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The issue of scoring is a constant theme on here - I do believe it needs a tweak - a winner should always get some points. Having said that the weighting of the scores is very important for new players. The system has to allow a new player to eventually get to the top. I had a little over a year awa...

Well - if I were you I'd apologise unreservadly and move on - what exactly was it that you did?

On a more general note - honesty is usually the best best policy and if you tell the truth often enough you'll probably be found out in then end.
Regards. Ice

Billy – the forum is separate from the game and vice-versa. You can register on the forum without ever having played – and you can play without ever registering on the forum. Thats why we get so much SPAM on here. I've now removed well over 200 adverts that have no connection whatsoever to the games...

I have little to add to my last post above - it "proves" exactly what I said it did - you constantly change your IP and the flag does not match. That is a pattern of behaviour that is very familiar to the players on here and it usually indicates a fraudster. There are exceptions however, and I know ...

I know he was working on it at then end of last week so I presume it all went smoothly.
Best. Ice

Both of these posts add to the debate I tried to start in “Its Only a Game”. While the sentiments are noble they are fundamentally flawed. There are a significant number of players in our game who are only interested in cheating, deceiving and abusing others. We have seen it time and again the abuse...

I so disagree with this. Penalising the last player destroys any incentive to get the lowest player. The awards are pointless as most of the good players very quickly get a row of golds and the 1 silver. Points should be awarded to the winner only. Iceman

Very good idea - I'd echo that. Crib and Hearts. Iceman

Yes Aidan - remiss of me not to wish you merry christmas and I hope you have a peaceful new year. My point was almost prophetic when I lost over 40 points in just 2 games yesterday - this really can't be right can it. I do hope we can devise a fairer system which is less erratic than this and fairer...

The same with HIALL - score unchanged for over a week and no games played. While I'm on as it were - I don't think the scoring is very fair either. Playing crib I'm getting 2 or 3 points for a win and getting 10 - 15 points for a loss. The same in Hearts. I think seriously now about playing with low...

But this is clearly not happening? See Renato's previous post from last week. For what its worth a fairer system would be monthly. No play = lose 10 for example. Should also apply in Cribbage. Best. Iceman

Aidan I must endorse Deans point - there is something wrong with the distribution of cards in both Hearts and Cribbage. There's just too much discrepancy between the scores and its consistent. Its great when you can't lose and very frustrating when you can't win but players I think joined for the sk...

I'd be interested - I do play Bridge as well. Best. Iceman

Aidan I think there may be a problem with the distribution of cards in Hearts. I've been in many games now where one player is way ahead of everyone else - it has also happened to me on a number of occasions. Consistently getting hands where no cards are under 6 or 7. The converse is also true - whe...

I like the thinking but I suspect its too complicated to administer? The other problem is the amount of players in the pool at any one time. Sometimes you can wait for ages and you do have to play with players who you'd prefer not have a game with for a variety of reasons.

Best. Iceman

I've noticed now that some players are quitting by simply not playing a card - they just sit there silently until one of the others end it. Might need to have some kind of timing out linked to whose turn it is to play? Or the % of games finished might work over time as someone suggested earlier? It ...

Good afternoon. I too have only ever played the game for money until I started to play online. I certainly wouldn't be interested in playing online for money and I think it would prevent many players from taking part - particularly young people.

Best. Iceman

Good morning all. Thanks for asking the players Aidan. There are some really good points being made by trusted friends. I do agree strongly with Walt's point about it needing to be more subtle. I do like an element of competition and the 1- 4 idea might work. There's no way you should be at the top ...

Aidan anything that stops the quitters is to be welcomed but can you give us some idea when 2.6 will be available please? I've also seen the thread about general "grumpiness". There's no doubt the team element of the game to get the lowest player appears to have gone and the play has become very sel...