Casual PBEM (Full & playing)

Sorlakind · #1 January 23rd, 2007, 12:11 AM

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RicoRico said:
redoing it with gmail account right now.. hotmail was EXTREMELY slow...
I really should sleep now so if this does not work I'll do it in the morning.

Received your test email (the one from hotmail) but nothing from gmail.

What do you mean by slow? When sending a file via hotmail, what happens is that the file is uploaded to the server and then delivered to all accounts. If you have a low upload bandwith it will be slow no matter you use hotmail or gmail (or any other method by that matter). But I suspect you know all this.

RicoRico · #2 January 23rd, 2007, 03:51 AM

Yup I know, but my connection is quite fast.
I've now sent the 5 MB file using gmail again, this time it worked. Turn files won't be so large so we should be fine.
Have fun!

Agrajag · #3 January 23rd, 2007, 09:50 AM

I got your Email with the 5mb attachment.
You don't need to send all the .trn files, just the one for the specific nation that player is playing.
If someone didn't setup a password, then someone could use his .trn file to access his nation and get free intelligence. (though I suspect the criminially minded could also do this to a passworded file).

I can see however why it would be easier to just zip it all up and send everyone the same thing. (And since I'm password protected, I'm not that worried

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RicoRico · #4 January 23rd, 2007, 10:03 AM

hmm... It's quite a lot more work to send 16 emails, each with a different attachment, than just one email to all of you, with one zipped attachment. I'd quite prefer to keep sending all of the .trn files.
You all did use a password, right? And you're all sort of grown up enough not to want to cheat, right? :-P

Note to all: please put the game name, nation name and turn number in the subject line, makes it a bit easier for me to keep track later in the game. Thanks! (for lazy people, abbreviations are also fine, e.g. 'Casual arco 1')

Agrajag · #5 January 23rd, 2007, 11:05 AM

Well, I'm no grown up, but I'm also no cheater

Dedas · #6 January 23rd, 2007, 11:53 AM

I admit that I forgot the password... but I believe that you won't cheat.

Sorlakind · #7 January 23rd, 2007, 11:58 AM

RicoRico, should we send the .2h files to your hotmail or the gmail address?

Ewierl · #8 January 23rd, 2007, 01:59 PM

I sent my turn back in without checking the forums first, so I didn't put nation and turn in the subject line. I'll try to do so for the future, but just hitting "reply" is such a tempting shortcut

FAJ · #9 January 23rd, 2007, 02:14 PM

For PBEM games I always just hit reply. i put nation and turn number in the body.