Posted March 08, 2015
skeletonbow: There really should be an official defacto protocol for this. :) I've been watching for a few years now where someone goes to sleep and throws a last minute comment into a thread "If someone could buy this for me if it comes up, I'd appreciate it and will pay you back tomorrow." or similar, but they don't actually co-ordinate it with a specific individual. Since there are often several very helpful people willing to do such, as well as generous folk that often gift things to people, without co-ordination there is a high chance that 2 or 3 people or more could all buy the same game for the same person, then find out after and have spare codes they might not need/want. :)
It's just screaming for a 3-way negotiation handshake protocol of some kind to avoid collision. :)
The_Blog: I highly highly agree. We do need some sort of protocoll for these kind of situations. I am not sure if a seperate thread is a good idea but we need something ^^ It's just screaming for a 3-way negotiation handshake protocol of some kind to avoid collision. :)
Post edited March 08, 2015 by Mister-Gosh