The issue of stopping

[Aphex]

I think this is something which a lot of SWRC players are finding annoying; in scrims/interns its very frustrating to have 5 or 6 stops in a match.. it makes games take hours sometimes, and this isn't practical for anyone. Me numb and crimson were discussing how it would be better to have a limit of stops in a game. Then if you exceed that, you receive some kind of penalty or forfeit the match.

Too many hours of my life have been wasted on "stops". If someone needs to leave a match, thats fair enough, because sometimes you cant know that you have to leave. But when people keep stopping and coming back and stopping, it ruins the flow of the game and wastes alot of time.

Discuss.

[Penguin]

Solution: Don't play with people who do this, or just replace them in the match.

[Rory.]

Solution #2: If someone says stop you give him 8 mins max. If he doesnt come back the match starts and if his teammates lose because of him, then they blame him ^^ but if he gets back in 8 mins and says stop after awhile then the stop time to be like 4 mins max and after that 2 mins max. But if the retarded dude says stop for a 4th time then an admin kicks him from the server

[Pacio]

Well it's possible that someone gets something to do during the match, we can't blame anyone for that. But I agree that if someone is doing something already or knows he doesn't have much time to play he should say no to a match request. Though I don't see why if e.g. one of my parents asks me to cook I shouldn't do it because I have to play a match lol. This is more up to mature people to understand if the thing they'll do will take ages or seconds, and then decide if keep playing is the right decision for the moment.

[Aphex]

Solution #2: If someone says stop you give him 8 mins max. If he doesnt come back the match starts and if his teammates lose because of him, then they blame him ^^ but if he gets back in 8 mins and says stop after awhile then the stop time to be like 4 mins max and after that 2 mins max. But if the retarded dude says stop for a 4th time then an admin kicks him from the server

why should people have to wait 8 minutes for a player to come back. if 4 people take 8 minutes off thats more than half an hour of waiting...

but yeah people should just learn to accept when they arent really free enough to play.

[SAMO]

If someone stops I will stopquit.

[Barcode]

If someone stops I will stop.

Hmm. I find this annoying also. It winds me up also (not sayign is Tx cuz its not) some people say stop so they can move closer to flag i think thats just stupid.

Secondly:

If 4 people did it 4 times for 8 mins rory.... I say if they stop let them one time for 2 mins. then give team oppertunity to sub. If not then wait 1 more minuite then play without them until they come back. Honestly its their own fault for stopping for long periods of time.

[Penguin]

If they are gone over 5 minutes just replace them.

If they are TX anyway.

[Numb]

If they are gone over 5 minutes just replace them.

If they are TX anyway.

Not everyone are admins and are able to kick. :/

[Drugy]

I think the a good solution would be that everyone simply thinks about whether he has enough time or not. Thats the way i do it and it works pretty fine for me actually.
Ofc something unexpected happens for everyone sometimes e.g the game bugs and you gotta reconnect i got no prob with that cuz it doesn't take too long.
But If you know that you will be away for longer than 5 minutes you should tell it to the others and leave.

[Yourself]

Put a book or magazine on your desk. Only play when you don't have something else that needs to be done right away; that way it's not really a big deal if a match takes over an hour.

[Aytsef]

I think a stop of 5 min is way too long you are playing a match and if you need a break of 5 min than you obviously didnt had time to play so you shouldnt say that you want to play in the first place. I mean things like a phonecall can happen but that doesnt need to take more than 2 min.

[Penguin]

If they are gone over 5 minutes just replace them.

If they are TX anyway.

Not everyone are admins and are able to kick. :/

Set the server with spectate enabled, 90% of the time there will be one online. Other times, just unlucky.

I rarely have to stop in a match, only if i knock over a drink or someone comes over unannounced, people just need to make sure they have time first. It would be better if people who know they are going to be over 5 minutes, would just leave the game.

[Barcode]

I like the book idea. I'm doign that

[Foxy]

lmao

go ESL mode, fuck stops and play