GENERAL: Cafe "Tamerlin" II

[Solver]

+1 to that, an article would be great. Plus more promotion for the current version, though admittedly, it's not likely there would be many more new players, no matter the advertisement.

[Protra3211]

Thats true.Not too many new players will take up the game at this ponit.. But I think many are in the background like me playtesting from time to time. CtP2 still has that one more turn feel to it and its because of those sticking it out this long to fix the code .Should be noted.

[Locutus]

Update: Chat will be held at 20:00 UTC (21:00 London, 22:00 Paris, 16:00 New York, 13:00 Los Angeles, Sunday 7:00 AM Sydney) in the #apolyton room of our chat service (see later in this thread for instructions).


Anyone feel like holding a birthday chat Saturday? Could be a good opportunity to discuss the future of this project and ways to advertise it to a wider audience, although I tend to agree with Solver that you'll have a very hard time convincing anyone who hasn't looked into this before to still give this game a try at this point.

I'm recording a PolyCast episode from 13:00 EST/19:00 CET and after that will probably spend the next few hours editing the recording (although if necessary I could postpone much of that until Sunday, but even then I still wouldn't be available before 17:30 EST/23:30 CET), but a chat earlier on the day I should be able to attend if there's any interest in having one. Considering the short notice it might also be an idea to do the chat one or two days later, but I have a very busy week next week so my options at least are a bit limited (but of course, no necessity for me to be present, I'm hardly a key figure in this community anymore -- if I ever was).

[Maquiladora]

I agree. Any article should make special mention of the coders that have stuck around. to them all.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Locutus
I'm hardly a key figure in this community anymore -- if I ever was).

Modest as always.

Ill be there for a birthday chat

[Dale]

I could probably pop in for a bit over the weekend, depending what time it is.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
Ill be there for a birthday chat

Any limitations on when you're available?

BTW, I sent out a few PMs to (former) CtP2/SC regulars, see if we can drum up some folks for this chat

Thanks for those who already got back to me and thanks in advance to anyone who may still do so in the next few hours, I'll take all the responses I get publically or privately into account and try to figure out a time that works for the most people...

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Locutus

Any limitations on when you're available?

None (yes, im very busy...)

[Peter Triggs]

I'll try to be there but the past few times I've attempted to enter a chat haven't worked. I just tried to enter the Java chat room and got:

###### Unregistered copy, evaluation only.
###### Please ask webmaster to register it.

However I am showing up as being (alone) in the chat room.

[Locutus]

I'm tending towards starting the chat at 20:00 UTC. That's 21:00 BST (London time), 22:00 CET, 16:00 EST, 13:00 PST and Sunday 7:00 AM Sydney time. That might be a bit early for the Aussies and overlap with dinner time for some Americans but the chat will presumably last several hours (I'll be around that long probably), so everyone gets a chance to join in... I'm not even sure if I can make 22:00 myself, I might be a little late, but starting much later might be a problem for some Europeans (and it's the only time of the day that works for 3 different continents).

Anyone have a major problem with that time?

Originally posted by Peter Triggs
I'll try to be there but the past few times I've attempted to enter a chat haven't worked. I just tried to enter the Java chat room and got:

###### Unregistered copy, evaluation only.
###### Please ask webmaster to register it.

That's because Markos is cheap Don't worry, your messages *are* being posted, other users can still read them. So if you can live with the annoying warnings it works just fine...

However, it would be a lot easier, less annoying and more convenient if you downloaded mIRC. Instructions (copy-pasted from a DG forum):

1) Go to http://www.mirc.com and download mIRC if you don't have it, and install it
2) click on the options button (second from left)
3) click on "Add" button
4) enter the following in the fields
Description: Apolyton
IRC Server: apolyton.net
Port: 6667

and then click on "Add"
5) Fill in the fields: Real Name, E-mail, Nickname, Alternate (in case the first nick is taken) and press "Connect!"
6) mIRC will connect you to the server and the Channels Folder will appear. Type #Apolyton, press "Add" to store it, and then press "Join".
You're in!

[Dale]

No problems here. Little bastard gets me up at 5:30am.

[Locutus]

Oh, important note: for Australia that's 7:00 AM on Sunday!

[Keygen]

I will probably join you as I am free for the weekend as long as I will have completed my format/reinstallation starting tonight

I have no problem with the time. Any is fine with me

[Solver]

Locutus, would you learn to post times in GMT, not UTC, CET or "London Time" .

Anyway, the proposed time of 22 CET works fine for me, that's 23 here, so I'll certainly be at least somewhere in the vicinity of the Net.

[Locutus]

I know the difference just fine, the problem is most people don't. When you say 20:00 GMT 80% of people will assume you mean BST and when you say BST there are always at least one or two people who don't know what time zone that refers to 'London time' is a silly way to put it but at least everyone knows what's meant by it... And UTC *is* a perfectly viable alternative word for GMT (but in my experience leads to less confusion)...

I'm pretty sure we've been over this several times before, you should know this by now