Camping online

[Uiblis]

Usually I send a message. If they respond I attack, if not I wait until the next turns are given and see if the star thing has disappeared.
If not then they are still online, or at least was online for the past minute or two. Then I just keep refreshing the score page every minute to see if their net changes. If not I attack anyway.

Note: a while is variable and depends on how much waiting you are willing to endure.

[Shadow]

I send a message and wait 2 minutes. Sometimes less. If people are actively running, there is no reason to be going 2 minutes without refreshing things.

It has only caused problems twice, and both times the people who new and had no idea what "running" meant.