Feature requests

There seem to be ways to leave the ranked game in progress without being affected with a loss in the "ELO rating". A lot of abuse in leaving the game early so the partner gets full ELO boost. The way the ELO scoring works need to be reviewed in full. You can easily spot cheaters on the daily records page eg: https://worldofcardgames.com/spadesDailyRecords.html

I don't like Chatting while playing. I don't always have the option on so I still see what people say, and I've noticed that people seem to get insulted when I don't respond. It would be nice if the Chat Off option showed up in my Icon so people wouldn't feel rebuffed by my non-response.

Sometimes I sit down at a table, the game starts, and one of the other players is not actually present. They time out every turn, the game drags on, and eventually they get booted. This is not fun for anyone, and it is especially bad when the missing player is my partner. All the more so if I specifically chose to sit there because I wanted to partner with that player. This situation could be resolved by adding a “start game” button that can only be pressed when all seats are filled, and the game does not begin until all players click the button. That way if a player is not actually present, the game will not start. There should be a timer, perhaps 30 seconds or 1 minute, in which to click “start game” after all seats are filled. A player who does not click the button within that time should be booted from the table because they are not present.

A bot will never play the ace of spades to take the trick if their p leads spades, and will never lead it themselves to bleed spades. This is a flaw that I feel like could be easily fixed. It's most important when a player leaves a ranked game and I am left with a bot.

Upon my human partner leaving the game, I would like the option of continuing with only a bot as a partner instead of having another human join. Inevitably, this can result in multiple players joining and then leaving when they see a losing score - very frustrating & slows the game.

Make X for ban from my table and x for ban as my partner, but not from my table

Get his/her IP and ban that courtesy nazi. He/she/it ruins game after game after game. Why should I have to be pleasant and chat with anyone? I just want to play cards. Ban Jimbo

A simple way to increase your elo is to play with a very low elo partner who is connected to you offline. As an example, I played a game where one of my opponents had a 2000 elo and the other had a 300 elo. The elo algorithm will treat this pair as 1150 which is likely to be significantly lower than their opponents. The game takes place and if the 2000 and 300 elo are going to win, the 300 elo quits before the game ends which causes their elo to fall despite winning the game. The 2000 elo then gets a higher than typical elo bump for winning the game. The solution is to cap a floor of 1200 on elo.

In Hearts, people keep entering a game, and then sitting there -- right off the bat! -- letting the egg timer appear. I'm not talking about the initial getting-up-to speed pause. It is rare that I can get through a game without this happening. My quit rate is through the roof because I cannot abide sitting there, waiting. Not sure what the solution is except to set up a less-generous egg timer.