How can I quit a game if a player hasn’t been online for a month, without losing reputation?

[tbhp]

I don't know why every time this topic comes up, everyone starts hiding their head in the sand and feigns not understanding that the inconvenience of waiting for someone (which on this site just means having a table open) is not in the same ballpark of harm as seeing a game terminated without being able to do anything about it.

Everyone hiding their head in the sand. They've explained their reasons plenty of times. At this point it looks far more likely to be the other way around.

How's the saying go? If you meet someone who disagrees with you you met someone you disagree with. If *everyone* disagrees with you consider that you might be wrong?

Something like that...

The person who came up with that saying evidently didn't put much thought into it. It's very possible that everyone else is wrong haha.

[Fuchur]

Sometimes i'm wondering why you hijack all topics ?

Luckily someone answered the original question long ago.

[tbhp]

Sometimes i'm wondering why you hijack all topics ?

Luckily someone answered the original question long ago.

Yes, they did. Are posts that ask a question supposed to stick to answering the question, or are developments allowed as long as they fit the topic?

And if someone asks help on how to do something that could be seen as problematic, should we be content just answering their question, or should we also care about explaining to them why what they are trying to do might be problematic?

[BarnardsStar]

How's the saying go? If you meet someone who disagrees with you you met someone you disagree with. If *everyone* disagrees with you consider that you might be wrong?

Something like that...

The person who came up with that saying evidently didn't put much thought into it. It's very possible that everyone else is wrong haha.

And you have the temerity to accuse others of having poor reading comprehension??

[tbhp]

How's the saying go? If you meet someone who disagrees with you you met someone you disagree with. If *everyone* disagrees with you consider that you might be wrong?

Something like that...

The person who came up with that saying evidently didn't put much thought into it. It's very possible that everyone else is wrong haha.

And you have the temerity to accuse others of having poor reading comprehension??

Or maybe you have a too literal or naive interpretation of the saying... It's almost always intended as an argumentum ad populum. There's not much reason to say it unless you are trying to imply the person is in fact wrong, not just "might" be wrong.

[Fuchur]

Sometimes i'm wondering why you hijack all topics ?

Luckily someone answered the original question long ago.

Yes, they did. Are posts that ask a question supposed to stick to answering the question, or are developments allowed as long as they fit the topic?

Do you believe that all this fits the topic ? The things you discuss here have nothing to do with the title.

And if someone asks help on how to do something that could be seen as problematic, should we be content just answering their question, or should we also care about explaining to them why what they are trying to do might be problematic?

The explanation shouldn't exceed the original question and its answer. If you believe that you stumbled onto a topic of interest just open another thread, don't hijack other's.

[tbhp]

OP said they were planning to quit a game, so the discussion went into whether this is okay to do and how the different alternatives can be handled.

Yes, generally topics that ask a question don't require anything more than an answer. But there are some notable exceptions. If someone started a thread asking "can you give me advice on how to cheat using multiple accounts", would you find it abnormal that people start a debate about whether this is okay to do, rather than just answering the question?

Now, you may say this issue isn't comparable to cheating with multiple accounts, but on an internet forum you are gonna meet plenty of different people with different opinions, so what may not be a behavior worthy of debate to you may be exactly that to someone else.