February 5th, 2004, 09:53 PM
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Re: Commercial Hosting
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Originally posted by PhilD:
As for the "hoster loses interest in the game" problem - what prevents them from zipping the game's files and sending the result to another player, who could from then on act as a host - either network or PBEM?
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Good idea if someone else can host.
Too often I have seen players who are about to lose (1 or 2 turns away) just quit showing up. Everyone waits for them to do their turns, eventualy the hosting is forced. If the first person out also happens to be the one who started the game it can be a real headache. Thats what happened on the game Im hosting on my machine. I suspect the whole game would have died if it hadnt been hosted on a neutral server. The new "master password" feature can help and I would highly recommend it when anyone is starting a game. But there is also a definate need for neutral servers so that someone isnt stuck hosting a game for months that they are already dead in.
[ February 05, 2004, 19:55: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]
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