Penalty for joining games

[jekng]

Hi. I think there should be a penalty for joining a table and then not following through to the game. It i very frustrating the number of times I have joined a table and have the game cancelled because users don't who joined the table then drop out.

[LongBeachGamer]

I share this frustration. I believe this may be related to the "Automatic Mode" where the site designers allow players to automatically join tables they may want to play and then gives the players the chance to decide at the last minute whether to cancel or not. To the players who are "Manual" mode who have been waiting 30+ minutes to start the game, this is becoming a heavy burden. Also, from the hosts' perspective, I imagine there are high levels of agreement this arrangement seems unfair, in addition to being frustrating.

[Memargi]

sometimes you want to play a game, but never have. Just reading the rules isn't enough and you end up leaving the game. Every game should have the option of doing a training mode. less people will drop out of a game if they know how to play.

[waxje]

I find it frustrating too because my tablet browser blocks if this happens. So i need to restart and the next people are getting frustrated waiting on my table and leave again... It usually takes 5 too 6 tries to make a full room. And then... A player quits... And the rest of the game i can only play half screen and get a constant reminder of the quit...

I share this frustration. I believe this may be related to the "Automatic Mode" where the site designers allow players to automatically join tables they may want to play and then gives the players the chance to decide at the last minute whether to cancel or not. To the players who are "Manual" mode who have been waiting 30+ minutes to start the game, this is becoming a heavy burden. Also, from the hosts' perspective, I imagine there are high levels of agreement this arrangement seems unfair, in addition to being frustrating.

If this should be the case, they can overcome this by adding a option to dissable automatic joins. They could add a remark that filling tables could be harder without this option enabled.