Re: Play by P2P
With files that are not time sensitive this works fine. It doesn't much matter if I get a copy of the "Loose Change" 911 Documentary today or next week. No one is waiting for me to see it and respond. Turn files for an ongoing game is another matter entirely. Even with the ability to resume large files you don't get any faster performance than your modem can produce. 75 megabytes means a minimum of about 4 hours download time (with optimum performance) on a 56k link. With a '1 turn per day' game this might be manageable -- if you don't mind your line being tied up 4 hours a day. But any game moving faster than that is likely to be a problem. Playing multiple '1 turn per day' games is also unlikely to be possible, while it was before with SE IV.
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