New PBW game - Great Experiment 3

geoschmo · #1 January 15th, 2004, 03:18 PM

Once again, sorry about that. Turn is running now.

Slynky · #2 January 16th, 2004, 01:53 AM

All the rated players have responded and the results are unanimous: It's OK for Electrum to count this game as a rated game.

Thanks for taking the time to message me, guys.

Slynky · #3 January 17th, 2004, 04:18 AM

Actually, the joke is on me. Apparently, the "Experiment" is seeing how many consequetive turns a game can have that are beyond the time limit.

Now, for a lot of people, I guess it's no big deal. But for me, unless someone is going on a trip or vacation or their PC has broken (or some kind of excuse), a lackadaisical approach to completing turns on time tends to ruin the game for me a bit. Take the pleasure out of it, if you get my drift. I fail to understand why people sign up for games and can't even make the deadlines of the single-digit turns...where it takes about a half a minute to complete a turn.

So, knowing that things will only get worse, I'd like to advertise my position for takeover. I can't enjoy a game where I am eternally irked by continued lateness.

It's a good position...I've been in 1st place since the start of the game. Someone should take it over so that I don't have to pull out of the game (and therefore "hurt" the game for the other players).

geoschmo · #4 January 17th, 2004, 04:43 AM

If it's a problem Slynky, just withdraw now. The Last couple turns have been held up by Goodops. Don't know him. This is the first game I've seen him in. If he misses any more I'll boot him. But if we are holding you up, by all means do what you have to do. I'll just let the AI play for anyone that wants to quit and it won't hold us up at all.

Slynky · #5 January 17th, 2004, 04:44 AM

Update:

During the SY build, I've fallen to 4th place. (not wanting to be accused of false advertising

).

Slynky · #6 January 17th, 2004, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by geoschmo:
If it's a problem Slynky, just withdraw now. The Last couple turns have been held up by Goodops. Don't know him. This is the first game I've seen him in. If he misses any more I'll boot him. But if we are holding you up, by all means do what you have to do. I'll just let the AI play for anyone that wants to quit and it won't hold us up at all.

Not necessarily holding me up. It's just that it's going to be a slow tedius game in the beginning. Originally, it was posted at 24-hour TA time, I think. But changed to 36 'cause some people requested a longer time. And, we can't seem to meet that.

I guess it's just the anal-retentive part of me that gets irritated by this sort of thing. People who make a committment and don't keep it (for a reason I don't know about, admittedly). I find I enjoy games much more where the players always get the turn done on time.

Now, just so people don't think I'm some sort of butthole, Master Belisarius posted that he needed to be gone for week and our game was put on hold. I have no problem with that sort of thing at all.

Anyway, I don't want to pull. I'll wait till someone volunteers to take the position over. I'd hate for the AI to scrap the SY that is building in order to make something else

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geoschmo · #7 January 17th, 2004, 05:19 AM

Well anyway, I doubt you are going to find a replecment. With as many people as this game has pretty much anybody that wanted in got in. I don't want anyone to be unhappy with the game. If it's intolerable for you don't felel like you are going to let anyone down by jumping out. Some people wanted AI anyway. This way they will get them.

I sent a news email just now to try and encourage people to play or drop out. Did you get it? I didn't get it myself. Not sure if the problem is sending or me not receiving.