 72 hours turns to allow players who may occasionaly need some extra time. Players are encouraged to submit turns within 24hrs. Failure to do so consistantly without expalination will result in the boot"

[ June 15, 2003, 17:00: Message edited by: DavidG ]

DavidG · #10 June 15th, 2003, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ruatha:
Why on earth shouldn't it accept my e-mails? They don't bounce, it's just no one who reads the in-box!

Probably a long shot but I once got an e-mail from a host of a PBW game that my spam filter identified as spam??? If I had the 'auto delete' feature turned on I never would have seen it. I suspect maybe the host had an account on server that had a bad rep with sending out spam. I'm not sure why else it would have been tagged as spam.