Rhoscrowther - Late Age game for MP Newbies (up)
 

This is the game thread for the new Newbies game I'm hosting.

Here's the players list:

• coturnix - Abysia
• fabio80mi - Ulm
• Aapeli - Pythium
• MrSparkle - Caelum
• cleveland - Agartha
• WonderLlama - Patala
• GC64 - Pangea
• konming - Arcoscephale
• coobe - Atlantis
• shard - Man
• darkchampion3d - Jomon

Here is the map that we are using:
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...?Number=465570

You better download and install this map before you connect to the server!

Here is the server status page: http://valhalla.techno-mage.com/stat...e=Rhoscrowther

Hispavista doesn\'t like turn notifications
 

I can't deliver my turn notification mails to Abysia / Coturnix, they are rejected:
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>host mail.hispavista.com[213.228.192.245] said: 591
Tu mensaje no llegar? a su destino. Tu servidor es considerado emisor de
Spam. Send your questions to blacklist-admin@hispavista.com (in reply to
RCPT TO command)</pre><hr />
Please tell your email provider that what I am sending is no spam and/or whitelist my sending email address, if possible (the same you sent your pretender files to). Otherwise I can't send you turn notification mails and you have to check that you play your turns on your own, increasing the chance to miss the hosting of a turn due to error.

Re: Hispavista doesn\'t like turn notifications
 

Up finally http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif)
Look forward to have fun with all of you in this game!

Re: Hispavista doesn\'t like turn notifications
 

Yup! same here! Also, won't it be better if we speed up for the first few turns? 48 hours seems a bit long - or will the turn automatically start once all the orders are in?

Game talk
 

It will automatically host as soon as everybody has played his turn. You will then even receive an email from the server, so if you monitor your emails closely you'll know about it immediately. Otherwise looking at the stats page tells you how far the game has progressed so far. Usually the game picks up some speed after everybody is familiar with the process, the other Newbies game that has started on about Monday is at turn 5 now. But since the players are usually from very different timezones and somebody might have troubles with the game configuration or other problems that spontaneously pop I leave the game timer at 48 hours as a precaution.

Re: Game talk
 

Coturnix, is everything alright? You're running out of time for the first turn. Did you run into any technical problems? Have you tried your turn? If you've tried and hit problems, I bet someone here can help. If you haven't, you really should try your turn right away, in case you do run into technical problems.

Re: Game talk
 

I have reset the timer. Egoix in the other game seems to have received the turn notification ok now since I didn't get an error message from the mail server, I hope that they don't flag my messages as spam anymore. Let's hope Coturnix gets back to the forum and plays his turn, too. I don't want people to stale on their first turn, but I don't want them to cause unnecessary delays for all the other people in the game, too.

Re: Game talk
 

How long do we wait before we look for a replacement.

Re: Game talk
 

Let's hope he gets back playing and have the game run on fast speed soon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Especially on the first turns!

Re: Game talk
 

2 days, tops. That means until the current timer runs out, which equals to stalling twice.

EDIT: Nevermind, Coturnix played his turn and the game hosted. Good luck to you all.