we should bee allowed to make moves for them instead of AI

I'd agree if Alts weren't a thing. Too much room for abuse as the game currently stands.

We can't assume every player is an alt...

How about in big games, when someone is booted, the game is back in the "Open Games" tab and replaces the player who is booted? I know this isn't ideal, but it could be a solution.

This is true, we can not assume that every player is an alt (and it would be stupid to assume that) but even a little bit of alt abuse would be enough in this case.

Something does need to be done though. Too many games have gone from near certain win to loss because the strongest player has been DCd/Powercut/I had to go to hospital or whatever the excuse is xD.

Before someone says it, yes AIs are an option but as we all know, they suck.

its just an idea ... maybe a total terrible one ... :)

If the team of the booted player gets his territories than they have an advantage ... thats no good solution ... so my idea ... if one player is booted the territories are lost ... and the opponent team has to make a decision which player of his team also has to leave the game ... so that this territories also are lost ... so there is no big difference in advantages between you and your opponent ...

the only thing ... its stupid for the player who has to leave the game although he played in time the whole game before

Edited 3/26/2015 11:08:59

if they still get points its not bad
but then you just boot your worst player which doesn't solve the problem

@OBI you got it wrong
no one gets the territories of the booted player
just the MOVES that AI makes should be replaced by the moves their teammates make
teammates will decide among themselves who gets to make moves for the booted player

also i don't know what the issue with alts is here,give me an example how an alt can misuse this system in a way which he couldn't without this system

@Wolf arrogance
thats not a solution,we have vote to end already if we want to and if someone gets booted while they're losing and the game stops is a a bad idea

@Thomas
the player who got booted can come back next turn so no teammate can misuse it

Edit:or at that turn itself since others will need to uncommit first to make your moves and it'll take some time

Edited 3/26/2015 11:25:57

but i think its really okay if you boot your weakest teammember ... if you have to do that its not the fault of your team that a player of the opponents doesn't play

Okay, maybe its a small advantage ... but it is better than playing 2v1 or 3v2 etc. (thats a bigger advantage)

when teammates get booted
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

what is the difference between you are doing his moves and getting his territories if a player never comes back? .... oh I see you can't deploy all armies in one of your territories

Edited 3/26/2015 11:34:17

its not gonna be 3 vs 2 or 2 vs 1 its still gonna stay 3 vs 3 and 2 vs 2
whether someone is weak or not is a matter of perspective,also you can still go by the old fashion way by asking your teammate to change orders in teamchat if you think they missed something or did something wrong

^^you got it now obi

Edited 3/26/2015 11:42:22

yep okay ... you're right!

yeah i agree with ryiro, would be interesting a setting that allow you to move for a booted player

I think the AI system is fine, just make it possible for your teammate to come back.

A more elegant solution might be to allow a player to edit their teammates moves. If they get booted to AI you will be able to edit freely, if they are still in the game maybe you need a permission box checked to allow editing. It would be nice if this allowed you to make moves for a teammate BEFORE they got booted, as an alternative to vacation or password-sharing.

OBI I see where you're coming from but your system would penalize someone who has taken all of their turns in time, and that's not really fair.

Judeburger I like your suggestion, but it would have to be set up so that only one teammate could edit moves. Otherwise I feel like multiple people would just keep editing over and over if they didn't agree with the choices made by another teammate.

^ what if the chance to edit the ai's moves was given to each of the other teammates each turn?

right now the default is not always to make it so a teammate can come back if booted, poon, and there is not much you can do currently if a teammate gets booted and the ai makes some moves for them.

if this gets implemented i can see some people deliberately booting teammates if they refuse to listen to more experienced players :P

I fail to see the problem with that, Punching Bag. if my teammate is making dumb moves, won't listen to my suggestions, and becomes bootable I'd boot them just for spite and then surrender.