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Old April 21st, 2007, 02:41 PM

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The way this game is shaping up, it appears that many players are playing their turns within the first couple hrs of the turn clock, while a few others are playing very near the end of the clock. Of course that is the way these games go - very normal.

I would like to make a suggestion though. It would be nice if the last person to turn in their turn, ran 2 turns a once. That way the game would not always be hanging up on the same person/people, and it would tend to move a bit faster.

Simultaneous turns later in the game could be a bit cumbersome. But at this early stage, turns are likely to only take a couple of minutes.
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Old April 21st, 2007, 02:54 PM

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Part of that was my fault, apologies. Boston beat the yanks last night and I was in a forgetful haze of euphoria. (Plus the wife has guests staying over, so distractions abound) I shall be more attentive in the future!

Someone (not I!) needs to develop a taskbar app that monitors turn basis, red for no turn, green for go. Have it check 1/hr or whatever and be a pie chart with segments = nations, nations that have taken a turn go green and when full new turn. I almost wish I could code...anything.
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Old April 21st, 2007, 03:00 PM

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Wasn't really trying to point the finger at anyone in particular. Just tying to think of how we can move things along a bit more.

I like Jutetrea's idea of a taskbar app. Thought I read about something like that in one of the other threads?
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Old April 21st, 2007, 03:39 PM
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Default Re: Mictlan desires trade

There is an app in the tools stickied post over in the Dom3 map/mod subforum

The chk page does tell you if your turn is ready. And most browsers have a way to refresh it on a regular basis.

Some people actually wait to be last so they can do two turns in a row. Sometimes its handy. Im still going to iron out that "musical chairs" game version (last person to do their turn always stales)

If someone really wants it, they can pm me an email address and I will have the game send an email when it hosts. Thats part of what the post-exec command switch is for. Ive also looked into IM, IRC, text messaging, and voice mails.. but lets hold it to emails for now.
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