Fallacy - Middle Era (Started!)

Xietor · #1 August 7th, 2008, 12:27 AM

Is there anyone objecting to going to 48 hour hosting? With server issues this game really needs to end.

I know Ryleh had wanted 72 hours, but he only has 12 provinces now. And he is a good player. So he can do his turn in 48 hours. If not, it is not because of this game's demands on his time. Which is the relevant reference for setting the hosting time. Not time demands that arise from other games or real life.

If those become too burdensome, then a sub or ai is the answer.

konming · #2 August 7th, 2008, 12:30 AM

I would like 72 hour hosting. Late game with 48 hour turn just seems insane to me. BTW the server is up again.

Lingchih · #3 August 7th, 2008, 12:47 AM

48 hour. Let's get it over with. Or all just give up.

We did that in another recent MP game of mine. We all just said, you know, this is going to take forever. Let's just call it a draw.

Xietor · #4 August 7th, 2008, 01:33 AM

Server is back up. And I would like to thank Gandalf for manually resetting the game timer and not adding another 72 hours to the game's length.

Ctis' empire is big enough that it is reasonable to request 72 hours. I am fine with that.

But I did not want the game held up an extra 24 hours a turn for a nation with 12 provinces-no offense to the ryleh who has played an excellent game. And mp games on 330 province maps take months to finish. What has been aggravating for me is the server unreliability issues.
Velusion's server had issues, and his heart had long since left the game.

compounding the problem is every time a tcp/ip server goes down, and is reset, the timer starts anew. Which means the time between turns is not 72 hours, but many times 72 plus 60 plus 40. It just gets ridiculous.

Unless you are gandalf, of course, who is kind enough to manulally reset the timer back to where it should be.

konming · #5 August 7th, 2008, 02:07 AM

Moving to PBEM shall solve most of the problems.

Lingchih · #6 August 7th, 2008, 02:47 AM

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konming said:
Moving to PBEM shall solve most of the problems.

Move to PBEM? What are you talking about konming? Gandalf's server is a TCP server.

Gandalf Parker · #7 August 7th, 2008, 11:00 AM

My apologies to all. I am looking into the reboots. If it continues today I will move the game to the main server (dom3minions.com without the game. on the address)

But since you are discussing the host times...
Maybe setting specific days and 2am would work better. That way restarting the game would not change the host time.
--hosttime X Y Host on day X (0=sunday) hour Y (0-23)
Something like Sun, Tues, Thurs?