Vastly Improve Account Sitting
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:15 am
The account sitting process is fraught with difficulties. I think this idea would tremendously improve that process. The process in it's current state allows for many missed turns that should not be missed. If Player X has informed me he will be gone tomorrow then no problems, but if he has a real life issue and is just not able to log in, then most times I will not know he is missing turns. This suggestion solves that problem.
Concise description:
I suggest that we be able to submit players and time thresholds [in hours] that you wish to be notified about. Then when that player reaches the threshold in any game CC would send you an automated PM with the player name, game # and time remaining.
Specifics/Details:
To better visualize, here is an example:
Player: General Brock II, Threshold: 4
When he hit 4 hours remaining in any game I would get a PM like:
General Brock II, Game 123456, Time remaining 3:59:42
Then, if I am an authorized sitter for him, I can take his turn for him. And if I am not, I will not have his password and cannot take his turn. This second case is a "no harm no foul" situation as the info CC sent me is freely available and can be mined using Game Finder. Though Game Finder is clumsy to use for such a purpose.
CC would not need to track authorized sitters and would not care if you are an authorized sitter or not. That would be handled by the current password process.
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
The process in it's current state allows for many missed turns that should not be missed. If Player X has informed me he will be gone tomorrow then no problems, but if he has a real life issue and is just not able to log in, then most times I will not know he is missing turns. This suggestion solves that problem.
Concise description:
I suggest that we be able to submit players and time thresholds [in hours] that you wish to be notified about. Then when that player reaches the threshold in any game CC would send you an automated PM with the player name, game # and time remaining.
Specifics/Details:
To better visualize, here is an example:
Player: General Brock II, Threshold: 4
When he hit 4 hours remaining in any game I would get a PM like:
General Brock II, Game 123456, Time remaining 3:59:42
Then, if I am an authorized sitter for him, I can take his turn for him. And if I am not, I will not have his password and cannot take his turn. This second case is a "no harm no foul" situation as the info CC sent me is freely available and can be mined using Game Finder. Though Game Finder is clumsy to use for such a purpose.
CC would not need to track authorized sitters and would not care if you are an authorized sitter or not. That would be handled by the current password process.
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
The process in it's current state allows for many missed turns that should not be missed. If Player X has informed me he will be gone tomorrow then no problems, but if he has a real life issue and is just not able to log in, then most times I will not know he is missing turns. This suggestion solves that problem.