Where is everybody ??

Flubber · July 26, 2002, 16:37

I realize its summer and in fact my own playtime has slowed or has gaps when I am away but I always make a point of letting people know whats up. I am in 12 PBEM games and my latest check indicate that I have seen 3 of them in the last 5 days. Of the others I have seen explanations or know whats going on in perhaps 2 of them.

I always thought it was a common to let people know if you were away more than a couple of days. I know that computer crashes or the unexpected can happen but see that this board is glacially slow in a bunch of games.

Are other people experiencing this ? Have people given up the practice of informing their gamemates of away time? Have we lost a bunch of people to a newly patched CIV3 ?? Whats up ??

Mongoose · July 26, 2002, 17:06

I feel your pain, Flubber.

10 of my 14 games are stalled, half of those without announcement or warning.

smhfan86 · July 26, 2002, 17:08

everyone's either on vacation or thier puter broke, or they just lazy

smhfan86 · July 26, 2002, 17:09

how bout we start a club. lol.

SmartFart · July 26, 2002, 17:36

I am in only one PBEM game and it actually have quite a pace.

Flubber · July 26, 2002, 18:01

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Originally posted by SmartFart
I am in only one PBEM game and it actually have quite a pace.

yep -- that is one of my new games-- but we just started so everyone is still eager

KrysiasKrusader · July 26, 2002, 18:59

For Me... 12 games, 10 stalled, 4 without warning...

Darsnan · July 26, 2002, 19:03

I'm in 23 games right now, and a majority of them seem to have gone on vacation for the summer!

smhfan86 · July 27, 2002, 19:54

the thing that hurts most, is that most of the players are in a lot of games also, thus, it only takes one to stall a ton of games, and it's not just one.

Flubber · July 27, 2002, 21:13

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Originally posted by smhfan86
the thing that hurts most, is that most of the players are in a lot of games also, thus, it only takes one to stall a ton of games, and it's not just one.

Thats the case for me as well in that most of my opponents are in more than one game with me-- Again, I don't mind a delay, I just like people to give a little notice so you don't waste trying to contact them or figure out if an email went astray

smhfan86 · July 27, 2002, 23:05

true. of course, there are the times when one person comes back, and another person goes on vacation just as the other gets back in. lol.

duMa · July 29, 2002, 15:01

Let's see...

Looks like we could make a good game out of the people who are complaining on this board (myself included).

Whaddya say?

DilithiumDad · July 31, 2002, 12:03

Good idea about all the frustrated stuck-at-home summer players tarting a game. I posted an idea for a 3-player no-CMN game where veryone gets to play 2 factions each. I was surprised that I only got two people willing to play. Here's the thread:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=53986

Anyone interested post here or there. Or least take the poll!