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Old 06-09-2008, 07:45 PM   #1
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Default Informal poll - How long to wait before a game is Abandoned?

I'm wondering what would be a good initial length of time to wait before wifight automatically declares a game abandoned. I'm thinking useful numbers here would be anywhere from 7 days to 6 months maybe? What seems too long? What seems too short?

This would be different from an actual game timer feature. The idea is to just start cleaning up old games.

I haven't started coding this yet. I just want to get some opinions first.
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Old 06-09-2008, 10:38 PM   #2
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my vote is for five weeks weeks since last activity. gives people time to have up to a month's holiday in areas without data connection.

the other thing is what "abandon" means: my vote is that it's a loss (not a draw) for the non-active player. Otherwise it might encourage (some) people who are losing to just drag out the game past the time-out point.
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Old 06-11-2008, 11:57 AM   #3
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Cool. I've been thinking at least 30 days up to 60 days. Maybe 45 days is a good solid number. That's a bit past the 5 weeks you suggested. 6 weeks I guess. 1.5 months.

Abandoning a game is gonna be like quitting. It will be scored as a forfeit. Which is a loss. The other player wins. But it's not quite the same as a real win+loss, so it'll be marked accordingly.
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Old 06-23-2008, 05:12 PM   #4
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Lately I'm thinkin 60 days. That's plenty long enough and it's easy to remember (2 months, 8 weeks). At least for starters. So far all the games being played were started under no time limits, so I dunno if they should get a special amnesty or if they should just lose. I'm thinking they should just lose. That's whatcha get. You had two months! How can you argue with that?
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Old 07-02-2008, 06:42 PM   #5
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60 Days is solid, I also think it should be a loss for the person who's turn it is.
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Old 07-03-2008, 02:27 PM   #6
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14 days. Hear me out:

There should be two checks, not just the last time you entered a move. First, the system should check the last time you logged in. Then check the last time you made a move. If the difference is greater than 14 days, you probably are not going to go back to that other game.

There could even be another check to see if you started another of the same type of game. Then that might show that you aren't going to return back to your previous game.
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