#57379: "Hide fast turn-based games with incompatible playing hours or warn before joining"
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• Please copy/paste the error message you see on your screen, if applicable.
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. -
• Please explain what you wanted to do, what you did and what happened
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. -
• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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• Which part of the rules was not followed by the BGA adaptation?
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. -
• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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• What was the game action you wanted to do?
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. -
• What did you try to do to trigger this game action?
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• What happened when you tried to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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• At which step of the game did the problem occur? What was the current game instruction?
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. -
• What happened when you tried to do this game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. -
• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
In the few fast turn-based games I've played, there is usually someone who joins that has to sleep in the middle of the playing hours. They slow down the game and eventually run out of time. I'm guessing they joined the game by accident.
It would probably be helpful if the game lobby could hide these incompatible games by default. You might hide games whose playing hours start between 10pm and 3am local time, for instance. You would also probably provide a way to see all games.
The other option would be to have a warning when joining such a game. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v97
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In theory, BGA could track a user's usage and figure out the times that they are not available. It could then only add people to games that don't overlap the user's unavailable hours.
When choosing a turn-based game with fewer than 8 turns per day, the playing hours options is *NOT SHOWN* at all. However, if the player has chosen the flexibility option, they may still be put into a table with more turns per day with inhumane (from their timezone) playing hours. This is definitely unexpected, undesired and surprising behavior.
I'd suggest the playing hours option is always shown if flexibility is chosen.
I have to fix this statement - there is **no sensible reason** the playing hours option is hidden, as it currently is,, if a slower-paced option has been chosen. It would make sense to display it always, perhaps with a separate flexibility option for both.
This change would probably allow this bug report to be closed (presuming this is the sole reason people get into a board with inhumane playing hours).
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- Did F5 solve the problem?
- Did the problem appear several times? Every time? Randomly?
- If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
