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Originally Posted by Corvus
I would like to ask a favor of the people who have requested PBEM style. Would receiving turns by PBEM be adequate? Could you turn in your turns by direct-connect? I have been told setting up a game to do both at the same time is possible, but its never been done. The direct connection cannot be told to "see" incoming email turns. So emailed turns either have to not show up on the direct-connect display but the game still hosts when all turns are in, or the direct connect has to be taken down and put back up on a regular basis to force it to see all of the turned in turns.
To be blunt it would be a bit of a headache, and it would be much easier if you could turn it in by direct connect.
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Direct connect might give you more headache though. We can try direct connect first, but there are a few reasons that PBEM is better.
1. Direct connection requires the host to have his computer up constantly to maintain server.
2. Dynamic IP and firewall issues are a pain in the butt sometimes unless you use a proxy LAN server and even then you may need to forcebind IP to your proxy IP.
3. PBEM using Llama server is much easier to host and managed, and PBEM doesn't require the person to have internet all the time while he wants to play. From what I hear some people can't afford monthly payment internet, so they just play their turn at home then send the files through email at a library or internet cafe.