Do I clean up crashed Alpha games?

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crableybradtree
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Do I clean up crashed Alpha games?

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When I did a recent release for my Alpha game, sadly it broke games in progress at the time. There are now 12 games / tables that are crashed as a result, and are sitting there on the list of games in progress. I did post to the group that any in progress games before the release need to be terminated.

As the developer, am I supposed to clean up these public Alpha crashed games?

If so, I can't seem to figure out how to do so. Is there a way for me to do that? Going to the "https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=xxxxxxx" page for the crashed game doesn't allow me to stop it.
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ufm
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Re: Do I clean up crashed Alpha games?

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Each player should quit the table from the link you provided.
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FindYodaWinCash
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Re: Do I clean up crashed Alpha games?

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I have an Alpha game that crashes before the game can fully load. I fixed the bug so games will never enter this state again, but this game has database entry such that it will never gets past the loading screen. The player has requested multiple times that I kill the game (even though I've told them I don't have that capability). Is there any way to do this? Will the game eventually time out somehow?

Thanks,
Dave
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ufm
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Re: Do I clean up crashed Alpha games?

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The developers can't kill broken tables themselves.
As the original poster said, each player must enter the link manually ("https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=xxxxxxx") and quit the table.
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Re: Do I clean up crashed Alpha games?

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Got it thx.
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