Who Has the Game Save? Part II

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by BigFree
This is getting quite interesting. Maybe they are all there for a cup of tea perhaps?

You have the Tea luxury? I was unaware we were using that mod. Perhaps, they were invited in for a cup of tea, they have been stuck on the ship for a couple hundred years now............

[nbarclay]

So that was why they were so desperate to land anywhere they possibly could.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by nbarclay
So that was why they were so desperate to land anywhere they possibly could.

I think they wanted to find out if their horses still worked.

[[DG]mav_son]

GoW made a new record:

-27' for playing their turn!

Great job!

[BigFree]

I'm guilty too, but there's way to much chatter in this thread for one that is supposed to report the whereabouts of the turn. It's not clear, in this thread who indeed has it and when they got it.

Another matter is that there seems to be 2 threads for the same purpose; What's with that?Saved Game Thread II

Let's clear this up and keep one of these threads for actual reporting and nothing more. No trash talking or crosstalk. Just report you have the save and report when you send the save off. If your team has problems with the save, like not playing within the 24 hour window(or other problems), then make a new thread and provide the link here so that discussion can take place outside of this thread. It shouldn't require anything more than a person looking at the last post in this thread to determine who has the game.

[vondrack]

BF, that is exactly how it works (or is supposed to work) now - this thread is for comments, announcements, explanations etc., while the "Save Game Thread II" is for simple "turn sent" posts.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by BigFree
I'm guilty too, but there's way to much chatter in this thread for one that is supposed to report the whereabouts of the turn. It's not clear, in this thread who indeed has it and when they got it.

Another matter is that there seems to be 2 threads for the same purpose; What's with that?Saved Game Thread II

Let's clear this up and keep one of these threads for actual reporting and nothing more. No trash talking or crosstalk. Just report you have the save and report when you send the save off. If your team has problems with the save, like not playing within the 24 hour window(or other problems), then make a new thread and provide the link here so that discussion can take place outside of this thread. It shouldn't require anything more than a person looking at the last post in this thread to determine who has the game.

You can't keep the two threads separate? This thread isn't for recording who has the save. The "Saved Game II" thread is for that. This thread is for discussion of it. The chatter here (ok, some, ok much of it, is spam) is good, for example it gives Beta a chance each turn to explain why he hasn't sent the turn this time (j/k betahound )

[BigFree]

Well the threads are not labled as such, so it's confusing to say the least.

[nbarclay]

The other thread rarely has unnecessary chatter, and what it does have tends to be included in messages indicating that the save has changed hands. This thread is not normally posted to when the save changes hands; just when there are problems that call for some discussion. And, of course, it also includes a lot of chatter. The system works fine as long as you can keep track of which of the two similarly named threads is which. [Edit: cross-posted with about three other messages.]

[BigFree]

Two threads with nearly identical titles, both of which are topped is not a good thing. I came into theis game while it was underway, so the inital organizational attempts are not clear in my eyes. As far as SPAM goes, this one is as full of it as any in the OTF.

[Hot_Enamel]

Originally posted by BigFree
Let's clear this up and keep one of these threads for actual reporting and nothing more. No trash talking or crosstalk. Just report you have the save and report when you send the save off.

The other thread is used for this
Saved Game Thread II

Originally posted by BigFree
If your team has problems with the save, like not playing within the 24 hour window(or other problems)........

That would be this thread

Originally posted by BigFree
It shouldn't require anything more than a person looking at the last post in this thread to determine who has the game.

And again...that would be the other thread
Saved Game Thread II

I think the system works fine...

[BigFree]

Originally posted by Hot_Enamel


I think the system works fine...

I'm glad you think it works fine, I don't, however. That's my opinion. When you have two threads named the same, for all intents and purposes, then it's not clear as to whta their purpose is. Maybe you just like to read SPAM more than I.
I don't think two threads are needed for this. At the very least the names of the threads should reflect what its purpose is.

[[DG]mav_son]

I think the system works fine...

I agree, it works excellent!

Especially the players who make the draws knows (hopefully) the system.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by BigFree
I'm glad you think it works fine, I don't, however. That's my opinion. When you have two threads named the same, for all intents and purposes, then it's not clear as to whta their purpose is. Maybe you just like to read SPAM more than I.

Now that you understand the distinction in the threads, you will no longer accidently subject yourself to the spam.

Originally posted by BigFree
At the very least the names of the threads should reflect what its purpose is.

I thought they did? This thread is "Who has the Game Save?" asking a question and implictly requiring some discussion of the game. The other thread is merely for logging the transfer of the save.

If you don't like the spam in this thread, then why are you contributing to it? The system works perfectly fine, this is in fact its second iteration. If you don't feel comfortable with it, then why look at the thread, move along to something else, why does this bother you at all?

[BigFree]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel

Now that you understand the distinction in the threads, you will no longer accidently subject yourself to the spam.

You mean that now since you and other's have expalined the true meaning behind the names of the threads I should no longer have a problem even if the names of the thread are the same? Yeah right, whatever...

The problem is that it should be orderly and not just 'that it ended up like this and that's the way we like it.'

Originally posted by asleepathewheel

I thought they did? This thread is "Who has the Game Save?" asking a question and implictly requiring some discussion of the game. The other thread is merely for logging the transfer of the save.

There's no way in heck that that thread title implies any other disscussion other than "Who has the game save?" No discussion is needed to impart this information to people who read this forum. I know you said there's another thread exactly for that, but this thread asks exactly that question! Maybe you'll next tell me it implies that beef stew is for lunch.

A thread title implies only what is says, not any more or any less; by the same reasoning one could reason then that the other thread is for discussions and this one is for reporting the saves. I'm a littled miffed that you do not seem to get this or are just ignoring the fact that two threads exist with titles that ask/state the same purpose.

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
If you don't like the spam in this thread, then why are you contributing to it? The system works perfectly fine, this is in fact its second iteration. If you don't feel comfortable with it, then why look at the thread, move along to something else, why does this bother you at all?

I am just as much a part of this game as you are, so as much as you feel the right to defend what is here and the way it is set up, I have to same rights to dispute the same things. I don't like spam in a thread that isn't implicitly intended to be full of spam. This thread's title should have been "Game Save comments, announcements, explanations, etc.,"; or something like that.

There are plenty of threads alotted already for all the trash talking (aka spam) you could possibly want; I'm sure even Ming has been tolerant of this practice due to the unique nature of this game and it's format.

Finally, do not read into my message anything other than: "This Thread should have another title as it is easily confused with another thread title that already has the purpose of this threads stated purpose."