^ Or maybe just a number of games as an alternative to time periods.

If all else fails, create a new account and never be booted again. ;)

-FK

I thought everyone did this already.. ?

If i would get booted in more then 10% of my games, i would start thinking twice before joining games.
Which i actually did and soon my boot rate lowered.
Most boots i experienced so far were well-deserved.
I experienced people with a boot rate of 40-50% (and some even more) and unsurprisingly, they were a pain to play with. They are usually in more then 50 games the same time, are online multiple times per day, yet they lengthened the games as much as possible. 3 day boot time - of course they never took their turn before the day 2 mark (Well, i started to love the "most x % boot rate" prerequisite).

Their shitty boot rate is the only punishment they get, and i really don't see why boots should expire.
No offense.

Edited 6/4/2015 08:39:03

I agree that very old boots should expire, but IMO only after at least 2 years or more

Maybe I should put in my bio when I am active, like DanWL.

I would have thought that some other people did this. I only do it to let people know that I am / aren't active. Beware: it uses many characters, unless you summarize it!

Edited 6/4/2015 11:14:22

I'd like to see a boot rate for the last 30 days. In some cases, people have low boot rates overall, but have been getting booted left and right in the last month. That's something I'd want to know about before joining a team game with them. As of late, I've had terrible luck with teammates getting booted in the open games I've been joining.

Or two separate boot %'s. 1 for real-time and 1 for multi-day.

My real time boots are fairly high because I'm easily distracted by the other shiny things on the internet, but that's completely different from my reliability in multi-days

Can I suggest 1 thing to everyone here (who seem to get booted quite often and don't like others knowing)?
It could be beneficial if you guys only join games you know you could finish within the boot time? If you are going to play a real-time game with 8 players on a large map which could easily take up to 30 turns with a boot time of 5 minutes, make sure you are free for the next 2 hours and a half. If you are planning to join a multiday game with 2 day boots and no vacations honoured, and you plan on going on a short holiday away or you know that you may not have access to warlight - just don't join, remake the game with the same settings and longer boot times if you really wish to play those settings.

Sure sometimes you can't allow for occurrences like your internet crashing - you just forget about the game - your laptop breaks and you cant play in your multiday game. However this is why you have a boot rate, so other players are aware of how often things like this happen to you, and the probability (given your past) that you are going to get booted from the game.

Yes, profiles should show both the all-time boot rate and the boot rate from the last 60 days.
I only think boots should expire completely after at least a year.

Edited 6/4/2015 22:37:20

90 days is a normal time for things similar to boot rate, too expire on comparable site.
It could also be that ONLY MD games can have the boot rate expire. (We need MD and RT boots separated for sure, I think)

Also if a player hasn't finished 100 games in the last 90 days, then the last 100 games should count. (Obviously the # of games can be changed, if you think it is a bit low)

@hedja any tips for this "you just forget about the game"?

I'm with hedja, too.

That's the whole point of the boot rating.

If you really feel you've "changed" in some significant way, start a new profile. But even if you don't, your percentage should go down fairly quickly.

Total boot percentage over your time at Warlight seems like a fair representation to me.

Another suggestion for a simple implementation:

"[Player] has been booted [X] times (XX.X%). Most recent boot was on [date]."

We need MD and RT boots separated for sure, I think

I agree with this, usually getting booted from real time games and multi day games are results of very different kinds of situations and should be listed separately as well as combined.

@M. Poireau

1. In order to reduce your boot % by half you have to dobble your number of games you have played, without getting booted. For any "Veteran" that is a long time.

2.Most recent boot was on [date]. YES! (preferably say "This player was last booted X DAYS ago")

3. Start a new profile is a bad solution. For what I believe is obvious reasons.

@Epicular

Yup, we need them combined too.

Edited 6/5/2015 00:45:30

TBest those are the worst ones, but there isn't much you can do about those boots. Nearly all of mine have come from forgetting I am playing a game at that moment, close the tab and get booted. Now I just try to play less RT unless I know I am going to be sitting in front of the computer for the next hour or so.

Very good suggestion Poireau, that's the one thing on this thread which doesn't seem like an addition which could complicate the boot stats too much on a profile and it tells others when the last boot was, like when you last relapsed and took drugs, which could be a good incentive for people to not get booted as it would mean restarting the clock.

The current system is perfect the way it is.

logically, if boots expired from your rates. then so would games..

If your boots from 3 months + expired, then that would mean your boot rate would = your boots in last 3 / your games in last three.
and I feel that most people that had boots recently would see an avid increase in their boot rates.

However, I feel if this were implemented, it would need to be implemented *alongside* the current boot rates.
low duration boot rates *3-6-12 months* could show people that tend to go inactive mid game and cause disturbances in RT games, while long duration boot rates *lifetime* could show people that have done bad in the past, or who will regularly leave WL due to IRL obligations *or just boredom* and would be less reliable in MD games.

and Benjamin, you've had 241 boots in 266 days... there is no reason why you shouldn't have a black mark on your record... logically speaking, if I played a MD game with you, I would *expect* you to get booted within the first 40 days, presuming it lasts longer than that, as you have 40 games, and you average little under a boot a day.
If you don't want a bad boot record, don't play more games than you can handle.

Thats the entire time I've been playing Warlight. I haven't been booted in 3 weeks, and have been booted 5 times in 3 months.

Either way Benjamin, sounds like your regularly biting off more than you can chew. I make it a point to make sure I do not join a game that I don't feel I can make sure I take my turn within the allotted time, and also don't have more games going than what I think I can manage and keep up with, hence I have only been booted from 2 games, EVER.

Boot rate is well deserved. No offense. I dont care if I play with a person with a high % because I know I can win easily. Also in my opinion, boot rate doesnt show us the level or strenght of a player. Also, it doesnt mean he/she is lazy. Many factors can affect the boot rate. My only proposal is to eliminate that restriction about % boot rate while creating new games.