Re: Turn 12
Since we both do love a good argument (I guess it is all that New Mexico sunshine on our heads), I have to disagree:
1. QH off means that the owner of the server has to keep on top of things to force host if someone goes AWOL, or have a fixed hosting schedule.
2. I have seen no less than 3 MP games on a server (2 with me and 1 that my son was in) go crazy such that the game ends. With PBEM, you can always go back to previous fatherland files and attempt to re-start at a point before the game goes Nagot. We did this with the Yarnspinners and managed to recover the game by replaying Turn 29 a couple of times until it got past the game errors.
3. People with servers rarely do the non-QH option, although I did manage to convince the hosts for my last 2 server games to go to a fixed schedule (which, as you know, solves a lot of the problems with QH).
4. Many people forget to do their server turns if not reminded in an email. I know I do. The frequency of stales on a server is probably 5-10 times that of a PBEM.
But ah, the advantages of a server:
1. People uploading the turns KNOW that their 2h file is good, which is certainly not true for PBEM. But a good PBEM host should know also if he takes the time to check throughly.
2. The server game tends to move a LOT faster, especially for the early moves.
Interesting enough, I did check the input files yesterday and somehow overlooked the fact that the little dash next to Atlantis was missing. There ought to be a better way than that tiny little dash thingy to show the host that a turn file is missing.
This delay is not a big deal since the next turn won't be due until next Sunday anyway. Had this been a normal week, I would have probably forced some stales or emailed the missing folks sooner.
Next Sunday, we will get back to our normal schedule. This hopefully will last until the Christmas holidays. By then, most of the indies should be gone and the game will get very interesting.
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