Telling Others When to Take Turns

by **owenshooter** on Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:57 pm

don't you hate it when you are in a game with a player that finds it necessary to PM you to take your turn, despite your having more than sufficient time to take your turn? i just received a PM to take a turn, and the clock had only clicked down to 23 hours and 15 seconds remaining on my turn. if you want REAL TIME, ask for REAL TIME. if you want SPEED, than play SPEED. i hate when people PM me when to play or how to play. afterall, this player doesn't know if me and my partner prefer to coordinate our turns on skype together or if we swap ideas before our moves, etc... simply let me play my game how i see fit, and i will allow you to play your game as you see fit. does this practice annoy anyone else?-0

by **Optimus Prime** on Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:59 pm

I'm in full agreement with you my dear owenshooter. I've got 24 hours to take my turns by RULE, and I shall do so if my personal obligations or schedule requires me to take 23:30 just to get it done.

I've been known to send back not-so-nice replies to said PMs and frequently will not even go take my turn if a player has the audacity to do such a thing.

Sometimes, I'm just a damn cranky robot.

by **Kaplowitz** on Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:00 pm

I once had someone pm me the second they finished after every turn...

by **owenshooter** on Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:18 pm

Optimus Prime wrote:I've been known to send back not-so-nice replies to said PMs and frequently will not even go take my turn if a player has the audacity to do such a thing.

just did the same. sometimes, people have other things going on in CC, like clan boards, clan votes, gearing up for clan challenges, dealing with PM's, fielding questions about membership, dealing with the weekly mod witch hunts against BpB members... you know, stuff that a casual member doesn't have to deal with... throw a 4 year old returning from swimming with his mother that wants to eat, and i just may not be interested in taking my turns, because i can't give them my full attention.-0

p.s.-i was told to "f'in chill out" in response to my pm... whatever...

by **jnd94** on Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:23 pm

What usually happens is that a noob will join a freestyle game, take his turn early, and then comment in the game log a million times over when he can play again. "waaah, why can't you guys go already????"

by **jbrettlip** on Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:09 pm

Just tell him to PM me, and I will sign with your password adn take your turn. But don't worry, I will do it randomly, not strategically. That way we aren't violating the well worded, unwritten rule.

HA HA! Now I will make the Twill-blotter another week! That should take up some more of your precious time!!

Inbox is still available for my unofficial official warnings.

PS this post contains no racial slurs or outright bigotry.

by **owenshooter** on Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:29 pm

Robinette wrote:It's your turn in that game...
only 23h 32min left...
you gonna make your move?

oooohhhh, she is funny... and no, this is not the player in question, this is just robin being hilarious...-0

p.s.-robinette, i'm still not taking my turn for the dude!!!

by **Timminz** on Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:35 pm

owenshooter wrote:
Robinette wrote:It's your turn in that game...
only 23h 32min left...
you gonna make your move?

oooohhhh, she is funny... and no, this is not the player in question, this is just robin being hilarious...-0

p.s.-robinette, i'm still not taking my turn for the dude!!!

tsk tsk...

by **MeDeFe** on Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:36 pm

Optimus Prime wrote:I'm in full agreement with you my dear owenshooter. I've got 24 hours to take my turns by RULE, and I shall do so if my personal obligations or schedule requires me to take 23:30 just to get it done.

I've been known to send back not-so-nice replies to said PMs and frequently will not even go take my turn if a player has the audacity to do such a thing.

Sometimes, I'm just a damn cranky robot.

My internet connection just forced me to wait 23:30 before I could take my turn.

by **owenshooter** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:48 am

14hrs 00min 55sec... i still have plenty of time!!!-0

by **whitestazn88** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:31 am

Optimus Prime wrote: Sometimes, I'm just a damn cranky robot.

I heard WD-40 works miracles for that.

by **owenshooter** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:44 pm

Player****: i dont see whats wrong with that. i didnt even tell you to take your turn, i asked. dont fuckin lie about it
Player****: oh nvm i did tell you to. well i didnt mean it that way, sorry
Player****: but did you really have to make a thread about it i mean jesus christ

ha!!! 2 hours, 4 minutes and 1 second remaining on the clock...-0

by **Sentinel XIV** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:00 pm

owen,

How about you get in our game and take your damn turn! Gaaaaah!

by **Johnny Rockets** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:46 pm

Better yet, the asshole who tells you to pick up the pace in a speed game.
I GOT 5 ON THE CLOCK, you tard. Perhaps if you used your full five on .....I dunno......perhaps stratagy? You might win a few.

Then he threatens to post neg. feedback because I'm dragging out the game.

Drives me nuts.

Johnny Rockets ( Fingers )

by **happy2seeyou** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:08 pm

This week I had a guy get pissed at me for not taking my turns right after him. 2 player game and freestyle lol. I told him to learn the game and if he wants a rt speed game then buy premium. He even threatened to give me a negative for not taking the turn right away. Hopefully he just puts me on ignore. What a whiner.

by **owenshooter** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:24 pm

oops... missed that turn... sigh, that game that was already over... i hate when you get caught in traffic while doing errands and can't make it for your turns. especially when you
know you are going to take turns later and don't want to get a baby sitter, because then you are a cheat. the guy was nice enough to let me know he is debating
if he is going to give me a neg for missing a turn... sadly, he is a regular in the GD and many of you know him...-0

by **Vace Cooper** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:27 pm

owenshooter wrote: Player****: i dont see whats wrong with that. i didnt even tell you to take your turn, i asked. dont fuckin lie about it
Player****: oh nvm i did tell you to. well i didnt mean it that way, sorry
Player****: but did you really have to make a thread about it i mean jesus christ

ha!!! 2 hours, 4 minutes and 1 second remaining on the clock...-0

I think you should take your turn now.. he did apologize, right?

by **owenshooter** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:32 pm

Vace Cooper wrote:I think you should take your turn now.. he did apologize, right?

i missed... had to fight traffic to get jude registered for summer school, and then fight it on the way back. didn't want
a sitter because i'm playing my games later.. however, he did give me a neg... but, here is a PM to show you how abusive
this guy got:

ParadiceCity9 wrote:dude youre a faggot. i never thought that of you, but now, youre just a massive douche. youre completely overreacting and making a huge scene out of nothing. it was my fault i didn't mean to just like, tell you i meant to ask i dno why i said it that way. can we just stop this?

and now i get a neg for a missed turn which is not grounds for a neg under the rules.-0

by **happy2seeyou** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:40 pm

Vace Cooper wrote:
owenshooter wrote: Player****: i dont see whats wrong with that. i didnt even tell you to take your turn, i asked. dont fuckin lie about it
Player****: oh nvm i did tell you to. well i didnt mean it that way, sorry
Player****: but did you really have to make a thread about it i mean jesus christ

ha!!! 2 hours, 4 minutes and 1 second remaining on the clock...-0

I think you should take your turn now.. he did apologize, right?

hahaha, I know what game this chat is from....

by **ParadiceCity9** on Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:46 pm

owenshooter wrote:
Vace Cooper wrote:I think you should take your turn now.. he did apologize, right?

i missed... had to fight traffic to get jude registered for summer school, and then fight it on the way back. didn't want
a sitter because i'm playing my games later.. however, he did give me a neg... but, here is a PM to show you how abusive
this guy got:
ParadiceCity9 wrote:dude youre a faggot. i never thought that of you, but now, youre just a massive douche. youre completely overreacting and making a huge scene out of nothing. it was my fault i didn't mean to just like, tell you i meant to ask i dno why i said it that way. can we just stop this?

and now i get a neg for a missed turn which is not grounds for a neg under the rules.-0

To answer your question Vace, yes, I did apologize. I see owen didn't say that since he knew it'd hurt his argument. Just to announce it to more than just owen, I didn't intend on just straight up telling him to take his turn. I was online, bored, he was online, his turn was open, so I decided to ask him to take his turn. That's all that happened. I don't know why I projected my request in the way that I did, but that's what happened. Owen is completely overreacting with all of this, IMO.