Of course, you would need a TOTAL SCORE for each player to determine the winner if you're going to have a timer.

EDIT
It's there for a fucking reason.

Could be neat, though I doubt it would be used much, especially compared to how much work I think would be involved in creating such a system (mostly devising a way to fairly calculate such a "final score").

I can't figure out what gave you the impression that I was talking about SP? The original author pointed out that this would mainly be for multiplayer use, and I didn't say anything to indicate I was talking about SP. You seem to dismiss me as talking about SP, solely because I don't fully agree with you.



Based on the game settings, you are normally able to fairly sucessfully estimate how long the game is going to last. So if you show some forethought, you'll be able to play a game within the time limits you have. Other than that, most other players are often understanding of the fact that you have to leave. Several times, I've ended games as either an agreed draw (locked teams) or as a winner (unlocked teams, all remaining players ally) because either my opponent(s) or myself had to leave. Sometimes, we did so simply because the game had reached a boring stalemate.

I still believe that having such a timer as an option would be useful, but I also still think its use will be limited. Most players simply won't want to constrain themselves time-wise, unless they share the host's time plight. Sure, you might be able to increase the usefulness of the timer by making it subject to in-game options (determined by the host or votes), but that would just open another can of worms.

I'm honestly not trying to be disrespectful. But, did you even read what I wrote?

There is nothing wrong with making it an option. If YOU don't want it then when you host a game online then YOU don't have to select it. Get it?

For those of us who get tired of people quiting in the middle of a game, or for those of us who only have X amount of hours to play then a TIMER would be perfect. Get it?

The TOP 2 reasons why people quit in the middle of a game are:

1. They are losing
2. They have ran out of time

If you're looking for an online game to join and you KNOW you only have 2 hours to play are you going to join the game with a 2 hour time limit or the game with no time limit?

The TIMER option idea is definitely for online multiplayer gaming. There would be no use for it on a single player game since you have a SAVE option.

A typical online Win-Loss record for someone is:

47 games played
13 wins
2 losses

This means there were 32 games unaccounted for.

I believe a TIMER option could dramatically reduce the unaccounted games. If someone is getting spanked, instead of simply quiting, they may be a gentleman and hang in there until the TIMER is up.

Again, I'm saying it should only be an OPTION for hosts and players. If you don't like the idea of a timer then don't host or join a game with a timer.

The #1 multiplayer downfall for this game is the amount of time required to play a single game. The TIMER option will fix this problem.

How about replying to the rest of my post.

You still didn't answer the rest of my post.