MP Game: How bad is too bad?

[Sombre]

Originally Posted by WingedDog

I believe people from IRC know each other pretty well and could start a closed invite-only game.

What does IRC have to do with this topic? Anyone can start an invite only game thereby (hopefully) sidestepping skill mismatches.


In the case of a game where the player skill did not match what the admin had specified before starting the game, would a forcible sub out be on the cards?

[WingedDog]

Originally Posted by Sombre

In the case of a game where the player skill did not match what the admin had specified before starting the game, would a forcible sub out be on the cards?

Yes, because it is a clear violation of inhouse rules.

But still, if a person with low skill enters vets only game - it is administrator's fault. He let unknown\unchecked person in. Community isn't that big and all good players are known.

[Stavis_L]

I think a better question to ask is:

Is it ever better to sub out a player whose play thus far has grossly imbalanced a game, vs. just restarting?

Obviously, mere "run of the mill" mediocrity will not satisfy the prerequisite to "grossly imbalance" things.

[Gandalf Parker]

I can see the point. Some large games can easily take a month to set up. And might clearly have stated at the start that it was meant to be competitive for bragging rights (or some other wording, king of the hill, ladder, gunslinger). It might be a serious test of strategy game being ruined in the eyes of the other players by a non-serious player. Or the opposite, a meant-for-fun game being ruined by too serious a player. If its clear fairly early in the game that a player is not one that should have been included then removing them would become an obvious topic just in fairness to the other players who have waited so long for the game to start. Why punish the whole game because someone managed to slip in?

My stance would be that The person who created the game has the right to allow anyone into their game. And as an extension the right to revoke that at any time for any reason.
There are nice ways of doing it which I think has mostly been done here. But even done badly Id still tend toward his-game/his-rules.