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Old July 1st, 2009, 05:11 AM

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Default Re: YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [open 14/19]

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Re: Extension requests - I'd personally prefer to have no message informing the players of extensions, or just a basic "game delayed X hours", and trusting rdonj's judgement on when to allow them.

I think the possible problem with saying "game delayed X hours by request of nation Y" is that if a player in this game is in another game(s), and posts on that games thread(s) "Can I please get a 24 hour delay" then it might start becoming obvious which nation that player is in this game if it is announced which nation requested the delay, especially if it happens more than once. If there is no message at all regarding a delay, or just a basic one, then it becomes a lot harder to figure out who is who. And protecting player indentities is key I think to a good RAND game.
Yes, I had that thought as well.
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Default Re: YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [open 15/19]

Good. We are four players shy of starting.
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Old July 1st, 2009, 05:06 AM
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Default Re: YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [open 14/19]

Yes, "game delayed by X hours" is good and probably better but it will in most cases be obvious which nation requested it anyway. Llamaserver status page always tells the truth and there's no way to override this
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Default Re: YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [open 14/19]

Good suggestions.
rdonj, would you be willing to grant extensions yourself and update that an XXX hour delay was granted?
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Good suggestions.
rdonj, would you be willing to grant extensions yourself and update that an XXX hour delay was granted?
Oh, didn't see this at the time. Yeah, sure, I'll do it that way when the time comes.
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Default Re: YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [open 15/19]

What about map? I'd prefer something wraparound, so noone could feel safe.
Really, people in the corners have an unfair advantage IMO.
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Default Re: YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [open 15/19]

I'd love to play in this, if there are any slots open. Seems like the anonymity makes it somewhat newb friendly, and I'm ready for the step up beyond newb-only games :P
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Default Re: YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [open 15/19]

Just a little addition:
If we place VP's in capitals - they become visible for all the other players, meaning lure for bless or SC rushes. Am I the only one who remembers Carrion Dragon landing in neighbour's capital on turn 2?
Let the victory condition be 9 capitals, and person claiming to have them sends his turn-file to rdonj for the check.
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Default Re: YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [open 15/19]

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Just a little addition:
If we place VP's in capitals - they become visible for all the other players, meaning lure for bless or SC rushes. Am I the only one who remembers Carrion Dragon landing in neighbour's capital on turn 2?
Let the victory condition be 9 capitals, and person claiming to have them sends his turn-file to rdonj for the check.
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I'm gald someone else pointed this out first this time. I know I've done it the last few games I've signed up for, so wanted to avoid doing it here for fear of sounding repetitive
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Default Re: YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [open 15/19]

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Just a little addition:
If we place VP's in capitals - they become visible for all the other players, meaning lure for bless or SC rushes. Am I the only one who remembers Carrion Dragon landing in neighbour's capital on turn 2?
Let the victory condition be 9 capitals, and person claiming to have them sends his turn-file to rdonj for the check.
Do the capitals go by the nation's name?- or else, how could rdonj verify that these indeed are 9 capitals?
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