Taking a Break In a Casual Game

[Vinish]

When playing in a casual game with three friends, we play for 2-3 hours. At least once and maybe more often we want to take a bio-break or raid the fridge. As the table host/creator, is there a way for me to pause the game so we can all take a break?

 

I tried searching for this topic but the only words I could think to describe it are "break" and "pause" and these elicit large numbers of posts related to breaks in tempo or pauses during bidding/play delivering possible unintended information which is not what I am asking about.

 

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

G'day,

 

Vinish

[paulg]

There is no way to pause the game in this way.

 

You should put

 

+slow+

 

in the table description to prevent BBO from automatically removing people from their seats while idly raiding the fridge although if you are playing with friends I don't think it will do this.

[Vinish]

Yes, it does auto-boot players if they do not act in a certain amount of time when it is their turn. This is true even if they are "friends". Last week I was playing with three people I know. All of us know each other. I had all three of them listed in my "Friends" list. All three showed up in the "People" tab as being in the game I created. Two of them got auto-booted after certain amounts of time when they were inactive. They were automatically replaced by robots. I had to boot the robot and re-invite the booted person to the table.

 

I will try putting "+slow+" in the table description. It will only be my friends playing again so this description will not cause any concerns. Thanks.

[barmar]

Actually, +slow+ just doubles the time before booting the player. Normally it's 45 seconds for the warning and 90 seconds to boot them.

 

Here are the conditions that prevent booting slow players:

 

• any of the seats are reserved
  
• the table has "Permission required to play" set
  
• the table is invisible
  
• you're in the Relaxed Bridge Club
  

 

If you're playing a set game with friends, usually one of the first 3 conditions would be met.

[paulg]

I always recommend using the "Permission required to play" option. It just prevents people jumping into seats when a friend disconnects, normally temporarily.

 

I'd forgotten the side benefit of no booting :)

[Vinish]

The game in which my friends were auto-booted was in the "casual" room and then I selected a "Relaxed" game. Despite it being a "relaxed" game, they still got booted. Is a "Relaxed" game different than a "Relaxed bridge club"?

[barmar]

Maybe I misunderstood the code that was checking this.

 

But the best thing to do is just set Permission required to play or reserve seats for your friends.

[barmar]

I did misread the code. It only happens in the Main Bridge Club and Relaxed Bridge Club -- the code is excluding all the private bridge clubs.

 

But the other criteria I mentioned still applies. Also, it doesn't boot while players are responding to a claim.

[johnjo42]

What happens if, before you leave the table, you change your status to "be right back" using the Accounts tab?

[barmar]

What happens if, before you leave the table, you change your status to "be right back" using the Accounts tab?

That should prevent you from being booted from the table.

[fromageGB]

I have never experienced a problem playing with friends when I select/click :

casual

relaxed bridge club

start table

and reverse every default offered by clicking the yellow blobs and white blobs.