New MP Game - Random, Anonymous, No Diplomacy

PashaDawg · #1 July 25th, 2005, 10:54 PM

Hi All:

Ok. I now have pretenders for everyone, including King Lear. Whew!

Now... the problem is that 3 pretender STILL don't have passwords, even after being resubmitted. Isn't that goofy? What's up with that? Ugh! Why is this particular game cursed with these particular difficulties?

Lack of passwords could prove problematic if the game is ever on a server.

Pasha

PashaDawg · #2 July 25th, 2005, 10:58 PM

Nevermind. Only 1 pretender is still without a password. I have sent an email to the player in question. Then, I do believe we will be able to get this game going!

Cainehill · #3 July 25th, 2005, 11:04 PM

I think all games are plagued with problems like people not putting passwords on the pretenders, it's just that this game you're checking on the passwords. That, and with 17 players, there's that many more people to do something wrong compared to a game with 6-10.

As I said - it'd be nice if you could set or change a password after pretender creation (so that if I'm using "password" for my password, but have to tell someone who's going to sub for me, I can change all the others). Or if it prompted you for a password when saving, just to remind people, who could still leave it without a password.

(Oh, and if you could change the password, then you could change just the one you're having someone substitute in, and not have to change all the others.)

Shmonk · #4 July 25th, 2005, 11:31 PM

Almost there... just 1 more day (at the most, I hope).

The Panther · #5 July 25th, 2005, 11:53 PM

Cainhill - You are dead right on. I have done or seen pretty much everything you said in your post.

King Lear · #6 July 26th, 2005, 03:43 AM

You were rite panther, zipping it took care of the file problem. Good call

PashaDawg · #7 July 26th, 2005, 09:18 AM

Ok. The curse continues. One player needed to send me a password'ed pretender file, but he sent me a file for the wrong nation (and I did not notice until too late and screwed up my backups). So, now I need new pretenders from both players.

By the way, I leave for Chicago on Thursday - Saturday. However, Alneyan has agreed to play substitute host while I am away. I will make sure he knows all the necessary details and has the necessary files.

Pasha

RonD · #8 July 26th, 2005, 10:34 AM

Thanks for all your work on this, Pasha. I, for one, really appreciate the fact that you're going through all this hassle just so that 17 other people can have fun.

Cainehill · #9 July 26th, 2005, 12:02 PM

Heh. Any bets on how many players, when the game is started, will turn out to have forgotten their passwords, necessitating another restart or two?

And yes - thanks Pasha; hopefully you're in criminal law, so all evidence of human foibles will serve you in good stead.

Shmonk · #10 July 26th, 2005, 01:40 PM

I was soo tempted to remake my pretender over the weekend, because Oceania has so many good choices for a pretender.

And I'd take that bet Cainehill, but I can see it happening too, then we have another small delay. Thus, I wrote my password down so I wouldn't forget.