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  • Turn Chat was a Joke.

    No offence to anybody in particular, but that turn chat was a farce. Over 2 hours of playing, we got through mabee 1/2 of a turn. Not acceptable. There was miscommunication all over the place; people were not prepaired; and overall organization did not exist.

    To all those present, I wish to appologize. To some extent, I was to blame. We all were.

    How to fix it is what this thread is about.

    Please. I would like this to be a constructive thread on how to make turn chats work. Chats can be fun. We generally enjoy them. Yet with only 1/2 of a turn played, and with some ministers orders not carried out the way they wanted them, obviously something needs to be changed.

    Some recomendations:

    Show up on time. MWIA showed up almost an hour late. Many people left before he did show up. MWIA did appologize, and we accept the appology. Lets not do it again. If so, there needs to be contingincy in place to move forward. Can a minister start, if either the prez or VP are not present? If so, in what order do the ministers take? How much athority do they have to continue and make decisions outside of their jurisdiction?

    Ministers orders. They need to be simple and clear. No matter how many times it was stated, until the chat many people didn't realize that the settler going to uber isle no longer had any moves left. We almost double risked in deep water one of the gallies because of this.

    By simple, there should be no attached maps, or complicated sets of moves all jumbled together. We should list them turn by turn. I have been guilty of this many times. It is real easy to look at a single city and give all the orders for the next 5 turns at once. Now I am thinking we all need to do more of a spread sheet.

    ......................turn 1..............turn 2............turn 3...
    Apolyton......work whale.........................build spear...
    Timeline.......Build temple....work forest.....

    This is the only way to keep it organized that I can see. A lot more work for us ministers, particularly for city planning, war department, and for public works.


    One last item that came up in the chat was an idea that all the ministers, the prez and the VP all get together for a chat BEFORE the actual game. This way we can all communicate what we need to do as a team prior to playing the game.

    What do you all think?
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  • #2
    Spread sheet isn't a bad idea. Anything to keep the execs focused on the orders and not the chat would help.

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    • #3
      A proposed idea of mine is that I do all the boring turns myself (turnthread wise), until there is something interesting like an attack to do, and then everyone else gets in on it in a turnchat for the vaguely interesting bits. And as GodKing has mentioned, there is the idea of the Ministers and whoever else wants to getting together into a chat to critique and refine orders. Then when the chat is done (or a thread), there should be no upsets, problems, clashes etc. in the orders like this time.

      If you believe I will pay for this turnchat, you may well get your way.

      Oh, and the lateness - purely my fault - I didn't quite wake up when I thought. With the ability to set the days of chats myself instead of living by days set whilst I am not arounf, this will NOT happen again.

      As ever, impeachment, whatever - go for it. But good luck finding another sucka for this job at short notice.
      Consul.

      Back to the ROOTS of addiction. My first missed poll!

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      • #4
        Lateness???, you said that the chat would start at 2300, it started right around then.
        Aggie
        The 5th President, 2nd SMC and 8th VP in the Civ3 Demogame. Also proud member of the GOW team in the PTW game. Peace through superior firepower.

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        • #5
          No it didn't. MWIA only arrived at roughly 00:00 GMT.
          (not criticizing, just setting a fact straight)
          "Close your eyes, for your eyes will only tell the truth,
          And the truth isn't what you want to see,
          Close your eyes, and let music set you free..."
          - Phantom of the Opera

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          • #6
            I thought the chat was due at 210 BC :-)
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            • #7
              210 BC? Ok then he was a little more than a little late.

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              • #8
                "Close your eyes, for your eyes will only tell the truth,
                And the truth isn't what you want to see,
                Close your eyes, and let music set you free..."
                - Phantom of the Opera

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                • #9
                  Let makes sure we're all on the same page, right now it is 15:40 gmt. and 10:40 EST,11:40 EDT. Just wondering.
                  Aggie
                  The 5th President, 2nd SMC and 8th VP in the Civ3 Demogame. Also proud member of the GOW team in the PTW game. Peace through superior firepower.

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                  • #10
                    REVOLUTION!

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                    • #11
                      Do all insisters and executives have excel. If so minsters could write out their orders then send it to another minister and then send it to the prez. One file would make life easier. Another idea is this, do this for 1 turn at a time. When all done send it to prez he plays turn. That could keep things going, without a formal time. I mean one turn a day is almost certain and more than one is likely.
                      Aggie
                      The 5th President, 2nd SMC and 8th VP in the Civ3 Demogame. Also proud member of the GOW team in the PTW game. Peace through superior firepower.

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                      • #12
                        Aggie - if you mean play one turn EACH DAY, that just can't happen. As as poll has to be up for 72 hours, turnchats must be that far apart or we can't make decisions on time.

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                        • #13
                          REVOLUTION

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                          • #14
                            OT



                            Interesting chain of graphics, sky.

                            -- adaMada
                            Civ 3 Democracy Game:
                            PTW Game: Proud member of the Roleplay Team, and Ambassador to Glory of War
                            Intersite PTW Game: Member of Apolyton

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