Skip Game

[sonicsteve]

wonderful - I've already made use of this

[Royal Panda]

I got all excited then, thinking it was going to let me automatically ignore games where I know 100% I've lost, but was cunningly named to avoid the howls of the Anti-Surrender Lobby!

I thought the same thing when I saw the headline, but was anything but excited about it! This update is much better than that would have been

[drunkmonkey]

Extremely useful for awaiting feedback on team games. No more [End Turn]>>[Jump to Next Game]>>(aw crap)>>[My Games]>>[Enter Game]. It's amazing how many times I would do that in one sitting.

[SirSebstar]

so how long does this game turn skip then? i mean till i run out of other turns, is it just placed last in the row?
i could try it, but how does it work.. i dont want to skip turns if i let my opponant win with it, or let him wait longer

[morleyjoe]

Well done!

[skillfusniper33]

so how long does this game turn skip then? i mean till i run out of other turns, is it just placed last in the row?
i could try it, but how does it work.. i dont want to skip turns if i let my opponant win with it, or let him wait longer

The skip just removes it from that set of games, once you enter my games screen again, it resets. Once you go through all your games, skipped included, it will take you to the my games page.

This is very nice for waiting for team mates to chat, and not having to wait for more pages to load.

[Bruceswar]

What a great update! Thanks a ton!

[mpjh]

Yes, thanks

[nudge]

Sweet

[Phlaim]

Nice, when I was premium I used to open up all my games in tabs, but no need for that anymore.

[Culs De Sac]

I absolutely LOVE this feature... WAY TO GO FOLKS!

[Orwell]

Shouldn't this be called a "stall" rather than "skip" feature?

[mpjh]

maybe "delay that" for the navy types

[Bruceswar]

Shouldn't this be called a "stall" rather than "skip" feature?

No because you are skipping over it in the list of games to play. You are not really stalling it.

[Orwell]

Shouldn't this be called a "stall" rather than "skip" feature?

No because you are skipping over it in the list of games to play. You are not really stalling it.

From the opponents point of view, you are not taking your turn - I consider that stalling.

[Bruceswar]

Shouldn't this be called a "stall" rather than "skip" feature?

No because you are skipping over it in the list of games to play. You are not really stalling it.

From the opponents point of view, you are not taking your turn - I consider that stalling.

Actually stalling is when you purposely drag out the game. For strategic reasons it is just good strategy.

[mpjh]

I don't know. A stall implies something is wrong, like a stalled plane, or a stalled relationship. A skip is lighter, more airy, implying availability at some point in the near future.

[Orwell]

Shouldn't this be called a "stall" rather than "skip" feature?

No because you are skipping over it in the list of games to play. You are not really stalling it.

From the opponents point of view, you are not taking your turn - I consider that stalling.

Actually stalling is when you purposely drag out the game. For strategic reasons it is just good strategy.

But you *are* purposely dragging out the game by not taking your turn.
It may be considered "good strategy" to some, but it is what it is: stalling.

[Orwell]

I don't know. A stall implies something is wrong, like a stalled plane, or a stalled relationship. A skip is lighter, more airy, implying availability at some point in the near future.

Exactly. I consider something to be wrong when you do not take your turn on purpose.

A true "skip" would mean you do not take your turn and the next player goes. Just saying.

[mpjh]

Oh, get over it. Sometimes in team games you have to wait for your partner to weigh in. Besides you have 24 hours in casual games.

[Orwell]

Oh, get over it. Sometimes in team games you have to wait for your partner to weigh in. Besides you have 24 hours in casual games.

There is nothing to get over, I just stating my opinion, mate.

If this is intended for partnered-games then the compromise is to have the "skip" turn option be limited to those games.

[Leehar]

Oh, get over it. Sometimes in team games you have to wait for your partner to weigh in. Besides you have 24 hours in casual games.

There is nothing to get over, I just stating my opinion, mate.

If this is intended for partnered-games then the compromise is to have the "skip" turn option be limited to those games.

It doesn't have to be only for partnered games either. Sometimes in large multiplayer games (specially escalating) you need to think about your turn and whether you can get an elimination. It's natural to need to think through your turns a bit, and if you just don't have time at that moment, it's natural to want to skip the game and get to something which you can play easier (1v1's etc)

[AndyDufresne]

Right. I rarely play Team Games---but I often want to play my games in a specific order for whatever reason---maybe I want to complete all the games where I have wrapped up first, or maybe I want to play all the initializing games. This allows me to play the order I want easily.


--Andy

[Metsfanmax]

Oh, get over it. Sometimes in team games you have to wait for your partner to weigh in. Besides you have 24 hours in casual games.

There is nothing to get over, I just stating my opinion, mate.

If this is intended for partnered-games then the compromise is to have the "skip" turn option be limited to those games.

It seems like you fail to realize that this is just a shortcut for manually going to My Games and selecting a different game to play. People who "stall" will do it anyway - no reason to make them suffer.

[Orwell]

Oh, get over it. Sometimes in team games you have to wait for your partner to weigh in. Besides you have 24 hours in casual games.

There is nothing to get over, I just stating my opinion, mate.

If this is intended for partnered-games then the compromise is to have the "skip" turn option be limited to those games.

It seems like you fail to realize that this is just a shortcut for manually going to My Games and selecting a different game to play. People who "stall" will do it anyway - no reason to make them suffer.

No need to patronize me, I understand it's function.
I disagree with the term.

And yes, I get the message.