Multiplayer Tournament!

[Locutus]

BTW, what do you mean with GMT? Apolyton GMT (i.e. the time it currently is in London, i.e. GMT+1 (corrected for summer time)), or 'real' GMT (not corrected for summer time)?

'Real' GMT (which I prefer myself, especially since we're switching from summer time to winter time soon, and the date when this happens is not the same worldwide) it is now 22:30 CET, 20:30 GMT and (if I'm not mistaken) 16:30 EST. See the top of my post to see at what time I posted this in your timezone to 'orientate'...

[Locutus]

TheArsenal,
If enough people can't play that weekend, maybe one (or more) of the games can be moved to some other date? (Even if you're the only one this might still be possible, depending on how flexible people's schedules are...)

[TheArsenal]

Okay, sounds good. I'll wait and see what happens because I do want to play. The irony is that , of course, is the only weekend I am not around until I take my trip to London in late November. But it always works that way, doesn't it?

The next Single Player tournament should be starting pretty soon as well. How's that going?

[Maquiladora]

Oh OK I meant anytime after 1pm GMT+1 is fine for me then.

[Locutus]

I will start a new game soon. It ain't September 1 yet... (still can't decide what mod to use - have had several requested for GoodMod again but another mod would be better to give more modmakers a chance for feedback - then again, due to the Tournament less people might participate and that could hurt the feedback again )

[Wittlich]

I'm still interested.

So a 1300 GMT start time would make it 4:00 in the morning California time. Yikes! Oh well, nothing like starting a day early...

All of my contact information is contained in the Registration Thread.

[Cookie Monster]

I will be out of town during sept 7 & 8 but may have access to a computer. If not then anytime after sept 9 will work for me. I send Locutus a PM as I know more.

[ETB]

Originally posted by Wittlich
I'm still interested.

So a 1300 GMT start time would make it 4:00 in the morning California time. Yikes! Oh well, nothing like starting a day early...

All of my contact information is contained in the Registration Thread.

I need to go back to math class! PST is GMT – 8 hours, so that’s 1300-0800=0500 PST. But you are on daylight savings, so it would be 0600 hours PDT, right? I agree that we should use “standard� time references and leave it up to the individual to adjust (or not) for daylight savings. Anyway, I’m glad that I am on the US east coast – I seem to be in the middle!

Locutus, count me IN. My profile is in the MP thread. And, it looks like I will have time the weekend of the 7th to boot!

[Wittlich]

You are right ETB...I was doing the math from Germany to California, not England (GMT) to California.
That's what I get for staying in Germany for almost 15 years while in the Army.

Oh good! One more hour of sleep (or possibly 2, with daylight savings [but I don't think so])

[Maquiladora]

Well i dont think 1pm GMT-1 is a confirmed time, i dont mind starting in the early evening(6/7pm), which would be better for all PST(etc) people.

[Locutus]

A timeframe good for Europe, eastcoast AND westcoast US would probably be from 16:00h GMT (9:00h PST, 12:00h EST, 17:00h London Time, 18:00h CET) until about 22:00h (15:00h PST, 18:00h EST, 23:00h London Time, 24:00h CET), maybe an hour earlier or later. That gives you about 6 hours for one session (7 or 8 if everyone can agree to play longer), without forcing anyone (except maybe Asians/Aussies, but I don't think we have many) to play on very unpleasant times. But of course, if all players in one particular game can agree that 14:00h GMT would be a better starting time, there's nothing to stop them from moving the game forward. If everyone just gives his favoured times it should be easy enough to work that out.

[dregman]

i'm still in.....
so it's next weekend huh
looking forward to it

[dregman]

No Wonderss??!?!

why are there no wonders?
wonders are THE thing that makes the game competative.

they make good reasons to start a War!!
so please WONDERS!!!!

[ETB]

No wonders is fine with me for this tourney, maybe they’ll be included in the next one.

What about the world shape? I think a doughnut world is weird to visualize, but it would be fair to use in MP. Otherwise, a person who happens to start near the top (or bottom) of an earth-world map will have an advantage of NOT being invaded from above (or below). So, do we use doughnut worlds in MP?

[Maquiladora]

The exact reason both these options are prefered. No Wonders becasuse it gradually makes the stronger the unbeatable and donut world so, even if the terrain isnt identical, no one goes 300 turns without seeing someone else because theyre trapped at the top/bottom, thats kind of an advantage.