@Cata: 'cause that gets really slow over the course of entire games or collections of games (tournaments, ladders). Most people aren't able to commit, maintain interest, and play seriously for that long of a timeframe.

Seems like there's kind of a rift, honestly. You can play 'casual' real-time Warlight (committing <1h to a game) but since not a whole lot of good players are online and playing at the same time that gets boring. Normally people can escape that by playing a more serious version of the game if they're willing to commit over a longer period of time- but to really stick around in multi-day Warlight you need to be willing to stay committed for months or years like some people have, and now you start having the availability problem again because not a whole lot of players who are good enough to play at a high level actually end up doing so.

It'd be nice to have something in the middle where you can play against good players, and play seriously, but be able to disappear after a couple months.

GG just recruited another staller. Gotta teach him how to play the ladder strategically?

What game is he stalling?

the game against the 1300 rated guy looks really suspicious

Will be interesting to see when the game finishes if it's stalling or not.

https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=14250406

So, was it stalled?

IMO: at no point was the game definitely lost, so no, it was not.

that definitely was no stalling, even though he was behind he still had a decent option to fight back and he was ahead on income even in the end

Apparently he was invited to games where he was being abused and shit-talked for being a staller. Proving my belief that speculation is the best breeding ground for idiots.

The game was definitely lost even at the boot IMO.

57 vs 28 armies trumps the income gap.

(It was not me that made games giving him shit in chat however, nor was I aware anyone had.)

What nauz said.

Also the turns he played slow he was screwed in, he only got into a better position because the 1300 played like a 1300.

But none of it matters when there is MDL :)

What is MDL?

Sounds interesting..