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Originally posted by tbontob:
I am still wrestling whether to join or not.

On the plus side. I admire Ruatha's courage to call what was happening in the game. And to take what must have been a very hard step of cancelling it. It would have been easy to let things slide and nobody would have been the wiser.

So, IMO, the fact that Ruatha is a co-host or subsidiary host is a definite plus. If things are not right, I feel confident he will call it.

Secondly, a part of my storyline of the in-game stories can still continue...the escapades of Eston. Basically, that storyline was not dependant on what happened in the game. One or two details may have to be changed, but that can be declared at the beginning of the next installment.

That does, of course, assume we are going to have in-game stories.

What do you guys think?

Finally we come to replacement players.

I understand the TDM mod is a very good mod for AI's. I am guessing there is no easy way to combine the TDM mod and Proportions in the game.

Historically, replacement players are not easy to get. I have the impression that most if not all hosts will accept any warm body or what appears to be a warm body. This is understandable since asking for more details takes time. And time is not what the host has since traditionally the game must go on. And the more game turns, the more injury to the abandoned empire and the empires around it.

So, maybe it would be appropriate to have an understanding that the game would be "held" until a suitable replacement player is found.

This way appropriate questions can be asked to have some assurance that
a) cheating will not take place (such as 1 player playing two or more empires)
b) abuse will not take place (such as a player and a replacement player are close friends with an understanding of mutual support to the exclusion of others).

My feeling is if a person must cheat to win, the game is not worth playing.

Also, my feeling is if the rules are used in such a way to give a player an unnatural advantage (abuse), then the game is not worth playing.[/QB]

Well I hate to hold the game for long perioids of time, I think we should continue playing until a new player is found, if the AI does something stupid while playing and gets itself wipped out, oh well so much the better for the humans