HOTW7 Set up thread

[LzPrst]

yes to all of them. I am very flexible in the weekends.
but I must admit that the latest two options are not very tempting considering that its in the middle of the night here to early morning...

I need some beauty sleep

[LzPrst]

also.

In the starting phase of the game we lost 4 players.
-Sabrdrak
-Metaliturtle
-Thrar
-OmniTrout

As for omnitrout, I happen to know the reason for his disappearence. The poor bloke has passed on.

He's finished studying and moved to another town where he has found work. As yet, living without an internet connection. He might be online soon though, and should probably be able to play in the allotted time as the town he lives in is about as fun as studying the fermentation of dog turd. I know Omni wanted to play a full game, after all, he started this thread, so I would like to reserve a spot for him, provided he has an internet connection by starttime. Is that ok with everyone?


The others seemed to fall off during the "shall we mod the game"-discussion. They might be interested now that we have settled on a easy and comprehensible form.

Should we send these blokes an e-mail and check if they want in at the time we decide upon? (we wont give them a vote in the rules as we need to finish this fast and if they havent debated it they're not allowed to vote)

If you guys dont want them in for whatever reason or they dont want to play fullfledged games, we should ask if they would like to be put on the 'subs' list. We will without doubt need some along the way and giving them a taste of the diplocake might just get them hooked for later, which is of course greatly desired.

[KunojiLym]

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Yeah, Cyber pretty much hit the nail on the head with his assumptions on my voting patterns; that is, no opinion and yes respectively. On another note, I can't quite figure out how to use the pitboss thingy.

We're starting this week?

[LzPrst]

goodness! are we? I'm not sure. dont really think so though. I heard september somewhere. we're still trying to twist the time schedule, just a little in order to to get civil in.

I would suggest that we settle on a time and try to get launched next week. any protests?
edit: ignore above statement. we wait for capo.

[Robert]

1. I think we wait till The Capo is back (he's currently moving to another house) which is september 10th if I'm correct.

2. I think OmnipotentTrout is always welcome!

3. I wonder if it's wise to start a game with more then 15 players. I'm always in for more players but maybe 15+ is too much

[Robert]

Gametime 'poll'

NO = not possible
YES = possible
YN = possible but I prefer another time

friday 21:00 - friday 00:00 UTC - YES:2
friday 22:00 - saturday 01:00 UTC - YES:1 YN:1
friday 23:00 - saturday 02:00 UTC (YES:12 NO:1 YN:1)
saturday 00:00 - saturday 03:00 UTC - YES:0 YN:1 NO:1
saturday 01:00 - saturday 04:00 UTC - YES:0 YN:1 NO:1

saturday 21:00 - saturday 00:00 UTC - YES:2
saturday 22:00 - sunday 01:00 UTC - YES:2
saturday 23:00 - sunday 02:00 UTC - YES:1 YN:1
sunday 00:00 - sunday 03:00 UTC - YN:1 NO:1
sunday 01:00 - sunday 04:00 UTC - YN:1 NO:1

So far responded: CyberShy, LzPrst
(and everyone for the 3rd option of course)

[LzPrst]

you're probably right cyber. we'll ask them about subbing instead when we start nearing september 10th.

[Robert]

The final results for the poll: (I guessed The Capo's answer as he's currently moving to a new house and can't come online)

1. Do you agree with the TORaCTT rule (trade only researched and conquered techs twice), yes or no?

YES: 7
YES without 'twice': 2
YES but 'once' instead of 'twice: 1
NO: 2
No Opionion: 2
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total: 14 votes

2. Can you play friday 23:00 - saturday 02:00 UTC

YES: 13
NO: 1
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total: 14 votes
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LzPrst - YES, YES
CyberShy - YES, YES
Toni - YES, YES
Ozzy - YES, YES
Nolan - YES, YES
Schtix - YES - YES

MMC - YES without 'twice', YES
Prussia - YES without 'twice', YES

Deity - YES but 'once' instead of 'twice', YES

Frank - NoOpinion - YES
Kuno - NoOpinion - YES

civil_obedience - YES - NO

Rasputin - NO - YES

Capo - [most probably] NO - YES (The Capo is moving so I guessed for him)

[Robert]

I have sent a PM to all participants (but LzPrst who already answered) to react to the following timelines, below is my reaction:

NO = not possible
YES = possible
YN = possible but I prefer another time

friday 21:00 - friday 00:00 UTC - YES
friday 22:00 - saturday 01:00 UTC - YN
friday 23:00 - saturday 02:00 UTC YN
saturday 00:00 - saturday 03:00 UTC - N
saturday 01:00 - saturday 04:00 UTC - N

saturday 21:00 - saturday 00:00 UTC - YES
saturday 22:00 - sunday 01:00 UTC - YES
saturday 23:00 - sunday 02:00 UTC - YN
sunday 00:00 - sunday 03:00 UTC - N
sunday 01:00 - sunday 04:00 UTC - N

[Prussia]

Can't do anything but Friday night or Saturday night. Sorry.

[Robert]

Prussia, these times are about fridays and saturdays night. Can you play within all those timezones during fridays or saturdays night?

[Toni]

Can you play friday 23:00 - saturday 02:00 UTC

13 said yes, so why this new timeline?

[MMC]

Because there were a few grumblers, and one who can't play, so by offering times that are + or - a hour or so, then we might be able to get 14 yes votes (and less grumbles)

[MMC]

YES = yes (unless there's something good on TV)
NO = no
YN = *grumble grumble*

friday 21:00 - friday 00:00 GMT - YES
friday 22:00 - saturday 01:00 GMT - YES
friday 23:00 - saturday 02:00 GMT YN
saturday 00:00 - saturday 03:00 GMT - YN
saturday 01:00 - saturday 04:00 GMT - NO

sat 09:00 - sat 21:00 GMT - YES

saturday 21:00 - saturday 00:00 GMT - YES
saturday 22:00 - sunday 01:00 GMT - YES
saturday 23:00 - sunday 02:00 GMT - YN
sunday 00:00 - sunday 03:00 GMT - NO
sunday 01:00 - sunday 04:00 GMT - NO

[Toni]

NO = not possible
YES = possible
YN = possible but I prefer another time

friday 21:00 - friday 00:00 UTC - YES
friday 22:00 - saturday 01:00 UTC - YES
friday 23:00 - saturday 02:00 UTC YES
saturday 00:00 - saturday 03:00 UTC - YES
saturday 01:00 - saturday 04:00 UTC - YES

saturday 21:00 - saturday 00:00 UTC - NO
saturday 22:00 - sunday 01:00 UTC - NO
saturday 23:00 - sunday 02:00 UTC - NO
sunday 00:00 - sunday 03:00 UTC - YES
sunday 01:00 - sunday 04:00 UTC - YES