Dropping (leaving) Instead of losing

[alef]

Maybe she hates winning and is secretly dropping whenever she's ahead! It would be a great challenge to see how many saved games you could accumulate since only one per person is possible, and they expire after a few months... Go Lily!

[PortWine]

I might also add that if lily is in the USA she is probably being knocked off by incoming calls only if she has call waiting.  There is a command that can be inserted into the dialing code that turns off call waiting just for that call.  she can get that from her local telephone company.

Again, if she is sophisticated enough to get a dial-up connection and login to fibs, she can certainly handle inserting this code, or at the very least, resuming games!  If not, have one of her grandkids do it, or ask someone on fibs.  If that is really her problem I am sure that I would be happy to help her learn how to resume games and turn off call waiting.

PW  

[diane]

Do i take it - from your grumpy posts Port - that you are not prepared to do your bit and help lily on her way to 200 saved games??    

[socksey]

I have to agree with PortWine on this one, too! )  The games can be resumed.  

Thanks for telling me about hockey_Nite, albeit too late. Just lost 5 rating points to that sucker. Thats another problem with repbot, you only check the reputation too late.

If you use 3dFibs client, it is linked to repbot and notifies you of a players reputation when they invite you.  It is marvelously fast and great info to keep you away from the probable droppers.  It also has a feature for checking quickly from the ready list.  

socksey





" It isn't premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married."
George Burns  

[alef]

Whatever way you connect to FIBS you can still use the RepBot alert feature. Every time someone logs in that you have a saved game with RepBot tells you about it.

Tell RepBot "help alert" or read about it on the webpage:
http://repbot.fibsboard.com/

[PortWine]

The senior citizens already get a 10% discount at Denny's Restaurant on Wednesdays.  I'm supposed to forgive them for dropping now?  Lily should make an appointment with Dr. Kervorkian if she can't learn how to resume!

[Shades]

According to PortWine we should simply shoot Lily cuz she is 74 and drops accidently so don't deserve any mercy... so, question is : what do we do we all the younger ones who drop deliberatly... maybe an acid bath..??      

[alef]

I think the FIBS droppers Hall of Shame is a bit bland looking:
http://www.fibs.com/savedgames/shame.html

This page needs some graphics to help emphasize the shame! Could be a webpage which reproduces the list after consulting RepBot to give even more shame... How about a short sound file gets played each time in a kid's voice going "shaaaaame"?    :bye:  :cow:  

What if players started only playing unlimiteds, that would really screw up their saved game count? Anyway, I'll definitely be on the lookout to play a friendly against Lily    

[ronen]

Hi dear friends

I'd like 2 had 1 more dropper &  a dirty mouther 2 my list which had dropped me while we were just started a 7 pointer game (score was 0:0) and after twice told him i'm sorry which i had 2 do something he dropped without any previous warning following with a "make love to you" message!!!

then in the Shout screen he add "Ass hall"

His name is c_a_russell

Beaware of him!!!

[PortWine]

Actually, wishing death on droppers is bad for your karma.  I actually prefer to wish two weeks of uninterupted diarrhea on droppers, young and old.  Sometimes if I am really feeling vindictive I wish for them to be stuck in traffic a lot for those two week.

And Shades, if lily knows how to invite, she certainly knows how to resume.  If she doesn;t I will make it a point of teaching her next time she is on.

Young or old, there just is no excue for dropping!

[socksey]

DEATH TO DROPPERS!!!!  I have great karma!  )))

socksey




You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel." - unknown

[lewscannon]

Hi dear friends

I'd like 2 had 1 more dropper &  a dirty mouther 2 my list which had dropped me while we were just started a 7 pointer game (score was 0:0) and after twice told him i'm sorry which i had 2 do something he dropped without any previous warning following with a "make love to you" message!!!

then in the Shout screen he add "Ass hall"

His name is c_a_russell

Beaware of him!!!

c_a_russell = vix_it?

[ronen]

Hi again my friends,

I want to add two more players that dropped me while they were losing the game & refused to complete.

I'm not saying they are dropping all the time but just to mention that they dropped me , maybe they had a bad day or whatever....

So i'm sure that if they not a chronic droppers so after they will read it or be notified, they wont drop any more & anyone . In particular player named yoyo which i guess he thought he could saved him 7 points lose match rate by dropping & no one would be tallking about it. The second player who dropped on me is zoeboy

The following are some lines which i logged concerning yoyo responds( or to be accurate his lack of responds) to my request of resuming the match:


You kibitz: hi yoyo
You kibitz: why udropped from our match
You kibitz: r u a dropper?
yoyo kibitzes: yep, chech my rating
You kibitz: so u r a dropper?
You kibitz: ok check out the fibs forum u will be mentioned there as a dropper
yoyo kibitzes: lol
You kibitz: & on the shouts screen as well
You kibitz: now
You kibitz: its your last chance before i starting publish that u dropped me
yoyo kibitzes: do that, and u will be the 1st person I have never finished with
You kibitz: r u willing 2 continue our match?
You kibitz: yes or no?
You kibitz: & i'm logging your responds

The above was via the personal chat screen, after i published his refusal on the shouts screen & other players got involved then he starts 2 bring some excuses and i kept one which he used dirty words as well:



yoyo shouts: dried to resume with "ronen the jerk" he is refusing




** I'd like to explain why i'm not willing to let these cases off , as it is so irritate when it is happend that i really get so much upset!!!
Think that u r playing 7 points game, which is takes quite much time & just before u win, the other player drop . It is really a bad behavior & i wont let it go even if the guy has many friends & his current saved game is minimum.
He is still dropped a game & he should be reproof by all the morale players

Regards

ronen

[diane]

I fully agree - a 7 pt match is a lot of time to invest in nothing.  May I suggest shorter matches with players at first - until you get to know them. Once you are confident about them, then increase the matchlength.  Join the league - all those matches are 7 points, and those players will not drop you.

[jag]

I've played yoyo many times and, win or lose, he's always been polite and finished the match.

[diane]

Yeah - now you mention it - I think I have a vouch in place for yoyo,  hmmmm - are you being a bit aggressive in chasing your resumes ronen?  I know you are ok - cos I have played with you too - but sometimes language differences can cause upset where there need be none.

[socksey]

And Shades, if lily knows how to invite, she certainly knows how to resume.

LOL.........Port, I was wondering the same thing.  I have a dialup connection!  She is not looking to resume, or she doesn't watch her notices.  However, I love the trend this is moving to.  

Did I say sarcastic? I meant to say helpful, well-meaning, informative and heartwarming.

AS ALWAYS...........souptree and lews provide the comedic relief!     *group huggggggggggg*

Thanks for telling me about hockey_Nite, albeit too late. Just lost 5 rating points to that sucker. Thats another problem with repbot, you only check the reputation too late.
MND

What client are you using, MND?  Some of the clients (3dFibs for one) support repbot and the repbot notice pops up with the invite, so it takes no time at all to decide whether to play or not.  

Burper <--------the man to ask about repbot, when one subscribes to repbot, does this do the same thing, and how does one do it?  Oops, sorry, slipped into my formal mode, there.  

Good point, diane.  Sometimes language is a huge obstacle.  

I have been on Fibs for so long, I have become disinterested in droppers except to shout "Death to Droppers" occasionally.  I use repbot and once in a blue moon I will accept too fast like a day or two ago.  Now, to show you how important this was to me, I don't remember who it was.  I've learned not to waste my energies on this problem and just move on.  You can get an ulcer or not.  Your choice.  

socksey



"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." - Victor Borge

[zoeboy]

I am writing in response to droppers's methods of "fair play" interpretation, and once again, I merely wish to point out that these pugnacious cheaters are hopelessly irresponsible. What follows is a set of observations I have made about said intrusive underachievers. I could accuse them of using empty-headed internet guerrilla tactics to get their way, but I wouldn't stoop to that level. Their ventures promote a redistribution of FIBS ratings. This is always an appealing proposition for droppers's intimates because much of the redistributed ratings "wealth" will undoubtedly end up in the hands of the redistributors as a condign reward for their lousy behaviour.

I can reword my point as follows. droppers are trying to deflect attention from there poor play. I am appalled that I have cause to write this article. This implies that at their mildest, their expostulations still manage to terrorize newbies. Am I aware of how the droppers will react when they read that last sentence? Yes. Do I care? No, because they never tire of trying to extinguish fires with gasoline. Droppers presumably hope that the magic formula will work some day. In the meantime, they seem to have resolved to learn nothing from playing experience, which tells us that what we're involved in with here is not a game. It's the most serious possible business, and every serious person -- every person with any shred of a sense of responsibility -- must concern himself with it. This has been documented repeatedly. May we never forget this if we are to deny droppers and  a chance to rip apart causes that others feel strongly about.

[ronen]

Dear zoeboy,

I dont know if u read my last post on that title but u mentioned there as player that left the game while losing without any explanation & never came back 2 resume, which is explained most of the time as a dropper!

I must say that as my English is not mother tongue so i'm not sure i understood all what u have written, but it looks as i agree with your intentions ( I hope though that your writting style is of unconscious & not as show off I'm saying that as on international forum, writting should be kept simple or as we say based on K.I.S.S model:)

BTW, I read your other post on the "sport& politics" which was posted by me as well & I think no one could put it as true as u did, if i got it right of course:)

Greetings

ronen

P.S: I'd appreciate if u approach to me in order to resume our saved game

[ronen]

Dear Friends,

I'd like 2 add 1 more person that dropped me because i asked him if he can play faster. His name is dorbel
I think that this request is not a reason 4 dropping in particular if it being asked politely

The following is my request:

You kibitz: is it possible 2 play faster pls
dorbel kibitzes: no
dorbel kibitzes: I am not slow, but sometimes I like to think
dorbel kibitzes: if that isnt good for you, play with someone else
You kibitz: it looks like all the time

Then he dropped & continues 2 justified his bad playing manners on the shouts screen as follows:

You shout: u dont drop because someone is asking 2 play
faster
dorbel shouts: Oh yes I do
dorbel shouts: whats the hurry?
dorbel shouts: play someone else if you like to hurry, I don't
mind.


I think if he gets hurt because someone asked him nicely so he can resign & btw the score was 00 in a 5 points game while i was leading

Be aware not 2 ask him 2 play faster:) or if u like 2 play fast dont play him as he might drop u

ronen