Opinion: Do we stick with 1.29?

[Kloreep]

It seems Thud accidentally upgraded the game to 1.29 during the latest turnplay. What should we do?

I'd say stick with it. The game is close enough to the end that the more profitable tech sales we'll get won't really matter. And I can get this space-gobbling dual install off my HD, too.

[Thud]

Oops. I went through all sorts of trouble just to get 1.21. It crashed at one point, I must've started using my newer install. How foolish of me.

[Panag]

hi ,

we should stay with 1.29 F

have a nice day

[Shiber]

This is an interesting situation...
Technically, this would be cheating, since we've bought techs for cheaper prices in 1.21, and now that we're selling, we're upgrading to 1.29, where techs cost more.
This is what I've said to Thud on the chat room, but since then I've had another thought about this, and I realized that none of the AI civs can afford to pay enough money for our techs to make the switch to 1.29f noticeable, techcost-wise, so it would really make no difference.
Plus, we're so close to the end of the game and another penny or two won't make any difference, so arguing that upgrading to 1.29f is cheating seems kinda stubborn and unrealistic to me. Therefore, I vote that we stick with 1.29f.

[Kloreep]

As I just said in the chat: if we switch to 1.29, anyone attending the final chat (e.g. MarkG, JoeBob51, etc.) can play the final turn with us and witness the end of this demogame. But if we use 1.21, 1.29 users could get different results. We don't want a popcorn UN...

[Nimitz]

How long was the chat I was there at 18:00 GMT and there was noone?

[Shiber]

There wasn't an actual turnchat, just a bunch of people (Thud, Kloreep, Panag and myself, IIRC) talking about the save.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Nimitz
How long was the chat I was there at 18:00 GMT and there was noone?

hi ,

Thud had not enough orders or people , so he pulled the plug , .....

have a nice day

[Aidun]

I don't care which version we use, take the easiest way to solve this problem, don't make the problem bigger than it was by going back in time. BTW: going back in time is also cheating because we know then already "what the future will bring": we are now in the future of our previous chat.

Aidun

[Aro]

Originally posted by Aidun
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BTW: going back in time is also cheating because we know then already "what the future will bring": we are now in the future of our previous chat.

Aidun

Well, this is an interesting discussion... Going back in time and repeat exactly the same orders, rushes and moves wouldn't be cheating, IMHO. Would be like see again the same film (a DVD, for instance)... in an older obsolete device.
Just my 2 cents.

[Panag]

hi ,

well we should have upgraded a long time ago , .....

fixes and a patch can not be regarded as cheating , ....

have a nice day just some two little dollar cents

[Aggie]

Legally we have NO choice but to go back and play at 1.21. This vote cannot change that.
Aggie

[Aro]

I completely agree with Aggie. Thud must redo the turns played, taking care to make EXACTLY the same moves (this will maintain the ramdom seed without changes, IIRC)

Edit:

No, wait... with different patches, the results will be different.

[joncnunn]

How many turns would have to be replayed?

[Aro]

3 turns. In fact, end a turn and play 2 others.