The Pitboss connection thread

[Hercules]

The Templars thank teams for their patience.

[Hercules]

I am going to be away for most of tomorrow and most of Tuesday. I will likely ask that the game is paused until I get back.

[sooooo]

Hmm, are there any other templars that can stand in for you for this one turn?

[Hercules]

I paused the game. Back tomorrow. thanks

[sunrise089]

I confess I'm puzzled. Templars should have had time to play the current turn, and I think Hercules will be back during the next turn. If we need a pause we should pause with like 17:00 left during the next turn.

[Krill]

When did RB end their turn?

[sunrise089]

@Krill - Civstats' clock doesn't correspond to my east-coast time, but we finished our moves ahead of the 32:00 mark. Regardless of when people end turn, my understanding was that RB was free to move between 48:00 and 32:00 and Templars between 32:00 and 16:00. Am I incorrect?

[sooooo]

@Krill: What's the ruling on pausing the game for a single person?

[Krill]

You understanding is not incorrect. I was attempting to ascertain whether Templars had a chance to move prior to Hercules leaving.

[sunrise089]

@Krill - I think Herc had about 12 real-world hours during which to move between the 32:00 mark and when he posted that he paused the game.

[Krill]

Thanks.

[joncnunn]

Krill, you may need to also know that Apolyton itself was extremely slow basically all day Saturday and a good portion of Sunday. (US time)

[theViking]

Has the game been paused again?

Can anybody just make a pause whenever they want?

[sooooo]

A day has now passed - unpause the game.

Let's not have this repeated. If a turnplayer from any team plans to be away, simply write the turn's instructions on your boards for another member of the team to step in.

[Krill]

OK Basically this is how I see the big picture:

Poly might be slow, it might even be down, but so long as civstats is up a team should be able to look at the timer in game (also capable by logging into the game).

Poly was slow on Saturday, but by the time RB had finished their turn the forums were OK (not perfect, but acceptable). That is not an excuse for waiting 12 hours then pausing the game.

Templars, please get a backup turn player, or try to get the turn done before your turnplayer leaves on a short trip.

To everyone: I would suggest you try to hammer out rules for pauses. I could make a general rule, but for all I know most of the teams wouldn't like it, so you would be helping yourselves if you tried to sort out the problem without me.