Suggestion: assigning host of table

[DougOut]

I suggest that when the host leaves that the player that has been there the longest be assigned as the new host.

This is better for several reasons, but mainly you want the host to be someone who is going to be there for a while, plus reward the players that stay and play for longer.

 

Also any host who does not make a play for 5 minutes should get auto booted. This is long enough that it should never happen by accident (nobody thinks for that long) but it will fix the problem where a table becomes useless when the host disappears.

[bb79]

I suggest that when the host leaves that the player that has been there the longest be assigned as the new host.

This is better for several reasons, but mainly you want the host to be someone who is going to be there for a while, plus reward the players that stay and play for longer.

 

Also any host who does not make a play for 5 minutes should get auto booted. This is long enough that it should never happen by accident (nobody thinks for that long) but it will fix the problem where a table becomes useless when the host disappears.

Your first concern is already being discussed in other threads, for example

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=32654

 

For the second one, it is not easy to differentiate it from a friendly set-game when the players just gave a 5 minute break.

[mink]

There should not only be a timelimit for a non-responsive host but for any non-responsive player if it is his turn to play. There could be an automatical question asked by the client short before a player is auto-booted.

 

We need it for players, too, because otherwise a table could still be blocked if both the current player and the host are non-responsive.

 

I have encountered blocked tables far too often, so the problem should not be ignored.

 

I do not think that an intentional 5-minute-break occurs too often. And, if there is really a need for it, it is easy to abandon the table and start a new one after the break.

 

Karl