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It has been quite a number of times i have been in a situation where we have had five players to start. But someone will not accept, on purpose, then then rejoin instantly. Then press start again, then not accept again, then restart, and this continues while the rest of us either quit or try in hope. It is quite frustrating to say the least.
It would be good if we could expel those players and avoid thIs.
In addition to this I will say that at times it is hard to get five players, and it is important to be patient and kind to each other peace out

Give them a red thumb and they won't be able to join your tables.

Good idea. If I can, I will. But sometimes it is not possible because I have not played against them.
I am just bemused at this odd behaviour and that it is more common than I thought at first.
Thanks

Funny. I have experienced the same thing happening.
It is very hard to get a game of 6nimmt at some times during the day

tbh, that sounds more like an issue with the automatic lobby than it sounds like players doing it on purpose.

In my experience when canceling a game start, some players leave the game instantly: those who do auto-lobby. So if players leave because of a cancelled game start, you can be sure they don't do it themselves but rather the system does it for them.

If you kick them from the table they shouldn't be able to re-join, so you wont even have to give a red thumb, just have a table owner who does what he should do

League of Legend have the same problem.
They just force 5min of waiting if you doesn't accept a game (3?) times in a short amount of time.

This is indeed probably players using the matchmaking, as the matchmaking makes you join all tables matching your options at a given time.

We'll add something with the next site release to make sure that the matchmaking doesn't make a player join again a table that he/she has not accepted to start for whatever reason.

Thanks for reporting this!

What is auto lobby and match making?

ljlevy wrote: ↑07 January 2020, 01:11 What is auto lobby and match making?

In the "play now" section of the site, you can select "automatic" or "manual" to start games.

If you select automatic, you just click on "play" for the games you want to play, and a matchmaking process will try to match you with opponents willing to play the same game (eventually with the same preferences if you configured some preferences).

I don’t think i have ever used that. I am not sure it reflects what is happening. I am not sure i understand why people join, then refuse to start then join again. Do you that is the autolobby?