Strat Forum PBEMs

[Dominae]

Originally posted by BRC
We will butcher Canada. Hahahahahaha.

(Canada laughs heartily.)


Dominae

[jshelr]

PBEM had one bug that seems to be avoided by only opening files from the first screen. Otherwise, seems ok.

We may end up with a good list here. Feel free to chime in with organizational ideas.

[BRC]

Feel free to chime in with organizational ideas.

Like Theseus said, it would be good if we could get a few turns out of the way quick. Other than that, I'm for whatever.

(Canada laughs heartily.)

How many Canadiens do we have here? Enough to put up a fight??

[Konquest02]

How many Canadiens do we have here? Enough to put up a fight??

Quite a couple, as I've found out...

We will butcher Canada. Hahahahahaha.

Sure, but we have the Ultimate Weapon : Jean Chrétien (he'll scare the he** out of everyone here ) Ok, you've got Bush, but you have to admit that Chrétien is pretty scary!!

--Kon--

[Dominae]

Originally posted by BRC
How many Canadiens do we have here? Enough to put up a fight??

So far, more than half of us are from Canada. Something in our blood compels us to play Civ, I guess.


Dominae

[BRC]

Ok, you've got Bush

Thanks. Thanks a lot.

So far, more than half of us are from Canada. Something in our blood compels us to play Civ, I guess.

You guys are too far north. There's nothing else to do. We need some people who live in Alaska. Then you're screwed.

[VenomLord]

I'll enter but and get meh ass kicked (just as soon as i get ptw :P)

[ZargonX]

I'd be interested in joining in as well.

And for what it's worth, my ancestors climbed forth onto the rocky shores of Labrador, so I guess I'm a Canadian by heritage...

[Charis]

Sounds good

Sounds pretty good, I'ld like to try one.

I've never felt like a Southerner before in the Midwest of US, but I do here

I'm more of a night-owl than weekend marathon person, if that helps pair up for 'several rounds quickly'.

Charis

[jshelr]

Charis informs us that, "I'm more of a night-owl than weekend marathon person, if that helps pair up for 'several rounds quickly'"

Great info, just what we need.

The games that work well have groups that mesh schedules well. For instance, I get a file from Eli in Isreal every morning and send it to SpencerH so he can also play before work. That allows for two turns a day. If we had Charis as our fourth, he would be after Spencer giving him plenty of time to play while Eli sleeps.

So, if you have a preference like Charis' feed me details and we will take our time and try to set up groups that will work well together.

Also, we should think about using a moderator .

Guys in the PBEM forum came up with the following common sense approach that includes the moderator function:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...&threadid=66088

[VenomLord]

prehaps we should all post the GMT that we can get on a computer so that we can work out exactly what order to go in...

[Harovan]

I also still have 1-2 PBEM slots free, but perhaps this game is already too full. Maybe if you start 2 games, I could be in.

The idea to get games started quickly by intensive sessions, is very good, but hard to organize. Mind you that one missing person can screw the whole chain. We tried so in one game I play in and it failed. As for me, I have 4 weeks vacation (1st week going) and can anytime during this period, and be it night for me.

Btw, it's a good idea to sort the players in east-west order to let the game float with the sun.

[jshelr]

Sir Ralph

We are planning to get a list of names and start a few games early in the new year. No hurry. We want to organize them well so they turn out to be good experiences. You would be most welcome if you hold a couple of slots on your schedule open for these games.

We plan on doing two things about the "missing person" problem. One is to use the method outlined in the memo linked above -- the moderator method. The other is to get lots of people from this forum that have been around for awhile to anchor the games.

[jshelr]

Originally posted by VenomLord
prehaps we should all post the GMT that we can get on a computer so that we can work out exactly what order to go in...

I agree completely although we North Americans will have trouble understanding why anyone doesn't want to use our time.

[Theseus]

I'm in New York, so GMT-5. I can *almost* always get a round in during the evening, and am usually good on weekends.