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17:37 Sat 16 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
Just spotted a couple of things a few minutes ago.

I won't mention the name of the player as i think they were removed because of the username but i highlighted "(player)'s" game and viewed the owner and his/her rank before playing but when i joined the room they wern't playing.

Was just wondering if the room ownership should have been handed over to the next person in the room once they have left? Then we could view the correct person we are about to play before joining.

Secondly, after about 30 seconds of playing, the game was cancelled (i'm guessing it was removed because of the name if thats possible), however when both me and my opponent were shifted to the members bar i got this:

Arcade Snooker Ranked - kieran08 (0) 0-5 (1) _kezza_ (by default, kieran08 left the game)
RANKINGS: _kezza_ 896.9 (+4.9), kieran08 814.0 (-4.8)

Thought it was a bit unfair on kieran08 who lost points because the game was cancelled (which was not his fault).
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17:38 Sat 16 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
cont....

Any chance that could change so that no result is produced?
virtuoso107
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17:41 Sat 16 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
When a player leaves the room it always says game cancelled now. So he left by his own accord.
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17:42 Sat 16 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
But i got moved to the members bar, is that normal?
iamtheworst
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17:46 Sat 16 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
No, thats not normal. Ask your opponent if he got moved to the Members Bar as well. You should have remained in the room if he left on his own accord.
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17:49 Sat 16 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
Ok, hes offline but i sent a message
virtuoso107
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17:50 Sat 16 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
Hmm very strange,

Arcade Snooker Ranked - kieran08 (0) 0-5 (1) _kezza_ (by default, kieran08 left the game)
RANKINGS: _kezza_ 896.9 (+4.9), kieran08 814.0 (-4.8)

Well that says he left the game. So the only thing I can think of is that he left a split second before the room was closed for whatever reason.
nick
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07:45 Sun 17 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
There's a slight bug with room owners, if both players stop playing (so the room has 0 players in the game room) the owner is never updated. Fixed for next version.

The match cancelled message is just a comment, basically when a new match is setup but someone decided not to play a single game, it will show that message. Basically it looked wrong and confusing before that the game session started and stopped immediately without any reason why. Maybe "game session cancelled" would be a more apt message.

In the case above kieran08 seemed to leave the game normally.

Thanks for reporting these, I'll update with a fix tomorrow.
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07:57 Sun 17 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
Ok that makes sense, was that why i was moved to members bar then? After kieran08 left the game i appeared in members bar without clicking anything.

EDIT: Also another minor thing. When you view results on a player's event page, larger results like the 10 player killer ones get cut off as the field isn't big enough

EDIT 2: Plus when i highlight an invite, some of the game detail fields are blank including the Game Type so i am unable to know what type of game i am being invited to.

Sorry if i am meant to keep these things seperate but i didn't want to spam threads

Edited at 14:38 Sun 17/08/08 (BST)
nick
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15:31 Sun 17 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
1) Do you remember if you saw a message "Your current room is closing"? If so, a moderator closed your game room, and yes it could be due to the name.

2) I'm aware of that, no fix as yet.

3) Reported already, fixed for next patch.

Edited at 20:32 Sun 17/08/08 (BST)
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15:41 Sun 17 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
nick said:
1) Do you remember if you saw a message "Your current room is closing"?


I don't think so, although it did come up "game cancelled" rather than the usual "match cancelled".

It was my shot at the time and i was only 5 points up and just as i was about to hit, i appear in members bar and that result appeard. I was never asked to finish my break and i never saw kieran08 leave the room so he must have left a split second before me.

Not sure if it helps but the actual owner of the game was watching at the time but he was logged off and deactivated when i viewed his name right after (as i thought that his username was the reason for it). But that might just be irrelevant.

If it was cancelled by someone outside the game, should a result have been produced?
nick
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16:23 Mon 18 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
OK, what you saw is that a moderator deleted your room for an invalid name. Currently the points go to one player at random, but really it should be cancelled properly. Thanks, I'll look into it.
nick
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08:33 Tue 19 Aug 08 (BST)  [Link]  
OK all these points should now be fixed.
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