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Originally Posted by BlueMelon
Here are a few concerns about the timer:
* Timer runs out, now what?
* Chosen leader logs off during drafting process
* Server lag
* or the classic "I lagged out mom help"
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1. It auto drafts the player under your selection, or if none is selected you lose that pick.
2. Oh god, if they log off its bad either way... why would you do this! But the timer helps prevent that from occuring, keeping the draft in a reasonable time frame. I'm sure most selections will be pretty much instant.. but in the case of someone afking it cures the time factor.
3. There really hasn't been huge fits of server lag since PR's stopped spamming file browser for logs. The worst we get is a mass disconnection (perhaps the timer could pause if the player goes offline? This fixes #2 as well), or high ping.
4. Same as solution #3 to #2, if they go offline for a moment it would pause and require the player to open the list again before it resumes. If you lagged out while selecting, it would pick the person you had highlighted. If you're frozen for 2+ minutes.. please contact your ISP and stop doing drafts on video games.
I dunno, I'm obviously in favor of it, but it's not up to me. We'd just have to see how it goes.. if everyone's picking at rapid fire that's cool. Perhaps a 1 minute timer could be activated only if the other 3 captains choose to cause #4 is being a douche and holding things up.