Asking for turn based

[caz_manc]

I had to get an penlty on quite a number of occasions in the last yesr. I politly asked via text to go turn based, sometimes as people turned up unexpected or the game was taking too long. I then after a min hoping they read my text go to the request to ask for turn based.

I would say that in 90% of games people have refused and i just had to quit which is a huge loss on my repution and was a pain for the other players too.

Why do people not accept moving to turn based?

[Jellby]

Because they don't want to play turn-based, that's why they joined a real-time game? Or they can play now, but not tomorrow.

Some games are really painful (or broken) in turn-based mode: lots of actions/reactions, bids and counterbids, trick-taking games...

[nik592]

If you're not sure of your timing to finish a RT game, maybe start with a TB one? If your response to that is that you'd prefer to play RT, then you should probably understand those who join your RT game because they don't want to play TB, and as their situation has not changed, they also don't then want to switch to TB halfway through.

[tbhp]

If they aren't someone who cares about getting a win the "proper" way, then telling them that you want to switch to turn based is just telling them that you are allowing them to grab a free win against you. They just need to wait for you to either quit or for your real time clock to expire and then kick you out. I don't agree with it, but if it's something they are willing to do, they don't really have a reason not to do it.

[Ceaseless]

I think turn-based is awful. I came to play real-time, not play a game where the time between turns can e longer than the entire game should be.

[BarnardsStar]

I had to get an penlty on quite a number of occasions in the last yesr.

This sounds like a lesson you're not picking up on ...

[FrankJones]

I had to get an penlty on quite a number of occasions in the last yesr. I politly asked via text to go turn based, sometimes as people turned up unexpected or the game was taking too long. I then after a min hoping they read my text go to the request to ask for turn based.

I would say that in 90% of games people have refused and i just had to quit which is a huge loss on my repution and was a pain for the other players too.

Why do people not accept moving to turn based?

You are aware you can just start your games in turn-based mode in the first place?

That seems like a better plan than starting it in real time and expecting people to switch because someone turned up unexpectedly.

Also - "the game was taking too long" ... so you want to switch it to turn based? I'm confused.

[tbhp]

Also - "the game was taking too long" ... so you want to switch it to turn based? I'm confused.

They mean they are down to make it turn based so they can make their moves whenever they have time, but they currently can't or aren't in the mood for waiting between every move.