Pinging/Lobby AFK Brainstorm

[Voss]

Discussion on kicking rules and afking

Looking for a good policy on when to kick/who should be able to kick.



So I put a feature in that whenever someone typed, a sound would play. It was helpful for me so I could listen if anyone was typing anything on the live server, but I got feedback that it was a bit annoying, so it's disabled.
Here were some ideas I was throwing around.
-allow anyone(or just host) to ping people, causing them to make a sound on the computer.
-Allow hosts? to kick people? at least just kick the inactive people? Maybe a "this game will start in 1 hour" or something.

Any other ideas?

[Cryptonic]

Is it possible to make a person drop after 60-120 seconds after closing the Tab?
This gives them time to reconnect if it was an error, and kicks them if it was legitimate.

Not sure what you have for the disconnect system, atm.


I like the idea of pinging, but I would say that it shouldn't be just the host. This is because the Host might be the person who is AFK. I think anybody should be able to ping, but a person should only receive a ping notification every x mins (like 3? 5?). That way, if you have like 5 people pinging someone over and over, they don't get spammed by the system being abused.

[Voss]

The disconnect system is:
Whenever the person closes the webpage, a line appears by their name, indicating that they're not 'active.'

What about giving the host kick ability if the person drops for more than a minute? I currently like the idea of the lobbies just sitting around, especially since the game isn't 'actively played.'

[SuperJack]

The disconnect system is:
Whenever the person closes the webpage, a line appears by their name, indicating that they're not 'active.'

What about giving the host kick ability if the person drops for more than a minute? I currently like the idea of the lobbies just sitting around, especially since the game isn't 'actively played.'

Host have kick ability yes.

Also ability to repick the host incase the host is afk.

Have it as a person option if you want sound to appear when text is posted.

[Voss]

Have it as a person option if you want sound to appear when text is posted.

i'm having some trouble with accessing the profiles of users, so I can attach settings to them, so that might not be something i can do right now

[Yukitaka Oni]

It's me or i feel like host have more vote in kicking player? Or everyone is same vote? (Communism)

[Cryptonic]

If Host has the ability to kick, then gotta make sure people can join a different lobby incase troll host.

[Voss]

for now, i'm going to pretend there's no such thing as troll hosts, and would only like to deal with afk/inactives.

how about for now, if a host is more than 1 minute afk, someone can type repick, and they'll get the host.

also pinging is pushed too now.

[Cryptonic]

for now, i'm going to pretend there's no such thing as troll hosts, and would only like to deal with afk/inactives.

how about for now, if a host is more than 1 minute afk, someone can type repick, and they'll get the host.

also pinging is pushed too now.

Fair enough lol.