Quitters Beware! Durak Update Punishes Sore Losers
February 24, 2010
Near the beginning of the month, Lost Token Software released a rather ambitious update to their quirky card game Durak, which brought local and online multiplayer. This added so much more excitement to the game, because playing against real people is always more fun than playing against an AI opponent, or so we thought.
The problem with real people is that they have real emotions, emotions that cause them to do irrational things when losing, like quit right before the game is over, and in Durak when a player quits, everyone is booted from the game. This wouldn't be so bad if the player was penalized for their silly actions, but in the initial v2.0 release that wasn't the case, which resulted in droves of players quitting right before they lost. But thankfully that has all has finally been remedied in v2.2.
Durak v2.2 now gives sore losers what they deserve, a loss! So now if someone quits during a match for any reason, such as exiting to the main menu, exiting the game entirely, or answering a phone call, they get a big fat one in the loss column. This, of course, penalizes those who are quitting the game for a good reason, but that's just something we will all have to live with. The select group of people who choose to do wrong always seem to ruin it for the rest of us, but that's just the way it works.
If you would like to learn more about Durak, including a quick rundown on how to play, check out our original v2.0 post. Let's just say if you like card games in general, you will love Durak ($4.99) on your iPhone or iPod touch.
