Feature Request: User to User Interaction

[TreffnonX]

Currently playtak.com does not allow direct user to user interaction (if we disregard the chat, which is currently global). This blocks several other interesting features, which are common to other platforms and games, and are usually expected in some form or another. A list of 'missing features' are:

• Befriend a player (request - accept)
• See friends online.
• Request to start a game.
• Request to resume an interrupted game.
• View game History (own and friends) .
• View statistics (such as ELO, average thinking time, win-loss rate, etc. ).
• Option to Highlight friends in the chat.

All of the above features either require, or greatly benefit from the existence of user interactive features. Direct Chat (also called whisper chat) does not directly require this.

The proposed change would be, to add an 'online friends' menu item, which on click opens up a non-modal window, which can be placed in any location, and displays befriended players and their login state in a scroll list. Users can then interact with other players by right clicking their names in the list or in the global chat (or typing it into a specific entry field), and specify an interaction through a drop down menu. Features for interactions may include (but may not be restricted to) the features listed above.

[ghost]

I deleted a previous comment I made after realizing that the server is already retaining a history of games.

[TreffnonX]

It does indeed. However, the history is currently accessible as a search list. It would be cool to see a player's games (regardless of his color). But many other features also depend, not just history, the history is currently available for all anyway.

[ghost]

Yep, I agree. I think the friends connections would be really cool. And then be able to simply click to see the game details for a specific player. Maybe even from the chat window click on a name.