OK, its December 1st, now what?

Panzer32 · December 1, 2002, 00:23

How is the game being set up, and when is the turnchat? What order are the teams going in? etc...

Donegeal · December 1, 2002, 03:00

Ooo... didn't see this one... I started one also....

Lets go crack some of the heads of the leaders of the teams to get going...

notyoueither · December 1, 2002, 04:45

I am ready. GS is ready.

I think we need to trade email addys, and set the order.

Donegeal · December 1, 2002, 05:26

The leaders need to hash this out! When does the game start?! How many turns?! Who sets it up?!

Trip, GF, Togas, NYE, Jack_www, Jon Miller, Borc! Get on the ball! Lets play!

notyoueither · December 1, 2002, 05:39

I fear the Turkey holiday may be having a larger effect.

Let's see what comes about in a few hours.

I can be reached by my user name @hotmail.com

I will be offline for a while in a bit.

FrustratedPoet · December 1, 2002, 06:15

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Originally posted by donegeal
The leaders need to hash this out! When does the game start?! How many turns?! Who sets it up?!

Trip, GF, Togas, NYE, Jack_www, Jon Miller, Borc! Get on the ball! Lets play!

/me points to his suggestion that we set up the game before Dec 1st so that there isn't a mad rush to get everything done in 1 day.

Borc · December 1, 2002, 06:29

who starts the game? good question! im ready...

Donegeal · December 1, 2002, 06:58

Unfortunately, I don't think the majority of the leaders will be on until 3:00 pm EST. How long will you be available Borc?

Borc · December 1, 2002, 07:42

Its now 1 pm in germany and i will be next to my pc the next 12 hours :-))

GhengisFarb™ · December 1, 2002, 09:41

I have been ready since yesterday night. Trip was supposed to have worked out a system for randomly determining the order with MarkG.

If we don't have anything within the next 4 hours I propose we start and go by the order each team's leader posted in this thread.

So far the order would be:

Gathering Storm (notyoueither)
Neu Demogyptica (Borc)
Glory of War (GhengisFarb)
Roleplay (astrologix)
Vox Controli (BetaHound)
Lux Invicta (Calc II)
Legoland (Whenever someone shows up tomorrow..)

Am I the only one who thinks of pasta when I hear the name Vox Controli?

Borc · December 1, 2002, 09:54

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Originally posted by GhengisFarb
Gathering Storm (notyoueither)
NeoGyptica (Borc)
Glory of War (GhengisFarb)

Neu Demogyptica not NeoGyptica

and ill be here!

astrologix · December 1, 2002, 10:02

I am there, but nothing's happening...

Togas, our Magnificent Ruler, should come in short....

Beta · December 1, 2002, 10:02

Vox Controli (Persians) - we are fourth.

Jon won't be available today - so I or one of the others will start for the team. Assume it is me for now.

........ to Victory!!!

Hot Mustard · December 1, 2002, 10:10

The RolePlay team has several members already online (adaMada, astrologix, Crousto, dejon, oliverfa), but our leadership has not yet arrived.

Regardless, the particulars of setting up the game have not yet been decided...what is happening today? Is there to be a flurry of emails the whole day? How many turns?

Also, not that it matters a great deal, but I hardly think the Glory of War should be allowed to arbitratily decide how to determine the start order.

GhengisFarb™ · December 1, 2002, 10:16

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Originally posted by dejon
The RolePlay team has several members already online (adaMada, astrologix, Crousto, dejon, oliverfa), but our leadership has not yet arrived.

So you couln't play your turn now anyway.

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Originally posted by dejon
Also, not that it matters a great deal, but I hardly think the Glory of War should be allowed to arbitratily decide how to determine the start order.

I don't see how you can construe my post suggestion as an attempt to take over the game It is simply an easy and effecient way to get the game started before we lose some teams for the whole day.

Borc is only going to be available for a few more hours and since he has posted he would do his teams turn early and as other leaders show up they would fall into rotation to do their team's turns

Just because a few of the participants want us to be glued to our computers for 18 hours straight doesn't mean all of us want to be here for the entire 18 hours.

This is exactly the kind of attitude that will prevent this game from ever starting. What is your suggestion and how would we go about beginning.

alva · December 1, 2002, 10:19

Maybe we should have had more time to prepare for this game

Zero · December 1, 2002, 10:40

It's 9:30AM here and i think im the first lux guy here.

where is the turnchat gonna take place in? mIRC?

Hot Mustard · December 1, 2002, 10:41

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Originally posted by GhengisFarb
So you couln't play your turn now anyway.

There are a couple of RPs online who have PTW.

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I don't see how you can construe my post suggestion as an attempt to take over the game It is simply an easy and effecient way to get the game started before we lose some teams for the whole day.

I wasn't construing that at all. In fact I said that it wasn't a big deal. I merely think that, time and methods permitting, an alternative would be preferable.

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Borc is only going to be available for a few more hours and since he has posted he would do his teams turn early and as other leaders show up they would fall into rotation to do their team's turns

I concur that it makes sense for Borc to go first, given the time constraints. Perhaps a turn order in relation to the team's representatives time zones would be better?

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This is exactly the kind of attitude that will prevent this game from ever starting. What is your suggestion and how would we go about beginning.

It is a pity that an official start time was never decided. That is the problem. Our representative, GodKing, last stated that he expected Trip would start the game and post it for the first turns to start at around 12:00 EST.

While I appreciate Borc's situation, and that not everyone wants to sit around for 18 hours, I believe it is unwise to proceed without proper representation from each team, and consensus on game start procedure.

Shiber · December 1, 2002, 11:10

Could someone be so kind as to tell me where the chat is taking place?
Apolyton's IRC server, I suppose. Which room? The server won't give a list of rooms like any sane server would.

GhengisFarb™ · December 1, 2002, 11:18

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Originally posted by Shiber
Could someone be so kind as to tell me where the chat is taking place?
Apolyton's IRC server, I suppose. Which room? The server won't give a list of rooms like any sane server would.

What chat?

Shiber · December 1, 2002, 11:24

I thought there's gonna be a turnchat or something.

Hot Mustard · December 1, 2002, 11:27

Pretty difficult to do a general turnchat with a PBEM game, no? I expected each team to host its own chat, and then post or email the save.

Shiber · December 1, 2002, 11:40

Sorry, I'm still new here. Haven't even been approved for my team yet.

Hot Mustard · December 1, 2002, 11:42

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Originally posted by Shiber
Sorry, I'm still new here. Haven't even been approved for my team yet.

New? At over 1600 posts? I must still be in the womb, then.

Shiber · December 1, 2002, 11:47

New in the PTW game. Most of my posts are from the C3DG forum.

alva · December 1, 2002, 12:00

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Originally posted by Shiber
Sorry, I'm still new here. Haven't even been approved for my team yet.

Any moment now

flash9286 · December 1, 2002, 12:49

I will announce that I have tooken the leader postion for Vox controli during these 10 turns. What time is the turnchat starting.

Borc · December 1, 2002, 12:57

dont worry... im still here for about 6-7 hours then we all in germany will go to bed but there are rumours that another day is coming

actually i thought trip and MarkG woould start the game today... are they here?

Borc · December 1, 2002, 13:01

and actually i wanna see only my start position.., then i will make some screenshots and send the file to the next one... i dont wanna play more than this first turn today!!! i think there was a discussion about this the last days... and lets take time for the start... if suddenly my team is called Neogyptica instead of Neu Demogyptica or something like that then i will stop the game anyway

mrmitchell · December 1, 2002, 13:22

This is each team leader's timezone if it helps in the order a bit:

notyoueither GMT-7
Borc GMT
GhengisFarb GMT-6
GodKing GMT-5
flash9286 GMT-5
Calc II GMT
jack_www GMT-8
MarkG GMT+2