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Furbol — How It Works

Somebody added me to a game I don't remember booking

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Somebody added me to a game I don’t remember booking

You open Furbol and there’s a game on your profile. You didn’t book it. The push says something like:

“[friend nickname] added [your nickname] to the game ([N] spots left).”

You’re not going crazy. A friend of yours booked you into the game as their follower. That’s something Furbol lets them do, because at some point you chose to follow them — and following is what gives a person permission to book you into their games.

Why they were allowed to

This only works one way. A friend can book you in if you follow them. If you don’t follow someone, they have no way of putting you in a game — you wouldn’t even show up in the list of people they can place. So the fact that this happened means there’s an existing follow-relation between you.

If that relationship is no longer one you want, you can unfollow them. From that moment on they can’t place you again. But it won’t undo the spot they already booked — you’ll need to leave that one yourself if you don’t want it.

What they can do on your behalf

Once they’ve placed you, your friend is recorded as your recruiter for that specific game. That means, for this game only:

  • They can confirm your attendance, instead of you doing it. Useful if you’re offline.
  • They can unbook you, same as if they pulled out themselves.
  • They get notifications about the game, the same way you do.

You still have full control of your own account in parallel — they don’t take over you, just this one booking.

What you can do

You’re not locked in. Anything you’d do for a game you booked yourself, you can do here:

  • Leave it. Tap unbook on the game. See Leaving a Game for the effects — wallet releases, same-day lock lifting, etc.
  • Confirm it. Tap confirm if you do want to play. You don’t have to wait for your recruiter to do it.
  • Confirm some, leave others. If your friend placed you in a game that conflicts with another one you already had, see same-day booking — Furbol only lets one game lock in per day at a clashing time, so something will have to give.

Who pays for it

This is the part that tends to surprise people.

  • For paid games, your wallet is charged — not your friend’s. Even though they booked the spot, the hold goes against your balance, because Furbol treats the spot as yours. If you don’t want to pay for it, leave the game before the charge settles. See Paying for Online Games.
  • For cash games, you pay the host in person — the same as any other cash booking. Your friend placing you doesn’t turn them into your wallet.
  • For free games, there’s nothing to pay.

This is worth knowing if a friend is generous with placements — they can commit your wallet, not theirs.

Guests are different

If someone placed a guest (a person without a Furbol account) under your name, that’s a different thing — a guest stays on the placer’s tab and you’re not involved. This scenario is only about when you are the placed person, on your own account.