AFK / inactive Players Should Be Kicked after 2 rounds

Comments: 42

• 24 Feb, '20
  player Merged

  And this ruining games / open for abuse. Can you please fix it already

• 24 Feb, '20
  player Merged

  It takes 10 turns for AFK players to be kicked, add to that we wait nearly every time the 7 rolls because the player isn't there to discard their cards. This is stupid. It should be 3 turns MAX. Give them a warning on turn 2 if it's just new players waiting too long. [You should know if it's a new player just sitting there doing nothing, not even trying to trade]

• 03 May, '20
  timi

  maybe if they are AFK for multiple turns but not if just one or two turns ...

• 13 May, '20
  Sasha Wilde Admin

  "When kicked from lobby because of being away from keyboard (afk) give a pop-up." (suggested by Alex Bruski on 2020-04-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 13 May, '20
  Sasha Wilde Admin

  "Kick AFK players from lobby after several minutes" (suggested by Seri on 2020-05-01), including upvotes (2) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 28 May, '20
  Ryan Merged

  If a player has stopped playing and is allowing every turn to time out that player should be kicked and replaced with a bot.

• 28 May, '20
  ELI Merged

  players afk or just not playing for 2 rounds straight should lose karma and be replaced by bot.
  they ruin the game for all the others. takes 1 player like that to ruin the whole game.

• 29 May, '20
  player Merged

  Last I check it was something like 8-10 rounds before a player is kicked. Obviously unacceptable.

• 30 May, '20
  Pher Merged

  Some players get in the match and stop playing and its a lot of wait for the rest of the players, the game should detect this automatically and kick the inactive player after 2-3 rounds.

• 30 May, '20
  Pher Merged

  Nice suggestion

• 31 May, '20
  kingsley tan Merged

  Yes! Instead of leaving the game and having their karma points reduced, these sort of players stay in the game but are not in the game. The impact is much worse on the other players as we have to wait for the countdown to finish. There should be an auto kick function once an inactivity is detected for 2 rounds.
  
  inactivity = not rolling dice, not building anything, not trading anything and eventually letting the timer end the turn

• 01 Jun, '20
  Mute Merged

  How about a reduced round time (like 10 or 20 sec on normal speed) and if the player clicked on the dice he gets the usual amount of time. An dif he missed to click the dice he gets an optional button near the clock/dice to extend his time to the normal amount.

• 04 Jun, '20
  Asteroid

  Apart from kicking AFK hosts in the lobby, AFK players during a game should be kicked out - maybe if they do nothing for 3 turns or something. I'm playing a 2P game where the other player literally started the game and left but didn't actually leave so I have to sit through a minute each turn in order to get through this game and not get a karma penalty.

• 05 Jun, '20
  NickShely Merged

  I agree, it shouldn't be that difficult to detect if the player builds nothing and his timer runs out 3 rounds in the row.

• 06 Jun, '20
  Goossens Merged

  I was just here to suggest this, PLEASE add this to the game. It has destroyed 2 games in 2 days for me.

• 07 Jun, '20
  GET Merged

  inactive players already get kicked by the system

• 08 Jun, '20
  zoezake Merged

  If it's already in the game there is a bug or Something. Afk Players don't always get kicked

• 09 Jun, '20
  Great Expectations Merged

  They should also receive some sort of bigger punishment---leaving the game open so as not to receive karma penalty is so incredibly selfish

• 29 Jul, '20
  Jess Merged

  Kick people who go afk. Occasionally when people are losing or get mad from players cutting them off or stealing cards they won't actually leave the game so they don't hurt their karma, but they just leave it running and don't play. This makes it less fun for people who are still in the game, who now have to wait for the time to run out.

• 18 Aug, '20
  JUAN Admin Merged

  "AFK players should be replaced by a bot and lose karma after 2 rounds without responding" (suggested by ELI on 2020-05-28), including upvotes (5) and comments (3), was merged into this suggestion.

• 29 Aug, '20
  JUAN Admin Merged

  "Kick players that repeatedly timeout during the game" (suggested by Ryan on 2020-05-28), including upvotes (3) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 30 Aug, '20
  JUAN Admin Merged

  "Kick AFK People" (suggested by Jess on 2020-07-29), including upvotes (10) and comments (5), was merged into this suggestion.

• 30 Aug, '20
  JUAN Admin Merged

  "Bug: AFK players are not being kicked from games in timely fashion" (suggested by player on 2020-01-16), including upvotes (2) and comments (3), was merged into this suggestion.

• 30 Aug, '20
  JUAN Admin

  "Kick inactive players" (suggested by Pher on 2020-05-30), including upvotes (25) and comments (18), was merged into this suggestion.

• 30 Aug, '20
  JUAN Admin

  "Players who are inactive for 3 turns are automatically kicked" (suggested by shiksb on 2020-06-03), including upvotes (5) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 23 Sep, '20
  Pete Merged

  I feel like there's basically a loophole where when a salty player wants to quit, all they have to do is leave the browser window open and walk away to avoid the karma penalty. Meanwhile it's super annoying for players still in the game to have to wait the entirety of that player's turn on every turn. If a player runs out of time without taking any action 3+ times in a row, they should be automatically kicked and replaced with a bot.

• 23 Sep, '20
  JUAN Admin Merged

  Actually they are kicked after 2 consecutive turns without performing an action

• 23 Sep, '20
  JUAN Admin

  "Kick players who time out multiple turns in a row" (suggested by Pete on 2020-09-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.

• 09 Nov, '20
  Yuvraj Gupta

  This is super annoying and users are doing this more often. In a very fast game, it becomes super frustrating as it takes away the momentum of the game and limits the trade and building on the board.

• 10 Nov, '20
  bocaben

  I'd suggest that instead of kicking the AFK'er, to instead leave them in the game but have a bot take over for them.
  The player would still be in and watching the game but have a popup of "You've been inactive for more than <however long is decided> and a bot has taken over. Click 'I'm Back' to regain control".

• 15 Nov, '20
  shockeymoe

  I have never left a game where the players are all actively playing. I have left games and taken karma hits because I don't like playing with AFKs or even bots for that matter. The social aspect with respectful players is part of the pleasant experience. I think there should be a way to leave a game in protest without losing karma points.

• 14 Aug, '21
  SSlove

  I agree. Waiting every turn for a player who doesnt play but stay in a game for keeping karma is rly annoying and it is even unfair for us who buy games and doesnt have power when this happens to kick that player out.

• 27 Feb, '22
  Martin

  This is not done!!! There are many players inactive for a whole game... it unplayable

• 06 Mar, '22
  Frank

  This needs to be fixed. This is still not done

• 08 Mar, '22
  Markus

  This problem is still there. Just had another of these games (game ID 2jF6). The red player didn't do anything the whole game and we had to wait for a minute all the time. In the end I got a karma penalty when I left the game for a few minutes. A player should be replaced by a bot when he doesn't do anything for let's say 5 minutes or 3 rounds.

• 13 Mar, '22
  Akhil

  Just had one of these games (game id rgoU). It was clear early in the game that I was going to win, and the other player (1v1) just didn't do anything for the rest of the game.

• 17 Mar, '22
  Dan Merged

  It is so annoying when players, to avoid the karma penalty for quitting just go AFK and so the rest of the players have to wait for them to time out with every action.
  
  Please create a mechanic where if a player times out say 3 times in a row, a bot takes over.

• 17 Mar, '22
  JUAN Admin

  "If a player is AFK for 3 turns/actions, bot takes over" (suggested by Dan on 2022-03-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 18 Mar, '22
  Akhil

  I see comments here from about 2 years ago saying that players who are inactive for 2 minutes actually get kicked automatically (and I do remember that actually happening then once or twice back then), but this doesn't seem to be the case now. As I type this I'm playing 1v1 with a player who has been inactive since I blocked a spot they were going to build on early in the game. It's the most annoying thing ever.

• 18 Mar, '22
  JUAN Admin

  Fixed, new version going live today

• 20 Mar, '22
  Dani

  I am in a match where the guy is actively reconnecting after being kicked by the system, looks like it wasn't fixed at all.
  Please do better, like having votes from the three other players to be banned from the match.

• 29 Jun, '22
  OX

  Totally!!!!!