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DominionsFAN said:
Cainehill, what about small map blitz games? 1 turn wont take more then 4-5 mins in late game. Have you ever played doms 2 blitz games for example? I doubt it!
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Do you also doubt that the earth is round? I've played a _lot_ of blitz games, organized and started via the #dominions IRC channel. And some people (like Stormbinder) take 30 minutes to do turn _10_, and in the late game, the turns for normal players commonly take 20-40 minutes.
A small map blitz game, with victory conditions, the turns might take 4-14 minutes, sure. But ...
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Also many players can just leave Dominions on, and leave the comp meanwhile if a turn takes too long in huge games...or just save!
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So then you have
rude players who wander off from their computer, returning half an hour later while everyone else has been waiting for _them_. "
or just save!"?? What part of, "That ends the current game session for everyone" don't you understand?
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What the hell is your problem with the lobby/mp system?! I cant understand your points. This would be lot easier/user friendly then the current system. This is the key.
Yes, you can say that this isnt a must have, but would be a great addition IF IW would have time to code something like this. 
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My problem with the lobby system is that it does _nothing_ to enhance the game itself, does nothing that can't already be done via irc or a webserver like Esben's, and in fact would provide half-arsed chat facilities compared to IRC.
And, with only 2 developers (and _1_ programmer), IW
isn't going to have the ability to dedicate the amount of programmer time necessary to do even a half-baked lobby without taking way too much development effort away from game-enhancing things.
Now, it'd be
nice if they'd improve the interface for creating / joining games, sure. But the programmer hates UI work, so that ain't going to happen either - we can't even get "laboratory" put at the top of the magic item equiping menu.