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Old September 10th, 2004, 11:57 AM
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Default Re: MP game; very hard research. Any takers?

Vicious Lowe: Well, if T'ien Ch'i cannot rule over the world, then do take care of this matter yourself. It would work especially well if you happen to be a theme Ermor; killing all living beings should be an adequate punishment of their refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of T'ien Ch'i.

Boron: My apologises, I had forgotten to answer your post. While Sheap's server may indeed work, En Forcer has stated he cannot play with a regular TCP/IP server, and can only do PBEM.

Besides this:
- Does anyone have a suggestion regarding the map? Cradle may be nice (and is rather small to download), but would perhaps be too small if we are only five players.

- For the deadline, I would suggest something along these lines: the turn around should be of 48 hours (more can be considered if one player requires it), running at more or less the same time. However, if all player files do get in before the end of the first 24 hours, the turn would still run.

The advantages are that the turn will always run at the same hour (well, I will do my best in this field), and it gives a safety margin in case of email problems. The main problems are that the minimal time between turns would be of 24 hours (I wouldn't expect all the turn files to be sent in a matter of a few hours though; but who knows?), and the actual hour where the turn is proceeded may wary depending on real life and Murphy's Law.

Any comments, suggestions or complaints about the way to handle the deadlines?

- Incidentally, I intend to send a confirmation message when I receive your player file, the purpose being to avoid some email related problems (such as a player file lost in the mists of Internet). If you are against this, please do tell me so and I will not send such Messages to you.
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