FreshMeat - EA Newbie - (RUNNING)

Renojustin · #1 June 22nd, 2008, 01:28 AM

Is it just me, or do you not have to put an attachment in your emails to send in your turn? Heh, really though, just trying to do my best to help the players out here, I guess I've said my piece at this point!

Ballbarian · #2 June 22nd, 2008, 01:34 AM

Yes. You do have to use attachments in email to send and receive your turns. (It's really not that much trouble.)
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anticipatient · #3 June 22nd, 2008, 01:57 AM

I was surprised to find that pbem is actually really enjoyable!! This will be my second one.

Executor · #4 June 22nd, 2008, 03:29 AM

PBEM is much better, and safer, the server crashed in a game I was playing,
( I actually had a shot of winning ), they say that happens rarely, but I'm not very optimistic now.

meister_miagi · #5 June 22nd, 2008, 04:47 AM

I actually prefer the llamaserver to network hosted games.

Renojustin · #6 June 22nd, 2008, 05:28 AM

Safer, only if the host does not keep a backup of the game. Better? Not by a long shot. Explain how you can possibly justify that when in a network game, you are always a click away from downloading or uploading your turn.

Darkstone · #7 June 22nd, 2008, 06:03 AM

Everything on the llamaserver is saved (backed up).

Renojustin, if you're really unhappy with PBEM, I don't think anyone will hold you to staying in this game, but I think it being PBEM was pretty clear from the first post?

(I hope that didn't come off as sounding mean or whatnot, that's not how I meant it).

Renojustin · #8 June 22nd, 2008, 06:37 AM

When did I say anything about the state of Llamaserver's backup status?

It would be terrific if someone would intelligently debate the relative merits of the question at hand rather than using straw men arguments or telling people that they're welcome to leave instead. I'm aware that I'm able to leave, thanks for the friendly reminder. And no, the game wasn't set to be PBEM from the first post. Neither am I saying that the game MUST be Network.

What I don't see is how anyone could consider PBEM games to be anywhere near as convinient as a backed-up Network game based on the actual realities of the two systems. If you want to refute the fact of the matter, please do it with actual logic instead of unsupported opinions or thinly veiled hostility.

The truth is that a network game does exactly the same thing that a PBEM games does, except that it is vastly easier to upload and submit turns. And nobody can possibly deny that. So I'm not really sure where you guys get your opinions and aggression from, but to me it just sounds like argument for the sake of being contrary. I'm only trying to simplify the game, which some of us may be playing for a long time. I could sure use the extra hour or two in my life that I'd gain from NOT having to deal with PBEM over 100 turns.