Re: # of active players?
Phillip Lenhardt (philen@ans.net)
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:39:45 -0500
On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 04:03:43PM -0500, Carl Burke wrote:
> I've seen this happen quite a bit with games that are available
> from the web, whether played there or via email. There seem to be
> swarms of people who derive great joy from signing up for games
> that they never play again. I don't know if there was a similar
> problem in the days before email, given the extra effort required
> to mail somebody a setup form, but there are certainly people here
> who could tell us.
>
> It's stupid, but it's not strange.
It is not even that stupid. Sometimes you sign up for a game because it sounds
interesting. And then you play a turn, find out it is not to your taste, and
stop playing. Of course, failing to quit using the formal mechanism (the quit
order in oly) is just plain rude.
-phil
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