Dear Lexulous;

I think many people would like to see the feature return where you can accept or decline a player to the game you are hosting. I know the topic has been brought up previously, but I see a new trend starting - someone joins someone's game, the person who joined plays first and makes a bingo on the first turn. Now the host won't take their turn (out of poor sportsmanship), and the game is automatically deleted. Then the host immediately posts another game, meaning they weren't just away from their screen. This obviously wasn't the original intent. A game being deleted because one player didn't make a turn could go away if the host HAD to accept a player. If they accept the player, that means they are in front of their computer. Also, we could decline people who we just simply don't want to join our game without having to censor them. Some people are friendly in the lobby, but don't want to be forced to play each other.

Also - for partners games, the general courtesy is that returning players get first dibs at the next game. Now, because we can't accept or decline people to our game, the host has no control over who joins the partner games. This allows for riff raffs to jump into the new game (even though they know better) and just say "this is how it is now". It's a rude act by the player, but could be avoided if the host of the game could accept or decline players who try to join.

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@thatguythere202 omg preach on!! we need this back. This way we don't have to censor people that we actually speak to in the lobby, but don't like playing with. Sometimes there are players I just simply don't want to play, so I don't accept their games and just pretend I was away from computer when they tried to join. I'm like, "omg, I was letting the dog out", or "wow sorry, had to take a quick call when you tried to join" or something. When in reality, I just don't like playing them, but don't want to hurt their feelings. Many people on here are overly sensitive to being rejected. But I digress... yes would love to see the return of this feature. Thanks to the awesome Lexulous admins on all their work and dedication to making Lexulous The PREMIER online word game site!! 🤟

When a player challenges you to a game, is there a way to know how long the game is? I have not figured out how to determine the time of the game when challenged. I just end up declining everyone who challenges because I don't want to get stuck in a long game.

@betterlate1-0 The fact of the matter is, a sheep's wool is harder to control after 3 or more years of syrup. Sometimes, it is true that, people can jump without feet - even though a certain expectation is considered irrelevant. But fortunately, for all of us, whenever there is a a hint of a shadow, broccoli can be the best solution.

yes... i am so used to the backspace button removing tiles from the board and putting them back in my rack. This is extremely helpful - especially for those of us who like to play fast games. I would love to see the backspace undo the letters typed onto the board again. Thank you!!

Awesome!! Now you can talk to yourself like some of the wild animals in the lobby do.

@gardenern Completely agree! It's a very distracting sound, and sometimes people refresh over and over again. Before, there was a line of red text in the lobby when a friend arrived, no noise. I think this would be perfect!!

Dear Lexulous,

As you probably know, it is considered very rude if you don't say "ggty" after a game ends. There used to be a chat box after games before, but now there isn't. Will this feature be coming back? The considerate players really like this option as it feels cold and sterile after a game ends now and there isn't the ability to thank your opponent for a good game.

@thatguythere202 actually, you are right, there was a faint 'ding' noise when friends arrived... but it wasn't distracting while playing. The noise now sounds kind of like the old noise that lex made when you got disconnected. So my guess is for us players that have been here a while, when a friend arrives, it's more distracting because the sound is reminiscent of being booted. Maybe we just need a new sound. idk

@lexulous yay!! yₒᵤ dₐ bₑₛₜ!!

@dan-mitchell omg... for reals?

@dan-mitchell @sakamavri

Yes, if the backspace button could recall the tiles back to the rack, it would be awesome! Or even used like on the old version - if you mistyped a word and pressed enter - the backspace button allowed you to recall the tiles so you could retype. Now if you mistype and press enter, a invalid word box pops up that you have to click "ok" and then hit the "recall tiles" button on the board to get the tiles back to the rack. I think this takes way too long - especially in quick games like I enjoy playing.

If back space can't recall tiles, maybe make the invalid word process less cumbersome. Just a quick pop up saying invalid word with a funny noise, but goes away quickly on it's own, and we the player don't have to click it AND ALSO click recall tiles button. It's too many steps.

The site is getting so awesome and better than even before - thanks for everything!!

@dan-mitchell paranoia & narcissism

Yes!! I have this same problem too! I think it is the exact same players who play via the app who can join games and get in without the host's consent. I happened to try and look up the head to head stats with someone I play against a lot, and there was no head to head. This is also a player who, when they click on my posted game, the game starts immediately without me agreeing to start it. I had a hunch that this might be a pattern, and sure enough... all of the players who can join my game without the 'game accept' box appearing have no head to head history vs. me. I'm sure we are not alone with this issue.

@mapmakere said in Host should be able to reject joiners in multi-player games.:

@scantron Scan, I think Algor is on to something. I think it's app users. More using that way now maybe?

@lexulous Yes, I confirmed with a player who was able to just jump right into my game without me getting a request to accept... this player plays via the app and not the web version. So this glitch does appear that app users can jump right into games, and the game starts without a game accept request being sent to the game host.

@mapmakere perhaps

@algor Yes... there are a few players who are able to join my game without me accepting it... it seems to be the same people. The game just starts and I have no idea if I'm not paying attention. The return of this feature is awesome, but it's not fully functioning yet. There is definitely some glitch where some users are able to jump right in.

@betterlate1-0 said in Stats: names seem to be on the wrong number:

@mapmakere either stop being so concerned with score or.... Just refresh. oh, i am still to new to post so i have to sit here twiddle thumbs and wait

Where did the down voting go? This is the exact type of useless post that deserves to get a down vote.

This is the biggest lex mystery since "Mike"

Dear Dan,

What is your player ID? You seem to be very knowledgeable about lex and helpful in the forum. I think many are curious about what your player ID is. Have we ever played a game before?

P.S. Thanks for all your posts!!