Game Three!!

[Immortal Wombat]

Idea: Theres quite a few Aussies/ NZers here, maybe in the future a "local" succession game could be played. Would make things easier on timezones etc. The 72 hour rule could probably be reduced too. Other areas might be interested in this too, for instance the British Isles?

Wouldn't having it local make it harder to play the timezones? If everyone was going to play after work, then you'd get two, maybe three turns played, then a 20 hour break. If we could organise it to go around the world, then we'd get it played faster maybe.
West-coast USA -> Mid-USA -> East-coast USA -> Britain -> Europe -> Israel (next Civ hotspot) -> Pheonixcager -> Austalia -> NZ ->P-c USA

Hey you might even find this would be perfect for a simultaneous competition - just looking at this page you could have Australasia/Asia VS Europe Vs North America, Im sure there'd be enough interested persons.

That would be interesting for sure.

PS check the new smilies!

[Skeeve]

Oops, I vaguely remember bj dropping out, but I totally forgot!
My bad. I must have been .

Here's the latest and greatest update of our players:

1) Skeeve - Scanga@aol.com
2) Berxpert - Berxpert@yahoo.com
3) Immortal Wombat - Weaver1@tinyworld.co.uk
4) Darkknight - Gondhi_dm@hotmail.com
5) Sean - Kimpton@xtra.co.nz
6) David_Murray - david@windygates.co.uk
7) Phoenixcager - Phoenixcager@yahoo.com
8) me_irate - me_irate@hotmail.com
9) Johnny - Jonny11788@aol.com
10) rooboy - arb77@optushome.com.au
11) pilfur - twaterman@execulink.com
12) Vivala - jbnhl@hotmail.com
13) Gazablanca - gazbeans@blueyonder.co.uk
14) OmniGod - rsaari@alumni.uwaterloo.ca

- Skeeve

Cool new smiles!

[Sean]

Phoenixcager,

I told David you were next. I even cut'n'pasted your e-mail address when I e-mailed him, for his convience.

But the big question is where is his transcrpit!! Its been nearly 40hrs since he assured me he was going to play his turn straight after work!!!??!! (And even longer since he receive the game file from me, though that is by-the-by really). I doubt that he works 48hr shifts...

I would send Phoenix the file right now, except David might actually get his lazy and useless arse into gear and post his transcript any time now... and then confusion will rain..

The Old Grump.

[phoenixcager]

OK Sean, I'll wait.

Wombat, wouldn't going West around the world be a better idea?

With your idea, if someone plays the game at 7pm and sends it to the next player, it's 8pm in the next time zone, and 9pm in the next and so on....

If we go west, it gets earlier...

[Jonny]

I'd like to invoke the 196-hour rule now. OK, OK. I know that some people left the game and people may be confused, but does it have to take a week to sort this out? I say we just skip the next few players and send the file on to me to prevent confusion.

Just kidding. This game is starting to get slow and boring, though.

[Immortal Wombat]

Oops, guess I didn't really think it through. Yeah I suppose going west would make more sense.

[Sean]

I can not wait any longer, and have just fowarded the game-file to Phoenix. It is unfair that a realiable player such as him should have to wait so long for other people to get organised.

Anyway, once the 196hr rule had bee enacted, what else could I do...

Sean.

[Skeeve]

Ah... The 196 hour rule!
I think that was written in the fine print.

I was thinking about Wombat's Time-Zone Synchronized Succession game again and here's what could theoretically happen:

Player #1 in Sydney starts a succession game at 5:00pm Local time. He plays for exactly 1 hour and sends the file WEST (as noted by our friend Phoenix the Cager ) to Player #2 in Brisbane.

Player #2 in Brisbane receives the file at... you guessed it... 5:00pm Local time! He plays for exactly 1 hour and sends the file WEST to player #3 in Japan. (actually, more north than west, but whatever).

Player #3 in Hiroshima, Japan receives the file at ...U guessed it again! 5:00pm! He plays for 1 hour and sends the file to #4.

Theoretically, if the time zones and players were perfectly lined up, 24 turns could pass and the 24th turn would fall back on player #1 in Sydney one whole day later and at exactly the same time as the day before.

Of course, reality would be vastly different from this theoretical model, but at least this gives the framework. Imagine a succession game in which 24 turns could pass in 24 hours! Wow.

In any event, if anyone wants to take on the daunting challenge of setting this one up, then I suggest that Time Zones be referred to as GMT +/-.
For example, I'm in the Eastern U.S., My Time Zone is GMT -5
If someone could be found from Time Zone GMT -4, then they would go in the play-order just before me. (because I am WEST of that time zone). Of course, I really doubt anyone lives in GMT -4, because that would probably be Greenland or some tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean.

Anyway, it's a great idea, and we should give it a try at least once. I won't be able to help set it up, however, until after July 20th.

- Skeeve

[Immortal Wombat]

In fact, is there anyone between GMT and GMT -5 ?

[Darkknight]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
In fact, is there anyone between GMT and GMT -5 ?

Hahaha that would make a problem.

But what have time zones got to do with it?

Player #1 in Sydney plays for one hour 5pm - 6pm then sends it to...

Player #2 in Canada who recieves it at 5am ??? and plays to 6am.
(you'd have to arrange it so that the person isn't asleep though)
and sends it to...

Player #3 in Outer Mongolia who gets the file at 2pm and plays to 3pm.
After 24 hours and 24 players it'll get sent back to Player one at 5pm local time

[Immortal Wombat]

DK: If it can be organised to go one time-zone every hour, then everyone can play at the time that suits them best (after work, and off-peak 6-7 maybe).

Skeeve, send a worldmap along with the SG next time you get it, then everyone opens it, puts a smallish dot where they are, then sends it on. After a complete round, we send it to the temporary drop-outs, and they can do the same. Then we can arrange an order based on where each person has put their dot.
Oh yeah, and colour coded, so we know who "owns" each dot...

Then we arrange for people close to each other to strategically move house to India, Yemen, Tristan de Cunha or Fiji

[me_irate]

that might work if everyone said a specific time they could play. Lets say the guy in central wanted to play at 5:00 pm but the guy in the eastern wanted to play at 10:00 pm and the guy in west wanted to play at 5:00 so the order would be central, west east. It wouldn't go a set dirrection, but with a little figuring it could easily be decided the order. As for me my ideal time is 10:00 pm or later. I usually play my games between 10:00pm and 1:00 am. when their are few distractions.

[phoenixcager]

I've received the file from Sean. I'll play it ASAP!

[phoenixcager]

The Reign of PC the bored

In 420 Ad, the new ruler of the Amazing Australians, PC, comes to power. He surveys the lands of our great people and notices that we seem to be the only ones in the world that we know of! He also notices that the people of the capital city are idle, and immediately tasks them to build an academy.

Noticing that everything is running find without him, he then takes a 60-year vacation and returns in 480ad.

At this time, he realises that some of the citizens are undernourished, and decides to devote resources to fishing trade in Iratland and Jonnyopolis.

In 500ad, a group of restless citizens in Iratland are kicked out of the overpopulated city to go seek out new lands to populate.

By 520ad, some caravans are built in Aaagh! and Jonnyopolis. Unfortunately, there's no one to trade with.

In 540ad, the Grand Snorf Academy is finally built and opened in grand fashion. Snorf runs out of buildings to build, and it is decided that caravans are probably the way to go.

In 560 Darkabode builds a second Hoplite, and in 580 Young NSW builds a theater to keep restless citizens entertained, and in 600ad, Darkabode and Rooville get into the fishing trade too.

Thus ends the uneventful reign of PC the bored.

[phoenixcager]

And here's a screenshot of our current situation.