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Posted by
cpearcy
(VIP) 2 Oct 2004 4:57am
SOME TIME YOU CAN WAIT UPTO 10 MIN
SEARCHING FOR A GAME THEN WHEN YOU GO TO TABLE thier AWAY PLEASE DONT DO THIS AS IT CAN BE MOST ANNOYING
WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK
I Agree
Posted by
PEGASUS
(VIP) 2 Oct 2004 9:40am
I've posted on this before cp ...it is very irritating. Of course you can check the away status on the list, but if you do that and they AREN'T away then you usually miss the chance to play because someone else hops on.
I realize there are those that get busy and forget they put themselves on 'away' at a table, but I think for the most part it's done when they get ready to leave and plan on coming back at some point to a table already made. THIS is what I object to. The 'away' is very useful, but I only use it in the lobby, not at the table.
You hit the nail on the head
Posted by
(VIP) 2 Oct 2004 10:04am
well said cp. It is common courtesy to close your table when you are away. Perhaps there should be a time limit for inactivity placed on an unused table.
Always assuming discourtesy is inaccurate...
Posted by
webmaster
2 Oct 2004 10:24am
There's actually a timer on such unclosed tables with 'away' status -- such table should be auto-closed in about 2 hours.
Always assuming discourtesy on the part of the 'away' player is inaccurate in this case.
Imagine any situation where a player must leave the play asap -- or the player is dragged away by boss/wife/kids/phone -- you name it.
Politely closing the table just before that may not be possible or may not be courteous to whoever is dragging a player away from the computer.
Another possibility -- the player while waiting at the table switched to another program or is chatting with someone unaware that his/her status was changed to 'away' after inactivity. Such player should be -- within seconds -- alerted (via a ring sound) that someone is joining the table if the ring is not drowned out by other noise...
Another reason....
Posted by
(VIP) 3 Oct 2004 10:33am
that it may have npthing to do with discourtesy... A bit of Windows specific coding in the Java implementation makes it impossible for a few of us to create a table. Therefore, when I get a table configured in a way I prefer, I don't want to close it if I plan to be back in a bit... It can be much more frustrating to try to wait for an opportunity to join a table with palatable options than I've ever found it to be to join a table where the occupant is away.
After all, why would you wait ten minutes? When I join a table and it says the occupant is away, I give it 15 or 20 seconds, to see if they might actually be around and respond to the signal, and then go on somewhere else... As webmaster said, there may be many reasons someone may not be available at the moment (whether they show as away or not...)
ty web on post and my thoughts
Posted by
sam85
(VIP) 5 Oct 2004 9:49am
i agree with web there are too many reson why this can happen but i have came it to room and set some of this table just for some of are players that cant set a table . some times i think we should take time to think good thoughts .in stead of think they rude or something like that . and most time u pm player they come back and tell u sry or explain what happen please rember we all have other life jobs ect.. but we share this one with the world and what a min of time to meet a new friend .just my thought
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