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The coding on this game has problems.  Things I have noticed in 2 days of playing:

*When someone (unsportingly) quits the game, sometimes players miss a turn through no fault of their own and are sometimes penalised 100 points in the process.
*Sometimes people score 100 points for potting the cue ball, when they should be penalised.
*Sometimes players decide not to take a shot (because there is nothing easy on) and do not get penalised.
*Whenever someone takes a power-shot, the next player has less time to take their shot because the balls stay moving for longer, and the game doesn't compensate.  
A lot of players simply quit when they know they are beaten.  Some even quit after not potting a ball from a break-off shot.  This kills the gameplay, and I would like to suggest that players should be penalised for quitting mid-game.

In addition I have been called "bad word" in the chat and seen all sorts of other offensive language that I do not feel has any place here.

The prize game is basically all about stamina isn't it?  If you have a lot of spare time, you can just keep playing & rack up points.

This post was last modified: 09-06-2008 05:03 AM by Admin.

Hello Trinx,

Thank you for your feedback, it is appreciated.

As you know we moved to live online games because the cheating in single Player contests was excessive.

I will answer your questions individually.

[b]Q1:[/b] The coding on this game has problems.  Things I have noticed in 2 days of playing:
[b]A1:[/b] We are working on a new version that will fix the current problems.  Sometimes game errors occur when a Player is on too slow a internet connection and gets behind in the gameplay.  This is why we disconnect Players when they get too far behind in the gameplay.

[b]Q2: [/b]When someone (unsportingly) quits the game, sometimes Players miss a turn through no fault of their own and are sometimes penalized 100 points in the process.
[b]A2: [/b]This is a random problem that the socket server is having not the game itself.  We are working on a fix.

[b]Q3:[/b] Sometimes people score 100 points for potting the cue ball, when they should be penalized.
[b]A3: [/b]This bug happens sometimes after a Player leaves the game abruptly without using the "exit" button.  

[b]Q4:[/b] Sometimes Players decide not to take a shot (because there is nothing easy on) and do not get penalized.
[b]A4:[/b] This is a error that also only happens sometimes after a Player leaves the game, without using the exit button.

[b]Q5:[/b] Whenever someone takes a power-shot, the next Player has less time to take their shot because the balls stay moving for longer, and the game doesn't compensate.  
[b]A5:[/b] We are removing the ability to do a power shot in next version.

[b]Q6:[/b] A lot of Players simply quit when they know they are beaten.  Some even quit after not potting a ball from a break-off shot.  This kills the gameplay, and I would like to suggest that Players should be penalized for quitting mid-game.
[b]A6:[/b] This is a good idea we will penalize a Player -100 points if they leave a game after it starts, in next version.

[b]Q7:[/b] In addition I have been called "bad word" in the chat and seen all sorts of other offensive language that I do not feel has any place here.
[b]A7:[/b] We have a anti swearing filter on the chat window, we have decreased the amount of times a Player can swear to two times then they are kicked out of the game.  We will now bann Players for a predetermined time out after being kicked out from a game.

We agree that swearing is not acceptable or necessary to play a game.  This is a problem with only a few members,  we will monitor the main offenders and delete members as necessary.

[b]Q8:[/b]The prize game is basically all about stamina isn't it?  If you have a lot of spare time, you can just keep playing & rack up points.
[b]A8:[/b] As with all games the person who has the time to play more often will have an advantage,  however  skill is required to win a game.  We also have a scoring algorithm that takes into account many factors, including how many Players are in a game, the ranking of those Players and the Players score..  So just playing a single Player over and over will not get you the highest scores.  

If most Players in a game exit and leave only one Player, the remaining Player is only awarded a default 100 points at the end of a game.

Regards,
Admin

This post was last modified: 09-06-2008 05:20 AM by Admin.

There is still no penalty for unsportingly quitting the game when you are beaten. I have given up on trying to preach good sportsmanship to people and have had to take the "if you can't beat them, join them" approach. Because when I try to pull people up on it, all I hear is, "everyone does it". So there is no incentive for players to see the game out.

In addition, power-shots still remain and they can cause problems within the game.

This post was last modified: 11-09-2008 06:11 AM by Admin.

Hello Trinx,

Thank you for your feedback.

We agree it is not sporting to leave a game because you are losing. It is rude.

We are working on improvements for the game including the items you discuss.

Regards,
Admin

Trinx said:

There is still no penalty for unsportingly quitting the game when you are beaten.  I have given up on trying to preach good sportsmanship to people and have had to take the "if you can't beat them, join them" approach.  Because when I try to pull people up on it, all I hear is, "everyone does it".  So there is no incentive for players to see the game out.

In addition, power-shots still remain and they can cause problems within the game.