[Unwise]

The chat thing alot of people do with stuff like IRC or Instant Messenger.

We do a chat thing too, occasionally. We also do phones, and might try VoIP. During LAN parties the throwing of "cheese-its" is also a widely accepted communication mechanism. Still, you know everyone is going to be looking at the connectivity screen, and you know everyone is going to be connected to it.

A live chat would entail a lot more code than a end-turn "bing", and for a two-person team, perhaps it wouldn't be worth the trouble to implement. It's nice to know that the devs have heard my cry in the wilderness, however - maybe they'll get bored one day, or maybe it'll find its way into Dom3. Great game, you've destroyed my sleep patterns.