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[Robz888]

I am being slow-played RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT, as I live and breathe.

His Goko name is barry.

First he accused me of cheating, because I was making pretty good Wishing Well guesses. (I have two cards left in my deck, 2 of them are Copper, I guess Copper, and I am right... obviously I am cheating!)

I kindly explained to him how I was able to make pretty good (though well short of perfect) WW guesses. Well, now he is slow-playing me. Like, really really badly. Usually, people just give it up after like 2-3 turns of this, but he is absolutely committed to it.

I am loathe to give in to the Goko terrorists, so I guess I am going to play it out like this. I am so mad though.

[Robz888]

3 Provinces left. I have stopped playing my Margrave. I don't need to, and it sucks up so much time.

[Robz888]

Again, this person's name is barry. Avoid at all costs.

[Robz888]

1 Province left to go... I think I can hold out.

Update: No! Confound it all!!! I previously thought he didn't realize he could slow-play after every single Action, since he would just slow-play once per his turn. Nope, now he gets it. Ugh....

[Robz888]

Victory! Victory for the forces of good!!!

http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20131116/log.5136e2dee4b07cef820a1126.1384656533039.txt

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[Kirian]

There are very, very few things for which I think public shaming is useful.

Being slow-rolled for 45 minutes is one of those few things.

[serakfalcon]

Next time rick-roll him in the chat bar. Seriously, I have yet to make it to the chorus.

[ashersky]

Should have bought Ambassador and sent a few provinces to him to empty the pile faster.

[Kirian]

Next time rick-roll him in the chat bar. Seriously, I have yet to make it to the chorus.

I am so using that.

[lespeutere]

I am being slow-played RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT, as I live and breathe.

His Goko name is barry.

First he accused me of cheating, because I was making pretty good Wishing Well guesses. (I have two cards left in my deck, 2 of them are Copper, I guess Copper, and I am right... obviously I am cheating!)

I kindly explained to him how I was able to make pretty good (though well short of perfect) WW guesses. Well, now he is slow-playing me. Like, really really badly. Usually, people just give it up after like 2-3 turns of this, but he is absolutely committed to it.

I am loathe to give in to the Goko terrorists, so I guess I am going to play it out like this. I am so mad though.

Similar experience before.

[Warfreak2]

Robz888   plays Golem
Robz888   reveals Silver, Wishing Well, Gold, Province, Province, Province, Province, Wishing Well

Best Golem ever?

[shark_bait]

My favorite part about this thread was watching the time stamps for when everything was posted.  That seriously looks like the game from hell.

[ftl]

I posted a bug report on getsatisfaction, but that'll do no good because it looks like nobody from goko has checked in there in weeks.

[ehunt]

I posted a bug report on getsatisfaction, but that'll do no good because it looks like nobody from goko has checked in there in weeks.

Goko is slowplaying you

[Ichimaru Gin]

In the little I've played on Goko, I wasn't aware that this had a name. But in several games where I was ahead, I noticed that my opponent would drag out their turn for at least a full minute or 2
Plus, yeah, I guess any time you play a card that requires them to make a decision, they wait on that too.
That really sucks. It seems like Goko should do something about it though.

[KingZog3]

In the little I've played on Goko, I wasn't aware that this had a name. But in several games where I was ahead, I noticed that my opponent would drag out their turn for at least a full minute or 2
Plus, yeah, I guess any time you play a card that requires them to make a decision, they wait on that too.
That really sucks. It seems like Goko should do something about it though.

It's tough because sometimes there are decisions to make. I've been stuck having to give up a good card to masquerade or something, or I want to avoid misclicks so I take my time. This makes it tough to sift through the decision makers and the people who are wasting everyone's time.

[Robz888]

Sometimes it's just a bad internet connection, sometimes you are taking a long turn so they are doing other things and miss that they need to play... so it's not always malicious. But this barry guy was an admitted criminal.

[Ichimaru Gin]

KingZog3

Yeah. I currently play only with the base set on Goko, so mostly it's stuff like "what should I discard to militia" or something.
But I can totally see your point that with the more complicated cards from expansions, people would require more time.
I play most of my games in real life--but it's hard to always find people to play with, so then I play online.
I never got the chance to play on Isotropic, but did people try the same stuff on there?

[sudgy]

KingZog3

Yeah. I currently play only with the base set on Goko, so mostly it's stuff like "what should I discard to militia" or something.
But I can totally see your point that with the more complicated cards from expansions, it would take more time.
I play most of my games in real life--but it's hard to always find people to play with, so then I play online.
I never got the chance to play on Isotropic, but did people try the same stuff on there?

Some people did, but Iso made it easier to deal with them (by having a shorter time out limit (and it asked if you wanted to kick them), by making a sound when you had to make a decision, and having the window say when you had to make a decision).  I remember just grabbing a book and reading it, then playing as soon as they were done.

[Ichimaru Gin]

Sometimes, I get the feeling that I really missed out by not playing on Isotropic.
It's a shame that they had to end it. It sounds like it had a superior system to Goko.
When I first started playing on Goko, it just struck me as having an interface that was too simple--like there should have been more options for things. Even just a game-type with time limits on turns would be nice.

[Robz888]

Isotropic had the awesome, essential identical starting hands option and they very cool "veto mode." I miss those things so much.

[Ichimaru Gin]

Also, how does Goko decide who gets to go first? I've only played like 15 games or so, but I think I only went first once or twice. It didn't seem to make a difference if I had started the game or was joining one either.
That may not be a statistically large enough sample, but I just feel like it's a lot harder to get information about how a lot of things work on there.
Whereas, it seems like Isotropic had an extremely open interface with a lot of options and information.

[blueblimp]

Kingdom selection is something I like more on Goko than on isotropic. People would tend to veto cards I find interesting (Possession, various attacks, Chapel, etc) and the only other option was to show the full kingdom before starting, and then people would decline the match if not liking the kingdom. Ugh. Sure it would be nice to veto Rebuild or sometimes bias kingdom selection by expansion, but overall I'm much happier with full random.

[Robz888]

Also, how does Goko decide who gets to go first? I've only played like 15 games or so, but I think I only went first once or twice. It didn't seem to make a difference if I had started the game or was joining one either.
That may not be a statistically large enough sample, but I just feel like it's a lot harder to get information about how a lot of things work on there.
Whereas, it seems like Isotropic had an extremely open interface with a lot of options and information.

Goko decides it at random, sadly. Iso made last game's loser go first...