Personally, I like the WWPA although I rarely use it nowadays. Occasionally, I come across a player's profile and get a message saying the player was greylisted (via my greasemonkey script), so I head over to the greylist page and see if the game is available and take a look at it before entering a game with that person. If the game is not available, and they are preferred by players who I prefer, then I'll go for a game with them, although I'll keep in mind that they were greylisted at some point for whatever reason. It's a nice precaution and I think it helps with players who like to play quick 5-min or 10-min time limit rated games (not me, although I do play that quickly sometimes) and don't want to get booted for having to run an errand, take a dump, have family to take care of, or the game runs for hours into the night longer than expected and there's work/school in the morning. I usually play with people I know and sometimes venture out of that circle, and when I do, it's nice to know that at some point a player I'm thinking of playing with once made a secret alliance or boot without warning or care about others' needs, even though doing any of that is not against the official rules. For certification - I almost never look at that.
Pistos, who runs the WWPA, as far as I know, has begun saving all of the evidence games for greylisted players, per my suggestion. I think you should interview him, since he runs the thing and occasionally brings out some new cool stuff for member use, like the messaging system, external map saver, and a formerly working AI and sweet game replayer.
And yes there is a way to redeem yourself off of the greylist. I think you have to join the WWPA and raise your certification level above a certain level, i.e. have another WWPA member certify you as a player who plays within WWPA standards. Hopefully, with saved evidence games from now on, disputes will rarely arise concerning one being greylisted, and so the greylist will be a more reliable source for seeing the unsportsmanlike actions of players. (Pistos - if you're reading this, after you've saved an evidence game, please host it so everyone can see it after the game has been removed from Weewar's servers.)
spadequack
· 1 year ago
Wow, I wrote a long comment... about as long as the original post =P
KnightKnetwork
· 1 year ago
Thanks Spadequack, I will try to talk to Pistos. I'm glad to hear that you can earn your way off the greylist but I'm not sure I like the process. This encourages greylisted players to be a part of the WWPA (and some proudly list that they are on their profiles). Then you have to rely on people certifying the greylisted member, a process very few people seem to do anymore. It sounds like the WWPA may still have a role in WeeWar, but I'm still not entirely convinced.
spadequack
· 1 year ago
fyi, the main page says there are 0 comments.
KnightKnetwork
· 1 year ago
Yeah I was researching that, Disqus is an awesome commenting system but something with this theme is throwing it. I'll get it working - thanks for letting me know you saw it.
Lucian
· 1 year ago
There will always be a need for the WWPA. It is a good idea but for it to be of even more use, people need to participate in it more.
Kai
· 1 year ago
That just means that we have to find a way to hold on to the replay.
KnightKnetwork
· 1 year ago
Replay was removed since it wasn't reliable
joelodom
· 1 year ago
Last time I tried logging in to WWPA, the web site was defunct.
WWPA Fan
· 1 year ago
Can you ever get delisted? Nice rhetorical question trying to lead the audience to bias against the WWPA. Yes, all you have to do is reach out to Pistos. On tangler or on the new weewar forums. Pistos always responds.
The one where someone was trying to get un-greylisted, they ended up admitting to booting someone that was just barely over the time limit because it helped them. Look on tangler for the evidence. It is a big thread.
The WWPA exists to help others keep the very bottom of the players group out of your games, if you choose. You can go all in with someone greylisted, just don't be suprised when they boot you for being 1 minute over.
Casaubon
· 9 months ago
is Pistos still active? I forgot my login data and cant get into my WWPA account.
KnightKnetwork
· 9 months ago
I haven't seen him around, maybe there is sa contact link on his site? The WWPA is obsolete anyway so it may not be worth the trouble.
All Comments
Pistos, who runs the WWPA, as far as I know, has begun saving all of the evidence games for greylisted players, per my suggestion. I think you should interview him, since he runs the thing and occasionally brings out some new cool stuff for member use, like the messaging system, external map saver, and a formerly working AI and sweet game replayer.
And yes there is a way to redeem yourself off of the greylist. I think you have to join the WWPA and raise your certification level above a certain level, i.e. have another WWPA member certify you as a player who plays within WWPA standards. Hopefully, with saved evidence games from now on, disputes will rarely arise concerning one being greylisted, and so the greylist will be a more reliable source for seeing the unsportsmanlike actions of players. (Pistos - if you're reading this, after you've saved an evidence game, please host it so everyone can see it after the game has been removed from Weewar's servers.)
something with this theme is throwing it. I'll get it working - thanks for
letting me know you saw it.
The one where someone was trying to get un-greylisted, they ended up admitting to booting someone that was just barely over the time limit because it helped them. Look on tangler for the evidence. It is a big thread.
The WWPA exists to help others keep the very bottom of the players group out of your games, if you choose. You can go all in with someone greylisted, just don't be suprised when they boot you for being 1 minute over.
WWPA is obsolete anyway so it may not be worth the trouble.