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Ideas for Goko to be better
« on: March 17, 2013, 04:38:31 am »
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I dunno if any goko staff browse here but if so check this out!

  • One idea from asobrain.com (Catan emulator) is to rate people based on speed, you can see people's quickness before you start your game, if you're gonna multitask while playing go ahead & choose "very slow" players, if you want to bang out a few games in a hurry before you gotta get to work or pick up the kid choose "very fast" partners.  Right now there are some verrrry slow players on there & no way to boot them for lagging (eventually they are booted but it ends the game which ruins it for the remaining players)
  • Option to Resign (afaik, when you "abandon game" as it stands now you ruin the game for everyone & it immediately ends)
  • Better rating system (as a chess player I think an ELO system is just fine though isotropic's systems also seemed fine)
  • Black Market baby!  If Iso can implement a paysite should be able to!
  • Two of the same card, don't ask us to put them back in "any order", they're the same card @$$h013!! (again if iso can handle this you can)
  • More avatars & ability to custom create your own.  The selection is awful
  • Stats, stats & more stats, all gamers like stats, Iso & councilroom realized this, I don't think goko does yet
  • Chat window on side now a pop-out (nobody likes pop-outs)
  • Remember/offer to auto-fill game names so I don't have to type out "Base, Corny & Hinty" each time.  So far the ability to name your own game you're starting is the only thing I like more about Goko than Iso, please improve upon it futher!!
  • Option to put GameLog on the side (though I think, like on Iso it should be limited to just the last couple turns so people don't use it to "cheat" (you wouldn't have access to a gamelog of the last 20 turns in real life) but just to see what they missed while they were scanning porn in the background while waiting for their turn

Please add your own.

Also, what's up with the coins?  Even when I lose I get some?  Are they useful in anyway?  Anyone want to buy mine?  8)
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2013, 08:04:11 am »
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You should @ least be able to block players who continually quit.  Custom-avatars would be nice too as then you could more easily tell people apart instead of having to choose from like 4-similar looking steampunk avs.

The fact that the game can abruptly end just because someone quits is probably the lamest "feature" I've noticed thusfar.  Isotropic has a very simple & functional system to deal with resignation, why Goko choose to go in an utterly stupid different direction is beyond me but it makes a joke of any so-called rating system.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2013, 10:48:57 am »
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https://getsatisfaction.com/goko/problems/common

Also, most of the things you've mentioned have already been suggested.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2013, 06:15:17 pm »
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The goko staff do not browse here, they read getsatisfaction.com/goko , you should post things there if you want them seen. Donald X browses here sometimes, but there's a reasonable chance he's seriously tired of goko threads and doesn't check them anymore, so there's no guarantee.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2013, 07:04:36 pm »
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  • One idea from asobrain.com (Catan emulator)

Shhhhh...  They don't have Catan, they have "Xplorers".
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2013, 02:13:37 am »
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Option to Resign (afaik, when you "abandon game" as it stands now you ruin the game for everyone & it immediately ends)


In all rated games you can resign.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2013, 04:00:35 am »
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sharing the owned expansions in tournament mode. so if i own dark Ages and my partner owns Intrigue both should be availabele.

at the moment i am only hosting games because i own a few expansions and dont want to risk playing base only. but i will never meet the players who also host only. ???
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2013, 11:05:46 am »
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Option to Resign (afaik, when you "abandon game" as it stands now you ruin the game for everyone & it immediately ends)


In all rated games you can resign.
There is only an option for "abandon game" unless I'm missing a button somewhere.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2013, 11:37:48 am »
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Option to Resign (afaik, when you "abandon game" as it stands now you ruin the game for everyone & it immediately ends)


In all rated games you can resign.
There is only an option for "abandon game" unless I'm missing a button somewhere.

There's an option "Resign Game" under Options
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2013, 12:06:40 pm »
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Option to Resign (afaik, when you "abandon game" as it stands now you ruin the game for everyone & it immediately ends)


In all rated games you can resign.
There is only an option for "abandon game" unless I'm missing a button somewhere.

There's an option "Resign Game" under Options

I think the confirmation window uses the phrase "abandon." Also resigning does count as a loss.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2013, 01:27:45 pm »
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But it doesn't count as a win for the other players.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2013, 07:57:39 pm »
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But it doesn't count as a win for the other players.
A resign does count as a win for other players. Quitting by closing one's browser, however, does not count as a win for other players.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2013, 08:04:09 pm »
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But it doesn't count as a win for the other players.
A resign does count as a win for other players. Quitting by closing one's browser, however, does not count as a win for other players.
From my experience when my opponent's "abandon game" I get no points.  Not that I particularly care about Dominion ranking, just saying.  They could've closed their browsers.

One game was stuck in a particular screen, with nothing working, no chat, no message of someone else timing out, for about half-an-hour before I finally closed the window (don't know who won or lost but obviously it was pretty annoying).
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2013, 08:15:03 pm »
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But it doesn't count as a win for the other players.
A resign does count as a win for other players. Quitting by closing one's browser, however, does not count as a win for other players.
From my experience when my opponent's "abandon game" I get no points.  Not that I particularly care about Dominion ranking, just saying.  They could've closed their browsers.

One game was stuck in a particular screen, with nothing working, no chat, no message of someone else timing out, for about half-an-hour before I finally closed the window (don't know who won or lost but obviously it was pretty annoying).

When it says "game abandoned" or that a player "has left," that means they closed the tab or hit refresh to get out of the game.  Some players are not aware there is a Resign button and do this when they're losing and want to leave, but some use it to game the leaderboard.  (As Beyond Awesome says, this doesn't affect the rating of either player whereas Resigning does)
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2013, 08:16:24 pm »
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Funny, you'd think that's something Goko would've thought of... like months before they even released the game...
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2013, 11:47:23 pm »
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lol, I started a game called "No Quitters Plz" so my opponent quit on turn 1.  Gotta love trolls!
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2013, 12:00:39 am »
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Played a 2nd game, the game froze after the victory music played & now is still frozen...
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2013, 12:12:42 am »
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https://getsatisfaction.com/goko/problems/common

Also, most of the things you've mentioned have already been suggested.
I'm trying to post on GetSatisfaction.  It's telling me "You are now logged in" and it's not ****ing posting.  I can't believe I gave these guys my money, they are perhaps the most incompetent institution I ever gave my money to.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2013, 12:25:01 am »
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https://getsatisfaction.com/goko/problems/common

Also, most of the things you've mentioned have already been suggested.
I'm trying to post on GetSatisfaction.  It's telling me "You are now logged in" and it's not ****ing posting.  I can't believe I gave these guys my money, they are perhaps the most incompetent institution I ever gave my money to.

You are presumably not an American taxpayer.

That said, if you're logged in to GS, I'm not certain what's wrong.  It is working fine on my end.  What browser are you running?
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2013, 12:33:02 am »
+1

https://getsatisfaction.com/goko/problems/common

Also, most of the things you've mentioned have already been suggested.
I'm trying to post on GetSatisfaction.  It's telling me "You are now logged in" and it's not ****ing posting.  I can't believe I gave these guys my money, they are perhaps the most incompetent institution I ever gave my money to.

You are presumably not an American taxpayer.

That said, if you're logged in to GS, I'm not certain what's wrong.  It is working fine on my end.  What browser are you running?

I love how that's always the first question asked.  It's like when a wind player fucks up a note, the first thing they do is look down at their instrument to check the keys.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2013, 12:37:44 am »
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https://getsatisfaction.com/goko/problems/common

Also, most of the things you've mentioned have already been suggested.
I'm trying to post on GetSatisfaction.  It's telling me "You are now logged in" and it's not ****ing posting.  I can't believe I gave these guys my money, they are perhaps the most incompetent institution I ever gave my money to.

You are presumably not an American taxpayer.

That said, if you're logged in to GS, I'm not certain what's wrong.  It is working fine on my end.  What browser are you running?

I love how that's always the first question asked.  It's like when a wind player fucks up a note, the first thing they do is look down at their instrument to check the keys.

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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2013, 12:48:42 am »
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You are presumably not an American taxpayer.
Hey, at least some of that goes to public libraries.

That said, if you're logged in to GS, I'm not certain what's wrong.  It is working fine on my end.  What browser are you running?
I finally got in.  Not sure why it didn't work @ 1st, the popup kept saying I was logged in.
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« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2013, 12:52:50 am »
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https://getsatisfaction.com/goko/problems/common

Also, most of the things you've mentioned have already been suggested.
I'm trying to post on GetSatisfaction.  It's telling me "You are now logged in" and it's not ****ing posting.  I can't believe I gave these guys my money, they are perhaps the most incompetent institution I ever gave my money to.

You are presumably not an American taxpayer.

That said, if you're logged in to GS, I'm not certain what's wrong.  It is working fine on my end.  What browser are you running?

I love how that's always the first question asked.  It's like when a wind player fucks up a note, the first thing they do is look down at their instrument to check the keys.



Obviously you've never played in a band or an orchestra.
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Re: Ideas for Goko to be better
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2013, 01:03:07 am »
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needs automatch.
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« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2013, 01:51:54 am »
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I love how that's always the first question asked.  It's like when a wind player fucks up a note, the first thing they do is look down at their instrument to check the keys.



Obviously you've never played in a band or an orchestra.

I have, actually, as a violinist; I'm trying to understand how asking about a browser first is at all like checking the keys first.  Or was there no analogy implied, just the fact that it's always the first thing checked?
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