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Fabian wrote:
> I see your point, BUT
>
> - what about the end of a game?
First of all I do not see a reason why anything should be different for
the game end! And then the players could then always provide their
passwords, that is
if they want to! Besides the players could at the point of game end
still set the password to an empty string, effectively removing the
password- in the worst case that would just mean another host run.
>
> - what if a player drops and does not reply to mails?
I would say that is the problem of the game host, and I would still
be against the removal of the password. And in that case there is just
no option for a replacement this is that simple - you might consider
that with not removing the password (by the former player) he did
express that he did not want anybody else playing in his stead...
And take in mind that if it is a onetime host option at game start, the
host still has the power to prevent the above mentioned thing.
> - what if (as happened here) a player forgets his PW?
In that case it is the problem of the player, he should not have used
one in the first place - otherwise if it was a new set password, you
could always rerun the last host (in that case preferable without the
last trn of the culprit).
BTW there is absolutly no reason for the player to not have written it
down somewhere (of course I did not).
> Stupid things that shouldn't happen but they nevertheless do!
Were never my problems I still know the password for the onetime I did
use a password myself, interestingly only a few turns before I demanded
to be dropped - it is rather long. BTW in that case it was the point to
make it more or less impossible for anybody else to continue with that
race (or even to view the final rst - in which one could not see much
anyway).
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