The Dance of Civilizations [Diplo Game] [Organization Thread Pt1]

[Russia (DoC)]

play? soon? please?

[Robert]

Any chance that we will have the game up soon???

Well, I can only start it when the Ottomans have the chance to play their turn. Most probably around 2.50am my time. (like yesterday)
(about 10 hours from now)

I'm thinking about launching the game at 23.00 my time (7h from now) anyway. If the Ottomans then miss their turn, we just switch turn order and they are first from next turn on.

In fact nobody will lose anything by that, and it'll create a better turn order.

1370
Russia
Ottoman
1375
Russia
Ottoman
1380
Russia
1385
Ottoman
Russia
1390
Ottoman
Russia
etc.

You see, no double moves.

[Robert]

Everybody;

If the game has been paused for you, not only say "I'm online" or something like that.
If your window of opportunity fades, also post a msg (either PM or here) in which you say when your NEXT window of opportunity will be. (in the "x hours from now" format, to avoid timezone calculations)

Always think: "How can I help Robert best to know when he has to put the server online again"
and in case of issues, always wonder if you answered all questions if you go offline again. Otherwise everybody has to wait 24h for nothing.

I've seen this happening many times.
If you know that you can't be online for quite some time, always wonder if you did everything possible to get the game continueing asap again.
And never worry, I will not let the game ever continue if it'll hurt anybody in war.

Trust me to get an eye on your interests, and keep an eye on the other player's interests yourself.

[England (DoC)]

Any chance that we will have the game up soon???

[Mali (DoC)]

I could have sworn I played my turn yesterday. I'm guessing the game is still down as I can't connect. Will be a few hours before I can try again

[Russia (DoC)]

Russian armies await more glory

[India (DoC)]

I think it's not that hard to pause the game if you have found it paused, if it still happens you can reload the atosave and that player has to play again (a good reason not to forget it)

Next time if you think we should pause he game just ask here and one of us (or your unknown civ ) can do it.

[Robert]

That's better indeed.
Yesterday I did not want to pause the game because it would reveal my identity.
And especially now you all think to know who I am, I want to keep it that way

For that reason a single isolated non-civ would indeed be ideal.
I wonder what the AI does with such a civ....
good solution for the pause /diploscreen problem.

Everyone must remember though to repause the game again after playing. yesterday ie. the Mali didn't play their turn yet either. If they show up first and forget to unpause, then the problem is still not solved

[India (DoC)]

Disconnecting the server just for pause leads to very long turns.. we have to think of an alternative. If it would had been a normal pause then Ottoman could unpause it any time and we would be in the next turn already.

Everyone can pause/unpause the the game by pressing the pause/break, the problem: it can't be done if you got a diplo msg in that turn

-However I did some research and someone said that he game in fact can be unpaused if you press the button once while the game is loading, before any diplo msg could pop up, we should test this and use it if works. (I belive if you got stuck at the diplo screen you should alt tab, close the game, start again and press pause/break ata specifc time which I don't know what is: during transfer, just after transfer, during initalization, finishing phase.. we should test it somehow)

(-for future games we should have a nonplayer civ somewhere in a small island, everyone would know the password for that civ and we could use i solely to unpause the game when necessary)

what do you think?

[Robert]

Hey Ottoman,

Yes, I paused it to make sure that you could play your turn.
It's no problem.
We unfortunately missed each other past night. (I looked at 2am if you responded, but you did at 2.50am. If I would have known I would have relaunched at 2am
c'est la vie, as the french would say. (="that's life" you non-french speaking yanks)

Without a pause you would have missed it for sure.
If you want to switch order, then that can be one by just skipping one turn, then you're first in the next turn without actually missing any movement compared to Russia.

It'll then be:
turn x
Russia
Ottomans
turn x+2
Russia
turn x+3
Ottomans
Russia
etc.

You see, it's still Russia, Ottomans, Russia, OTtomans, Russia, etc.
Let me know when ready.

[OzzyKP]

The game is paused for you. Because CS feared you would miss the turn.

If you'd prefer he not pause the game for you in the future, I'm sure he could oblige. You should contact CS with times you are able to take your turn, so he can unpause it.

[Ottoman Empire (DoC)]

I still can't log in.

RP is this because the game is paused?

I was able to play my turn at the beginning of this turn but Russia hadn't played and I had to go to bed then work, now it looks like I will miss this because of the pause. I know have to sleep and then work.

Can we reverse the turn order, or, can we not pause the game?

Russia, if I'm to miss this turn and you get to play it (sucks because as I said, I could have played at the beginning of turn and I can play now) can we agree on no troop movements for this turn only?

[OzzyKP]

the timer is like 24ish hours, right?

[Ottoman Empire (DoC)]

Guys, I can always play my turn within 24 hrs, not always in a time less than that.

[Korea (DoC)]

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