Auto-boot after 30 days of inactivity
Warlight should have a system-wide auto-boot of anybody who has been inactive in a game for 30 days. This should not be discretionary based on the desires of the game / tournament creator (which is why this isn't a dupe of the existing auto boot idea).
Situations this would resolve:
-Game with boot = NEVER and a player quits warlight.
-Game with direct boot = NEVER, vote to boot = X days, but 2+ people quit warlight
-Game with any boot settings, but only 2 players both of whom have quit warlight (this would be most common in the bottom bracket of a double-elimination tournament).
The primary reason that this should be non-discretionary is because sometimes tournament creators will quit warlight too!
Let’s break this idea into its parts and discuss each one:
Part 1: Add an auto-boot feature.
Part 2: Enforce that all games have a 30 day auto-boot.
Part 3: Allow players to vote to suspend the auto boot.
I don’t agree that Part 2, enforcing everyone use it, is a good idea. People play WarLight in many different ways – in fact, most people just play with their friends and never join the general community. It doesn’t make sense to impose rules like this onto everyone, since it just doesn’t fit everyone. Even if they can vote to suspend, there will be tons of people that don’t know about the auto-boot and don’t know they have to vote to suspend it. This is a better feature to leave off by default rather than on by default, since it would cause accidents for new users.
I agree with part 1, having an auto boot that creators can choose to use. However, this idea already exists on the site, so I’m closing this one.
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Perrin3088 commented
i agree with 60 days 30 days could possibly be legit
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Aerial Assault commented
I would support this if it applies to old games as well.
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MatmaRex commented
Yessss.
But let's make it 60 days, or maybe even 90.
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FBG-Dragons commented
This is the best idea out of all of them. Get rid of those who have quit. This will also fix any tournament that has stalled because both players have quit.