for at LEAST the third time

[bearmum]

I REALLY wish there was a "leave table after THIS hand" button because I would really like to be able to leave the table AND STILL say thanks to my partner (and opps :rolleyes: ) before I LEAVE the table AND ----------------------------- not be sitting in MY seat when NEXT hand is displayed :blink: which means that others might be able to SIT :rolleyes:

 

I ALWAYS tell pard and opps if I will be leaving AFTER current hand has finished BUT I WISH ( WISH WISH WISH :P ) that there was a WAY to be able to "stand" after the hand and still be AT the table and allow onother player to take MY place -- and I could be able to talk to players at table

[uday]

So stand (click your name in the seated display) -- you will still remain in the room, and the host can redeal when someone arrives.

[bearmum]

So stand (click your name in the seated display) -- you will still remain in the room, and the host can redeal when someone arrives.

Thanks Uday - I didn't know that :( (I am a real fool )

[mink]

Bearmum, you a not a fool - this is a feature that can be easily overlooked - I bet there are many more who do not know about it. It is especially useful when you are dummy and there are few people looking for free seat out there - dummy seat is open then for some time and therefore the 3 others have to wait a shorter time or not at all for the fourth player.

 

A function to be invoked when you plan to leave after the hand would have some merit, however:

 

First of all, it could generate a chat message to the table. Many players are not so good in typing chat messages and/or English language, and therefore might not chat during play, so this would do some good, and the others would know earlier about it and are able to make up their minds wether to continue to play themselves or not.

 

Second, it could result in standing up automatically when the last card has been played. This way the seat is available for others immediately and not blocked by the player who is about to leave and in general does not bother to stand up explicitly. I often had planned to take a seat of a player who had annouced to leave and then he remained on his seat for quite a while.

 

Third, it could be implemented that a new hand is dealt only if there are 4 players sitting at the table. Currently, if a kiebitz or someone who has seen the hand before sits at the table, the hand currently displayed is redealt and lost. Especially at MP, most time this results in playing a hand for the first time with no comparison in the movie after the play. And it is annoying of course if you were dealt a nice hand that suddenly vanishes because someone who has already seen it sits down.

 

Forth, after this function has been invoked, the host should be able to already reserve the seat that is going to be vacant. This way it can never happen that players apply for seats in vain as they are already planned to be reserved for somebody else.

 

Fifth, today it occurs often that you sit at a table with 1 empty seat only to learn that the others are all about to leave and the host did not bother to make the table invisible - or did not know that all were about to leave. If all invoked this function, however, the table would become totally empty immediately and nobody is fooled anymore.

 

This feature could be implemented quite easily I think. When clicking on ones own name already today the question "Do you really want to leave your seat?" is displayed. This could be replaced with a dialog "Last hand for me" (checkbox), "Stand up immediately" (button) and "Continue to play this hand (button)".

 

Of course, this is probably not worth implementing in the current client, but maybe an idea for the new client you are planning to write.

 

Karl