What Do You Do While Your Turns Process - Page 2

Atrocities · #11 December 2nd, 2004, 03:36 PM

On average my turn time grows with each turn. I find that I have more and more things that need to be done each turn thus the time to do the turn grows.

The processing time gives me time to relax from my job of running a spread sheet empire to focus on the really important things in my life, eating, watching TV, sleeping, and did I mention eating?

This Last turn I ran for the STM game I am play testing was about an hour. I am at around turn 105 or so. I have a small to modest empire, 5th place against the AI, and in a bit of a tough spot at the moment. I am defending WP's while my AI neighbors make war with me. It provides for some fun, but has delegated into the long-term strategy of secure, hold, plan, build, plan, and counter attack. This is where the RPG fun comes form and I guess for many of us the thrill of writing a story.

It is fun to imagine yourself as the leader of a vast empire, struggling day to day to keep your empire secure and your citizens� safe. But the burden of paper work has sucked the thrill out of your job as completely as the vacuum of space empties your lungs of oxygen. Never the less, as the leader of your people you suck it up and press on. Hell you never know when one of your great master war plans will pay off and you'll get to watch a vid of your ships annihilating your enemy's forces. Oh the simply joys one can look forward to as ruler.

AgentZero · #12 December 2nd, 2004, 06:14 PM

Blink.

Heehee... But before I had a high-end processor running my computer, and turn processing actually took a mesurable amount of time, I used to sketch out new shipsets or write. Now it takes until I've reached turn 200 or so before things slow down enough for me to do anything in between. Ah, the marvels of technology.

Colonel · #13 December 2nd, 2004, 10:49 PM

I have a Tv next to me so I turn the chair and watch Tv get up go eat run up and down the stairs a couple times then come back watch tv and then play....

Renegade 13 · #14 December 3rd, 2004, 01:56 AM

Wait....listen to music....and once the turn processing time gets to extraordinarily long, I chat with people on MSN, eat, watch some TV, etc. Maybe even do some homework, if the mood happens to strike me that I should be doing something remotely productive

Col. Mustard · #15 December 3rd, 2004, 02:26 AM

usually nothing, actually. it only takes about 1min at turn 100. (Ahhh the marvels of me... Oh, wait...)

narf poit chez BOOM · #16 December 3rd, 2004, 04:00 AM

Generally, I sat and stared at the screen.

Kamog · #17 December 3rd, 2004, 04:31 AM

Yeah, usually I too just look at at the screen while the A.I.'s turns are processed, especially in the early part of the game when the turns go by more quickly. Later, when the turns start taking more than a few minutes I start to read books, eat food, clean up my room, etc. I can't browse the forum because I have Windows ME and SEIV crashes if I use ALT-TAB during the A.I.'s turns.

Atrocities · #18 December 3rd, 2004, 05:07 AM

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narf poit chez BOOM said:
Generally, I sat and stared at the screen.

You don't play anymore?

narf poit chez BOOM · #19 December 3rd, 2004, 05:30 AM

I'm in one PBW game. My gaming tends to go through phases. My current one seems to be COH. It's hard to tell, because a lot of my time is now taken up programming.

Q · #20 December 3rd, 2004, 06:41 AM

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Q said:
In my present game (which is at date 2468.3 with up to 5000 ships per empire) I go shopping, have a meal or watch TV just to mention a few possibilities. The turns take usually about 2 hours but if combats take place even much more!!
And before you ask I've got a very old computer (233Mhz) PII).

Ouch. That must hurt. That is a long game indeed. How many years it has been going? 3 or more?

The game stated about a year ago and I continue it just because it pushes SE IV and my computer to the very limits. And my computer runs for 6 1/2 years without any hardware problem. That was good quality.