Save Game Thread

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Originally posted by McMeadows
Like I mentioned before, Snoop takes up the save if I miss it in the evening. He either can play and send the turn or initiate unforseen discussions, which I then can take in account when I play/ finish the turn before work.

That's a good approach. We need to implement something like this on Team B. So far we have been OK with the receipt and timing.

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Originally posted by Moonbars


The health of the Demo Game is much better when there is some actual DEMO element in it.

Understood Moonbars. Understood. I think we are merely questioning how the democracy gets implemented. I appreciate the challenges of different time zones - in fact - one of our major contributors is European. But I do think there are other approaches to team dynamics and democracy that will work.

[Moonbars]

Originally posted by Ljube-ljcvetko
I don't know about your group Moonbars, but I can tell you how these things are arranged in our Horde. We discuss all possibilities in advance, so when the save comes to our inbox we simply play. The minute we send the save discussion about future actions begins.

And we also tend to set long term goals and guidelines so we don't have to debate every turn about every move of our every unit.

we are and have been doing this. What I am saying is that sometimes there is *very* limited time available for *any* of our team to look at the save before it gets sent on, and if something *unplanned* turns up, it's stupid to force the game to go on before we have a chance to at least let all our members know what is going on.

You cannot possibly discuss *all* possibilities in advance. sometimes u get a random happening.

[Aqualung71]

Just a little reminder....

Please stop posting relevant and informed comments in this thread....this is the drivel thread.

[Krill]

We can play the save today, but we will need a little more than 12 hours (close to 16 hours).

[McMeadows]

I'll be available from 21:00-22:30 GMT, so that suits me well...

[Paddy]

this quote from the turn traker thread...

Originally posted by Aqualung71
Bugger, I must have sent you our turn by mistake.

Sorry, but I won't be able to resend until I get home from work in about 10 hours time

so was the save sent then?

[Mart]

still waiting. I wrote Aqualung71, waiting for the answer

[Paddy]

Thanks Mart

ahhh yet another great delaying tactic from the Desolation Row...

apart from boring all the players away from the game... I do not see much benefit for taking 48 hours every two turns

[Mart]

What would you think about the following new rule. Actually I do not know, if that rule was once valid in civ demo games, but saves might be in addition to sending via regular email, posted for download in "turn tracking thread". They might be later removed, let us say three turns later, just to save server space.

This possibly would solve problems of lost emails, detached attachments by automatic virus removal tools, lost in bulk email folders, etc...

[snoopy369]

I don't like posting saves ... not that this game has the same ... issues ... the other games did, but it still leaves too large of a possibility of ... issues.

I would just like to see the various teams figure out how to send the emails to the right people ... set up a distribution list or something, it's not that hard, is it?

[Krill]

Euphorica, have you recieved the save yet?

[Krill]

I take it you got it this time...

[McMeadows]

Didn't receive anything... I see Snoopy has played the save in the mean time... Hope to be included next time...

[Krill]

MCM, you mail is: