A New Time Counter

[Shiber]

EDIT: The New Time Counter!

Is there any support for setting up a new turn time counter similar to Borc's Counter (which is no longer maintained)?
The game has slowed down considerably ever since Borc stopped updating the time counter, and I think that by returning it, we can speed up the game, if even slightly.
As before, it will not have any official status, it'll only be there to advise teams on whether they are being slower than other teams and need to play their turns faster, and give an overall picture of the pace of the game.

I'm willing to maintain it and make updates at least once per turn cycle.

[Eli]

As long as the starting point is where Borc stopped counting.

[Hot_Enamel]

Re: A New Time Counter

Originally posted by Shiber
Is there any support for setting up a new turn time counter similar to Borc's Counter (which is no longer maintained)?
The game has slowed down considerably ever since Borc stopped updating the time counter, and I think that by returning it, we can speed up the game, if even slightly.
As before, it will not have any official status, it'll only be there to advise teams on whether they are being slower than other teams and need to play their turns faster, and give an overall picture of the pace of the game.

I'm willing to maintain it and make updates at least once per turn cycle.

I thought the game slowed down when GS went to war.



Seriously though...I remember Borc asking for volunteers to maintain his counter. Check with him...

[Shiber]

Eli: it's not a contest. As I said, a turn time counter is meant solely to advise the teams as to how fast they're playing compared to other teams and provide an overview of how fast (or rather, slow) the entire game is going.

[Beta]

I think this is a good idea.

And I don't think Eli's comment was meant that it was a contest. But the idea of tracking the time was to raise awareness. And the concept was that some turns would take longer than others. I suspect Vox is one of the teams that is playing a bit slower now, but we were clearly well ahead on time when we stopped keeping track. I think Eli's suggestion is that we 'banked' a lot of time earlier in the game, when turns could be played quickly. We should not lose our 'savings account', so to speak.

[Shiber]

The point is to measure the period that turns take now, because we want to deal with the present problems. If we let teams open "savings accounts" they wouldn't be so quick to solve any new problems should they arise, since they have time on the counter to burn through.
This is why I'm proposing that the counter would only display the time it took each team to play its last turn and the time elapsed over the last 20 turns. I don't want this to be a system where you start from 100 hours and get +4 hours each new turn, because such a setup implies "stay above X hours or you'll get sanctioned".

If anyone blames you for being slow now, just remind him that you were the fastest team for most of the game and link to the original timecounter.

[Beta]

Ah - OK - understood. I like your proposed approach. Since there never was any real punishment for using up the 100 hours anyway, why not just count the hours used. Sounds good.

[Shiber]

I am going to activate the counter, starting from the next turn. I'll set up a thread after it is over which will always display the numbers shown on the counter and explain the concepts behind it (mostly repeating things that I have said in this thread).
That thread will also be used for posting questions and suggestions and making clarifications of cases within the gray-area.

Anybody minds?

[FrustratedPoet]

Go for it dude.

[Shiber]

Thanks Stewie

[Shiber]

[Shiber]

Sorry, I couldn't resist it... I just love your avatar so much!

[alva]

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[Panzer32]

press quote on Shiber's post, see the URL? Just go there to see it.

And it is

[BigFree]

That's hillarious Shiber!