[zoomerb]

Good afternoon, I have just joined bbo and am trying to weave my way through all the help screens. I played my first game with three friends and it started out great. Then all of a sudden my partners user name changed. Then the names changed for both my opponents. I continued to play not realizing that the three friends I was playing with were no longer playing. The last hand I played showed the other players as East, North and South.
My partner said she was playing and all of a sudden the robot took over. I don’t know if it was a robot or another human. How can I tell. Further, I did not know everyone else left until I received a notice that I was now the host. Is there a way to know when a player has left the table?
Cheers

[barmar]

This happens if the player takes too long to play. They're supposed to get a warning before this happens, but apparently that's not working properly.

You can prevent this by checking the "Permission required to play" option when creating the table.