Some more details, as this has now been released in an early version.
All games will be created as :
Move Timeout - 3 days
Initial Timebank - 7 days
The greeter will always play black as we need the new user to have moves waiting as they join.
Regarding max games, the greeter games will ignore your site max games setting. So it will work like "buddy privelages" on the challenge settings - that is, you will always get the game if you have not reached your max greeter games.
Originally posted by PonderableThat is a bug/incomplete work. I started 2 test games against you, then deleted them, so that will be corrected shortly.
A perhaps minor Point: I have one game running, but the Counter says 3 games. Will the other become only visible after the Opponent agreed to Play?
Originally posted by MontyMooseThat's mine, it's been there a while, before this greeter stuff started. Guess I can take it down now since I'm on the greeter list and it's working.
They saw your 1079 and ran in fear. 😛 Hey QP, did you or Russ add the sentence to your profile?
Something odd though: I have a Welcome game on my games list (as a not started), and the newbie who's in it User 720167 has a total of NINE nonsub games on his list (he's playing just one of them). Do you think I should refer that to Russ? There may be a bug there.
Originally posted by RussWhen you say "currently active" are you talking about the green dot that shows you have moved within the past ten minutes? I normally have the green dot turned off in my settings.
A slight glitch with greeter selection has been fixed too. It is now based on who is currently active.
I only play one or two regular games at any given time and therefore most of the time I would not have a green dot, even though I may be in and out of the site several times each day. Does that mean I will not be assigned to any of the greeter games?
Another question. I'm an original pawnstar but am not currently a subscriber. I'm not sure I'm supposed to even be signed up as a greeter. I noticed somewhere that it specifies subscribers only.
I've heard from other greeters that Kewpie and Ponderable are getting more than their fair share of games because they're online so often. As a result, after looking at the length of the list, I've reduced my greeter game limit and suggested to Ponderable that he do the same. I understand that prompt response is appropriate in this situation, and maybe, Russ, you could look at that with a view to not overloading some and neglecting others.
I'm logged on several times each day but you would not know it by the green dot indicator. I only play a few games at a time which really cuts down on how recently I have made a move.
Maybe the green dot should be changed to indicate that a person is logged on, rather than showing they have made a move within the past ten minutes. When you click a profile you can still see when someone last moved. Quite often I'm logged on and surfing around the forums, etc. because I have my moves all caught up and am just hanging around.
The green dot indicator can be turned on or off in the settings, for those who prefer not to have their presence known. That's fine, but it would be more meaningful if the green dot meant that a person is logged on, regardless of when they last moved.
I suppose some people stay logged on all the time whether they are physically present at their computer or not, but I can't imagine that is very common.
Originally posted by mwmillerI suspect you're wrong about that, I stay permanently logged on at a total of four places, can't even remember what I have to do to log in. What are others doing?
I suppose some people stay logged on all the time whether they are physically present at their computer or not, but I can't imagine that is very common.