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| [57583] by "MrsK" (cpe-66-75-5-94.san.res.rr.com)
on Sun 25 Jun 2006 04:48:06
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I know you asked for other players to not start a word war. All I have to say is "amen." :-( |
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| re: Cooperative playing in Scribble |
| [57584] by "Dave" (cache-rtc-aa10.proxy.aol.com)
on Sun 25 Jun 2006 08:50:50
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I have a possible solution. It may just please everyone. Can you make it possible for players to click on a word to vote to delete that particular word? If you make it that only one person per internet provider could vote then one person couldn't vote more than once. (Like one vote from WEBTV, one from AOL, etc.) This should please the players who feel words like DRESSES use all the esses and ruin a game. It should also please any players who feel anything was directed at them because many people would have voted the word out, not just one player. It's a very democratic solution. The votes would have to be cast before a next word is made or it might affect the next play. Once another word has been made, then everyone would agree that it was an acceptable word because they did not vote. If a person takes two turns and the previous word is the offending word, then it should still be up for votes because the person would have cheated to get his word in before the votes could be cast. This same vote method could be used to vote out a person's word when they went twice. So it solves two current problems. Just a thought. |
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| re: Cooperative playing in Scribble |
| [57585] by "Guest" (cache-rtc-aa10.proxy.aol.com)
on Sun 25 Jun 2006 09:06:05
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Also if a player feels a word is questionable, then after voting, they should not make another word in that game to give other players a chance to vote. That would solve any problems where a stack of words might be made after the fact, and no one could go back. Maybe let it be something like up three people vote to delete, or the same number of however many it takes to end a game. Just bouncing some ideas around. |
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| re: Cooperative playing in Scribble |
| [57588] by "Tom 7" (h-67-100-132-237.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net)
on Sun 25 Jun 2006 11:14:22
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I understand.
The first problem is that I can't tell webtv players apart, because webtv uses proxies, instead of individually-assigned addresses. That wouldn't be a big problem except that scribble is really popular among webtv users. That means that I can't ban webtv users, because to do so would be to ban everyone.
The second problem is that I don't want to be in the business of banning people unless they are being egregiously rude to one another. It means that I have to set and enforce moral standards fairly, which is difficult and a lot of work.
My best advice is to ignore trolls. This is not out of some kind of crown-of-thorns self punishment, but because it works: Trolls expend energy to annoy you, and the payoff is that they get a rise. Responding (including posts like this) encourages them because it indicates that their trolling is being noticed. You're right about the "word war" too; an insulted troll is more likely to want to "get even."
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| re: Cooperative playing in Scribble |
| [57609] by "me" (cache-rtc-aa10.proxy.aol.com)
on Tue 27 Jun 2006 00:33:52
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PLEASE!!! Stop sugar-coating this cooperative play crap! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "COOPERATIVE PLAY" when certain mindless morons are 'allowed' to play here and we ALL know this! The ONLY time there is anything resembling cooperation is when the sincere, good players are playing. We must ACCEPT THE FACT that NOTHING will be done to weed out the jerks that come here to ruin games. I would say Tom has made that perfectly clear.
Other websites require certain types of "registration" of the name you are playing under which allows for easy-banning (even of webtv players). This website does not call for that, so get used to having your setups and plans for a good game thwarted time and time again! So, enjoy the frustration! ;) |
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