MP Game: Ye Olde Dom2 Game

Vicious Love · #1 August 6th, 2004, 12:10 AM

Feel the chagrin!

*slinks off*

The Panther · #2 August 6th, 2004, 12:11 AM

Restarting games take a very long time. One game in particular that I am in has taken over 2 weeks just to get going after a restart. And it is very hard to get everybody to get their pretenders uploaded again. Plus people will want to drop and new people will want in, thus starting the process anew. And, as Canehill just mentioned, someone will have forgotten a password and want yet another restart.

I do understand that Vicious Love uploaded the wrong pretender. But hey, what is the worst thing that can happen to him? Why, he loses and then simply enters another new game. Big deal!

I will probably be gone before him anyway because I do not know how to play this game very well.

Once a game finally gets going, it seems best to just keep it going. My vote is to fight on!

So, on to turn two for me!

Cainehill · #3 August 6th, 2004, 12:24 AM

I have to agree with Panther - I'd prefer to keep the game going.

In the future, Vicious Love might consider throwing together -some- fully loaded pretender into a slot to reserve it. Takes what - 5 minutes or less to tap the scales, add some magic paths, and have something in place.

And also, to check the md5 value to verify that he hadn't gotten updated; I mean, that's one reason the thing is there, not so people can just say, "Wow, what a long hex value!". Worst case, a person can make a minor change to their pretender and attempt uploading again, to see if the md5 value changes.

When it _doesn't_ they should be able to figure out that their first update didn't go through either.

Norfleet · #4 August 6th, 2004, 12:27 AM

It could be worse. At least it's not a no-magic crone with bad scales. At least now everyone knows your pretender is a dud, so you ought to die quickly.

Vicious Love · #5 August 6th, 2004, 01:52 AM

Works fer me.

Update: Even turns out I have Water 9 on that thing. Still no scales, castle, or dominion, but it's better than nothing.

[ August 06, 2004, 00:53: Message edited by: Vicious Love ]

Cainehill · #6 August 6th, 2004, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Norfleet:
It could be worse. At least it's not a no-magic crone with bad scales. At least now everyone knows your pretender is a dud, so you ought to die quickly.

Or, he's a sly Vicious Love - "I've got a dud pretender, no scales, come kill me quick" when in fact he's W9F9 AE with holy horses from hell, just waiting for someone to pounce.

Norfleet · #7 August 6th, 2004, 04:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cainehill:
Or, he's a sly Vicious Love - "I've got a dud pretender, no scales, come kill me quick" when in fact he's W9F9 AE with holy horses from hell, just waiting for someone to pounce.

Nah, we'd notice if he had scales. Besides, what if he got what he wanted and a restart DID happen? After all, be careful what you wish for....