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33 days, 18 hours, 31 minutes ago

Automated dropped position forum posts suggestion.

Here is a suggestion to improve games by filling dropped sots in games.

One turn after a player slot is dropped for missing 3 turns or resigns the position is compared to the other positions in the game. If it is numerically by whatever system (ratio of planets / SB’s / ships or military score) is deemed to be still viable then a link to the game is put into an automated forum post if it is in the top 10 of dropped slots games.

These top 10 strongest dropped slots are posted in a forum post. This will give a link to the best open positions compared to the rest of the players in that specific game.

This will make it easier to find viable dropped positions.

Games with viable dropped positions will be filled better.

If a slot is filled then another game will be promoted to the list.

It can be changed at every host of the game. An advert will go out. A chance for it to be filled will be circulated. If a game is filled then another game will be advertised.

Admin will have to do very little beyond working out a rough viability ratio and the posting to an automated forum post.

33 days, 15 hours, 58 minutes ago

glynsalternate

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Making searching the Open Games list better would go a long way also, a script for it exists but was built before Custom Sectors existed and thus doesn't work for the Interest section (I'd wager King Wog uses it);

http://play.planets.nu/#/games/open
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/6010-planets-nu-open-slot-filter-plugin

33 days, 14 hours, 50 minutes ago

strixy

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I've been working on a plugin to help players find a game. Summer is a busy time for me (too many vacations, huge problem /sarcasm). I'll hammer at it as time is available, but it won't likely be ready until fall at the earliest. Happy to accept any feedback or input via PM.

32 days, 20 hours, 5 minutes ago

martinr

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@Strixy develop your plugin for those looking for specific races.

This is just to highlight the most viable slots and those interested can go through the games to see if their race is available.

I have gone looking through the open slots list for certain races. You see them listed but know nothing about them. Some of the games says X race is available but actually it is not. Or its got 3 planets and no ships or SB's.

This method will highlight the most viable positions.

I am thinking that the host after the slot is dropped when the host happens it assigns a dropped slot value. This value is added to the list of dropped slots.

The top 10 slots are published. If the slot is filled it is removed from the list. If the slot dies it is removed from list. At the next host the value is adjusted and returned to the list.

20 days, 9 hours, 5 minutes ago

ecatoncheires

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I second this motion.

Lately I had less time to play and tried to "adopt" some vacant slots, because mature games are more manageable - also to give back something to the community from time to time

I'm still using @Kedalion's Open Slot Filter Plugin, it would need an update but it still does its job (mostly)

What is sorely missing is, like @Martinr stated, a quick and dirt weighing mechanism to order the available games by viability.

I have to open one game after the other, only to find it utterly unplayable

The mechanics of assigning a value to a position should also take into account if there is a clear winner already, as in, if a slot has 30 ships / 50 planets but somebody else is at 170 planets already and 1M+ military points... just let that game be.