[Septimius Severus]

Around 10 hours left before hosting.

I don't really want to be put in the position where I must speak for someone else, Gandalf can and I hope will speak for himself on the server issues and as to why he is unable to to correct them at present and why he has apparently been unable to get help.

What it boils down to is that everyone in this game has some responsibility:

Players know they have around 56 hours from the time they get that e-mailed file in their box to get their turns in and to notify myself as soon as possible and with sufficient time for me to do something about it if they need a delay.

Gandalf has responsiblity for everything related to the server. I certainly cannot assume responsiblity if the calculations are not correct and for all the automatic scripts that have been put in place, albiet for my and your benefit. At this point it does seem that the displayed timer is correct but Gandalf cannot apparently assure that this will always be the case.

I have responsiblity for keeping things moving, maintaining and monitoring this thread for delays, running the team forums, preventing cheating, and doing what I can to ensure everyone has a good time.

We've only two choices with regard to this somewhat minor but important issue going forward (quick host only is not a viable option neither are constant rollbacks):

1. Keep things the way they are and perhaps Gandalf will put up an approriate disclaimer on the turns received page.

2. Go to full manual hosting. Turns will host when Gandalf gets to it but will in no circumstance host less than the current hosting interval (56 hours). This will be inconsistent but you'd have to live with it without asking for rollbacks.

Those are the options, if necessary I can take a poll on the subject. Gandalf tells me that direct connect games will display an accurate timer so hopefully that won't be an issue next game. I of course will want to ensure that everything runs properly though for next game (I am sure people can understand why).

Once again, I implore all of you to submit your turns promptly and I warn against waiting till the last moment to do anything keeping this in mind. You've voted to remain at 56 hours, that is where we are and will remain for the next 10 turns.