Aborting a Game

Players may abort a game. Before leaving the game via the "Exit Game" button in the upper button row, the user is asked if he really wants to exit, because in this case the game is not counted as regularly ended. A second option is to call for a voting to abort the game by mutual agreement. Such a game doesn’t count for the monthly lists or ELO, although it appears as a finished game in the game statistics. The decision to abort a game must be made unanimously by all remaining players. During a time-out a game cannot be aborted. Games should always be played to the regular end or be aborted earlier by mutual agreement.

Each game should either be finished in a regular fashion or be aborted in agreement with the other players.

Removing a Player by vote (premium area only)

If a player behaves in a grossly insulting fashion or blocks a game without reasons, the other participating players can remove him/her from the game via majority vote. It is not permitted to kick a player out of a game only because he/she plays aggressively (but sticks to the rules), or because the player needs a little more time to deliberate, maybe due to being a beginner. This function should, therefore, be chosen with caution and only if a normal game with the player in question is definitely no longer possible. You can access this function via the game administration (upper button bar). As soon as the player in question has been selected, the majority of the other participating players must approve the request so that the player can be removed from the game. Afterwards, the remaining players must look for a substitute or end the game by mutual agreement. If the game is played until the end with a substitute player, the game is counted as unfinished for the excluded player.

It is not possible to vote out a player in a 2-player game.

Removing a Player by turn-timer (free area only)

After a player has taken two minutes to take a turn, a warning will appear explaining that the turn must end in 30 seconds. After the 30 seconds elapse, the other players decide via majority vote whether or not to remove the player who is no longer responding. If they decide to remove the player, the remaining players must look for a substitute or end the game by mutual agreement. To avoid that the just removed player immediately re-joins the game, he is put on a temporary block list of every player still in that game. This list is not saved permanently and reseted after a player logs in again.

If the game is aborted by mutual agreement (see above) or played until the end with a substitute player, the game is counted as unfinished for the excluded player. If the game is suspended because one or more players are missing, the timer is stopped, too, for the duration of the interruption.

In the 2-player game "The Rivals for Catan" the turn-timer is not active.