Phillip Lenhardt wrote:
>
> 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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