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7. April 2011, 10:13:26

pedestrian

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Subject: Re: Timeouts

El Cid: We're discussing several different things now. My biggest concern is with people (especially new members) who sign up for more games than they can handle, thus spoiling the fun for themselves, their opponents and to some extent the other people in that tournament. That's why I tried to propose a formula that forces people to prove that they can handle a lot of games before they are 'let loose', so to speak.

I'll try at this point to clarify my earlier proposal. I don't think it's perfect, but it's the best I can come up with. F is your total number of forfeits, N is the number of games you finished in normal fashion, and A is your allowance, i.e. the maximum number of games you're allowed to play. The formula goes:

A=N-F

or, if that number is smaller than 1000, then

A=1000

Some examples:

1) A new member who finished less than 1000 games would have an allowance of 1000

2) A member who finished 5000 games and forfeited 2000 or more of those would have an allowance of 1000 (remember, N in this case is only 3000, because forfeited games don't count as 'normal')

3) A member who finished 5000 games and forfeited 500 of those would have an allowance of 4000

4) An old member who has finished 37000 games and forfeited 100 of those would have an allowance of 36800, which is, practically speaking, the same as 'infinite'

So, for all intents and purposes, you could still play as many games as you like, but you would have to work up an allowance first.

7. April 2011, 23:11:08

El Cid

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Subject: Re: Timeouts

Modified by El Cid (7. April 2011, 23:14:33)

pedestrian: There is only one problem with that formula, if a player has made 1000 games and timed out in 999, since the minimum allowed is always 1000, he would still be able to start another 1000 games. I know I haven't thought on a limit number for games, just the ratio (games timed out)/(total finished games) as opposed to the suggestions of a single timeout resulting in penalties, but considering something that has been said a few posts below. If the timeout ratio is more than 30% (this is a suggested number, and maybe it could be in the last 6 months or so) then there would be a limit of 1000 games, otherwise, there would be no limit whatsoever.

Edit:Yeah, I know I'm still allowing 1000 games, so maybe an additional class like more than 60% timeouts= a limit of 200 or 300 games. Although to be really perfect the number of finished games should also be considered for the limit calculation (if a player has timed out in 30% of 3000 games - which is 900 - against one that has lost 30% in 100, maybe the first player can play about 1500 games at once...)