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1814 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes ago

valhalla (The Crystal People)

Please end this game or restart it. Also please consider a...

Please end this game or restart it. Also please consider a 75 or 100 turn end point for all future DH games. We have all stuyck it out to have a game with no quitters which is great. However, a 2 month break is nuts; if people don't want to play, end it. If more do want to play, please restart it.

1814 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes ago

RE: Please end this game or restart it. Also please consider a...

I think we're waiting for Donald to leave and for Scotty2beam to replace him.

After that, we should be back on track?

1813 days, 21 hours, 11 minutes ago

RE: Please end this game or restart it. Also please consider a...

Apparently Donald doesn't realize that the game activity thread can be read without opening the game itself - I'll send a PM for him.

1813 days, 20 hours, 18 minutes ago

RE: Please end this game or restart it. Also please consider a...

I vote for continuing this epic game. Although, this starts to be epicly ridiculous also. I vote continuing, and absolutely ZERO pauses anymore. No matter what the reason. No pauses, game must go on!

1813 days, 11 hours, 31 minutes ago

RE: Please end this game or restart it. Also please consider a...

Yeah, we're just waiting for Donald to clear out so scotty2beam can step in, and we should be off again. I agree this break has gotten ridiculous, but unfortunately hosts don't get the power to kick players (we should), so the only other options if he doesn't resign are to restart and wait 3 turns for him to be dropped, or just call it quits on the game. Both are pretty bad options.

As to a turn limit in future games, we might start some that way, but shorter games aren't necessarily wanted by everyone. I personally like long games, as I tend to play slowly and deliberately, so it takes a bit to crush my opponents. But I know Anaconda has been pushing for shorter games, so you may likely see some turn limit DH games in the future. We do our best to accommodate everyone's (often conflicting) opinions on what a game should be.

1813 days, 8 hours, 34 minutes ago

RE: Please end this game or restart it. Also please consider a...

Some turn limit and some no turn limit DH games would offer the best of both worlds and would accommodate both play styles. I really like the expansion part of the game, after turn 40 or 50 I find I can predict the results fairly accurately (assuming no one quits). In any case, I think we all agree that it would be good to find a way to avoid being in the situation we are in now. Ridiculous is a good description of the length of this delay. By the way, when I went of vacation I arranged for a friend to play my turns so it is possible to have 0 delays and still have a life.
:-)

1813 days, 7 hours, 54 minutes ago

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Of course we want to continue! No question about it.

I do vote for a little more patience to get DW to actually resign - Fed missing any turns could be so ruthlessly exploited by us that it wouldn't be even funny anymore.

That said, there needs to be some sort of limit with the waiting. How long have we now had replacements ready?

1813 days, 6 hours, 50 minutes ago

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True but that is a reality even in DH games. Choose your allies wisely has always been a part of planets; a little birdie on my side mentioned that DW would cave, always does, some time ago. . .

What about the flip side?

In DH9, I am working with the Xtals and even though it is a DH game, I'm on my THIRD Xtal commander now. Given the revolving door, I'm amazed that I'm doing as well as I am in that mess. DH games do have a few quitters and we have to deal, at least I did.

Back to our game. It has been almost 2 months. Your mileage may vary but waiting for DW for weeks upon weeks and now months seems like flogging a dead horse to me. It is hard to have continuity between turns with many and frequent and long breaks.

Here is a proposal to the group. I would like this game restarted within a week (that is a 2+ month delay on top of other prior delays) or I would like to bow out with no penalty. Basically I'm not sure anything has been getting resolved over the past 7 weeks which is why I posted. Most want to play so can we please continue, one way or another, in a week or less from today Sept 21st? I get that DW timing out would change things but honestly, I've had to deal with that in DH and non DH games.

Can we agree that if nothing happens by Sept 28th, we will start running the host again? My ships have moss growing on them!

1812 days, 18 hours, 55 minutes ago

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I'll send an email to Donald.

1812 days, 15 hours, 23 minutes ago

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Thanks Donald for fighting on for so long :) ... hope that your other games continue smoothly!

I suggest that we continue with the Sunday Sep 28th hosst. This will give scotty2beam some time to log in, familiarize himself with the situation and how things got there, and talk to people to decide how to continue (Wednesday host would be too soon for that).

Agreed?

1812 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes ago

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I'm okay with a weekend start time. Provided that we actually, ya know, start.

Thanks Donald! Sorry the technology got in the way of your fight.

1811 days, 23 hours, 43 minutes ago

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Yes Mentar, another week if fine. I didn't want this to drag on indefinitely with no plan on how to move forward - you fixed that. Thanks for contacting Donald. Donald, thanks for making a decision.