Scrapping a game¶

If a game has already started but the match fell apart, a game participant or a moderator scraps it with the “Cancel game” button in the game thread. The game becomes “Scrap”: it has no winner, and nobody's rating changes.

Participants¶

Player — any game participant: scraps the game without asking the other players.
Moderator — scraps any game on their server, even if they don't play in it.
Bot — opens the confirmation window, sets the game to “Scrap”, records the event in the event log and removes the buttons.

Steps¶

sequenceDiagram
    participant G as Player
    participant B as Bot
    G->>B: clicks “Cancel game” under the game card
    B-->>G: opens the “Cancel game confirmation” window
    G->>B: submits the window with a reason or without one
    alt the game is already finished or scrapped
        B-->>G: replies “Game already cancelled or finished”
    else the game is still in progress
        Note over B: the game becomes “Scrap”
        Note over B: records the event in the event log
        B-->>G: turns the game card red and removes the buttons and menus
        B-->>G: deletes the “Nation Assignment” messages if the game started without a draft
    end

Open the game thread. The game thread is in the game history channel, and its name starts with the game number, for example “248 — FFA 6 Patch”. While the game is “In progress”, there is a “Cancel game” button under its card.
Click “Cancel game”. The bot opens the “Cancel game confirmation” window. The window is always in English, whatever the server's language.
Give a reason if you want to. The window has one field, “Cancel game”, with the hint “Confirm game cancellation or cancel the action”. Write the reason for scrapping here, up to 100 characters. You can leave the field empty.
Submit the window. The game becomes “Scrap” right away. To change your mind, close the window without submitting anything: the game stays “In progress”.

What changes after scrapping¶

Scrapping has six effects:

The game card shows the state “Scrap”. The state is in the header next to the 🚦 icon, and the card's stripe turns red. The card has no winner, and it no longer shows the Steam link.
The buttons and menus disappear. Under the game card, there is no longer a “Cancel game” button, nor the “Choose who plays which nation” and “Swap requests between players” menus, if the game had them. Above the card, the block with the commands “«Finish game»” and “«Refresh game»” disappears.
The “Nation Assignment” messages are deleted. Such messages exist only in the thread of a game that started without a draft.
Rating doesn't change. A scrapped game doesn't change rating in any mode. See How rating is calculated.
The event log gets an entry, if the server has the event log turned on. The entry's title is “🗑️ [Game #248] Game Cancelled”. Below it are “@Orion cancelled the game” and a “Reason: …” line, if a reason was given. The bot shows the reason for scrapping only in the event log. See Event log.
The game is kept in the history. The game thread stays in the game history channel, and under the card of a scrapped game on a server that the site works with there is an “On site” button. The game itself is in the list of up to 15 recent games on the game panel. If the game was played on a server that the site works with, it has the state “Scrap” on the site. While the game is among the 4 latest results, the “Recent results” block shows it as “Scrap · No winner”. See Games overview.

Rules and exceptions¶

Any participant of the game or a moderator can scrap a game¶

The bot doesn't ask the other players for consent: the game is scrapped by whoever submits the window first. A moderator scraps any game on their server, even if they don't play in it. To other people on the server, the bot replies “You are not allowed to perform this action.” See Players, moderators and admins.

A game with a winner is finished, and a game without one is scrapped¶

The /game finish command records the winner, the win type and the number of turns, and in FFA it also changes rating. You can finish a game when every player has a nation (on a server that the site works with, it can be read from an attached save) and the winner is one of this game's players. On a server that the CivBot site works with, a player of the game can finish it on the site too. You can't scrap a game on the site: you scrap only with the “Cancel game” button in Discord. If the match fell apart and there is no result, you scrap the game. See Finishing a game and Finishing a game on the site.

After the start, the lineup doesn't change¶

After the start, you can't leave the game or replace a player: the game thread has no “Join | Leave” and “Kick” buttons. If a player left the match, you finish the game by picking a winner among its participants, or you scrap it. See Game.

A scrapped game can't be restored¶

The state “Scrap” is final. You can't return the game to “In progress” or finish it with /game finish any more. To play again, create a new game on the game panel.

Before the start, you cancel a gathering instead of scrapping it¶

The gathering card has a 🗑️ button: a participant of the gathering or a moderator cancels the gathering with it right away, without a confirmation window. The card disappears from the game gathering channel, and the game doesn't get a number, so it is neither in the list of recent games nor on the site. The event log gets the entry “🗑️ [Gathering] Game Cancelled” with no reason. See Creating a game and gathering players.

What can go wrong¶

The bot says “You are not allowed to perform this action.” Only the game's participants and the server's moderators can scrap a game. Ask one of this game's players or a moderator.
The confirmation window is in English. The bot always shows the “Cancel game confirmation” window in English. The “Cancel game” field is the reason for scrapping; you can leave it empty.
The bot says “Game already cancelled or finished”. While your window was open, someone else scrapped or finished the game. You can see the game's state in the card header in the thread.
There is no “Cancel game” button under the game card. The game is already finished or scrapped, and the bot removed the buttons. If the game hasn't started yet, there is no game thread: you cancel the gathering with the 🗑️ button on the gathering card.
The game was scrapped by mistake. You can't return it to “In progress”. Create a new game on the game panel and gather the same lineup.

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