@betterlate1-0 Because this is the forum, not the lobby. So she'd see it here and ask us for help.

Someone recently commented that something I have open on my computer (an app, window, web site, something) was causing their lexulous.com interface to glitch, to jump around wildly. It threw them off of their game, and they asked me to close whatever was causing the problem.

My understanding of computers and the internet (limited, I admit) indicates that unless I'm hacking or attempting something like that, nothing on my computer can reach back over the internet, into lexulous.com, and cause problems in the interface on someone else's end.

Is that accurate? Or is there something I can do to make play smoother for this person?

@mapmakere good. No word from the admins yet, so I'll take it as a highly unlikely occurrence and just keep on doing what I do in the background.

@scantron I WILL REMOVE MY CAP AND LEAVE IT IN THE FOYER!

If you’re talking about the Beta, most of the players are computer-run robots, so they have full access to the dictionary and automatically make the biggest word they find, for max points. It’s really hard to beat that unfortunately. You can tell because they’re all two words with a capital letter at the start of each, like StormHarbor or FlyingBird.

@betterlate1-0 It never mattered much. People with the no quitter badge still quit.

@dan-mitchell Probably not as entertaining as you'd imagine. They didn't say a word until near the end, when they told me I had too many things open on my computer because their screen was jumping again. Sort of "I've asked you before not to have things open I don't know why you won't listen to me."

Again, if it is causing the issues I'll apologize, but why for just this person and not all my opponents, and why sometimes and not others. Last evening I barely had anything open, I think I'd even closed the Facebook window. I may have been running my mail app in the background, but not in the browser, it's a separate app, completely sandboxed from all other apps.

I see what you're saying about word validation, but I suspect that the interface loads on each machine and keystrokes and button presses are sent to the server. The server then tells each computer what to display. How it's rendered, for good or bad, is likely independent of who else is online.

I think it's possible there are too many people signed in, slowing the server down for everyone. But that wouldn't cause visual glitches in one person's screen, would it?

Regardless, I'm now censored because I failed to accept responsibility for my behavior and actions and blamed them (I did not, I blamed the interface). So it shouldn't come up again. I just wanted to be sure it wasn't on my end.

@betterlate1-0 If admins are keeping score, I vote for adjourn to come back. It used to be nice when two players mutually agreed.

As far as a busy/away status indicator, if someone is busy or away why stay logged in. There's no longer a limit on the number of people in the lobby, so you can get right back in later when you're not busy or actually away. Just close the window, then sign back in when you get back. Not being online is a great way to tell people you're not available to play right now.

@thatguythere202 yeah, I think we all witnessed this mentality after the 2020 election. It doesn't matter what the facts are, or what experts say, once someone's made up their mind that's the truth of it and nothing will shake them. Seeing it with COVID and vaccines too. I could have 20 computer experts and the administrators of the site weigh in on this, and in the end it would still somehow be my computer causing the issues.

@betterlate1-0 so he (and the rest of us) aren't allowed to express opinions that might vary from yours without it being a person attack? It's okay for us to say "oh, good idea better" or "oh, I don't see the merit in that idea" without us meaning it personally. That's how I meant my reply, for example.

@mapmakere Ah, okay, I DO remember that. I hated adjourn. Same as abort, people wanting to adjourn usually had no intention of ever returning and finishing the game, they wanted out of a potential loss. I declined ALL adjourn requests.

@thatguythere202 oh! I remember that now. Had players requesting aborts a lot when losing, with no justification. Because they didn't want their ratings going down. And occasionally with really wacky reasons. Usually declined without an explanation.

I thought adjourn was the same thing though..?

@betterlate1-0 what would it do?

I have a thought that would solve both issues. If you're going away from the keyboard, log out for a bit, then log back in and re-set the game when you return. That way you don't appear to be there when you're not, and no one would try to join when you couldn't hear. When you're back and focused, the game goes back up, and you don't miss requests. Problem solved.

@foxyvonbeerloff me too.

@dan thanks for clearing that up, for a moment I thought perhaps people thought I created the bot. I'm entertained by it, but that's about it. I'm not an admin, so don't have that kind of abilities.

Regarding watching your games, please let me know your ID and I will steer clear henceforth.

@bozzog Censoring (sometimes referred to as blocking) only prevents a player from playing YOU. They are still able to play anyone else they wish. Players do not have the ability to ban people from the entire site.

Hope that clears things up.

If you've blocked a player I'd recommend moving on... Let them play who they'd play, and play who you wish to play.

@scantron I WILL REMOVE MY CAP AND LEAVE IT IN THE FOYER!

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@foxyvonbeerloff True. If all it took were one player asking admin to mute other players, none of us would have chat. Someone would have just sat there filing reports against everyone except themselves by now.