Waiting through commercials for non-premium play

[JoysJoy]

How can I block non-premium players and say I never want to play with them?

I have almost always played turn-based, but lately I've been trying real time and it is very frustrating. We will have a full table and we sit and wait and it spins and spins while somebody else evidently watches a commercial because *they* chose not to be premium. Yes, my paid membership is stuck the same as those that have not paid.

There's nothing that tells us why we are waiting it says that that person hasn't agreed to play yet. That is not correct. At least it tell us the truth: that we are waiting while they are forced to watch the commercial. Instead, we premium members, are forced to sit there and hang for no reason.

I would rather not play with Not premium members then to sit and spin and never know if someone has just walked away and disappeared, or if they are having to sit through the commercial. Nothing at that point allows us to give each other a message. Nothing allows us to know if somebody else at the table is not premium.

This is a punishment to those who have already paid and it is not fair.

Maybe instead they could have a commercial to watch every time they login before they can play any games. That would not cause me and other premium players these delays. This current system *. Why pay it all? You have to wait the same either way, so why pay it all?

*Moderator edit: please refrain from swearing on BGA, this is a family-friendly platform.

[ufm]

Did you test it yourself?

- The waiting time counts AFTER the table start
- The waiting time is skipped if at least one of the players is a premium member

[JoysJoy]

I already know that this is the truth. I have sat through it so many times in the last few days. It's very frustrating. I am not asking if it's true that it happens. I'm 100% certain this is happening.

It does nothing but spin and says we are waiting for somebody to agree to start, and their agreement cant count until they watch their commercial.

I'm asking how do I block non-premium members so I don't have to wait through their commercials? I want to give a global red thumb so I personally don't have to wait through the commercial people get when they don't become premium. I shouldn't have to sit and watch the things spin so many times a day because somebody else doesn't do their share by contributing

[ufm]

I just tested the waiting time with another account, and what you're saying was false.
As I said above, the waiting time started AFTER everyone confirming the table start, and only a single premium member was enough to skip it.
If you somehow were able to prove otherwise, it should be reported as a bug with detailed information and enough evidence.
FYI, many players go afk or offline after queueing the table. Perhaps you might have encountered such players.

[clash]

As a non-premium player I can confirme that it's a total fabrication, it doesn't work that way. There's a waiting time - no ads to “watch”, by the way... - only in games with non-premium players, on non-premium games (which are becoming rare).

If a player doesn't validate the game, it's probably because the waiting time was too long before the game was launched, and the player is on another tab and didn't hear the start-of-game alert.

[Jellby]

1. No, you cannot block non-premium users. Thank $deity.

2. You see there's some waiting time. You assume it's because some user is not premium and is watching a commercial. I can think of two other much more likely reasons: (a) Some user is doing something else. (b) The network/server is slow.

[hopeful vega m]

I'm confused, which commercials are you talking about? I'm non premium member and I don't get any commercials. When I had membership, I used to encounter similar problem but I just assumed it's because people started a search and then got busy with something else while waiting.. so I abandoned those tables after 1-2 mins waiting and started new ones. You're a premium, what's the problem to start a new table?

[ufm]

I'm confused, which commercials are you talking about? I'm non premium member and I don't get any commercials. When I had membership, I used to encounter similar problem but I just assumed it's because people started a search and then got busy with something else while waiting.. so I abandoned those tables after 1-2 mins waiting and started new ones. You're a premium, what's the problem to start a new table?

I have no idea. Currently, BGA does not host invasive ads while waiting.

[hopeful vega m]

I have no idea. Currently, BGA does not host invasive ads while waiting.

Exactly my point. The whole topic is based on a superficial premise of commercials which are just not there...

[JoysJoy]

I just tested the waiting time with another account, and what you're saying was false.
As I said above, the waiting time started AFTER everyone confirming the table start, and only a single premium member was enough to skip it.
If you somehow were able to prove otherwise, it should be reported as a bug with detailed information and enough evidence.
FYI, many players go afk or offline after queueing the table. Perhaps you might have encountered such players.

ONE Time of testing if not enough! Have you never been a premium player? It is not every single time you start a game that they make you watch the commercial but quite often and many times a day. It is not a bug it is how they are trying to convince people that become premium. it just means that the people that are already Premium have to wait for them