Save Game Thread II: On the Eve of Destruction ...

[Aqualung71]

[Paddy]

Snoopy - just play the save

[E_T]

O.k., I've gotten my e-mail problems taken care of, so please send any civ related stuff to my civ e-mail account:

et_civNOSPAMATMAPSONrockbanditNOSPAMDOTMAPSONnet

Thanks,
E_T

[E_T]

I'm letting you know that I won't be playing this, until tomorrow night (Thursday night).

I've been doing research on the Company that I've gotten a second job interview with, come friday. The Intial interviewer had wanted me to take a look at several things about the company and I don't want to screw this up.

My Brother-in-law to be (i.e. my sisters fiance') is putting his neck out with this company, helping me get this job and they are counting on my getting this done. My sister tells me, on the sly, that I've pretty much got this job, but that they still want to hear some things from concerning what they want to hear, before it's finalized.

I'll see if Beta can do the save, but if not, I'll do it first thing after I get off work.

E_T

[Paddy]

Your note is appreciatted E_T

Yet your Team has had the save over 15 hours...

And that is quite a bit of time to just now be notyifying us all

[Aqualung71]

Just stopping by to again.

[Paddy]

30 hours down

3 day play average lately

so 42 hours to go

maybe we should resign ourselves that the timeframe agreement is now officially stuffed... and let this game just dissapear into the never regions of apolyton. then it can become a pbem like other demo games, to be played whenever someone is so bored they finally give up and play this save

Snoop had great ideals when this was started, and each team agreed to the 24 hours, thus why we had team members, so not one person was stuck as turn player, allowing the fabled save to move along at a good rate.

[snoopy369]

This turn is perhaps the most crucial turn for my team of the entire game post-betrayal, and thus we will probably have to hold it for at least 48 hours and possibly a day more than that. We hope to play the turn sunday night, which would be nearly 48 hours, but may have to hold it until monday night depending on various issues.

[Moonbars]

that's poor Snoopy.

[1889]

Snoopy, just don't play it ever and Euphorica will be saved.

[Aqualung71]

This is going to have to be a ripping piece of strategy to get out of jail now

[Moonbars]

Originally posted by snoopy369
This turn is perhaps the most crucial turn for my team of the entire game post-betrayal, and thus we will probably have to hold it for at least 48 hours and possibly a day more than that. We hope to play the turn sunday night, which would be nearly 48 hours, but may have to hold it until monday night depending on various issues.

Originally posted by snoopy369
Unfortunately, due to unavailability of some non-euphoriscian members, I will need to hold off playing the save this morning. Hopefully I can play it tonight when I return from work (12am-1am central time), as if not it will not, it will be an additional 16-20 hours, as I am working early on wednesday.

Originally posted by snoopy369
The replay is currently with us, but it is going to be held up while we discuss the following.

Originally posted by snoopy369
We will play the turn tomorrow (9. August) during the (US) early afternoon. Our team is a bit spread out at the moment, and we have serious matters to discuss, as you are well aware. We generally do not take significant time, so I'm sure you can forgive us this once.

We did not have time to discuss anything during EPW's delay, as we did not know what we would receive on our turn.

Originally posted by snoopy369
The odds of me playing the save tomorrow: 50/50.
The odds of me playing the save by Monday: 100%.

You math types can figure out the progression.

Originally posted by snoopy369
Euphorica will need at least 48 hours to play the current save so we have time to discuss matters.

Originally posted by snoopy369
I'll probably have to wait until tomorrow to play - sorry ... tomorrow morning though.

Calm before the Storm

boo boo boo - you have not played ANY turn on time for over a MONTH.

[Moonbars]

AM sent Euphorica the turn on Saturday at 02:05 pm GMT - it is now 7:23 GMT on Monday.

Euphorica have had the save for over 2 days, and this is the latest in a string of serious over-runs. There team is present and capable of playing, they have elected without the concensus of the rest of the teams to hold things up whilst they debate. This is not acceptable.

They should have been skipped by now.

I vote that if they go over three days, we hold up the game for as long as it takes for an admin to remove their civ using Ctrl + Q and we play on..

[Krill]

As much as I hate to say it, I agree that Euphorica should have their turn skipped.

And the next time the save goes unplayed for 24 hours, skip it at 24:01 hours unplayed.

I am also getting pissed off with this, moreso than I was with the previous roleplaying...

[snoopy369]

Look - the 24 hour rule was proposed for peace time. I made that clear when arguing vehemently for it, read the threads. It doesn't work during war - there's just not enough time to coordinate all of the diplomacy, especially in such a nuts war as this one. Hopefully it won't be necessary all the time - but these few turns, as anyone who knows the details of what's going on in our territory would know, are insane for us, and require significantly complicated diplomatic negotiations to continue to survive. And I'm not one to lay down and give up, regardless of how absurd my position is ...

I posted above that I needed time to do this, and it would be played sunday or monday. Well, it's monday -2am tuesday i guess - but close enough, and it's played. I'm not saying that we should auto-extend, but if there's a post, that should be good enough in these circumstances, and it should probably start at 48 hours during this war for ALL of us, anyway.