[Invites] Not allow inactive players to be invited to games

[lord voldemort]

Concise description:

• Simply not allow inactive players (after a month of no log ins) to not be able to be invited to games. This is an easy soloution to prevent people from inviting randoms to games.

Specifics/Details:

• Code to stop invites going to inactive members

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

• This will stop (although a small amount of it goes on) people abusing the system

Discuss..

[TheForgivenOne]

I know where this is being based from and i totally support it

[AndyDufresne]

Seems like it generally makes sense to have only 'scoreboard active' people able to receive invites.

Are there any downsides to it? Would it impede people that are getting back into the game, that haven't joined a game over a long span? Would it have any other impacts?


--Andy

[Army of GOD]

Seems like it generally makes sense to have only 'scoreboard active' people able to receive invites.

Are there any downsides to it? Would it impede people that are getting back into the game, that haven't joined a game over a long span? Would it have any other impacts?


--Andy

It should work the same exact way the scoreboard works.

Don't you reappear on the scoreboard if you play a game?

[Darwins_Bane]

Seems like it generally makes sense to have only 'scoreboard active' people able to receive invites.

Are there any downsides to it? Would it impede people that are getting back into the game, that haven't joined a game over a long span? Would it have any other impacts?


--Andy

It should work the same exact way the scoreboard works.

Don't you reappear on the scoreboard if you play a game?

only once you've completed the game tho...wat about if you tie it to active games instead? if there arent any active games on their profile then they cant receive invites?

[MichelSableheart]

There is one small downside I can think of: players who are only members of this site because they like to play a real-time game with a premium friend from time to time. But in such a case, the game would likely be created as a private game anyway.

[eddie2]

i like this as it will solve the problem you had in c and a just now but could there also be a code for a player that is also on a forum ban this will help people that are in tourneys the organiser will know that they are banned


or enen show invited players so i would come up like this

reserved for eddie2 instead of the plane (reserved) that we get at the moment

[Darwins_Bane]

or enen show invited players so i would come up like this
reserved for eddie2 instead of the plane (reserved) that we get at the moment

I like this. But it seems like it may be difficult to code. lets see what others think.

[PLAYER57832]

It doesn't seem like too bad an idea, but I guess I don't really understand the need. I mean, if someone asks a person who is not active won't they just not join?

[Darwins_Bane]

It doesn't seem like too bad an idea, but I guess I don't really understand the need. I mean, if someone asks a person who is not active won't they just not join?

its related to an abuse of the invite system. basically you invite someone who is innactive and they obv wont join. but it allows you to control who is on the other team(ie noobs) rather than luck of the draw.

[PLAYER57832]

It doesn't seem like too bad an idea, but I guess I don't really understand the need. I mean, if someone asks a person who is not active won't they just not join?

its related to an abuse of the invite system. basically you invite someone who is innactive and they obv wont join. but it allows you to control who is on the other team(ie noobs) rather than luck of the draw.

But they could just invite friends anyway. I am not sure why the difference. Its not like they can remove someone who joined.

Still, I don't think that the change would cause any harm.

[Timminz]

It doesn't seem like too bad an idea, but I guess I don't really understand the need. I mean, if someone asks a person who is not active won't they just not join?

its related to an abuse of the invite system. basically you invite someone who is innactive and they obv wont join. but it allows you to control who is on the other team(ie noobs) rather than luck of the draw.

But they could just invite friends anyway. I am not sure why the difference. Its not like they can remove someone who joined.

Still, I don't think that the change would cause any harm.

The trick that I've seen used (and there could easily be others), is a team will start a public game, and then invite a single, inactive player to fill one of the spots on the opposing team. This keeps any other real teams from joining together, as one of the spots is reserved, so the games fill up with random people, making for a much easier win than a well-practiced team would.

[Timminz]

And, as far as that tactic goes, if this suggestion gets implemented, the offending teams could easily just start inviting a friend, and asking them to simply let the invitation expire, to achieve the same result.

[PLAYER57832]

And, as far as that tactic goes, if this suggestion gets implemented, the offending teams could easily just start inviting a friend, and asking them to simply let the invitation expire, to achieve the same result.

This was my thinking... it just would not solve anything.

The real problem here is that people form set teams, but then want to "pounce" on unawares people. I think that problem needs to be addressed directly, but I am not sure how. Myself-- I gave up on teams a long time ago.

[jefjef]

LV has a good idea.