Figment - Early Game (Started)

Xavier · #1 April 5th, 2008, 02:16 AM

I'm gonna ask about this well in advance:

Next Saturday morning (the 12th) I leave town for 8 days (returning the Sunday of the following week). I'll have internet access, but won't have total control over my schedule. I'm asking if we can switch to a 36 hour host schedule during that time. I should be able to play once per day, but I may only have one chance each day. I'm just worried that if I try to play one morning but the turn hasn't hosted, if it hosts shortly after I checked I may not have a chance to play again until the following evening, in which case I may stale a turn. A 36 hour hosting schedule will prevent that.

As much as possible I'll try to play often enough that the game will still host every 24 hours, but I may not be able to do it a few times and I'd really hate to stale at this point.

Foodstamp · #2 April 5th, 2008, 02:47 AM

I think we are probably getting to the point where just moving to a 36 or 48 hour schedule would probably be best.

Corwin · #3 April 5th, 2008, 03:06 AM

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Foodstamp said:
I think we are probably getting to the point where just moving to a 36 or 48 hour schedule would probably be best.

I think so far nobody has expressed his wish to permamently switch to a longer host. I would say let's keep it on 24h host for as long as it is fine with players. This game has been moving at a good speed despite having many players, and everybody seems to be making their turns just fine so far. We can always switch to longer host once things will get more complicated later in the game.

That being said personally I have no problem with switching to 36h host for a week to accomodate Xavier when he will be out of time next week.

Lingchih · #4 April 5th, 2008, 03:08 AM

I think we should move to 1 hour host... since I am dead. Damn you Sauromatia!

Corwin · #5 April 5th, 2008, 03:18 AM

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Lingchih said:
I think we should move to 1 hour host... since I am dead. Damn you Sauromatia!

You have put a good fight Lingchih. You have almost made me regret leaving you alone so you could rebuild your strength after I accidently destroyed your army early in the game, shortly after you had that crippling event in your capital.

But it is more fun this way.

Funny how none of my four carefully designed God-Killers have managed to take out your Cyclops. Since I didn't get "our god is dead" message I assume your Larry pretender is sitting with your mages with the castle? I guess now I will have to fight him again.

IIRC in Dom2 once you defeat the defenders of the castled province (before the siege), the defeated force had to retreat to neighbor province or die. But now they can just retreat into besieged castle, right?

Lingchih · #6 April 5th, 2008, 03:29 AM

No, Larry is dead. He jumped off a 1000 foot waterall trying to get away from the battle. Please siege my castle and kill me now.

BTW, Larry (what a weak name, it was a joke at the time) was one of the best SCs I have ever created. The guy was unstoppable. I will have to use him as a basis for future cyclops.

Corwin · #7 April 5th, 2008, 05:57 AM

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Lingchih said:
No, Larry is dead. He jumped off a 1000 foot waterall trying to get away from the battle.

Damn. I was hoping to nail your pretender during the storm of the castle. I've spend several turns designing these 4 different God-Killers specifically to handle your nasty Cyclops. A pity that they never had a chance, since the battle was over too quickly. Have you seen the one called "Eye for an Eye"?