Destiny of Empires [Diplo Game] [Organization Thread]

[France (DoF)]

if by Wednesday you mean Woden's day = Odin's day = Odin the Viking head of the gods, then your picture of him is inaccurate. he should only have 1 eye... (but kudos on the raven)

[OzzyKP]

Who is this Mr W anyway?

Thanks to an OT thread and 5 minutes of wikipedianing, I think I finally figured out where he came from.

[Ottoman Empire (DoE)]

If we need another war, I'll attack somebody.

Yes, Yes! we definitely need another war. Please France attack somebody... Just not me:

Who is this Mr W anyway?

Odin, basically the Viking Zeus

Next turn lasts 24 hours then.

Hey, I don't want the blame if it leads to pauses then .

Too late, you're getting blamed for every pause from now unti the end of the game

[Arabia2 (doe)]

Hey, I don't want the blame if it leads to pauses then . The nations who are at war should confirm that they can make their turn in 24h (12-12) so we can have shorter timer.

[Robert]

Next turn lasts 24 hours then.

[Arabia2 (doe)]

The problem is not with mongolia (they had played last turn for example), but there is always one-or two civs who think it's not that important to play in the current turn - and missing every second turn when you are not in war is usually not a problem at all, everything can be queued.- but with such a long turn timer it holds up the game for others.

[Robert]

For how long did Mongolia not play?

[Ottoman Empire (DoE)]

To me, if we are mad Mongolia is holding up the turn by not playing, the solution is not to punish them by making the turn even shorter, making it harder for EVERYONE to play. The solution IMO is to find Mongolia a permasub. Hell, I'll do it if it means we can stick with the longer turn.

[Ottoman Empire (DoE)]

Why add 6hrs sleepytime? You can play before and after you go to sleep.

Ah, I wasn't clear on that. The 6 hrs sleep is before work, not after. On a day when I have to be on a train to work at 6AM, you need an hour to get ready for work, so that means waking at 4 something AM to play civ, which is just not going to happen on a weekday. So if the turn rolls right after I go to bed, and I am rushing in to work early and don't have time to play before work, then that could be a potential 15+ hours that I can't play when you add sleep to work+travel time.And if I have after work plans, that could be potentially 20+ hours where I just can't play. So especially if I am subbing for multiple civs (often), that's a whole bunch of missed turns just because we want to punish Mongolia

[Robert]

If we had a 24 hour timer I would have to miss a turn today because I rushed to work, and I have a long day plus ballgame tickets after. So I may be away from CPU for at least 17 hrs. Add that to 6 hrs sleepytime beforehand and it adds up to a missed turn with a 24 hr timer.

Why add 6hrs sleepytime? You can play before and after you go to sleep.

[India (DoE)]

Is Mongolia at war or just not playing their turns. Unfortunately I suspect Mongolia is quite disinterested in this game and may be dropping out.

[Arabia2 (doe)]

I prefer to play less games, but be more active in those. Playing in many could cause that I focus on some and quite ignore the others. Longer turns mean that less things are happening, less stories are written.. 24h if manageable by the warring nations seems like a sweet spot between getting bored and giving up your life for civ. Missing aturn or two in peace is not a big deal.
ah anyway: you can try to convince me for the other pitboss, but I'm playing in one other and that seems enough for now.

[Ottoman Empire (DoE)]

There are 2 civs still at war, plus Egypt still has to play. Sure sometimes we are all in sync and everyone plays way before timer ends, but this is rare. For example, if turn had rolled last night, an hour or so after I played, and we had a 24 hour timer I would have to miss a turn today because I rushed to work, and I have a long day plus ballgame tickets after. So I may be away from CPU for at least 17 hrs. Add that to 6 hrs sleepytime beforehand and it adds up to a missed turn with a 24 hr timer.

Arabia might I suggest that you join another pitboss along with Japan? You won't feel nearly as restless with 2 games to play and keep up with.

[Arabia2 (doe)]

Again we are waiting for mongolia for the last 15h and they missed last turn too (It's alright to miss a turn if you are not in war, but I'd really like a 24h timer whenever possible). Also Egypt may need to replay his turn, seems there was a reload after they had played.

[Robert]

sounds like you need a personal planner, Ottoman