Turn 28

[Harovan]

Yes I can send and receive email with my cell phone, although I very seldom do it. Additionally, my email provider sends me a notification on my phone, when I get a mail. Of course, I use this only with a spamsafe account.

[nbarclay]

Message sent to Vox.

[nbarclay]

Message read by Jon Miller about 20 minutes ago, so they should be able to take it into consideration in making their decisions.

Edit: more like 15 minutes. Apolyton time and my watch don't quite agree.

Nathan

[alva]

Should be interesting....

Can't wait to see their response

[alva]

Eli


Turn received. We need to discuss some issues before playing it.

They have the save and well...

Good idea SR to make that offer ingame..

[zeit]

Damn, i have to go to bed pretty soon, i wish i could stay until we get an answer- i'm anxious to see if the impression i got on Vox the moment we met them (and i remember me pushing for contacting the other teams quickly to find who's behind them, as well as stating that the next big thing between us will probably be war, not tech trade) is true, or that (hopefully) i'm wrong, and they are willing to trade.

[Harovan]

Vox sent the turn. Did anyone receive an answer to our diplomatic notes?

[alva]

I didn't .

I guess, if they have sent a replay, they will only have sent it to Nathan.

[nbarclay]

Last time, BetaHound sent the reply to both ManicStarSeed and me, so I'm guessing he'll do the same again. But BetaHound hasn't been on Apolyton in over five hours, so if they have him draft the message to us, there's no guarantee of when we'll get their answer. (His time zone is GMT-5, so I would sort of expect him to be logging in not too far from now, but then he'll still have to write the message.)

If we don't get a message by the time the turn comes, I suggest holding up the turn and waiting for it, much as I hate to do so. In the meantime, we might want to send a PM pointing out the problem and asking if someone on Vox other than BetaHound could give us a yes or no without all the fancy diplomatic stuff so we can keep the game moving.

Nathan

Edit: or at least it appeared to be addressed to both of us, so I'm assuming ManicStarSeed was sent a copy.

[alva]

What happens if you open it btw SR?

Does the diplomacy window tell us anything? IE have they offered something back?

Is the isthmus free?

[Harovan]

I don't have the save yet.

And yes, if I get it and open, the diplo screen opens with them proposing their part of the deal (if they agree). I have either to accept it, in which case the techs will be shared, or to make a new offer.

[nbarclay]

Originally posted by alva
What happens if you open it btw SR?

Does the diplomacy window tell us anything? IE have they offered something back?

Is the isthmus free?

If he opens the game, he'll be able to tell whether they accepted the first round of trades in game, but not whether they accepted the entire two-stage proposal. And if we accept the first stage but they aren't planning to go through with the second, we give them an advantage, which I hate to do when they have another potential trading partner but we don't (assuming they weren't lying).

[FrustratedPoet]

Re: Turn 28

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
I have preset the no-brainers (IMHO), you're free to edit them:

If any of you would like us to keep the ability to edit each other's posts (or if you'd like the bug fixed) you should check out this thread to vote on the issue.

[nbarclay]

BetaHound is now online, so maybe we'll get our answer before way too much longer.

[Harovan]

I'm off, sleeping. Back in a few hours. Feel free to play the turn without me. Meshelic, after you sent the turn (if you do), don't forget to post in the Saved Game Thread.