Another Newbie Slugfest - Restarted

Aku · #1 January 26th, 2005, 04:03 PM

is the server down?

CuriousCat · #2 January 26th, 2005, 10:09 PM

I am unable to connect as well.

Steerpike · #3 January 27th, 2005, 11:34 PM

Server still down

Steerpike · #4 January 28th, 2005, 07:51 PM

Is this game finished?
If it is, then bummer... lets move on.
For the next Slugfest lets have a smaller map, say 10 provinces per nation.
I really would like to keep playing this one, its just become a little slow.
Do all big games get like this towards the end?.

Aku · #5 January 28th, 2005, 07:55 PM

Nah I have been in big games and it goes fast. It just has to stay at 24hr quickhost.

The time is I think at 72 hour quickhost and all the crashes have given it an illusion that it is going slow.

When a game is longer than 24hr quickhost it does tend to feel way too slow.

The Panther · #6 January 28th, 2005, 08:45 PM

Big games always slow down at the end. It is a fact of life because turns start taking too long to do, and most people (like me) cannot commit the time necessary to make a full turn every single day. Almost no game on a map with 150 or more provinces continues at 24 hr QH past about turn 50. And games that try to keep 24 hr always seem to get a bunch of frequent stales.

That is why I hate games without victory conditions as they tend to drag on forever and cease to be enjoyable.

Aku · #7 January 28th, 2005, 09:22 PM

The game Pandemonium where I was Ermor on the map Inland and that game went to the bitter end with the surviving nations declaring me the winner because I had decimated everyone. That game for the majority was on 24hr then went to 48hr but most of the time turns finished in under 24hr so it hosted anyway. The game went really fast and was a lot of fun and went into the lategame you hate so much Panther. Maybe that map is unique because it is wrap around. Have you played any Inland map games Panther? You may enjoy lategame in it maybe.