freezing of "reserved games" after one or two days?

[tomanek]

Hi,

actually it's not a so big problem for me at this moment and usually,
but i wonder, that there are sometimes games with the comments
"reserved for XY" which were opened for one or more days, and i think
there gotta be many people who check very often the open games with
clicking on Open Games (instead of refereshing that page), when they
have got time and lust to join some party. And because by clicking on
Open Games they can see only the upper ca. 5 rows (i.e. the only 5
rows in the top), they - who would _really_ play - can't see the
freshly opened games without scrolling down to the page, when there
are more games like these, opened for more days and reserved for
people, who didn't join it until that time.
So if it would possible, then i think it wouldn't be so bad to make
possible of freezing an opened game after even only one or two days.
(But if you think that it's not a so big problem, then it's also OK
for me, it was just an idea :) )

best regards
tomanek
(from Hungary, sorry for my bad English)

[joojamoi]

If you are using firefox, you can use greasemonkey extension to hide
those reserved games. This is a little script I use for that purpose
(disable the script and reload the page to show reserved games):

// ==UserScript==
// @name Hide reserved games
// @namespace joojamoi
// @include http://genie.game-host.org/openlist.htm
// ==/UserScript==

var gameList = document.getElementsByTagName('table')[1];

var rows = gameList.rows;

if (rows[0].cells[4].innerHTML == 'Comment') {
for (var row = rows.length - 1; row >= 1; --row) {
var comment = rows[row].cells[4].innerHTML;
if (comment.toLowerCase().indexOf('reserved') >= 0) {
gameList.deleteRow(row);
}
}
} else {
alert('The script to hide reserved games is broken.');

[tomanek]

Thank you very much for your help!

(I usually use chrome, but I made now this extension for the firefox
at greasemonkey, maybe it will be good sometimes for me too :) )

best regards
tomanek

[tomanek]

... so, OK, i've been using for a month firefox and the written script
now, when i have time and lust to join some parties,

but there gotta be a lot of people who do not read it, do no write and/
or use scripts, and anyway, it is abnormal, that most people have been
seeing for days(!) only these in the upper rows:

"#95608,T the Gathering Storm 2(goals): eobet[1477] Join 6d reserved
for caj!
#96317,T the Gathering Storm 2(adv)(goals): alpha_ori[1551] Join4d
reserved for brianbenson
#96318,T the Gathering Storm 2(adv)(goals): alpha_ori[1551] Join4d
reserved for brianbenson
#96717,T the Gathering Storm 2(adv)(goals): GumbyProf[1556] Join3d
reserved for qzhdad
#96999,T the Gathering Storm 2(goals): erick93117[1382] Join 2d for
mburr
#97269,T the Gathering Storm 2(goals): msluyter[1439] Join 1d reserved
for alpha_ori
#97704,T Race for the Galaxy 2(adv): halo8[1452] Join 17h heck yes
reserved
#97716,T Race for the Galaxy 2: ljk3858[1500] Join 16h Donko come here
#97734,T the Gathering Storm 2(goals): Lukeko[1430] Join 14h Reserved
for Potzertommy"

anyway, i keep using firefox and the mentioned script (thank you
joojamoi one more time!), but just wanted to mark it again,
please people (who don't read it as i guess...), have some brain and
consider the other players, and try to reserve only for people who
join your party within a normal period, and not within days or weeks,
thanks

best regards
tmnk

[tomanek]

hahh, now i've found out, what to do if i don't want use Firefox and
it's script mentioned below to see the freshly opened games by only
one click on "Open Games" tab, and not only the "reserved for X & Y
for Z hours/days" rows on the top of them:

i've just scrolled down with my mouse when putting Ctrl, so the screen
went smaller, and now i can see every open game on the screen by only
one clicking on Open Games, YEAH! :-)

best regards
tomanek