Starting a new thread here so the other thread doesn't go off-topic because of this. So the idea is:

swalk says

Myx says

Maybe just add button "Accept game" clicking on that game starts. Dont accept - click "leave gather" and wait for other people.

This would be the best solution imo. All 12 having to accept or leave the game when it's full, right before voting captains. If anyone denies/leaves the gather goes back to the signups waiting for 12 players again.

An accept button could just prolong the procedure for a gather to be formed. People have complained in the past about the time it took to start a gather. I wasn't but I agreed with the people that the waiting was awful and at some points it was ridiculous. So I dislike this suggestion because I prefer it taking less time for a gather to start. Also the idea of the button is being brought up because of a rare instance. People being slow in the procedure is a lot more common.


Instead if you don't want to or can't play but you are stuck in the gather, there is the option to find a merc to replace (and free) yourself. Like for this mister right here:

Kelmops says

Jeah, I really like the accept idea. Would also solve the "Fuck I forgot the pcw and I´m still in the gather" moments when the music starts :)

Getting a merc has been done before and is an accepted method. If you are having trouble with it, try to get aid from the people signed up to the gather or someone else. If this fails then either play (even if you don't want to) or just tell everyone in the gather that you tried but it didn't work out and then face the consequences of it.

We russians had such "Accept button" when we tried to create a russian gathers.
https://github.com/rkfg/ns2gather
http://rkfg.me/ns2g/

Jesus! It was awful experience! We just couldn't start the gather because every fucking time jingle playing gather was canceled because of 1 or 2 people was AFK. After such two or three attempts to start a gather with a loud jingle in 20 minutes people raged and leave. It was one of the things that had killed russian gather.

What about no limit in gather queue and the first 12 ppl to press accept button will be playing.
'first come, first served' principle

WhySoSerious says

What about no limit in gather queue and the first 12 ppl to press accept button will be playing.
'first come, first served' principle

Hmm, I get the feeling I once knew a system like that.