Operation Ethics: No Campers

I happened across this post in my news feed by Rebecca Read, which not-really-satirically equates a colonoscopy to having to wait on operations in which other participants don't start/finish their parts in the operations for several hours - or at all.

Rebecca says:

. . . It really sucks when you have 10 operations in your queue and they all contain squatters who either don't start the job for 5 or 6 hours, or don't complete the job they started hours ago and you can tell they are actively using stamina or energy because their wall is open. . . .

And she's hardly the only one with this complaint. And some players don't just complain about it, they take it to the streets (in that digital, Mafia Wars kind of way).

It's one thing to miscalculate, underestimate, and undershoot, and accidentally join an operation you can't finish -- most players will greatly appreciate if you even bother to let them know it was a mistake, whether or not they leave you on the op. Aside from that, there is no reason why any player should join an operation and not immediately complete it. Not doing your part holds up the mission owner and several other people from getting quick rewards. With a cap of 10 operations, most of us want to get in and out as quickly as possible. I'm pretty sure if we were really hi-jacking an ocean liner, we would not be taking our sweet ass time about it, either.

It's been the same with me when I participate in operations. If I happen to be in on 10 operations already and I'm locked and loaded with more energy or stamina, it drives me crazy to see 'squatters' or 'campers' just...sitting there in operations!

Be aware that many players consider this aggravating. Those of you using some form of automation or tool to join operations, you may want to consider disabling that option for the sake of the sanity of your mafia and your extended mafia.

Or, another, simpler option would be, Zynga just adds the option to let us remove ourselves from operations that we're stuck in due to some jack-wagon stockpiling ops.