Curious what browser everyone uses/which ones FoD Curling has been optimized for?
I've been having worsening lag issues for the last few months (the rest of my internet works fine) and I'm wondering if Safari/Chrome are not supported well anymore.

Don't worry about it FTW, it's all in good fun and I've certainly called him worse. :)

This is great, would love to know what my head to head against Wulliebhoy is. :D

Hi, Korean Canadian here.

Just know that it's not a nice term and avoid him. Did he romanize it like that in English? That's rather funny.

Go TOTTENHA- oh forget it.

You have three dots.
Just set the number of ends you want to play.

FOD, for reasons unknown, has continuously refused to introduce a measure that would give someone an automatic loss if they quit. You're not the first one to get the short end of the stick there.
Just don't play him anymore, thats all you can do.

Now I know there's usually a lot of freezing in curling... It's the only shot I can make...
But lately I've had some issues with my connection freezing briefly mid-shot, and it will happen about 5 times in one single shot. Really annoying, and makes it way harder to judge speed and line.
Anyone else experience this? My internet connection is fine otherwise, just wondering if it's a server problem... Wouldn't be surprised, anyway.
And while I'm here, the Scotties starts tomorrow. Go Team JJ and Team Fleury!

What does it matter to you mate, you never swear at us in proper English anyway.

Jock, your ninth dot is being prepared by FOD as part of your 100th birthday celebration.

This reminds me of a certain Scot on this site that has had some issues in the past beating a cheeky young Canadian... Hehe...

But yes, the more you lose to someone the more it gets in your head. The people I struggle with, I overthink everything each time I play them.

But hey, if Kerri Einarson can turn around a 0-17 head to head record against Jennifer Jones to win 5 of the last 6, we can figure out too.

Someone who actually throws hits like the way curling's supposed to be played?! 

Thanks, I'll make sure to play them.

Just curious if FOD will be implementing the 5 rock rule into the game when the World Curling Federation adopts it worldwide next season?

Also would love to see the mixed doubles format here in FOD but the way things are around here I think I'll sooner see pigs fly. Wouldn't mind being surprised, though. :)

Happy birthday, Jock! Here's to many more Wullie-wallopings in the future.

Thanks HM, the tourney was fun and it was great to see so many of us up there among the top.

Hello,
It's great that I can use Chrome again.
One question- when I enter a match to watch, and a rock is in the middle of being thrown, the movements of the rocks in the game freeze, and the screen says after a few seconds that where the rock froze on my screen is where the rock ended up (even though that is obviously not the case). Then the game goes live again, and when the next rock is thrown, all of the rocks in the house move slowly (it's almost creepy) to where they actually should be. Is there any reason why this is happening? Not a big issue, but strange.
Thanks.

8) 30-second time-out feature for games 8 ends or longer, with clock cumulative for the game, not just the end.

Really interesting points overall, but I would disagree with number 8. I like the fact that the game penalizes you for 2 minutes of idling. Say FOD gave us, say, 20 minutes for 10 ends, and one opponent randomly left for some reason. Then there would be no penalties for 20 minutes, and the other player would sit there for 20 minutes doing nothing, waiting for the opponent's time to run out. I think the end by end timer is a much more effective way of keeping everyone on pace, and is more fair for the people who have to wait for their opponents to come back to the game.

That being said I really hope FOD acknowledges you on this thread. Some of the changes you mentione…

Hi FOD,

Recently I've been noticing some screen problems. Every once in a while the screen will freeze and start flickering between the actual game screen and the light blue background colour for a few seconds at a time. 

Would any of you mods please tell me what the problem might be? My browser is internet explorer btw.

Thank you in advance for your 

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A couple nights ago I kept losing connection to the server. I always got it back, but it was very annoying, because it happened about 5 times in 10 minutes and meant I was always lagging behind in the chat and the gameplay. Open your eyes, FOD, and fix this. Players keep leaving for a reason, you know.

Where the ratio logic falls apart is when you have a 1 rater playing a 10 rater. Essentially a dead even match in terms of skill, but the ratio method would screw the 10 rater so much that such a game may never even happen. And what do you do for zeros?
I think the rating system as it is makes a lot of sense, and for what it's worth, referring to the OG post, I would never play 2 ends with anyone (not that I do anyway) if rating swings were so drastic. The rating system should take into account the increase in randomness with shorter games, and does so fairly.
I still maintain the most significant problem with the game is lack of an optional extra end feature, like skins.