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Dominion Online at Shuffle iT / Re: Stalling is killing the game for me
« on: July 27, 2017, 11:44:20 am »
Just read the message about "slow playing" on Dominion Online.
I am pretty low ranked on Dominion Online and never experienced slow playing,
nor have I ever used it.
I would not even go through the trouble to find out how long it takes to receive an auto-resign.
Also, I dont mind slow playing because I can always browse the internet and get the notification sound
when it is my move.
I was often pushed by my impatient opponents to play faster.
Most of the time I respond something like "some decisions take time".
When I watched YouTube videos of better players (for example MicQsenoch) playing Dominion League
I always had the feeling they played rather carefully and not very fast, because
playing too fast will result in mistakes.
The personal blacklist is ok.
I like the idea of a visible clock. It adds transparency removes subjective statements about
playing speed.
Why not offer several different time controls before the start of the game.
For example I play lots of online chess with 15 minutes and 10 seconds increment for every turn (15|10).
But (5|0) (Blitz) is also very popular.
Since Dominion is not chess these time controls have to be adapted.
But after reading announcement on Dominion Online, I expect you will get lots of requests to ban players
because of slow playing.
Of course these cases will be assessed by persons who are fair and experienced. However, I think its lots of work
to deal with those cases. Why not using the clock?
I am pretty low ranked on Dominion Online and never experienced slow playing,
nor have I ever used it.
I would not even go through the trouble to find out how long it takes to receive an auto-resign.
Also, I dont mind slow playing because I can always browse the internet and get the notification sound
when it is my move.
I was often pushed by my impatient opponents to play faster.
Most of the time I respond something like "some decisions take time".
When I watched YouTube videos of better players (for example MicQsenoch) playing Dominion League
I always had the feeling they played rather carefully and not very fast, because
playing too fast will result in mistakes.
The personal blacklist is ok.
I like the idea of a visible clock. It adds transparency removes subjective statements about
playing speed.
Why not offer several different time controls before the start of the game.
For example I play lots of online chess with 15 minutes and 10 seconds increment for every turn (15|10).
But (5|0) (Blitz) is also very popular.
Since Dominion is not chess these time controls have to be adapted.
But after reading announcement on Dominion Online, I expect you will get lots of requests to ban players
because of slow playing.
Of course these cases will be assessed by persons who are fair and experienced. However, I think its lots of work
to deal with those cases. Why not using the clock?