Hosting a MP Game--Newb Questions

[Mooglay]

Indeed. It would require that all the players understand, up front, what times the game will be hosted and how that translates into their native time zones. I just wasn't sure if, once the server is taken down, the game is lost.

Thanks for the reply.

For one, final, scarily newbish question, does anyone know how Eastern Standard Time translates into GMT?

Moog

[Evilhomer]

Eastern standard time is GMT -5. So your (eastern) 9:00 to 23:00 time would become 14:00 to 4:00 in GMT or 15:00 to 5:00 in CET (central european time), so it would work for europeans I guess.

[Gandalf Parker]

Ive seen blitz games run that way in the IRC channel (online chats). They start a game and run it was quick-turns (instant hosting when every player turns in a turn) and then after 6 or 7 hours of play they finally say "shutting down for the night, see you all tomorrow". To play, you would need to open another copy of Dom3 and connect to it.

Dont sweat the time frames. Im kindof out of touch with US daytime even though Im in California because I get up really early and go to bed early. On the other hand there are some people in other countries who are totally night-owls. Just pick a time frame and hold to it.

[Mooglay]

Thanks for the responses, Gandalf and Evilhomer. I think I understand now, although I might have some more questions about the actual running of the game further on down the road.

[Gandalf Parker]

I have no problem with that at all as long as they are asked and answered publicly. That way it can help a dozen or two other people for each person who is brave enough to ask questions.