Create-A-Civ Thread II

[BigFree]

Originally posted by Donegeal

Originally posted by BigFree
It's not a delay, it's inconsideration. This game has a very low priority for you. You actively post elsewhere while the turn sits in your inbox. Maybe you missed it; maybe you saw it and thought you'd play it in a bit; maybe you then forgot about it for a week until you noticed that you have not gottenm a turn in a while so you check the thread and find out you are the culprit....whatever the reason is the delay is on your account. I'm just plain tired of this blaise attitude towards making sure a game gets played in a reasonable amount of time.

If you can't play a game on a regular basis don't play at all.

BTW, this is not just directed at Donegeal; it's at all those who do the same.

Yes, this is a rant of sorts and I'm not sorry for it.

Don't worry BF, you are right, mostly. It was inconsiderate of me. That was why I did not offer up an excuse (or at least one that could even remotely be considered ligitimate). All I did was say I'm sorry, and I am. I will try not to be so inconsiderate again. Sorry.

On another note, you really shouldn't consider your set of "priorities" to be universial to everyone else. Just because you feel a certian way doesn't mean that everyone else has to as well. Its called freedom.

The only thing I consider to be "universal" about PBEM's is that they should be played within a reasonable amount of time. "Reasonable" to me is with 24 hours of receiving it. "Receiving it" is actually having seen it in you in-box or activating your email retreiving system to get it. Once a person has the save under the control they should make an effort to play it within 24 hours or post a note as to why that won't happen. I see no reason that cannot be accomplished by every PBEM player. If I see that a person is not active on Apolyton I would assume that they are not checking their email as well. But, if they are active here, then one could assume that they would/could check their email and therefore have a certain of responsibility to the other players to play it within a reasonable amount of time.

PBEM's are not my life. Seriously, they are not. I hope they are not for anyone. I do however assign a cetain amount of personal responsibility to playing the turns when I get them. Call it a priority for me of sorts if you want; it's really just about trying to keep the game going and therefore more interesting. A game that averages one turn a day is much more interesting to me (and to most others) than is one that averages one turn a month.

[Beta]

Beta keeps his head down. His hand reaches up and hits the send button.

To BF.

Ah what the hey - I'll wade into into. Because I agree with both of you.

As BF stated:

A game that averages one turn a day is much more interesting to me (and to most others) than is one that averages one turn a month.

This I wholeheartedly agree with.

Yet on the other hand - I have been the culprit at times as I simply missed a save coming in - yes - I see it - and mean to play it - or I save it to the game save folder - again meaning to play it - or play it and save it and mean to send it - and something comes up here at home or elsewhere on Poly and I forget to do what I meant to do. (man - did I write that??) Life and stuff happens.

I guess what I am saying is:

Donegeal (and everyone else).... wake up and play your turns in a timely fashion.

And if you don't, no problem, I understand. Just don't make it a habit.

Game on.

[Donegeal]

Like I sad...

Sorry.

[BigFree]

Thanks Donegeal.

1400 BC to Donegeal

[Donegeal]

To Sir Ralph.

[Harovan]

1400BC to OPD

[OPD]

sent

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Sent to Beta.

[Beta]

And sent to BigFree.

[BigFree]

1375 BC to Donegeal.

[Donegeal]

To Sir Ralph.

[Harovan]

1375BC to OPD

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Sent to Beta.

[Beta]

To BF. Sorry for the delay.

[BigFree]

1350 BC to Donegeal.