How can I make a player play?

[Shivaware]

This particular case seemed very weird to me, because it really wasn't clear what the non-playing player hoped to accomplish. It seems clear that they won't win if they take their move, but if they are expelled, they will come in 4th place.

I've come up with a possible theory, though. It's possible that they may be using time jokers to delay their loss in hopes that they can win some other games and reach #1 in the ranking. After that, they might finish those games normally and possibly drop back down in the ranking.

[tbhp]

This particular case seemed very weird to me, because it really wasn't clear what the non-playing player hoped to accomplish. It seems clear that they won't win if they take their move, but if they are expelled, they will come in 4th place.

I've come up with a possible theory, though. It's possible that they may be using time jokers to delay their loss in hopes that they can win some other games and reach #1 in the ranking. After that, they might finish those games normally and possibly drop back down in the ranking.

That's true, when people are going for Elo trophies or consecutive wins trophies they might delay games for that reason. I think it's okay as long as those delays don't cause fairness issues.

Although using the time joker for that purpose would feel like "cheating" to me, but maybe that's just me.

This user is at a pretty random Elo though and isn't on a winning streak, so that doesn't seem to be the reason.

[Shivaware]

This particular case seemed very weird to me, because it really wasn't clear what the non-playing player hoped to accomplish. It seems clear that they won't win if they take their move, but if they are expelled, they will come in 4th place.

I've come up with a possible theory, though. It's possible that they may be using time jokers to delay their loss in hopes that they can win some other games and reach #1 in the ranking. After that, they might finish those games normally and possibly drop back down in the ranking.

I guess I will have to debunk my own theory. As far as I can tell, the player in question has already been the #1 ranked player around 2 weeks ago, so I'm back to wondering what they hope to accomplish by delaying the end of these games.

[Volker_B]

Meanwhile the mentioned games have ended regularly. Thank you for your support. I've learned a lot.