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Old October 21st, 2007, 07:03 AM

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I am actually pretty sure you are wrong on the 4 hour thing. I checked it last night and it seems to have hosted when it should (well according to the new time anyhow). That said it is a shame you missed doing the details of your turn - I am enjoying this epic struggle and don't want anything for free. Still your super army is left standing and continues to give me an headache.
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Old October 21st, 2007, 07:15 AM
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I can't really think of any other rational explanation either, but still... I can't believe I miscounted so badly either.

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Old October 21st, 2007, 12:09 PM

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I think the server treats "save game and quit" as a completed turn for quickhosting. It did it once to me early on. My dinky turns are pretty simple, though, so it hasn't been a big deal to do them all at once.

Splash screen says 17h to next host right now.
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Old October 21st, 2007, 12:34 PM
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The game has been crashing rather frequently lately. So I either have to restart (starting the 72 hour clock over again). Or I have to adjust the timer to a little past when the due date is (and then remember to change it back). All players should have had at least 72 hours to do thier turns.

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Old October 21st, 2007, 02:06 PM

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What should happen is this due to technical issues:

Force host should be turn off. The game should be hosted at the 72 hour interval. That way players can do their turns early and can change them later.
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Old October 23rd, 2007, 12:54 PM
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Quick Post: Is this game actually working, or is 62 going to melt the hosting machine, lol? I'm curious about the progress of this epic accomplishment.

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Old October 23rd, 2007, 01:17 PM

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We are down to about 20 players at this point and we are at turn 80. About 5-10 with a fair chance of winning I guess. Game has gone above most peoples expectations and no real hosting issues so far. The only issue I suppose is the fact that some people have to quit playing at some points due to real life issues and the fact that this game has gone on for a long time.
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Old October 23rd, 2007, 04:25 PM
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Hosting times to process the turn have been getting longer... about 15-20 minutes on average I would say - sometimes longer depending on what the host computer is doing at the same time.

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It seems like a week has passed since the last host.

It takes me about 15 minutes to do a turn. But when you have a small empire and single digit gem producing items, managing to do a turn quickly is no great feat.
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Wow, lots of stale turns .
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