Have, as an OPTION, game that start as speed games, then automatically convert to casual after a set amount of time.
YES! I DID MISLABEL THE TITLE AT FIRST!!! (now corrected)I also added a poll.
Specifics:
2 Possibilities:
One set time (say 2 hours) OR let the game originator choose a time limit.
For the "set" time, I would say 2 hours.
For the "pickable" times, I would say 1/2, 1,2 and 3 hour options.
NOTE: this is an alternative to the existing thread "convert casual games to speed games"
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=28750#p734140
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
1. Allow folks to keep playing a game that is taking longer than they expected.
2. Offer a way to "speed up" bigger games, particularly 8 player. You are not committing to spending 6 hours on the computer, but also can cut several weeks, even months off the time the game will last.
3. Unlike the other suggestion, because the time limit is set in advance, there is no issue with folks pressuring others to either change or not change from speed to casual play. Some might still do the "we gotta play 'real time' now" card, but well, you can't prevent everything. Because people will know the "rules"/ parameters in advance, "pressure" problems should be greatly reduced.
4. I, and probably other people, more or less avoid speed games, except the REALLY small/fast ones, because we cannot gaurantee long blocks of time. This is the main reason I included the 1/2 hour option, by-the-way. That's usually long enough for me to finish a game while my kids nap or after I put them down for the night, without meaning I will be up to 2 in the morning.
5. As an option, it won't keep anyone from playing the "regular" speed games, but will offer a viable, needed, alternative.
MEDALS: I would say that for medals, this should count as a "casual" game, basically the "default". The speed game medal should be just for true speed games.
