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Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

KnightKnetwork — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:20:24 -0000

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WWPA is obsolete anyway so it may not be worth the trouble.

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

Casaubon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:14:46 -0000

is Pistos still active? I forgot my login data and cant get into my WWPA account.

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

WWPA Fan — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:43:56 -0000

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.

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

joelodom — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:40:24 -0000

Last time I tried logging in to WWPA, the web site was defunct.

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

KnightKnetwork — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:54:05 -0000

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.

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

spadequack — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:49:13 -0000

fyi, the main page says there are 0 comments.

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

KnightKnetwork — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:53:05 -0000

Replay was removed since it wasn't reliable

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

Kai — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:49:40 -0000

That just means that we have to find a way to hold on to the replay.

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

KnightKnetwork — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:33:44 -0000

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.

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

Lucian — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:02:46 -0000

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.

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

spadequack — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:18:44 -0000

Wow, I wrote a long comment... about as long as the original post =P

Re: Does The WWPA Still Have a Role?

spadequack — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:18:02 -0000

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.)