Always appear at top of rotation

ChaosLight · Post by **ChaosLight** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:49 pm

I suggest a script be implemented to cycle the names on the players list on a specific game so that the person whose list it is always appears at the top, or the bottom. For example, if I join third in a five-man game:
A
B
ChaosLight
D
E,

the list should be rotated on my screen, so that I see the order as
ChaosLight
D
E
A
B,

while D sees it as

D
E
A
B
ChaosLight

et cetera.

This would be useful because for players with multiple games in progress, it becomes easier to see where you are and gauge when your turn will come up, as well as to see your status at a glance.

I place this at priority 1-2. Not urgent, but would make a nice, entirely cosmetic improvement to the interface.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:54 pm

I don't like it.

joeyjordison · Post by **joeyjordison** » Fri May 11, 2007 5:21 pm

it wouldn't indicate the start of the round....

freezie · Post by **freezie** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:11 pm

joeyjordison wrote:it wouldn't indicate the start of the round....

Current system doesn't either... :roll:

kwanton · Post by **kwanton** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:34 pm

I really don't see the point to this. How hard is it to tell from the little green circle that moves around the players names.

joeyjordison · Post by **joeyjordison** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:36 am

freezie wrote:
joeyjordison wrote:it wouldn't indicate the start of the round....

Current system doesn't either...

woops

u would have though that after almost 300 games i would have noticed that :lol:

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Sat May 12, 2007 6:13 am

kwanton wrote:I really don't see the point to this. How hard is it to tell from the little green circle that moves around the players names.

I agree.

maniacmath17 · Post by **maniacmath17** » Sun May 13, 2007 1:33 am

I wouldn't mind seeing this implemented. If I've got nothing better to do, I'll go through my games and see which games it is almost my turn in so that i can start thinking about my turn.

It would be much easier to figure out when it's close to my turn by just looking at the green dot and if it's close to the bottom then I know it's almost my turn.

Whereas with the current system, for each game I have to first locate my name in the list, and then locate the green dot to see how close my turn is.

Maybe I'm just lazy, but I really would prefer this over the current set up. Still would put it at a priority of 1 though.

EdwinG · Post by **EdwinG** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:11 pm

When a game initiates I would prefer to see the first player to go (in sequential games) listed at the top with other players in order. Can the play order be randomized from the order in which players signed up?

snoman99991 · Post by **snoman99991** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:15 pm

Seems more logical to me to simply offer this as one of your layout choices, like some sites do with their backgrounds.

Like a personal preference, you could have it if you wanted, but not have it if you didn't like it.

lackattack · Post by **lackattack** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:30 pm

i think this would make things harder for colourblind players

ChaosLight · Post by **ChaosLight** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:43 pm

lackattack wrote:i think this would make things harder for colourblind players

Colorblind players have bigger things to worry about, such as dealing with cards.

The current system lists in order of signup: from a playing perspective, that's useless. I can see the point of calls for putting players so that top player begins each round, but since after the first turn it doesn't particularly matter which round it is, I stand by my original suggestion.

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