A dropped player keeps their place, but not forever

A short disconnect should not cost someone their spot, yet a flaky connection must not freeze the whole team again and again. This entry shows how to hold a place fairly and when to finally give it away.

Why this works

A fresh allowance after every drop can be farmed by a flaky link, while one shared allowance for the whole match is fair to everyone. Adding up the time away, rather than timing each absence, is what makes the rule hard to cheat and easy to explain.

When not to use it

Skip it in slow, relaxed games where waiting costs the others little, or where a replacement can be dropped in at once. There, simply hold the place until the player returns, or hand it to a computer-played stand-in.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 31 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "A dropped player keeps their place, but not forever" (read_entry reconnect-grace-budget-per-match) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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