@hedin41 I'm sorry you feel this way. Again, you don't have to participate in the ladder. User adoption and familiarity come with very little problems with the bots at this juncture. I think you are missing the point that triplea is community and open source driven, and that the ladder project of mine is outside triplea's jurisdiction anyhow. You should just learn how to use them yourself instead of having these public emotional outbursts. Worse, you kicked me out of your very own game when the intention was to ask if you needed any help. In the lobby you were screaming "these bots are SO annoying", and "SHUT THEM DOWN". This "feedback" is not that. They are more like non-informed judgments that no one wanted to hear -- you weren't "bullied" by the lobby; they were asking you to chill out. Also for our purposes it's an emotional expression called a temper tantrum from someone who lacks perspective.
I'm sorry but you were the only ladder player that's been banned. You will have to reflect here.
I also don't think you understand how active we are. The bots are handling about 18 games per day. approaching 100 players, 50 of whom are active. you are not the exception. They automatically load saved games, automate the ladder, display ratings, and have a number of neat functions, such as non-edit mode, timers, and the such. It's why they are so busy in the first place as a service to the community. The "trade off" is merely learning how to use the bots, but i'm afraid that your rants don't count, so just don't join! Simple. We're all working on this project together where we take user feedback and experience.
You hardly ever participated in the first place so you are also much further away from being a qualified protestor.
I am sorry but you do not have a case. I think you rather lack orientation. You can go to bit.ly/revlad2 and look over the FAQ section which I imagine you haven't bothered to do.
As I said you have been unbanned. If I say that you don't need to participate then you just don't need to if this is all too annoying to you. That's up to your discretion as a lone angry voice. That's that. What else can I say?
