Opponents immediately rolling - turn based

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Mr_Magic
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Opponents immediately rolling - turn based

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Hi there,

Something odd I've noticed a few times here. I'll have a Turn Based game going on, its been my turn for quite a while so there isn't an expectation my opponent will be online also. Indeed, their Online indicator next to their name is grey and its not as if we have been trading turns backwards and forwards in quick succession.

I finish a turn, my opponents card and dice get shown and then they /immediately/ start rolling and rerolling dice, the very moment it's their turn. Their online light still shows as grey yet they are making decisions.

Their turn ends, its back to me and I take my turn again. Back to them, but this time nothing happens, and the site is waiting for them to come back to the game to play like a normal turn based game.

Of course, it could be that my opponent just so happened to return to the game as I finished my turn and complete theirs immediately ( with so many games going on here unlikely things will happen quite often) but then their activity light never went green and they didn't play on.

Does this game sometimes give out the next turn to be played in advance of your 'real' turn to speed things up, perhaps in situations where its not possible for someone to win on their turn so it passes out the next turn ahead of time?

I cant imagine there would be some kind of bot hat would auto play someone's turn ( and even if so, why just stop at that one turn)

Has anyone else seen this?
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Mr_Magic
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Re: Opponents immediately rolling - turn based

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For example, it happene here - https://boardgamearena.com/1/piratenkap ... layFrom=44

I was given Peace and finished my turn, my opponent was given Pirate Ship 4 and immediately started rolling until that card was processed then it went back to me again.

I'm not sure what a reply can show exactly, but their turn played out as fast as that replay does when watching it back.
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Re: Opponents immediately rolling - turn based

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I think it was probably a case of my opponent just so happening to be there at the right time, and perhaps the BGA online indicator lagging.

Still, it felt very odd!
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Re: Opponents immediately rolling - turn based

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The online indicator is unreliable.
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