PBEM10 Email Thread

[Ilios]

I think it was a good idea for everyone to start with a warrior. Scout start sucks...

[meatbalz]

i started with a warrior instead of a scout. i assumed that this was intentional due to no huts being on.

i'd also work around the time problems if we want to continue or am happy to start again

thanks ad hoc, i'm happy to play on - i just wanted to point out the time zones might be a little screwy (& no worries cyneheard, i made the same mistake myself in PBEM 8 )

[Cyneheard]

Honestly, I think the time zone's more critical than the warrior/scout distinction; we'll really wreck this game if we're forcing it be closer to 1t every 2 days (see PBEM5, Greens). And now's the only time to fix it: losing 1 day now is far better than only getting 3-4t a week at best.

Turn order is something that can be fixed by editing the WB file; not sure how easy it is to swap units.

[meatbalz]

Well, best playing times around 5pm - 10pm GMT. That is also the reason why I did not post till now, I slept

yes, it could be a problem. if serdoa logs in at 5pm GMT, there'll be a ~14 hour gap to when he was sent the save. i'm not a PBEM vet but intuitively what cyneheard said makes sense. perhaps the best thing to do is restart, keeping the units as kyan intended (it's his map after all ) but re-jigging the turn order? i'll leave the decision to people with more PBEM experience but i agree it's important to get the initial setup right.

[ad hoc]

Just had to get it straight in my head,

converting playing times to GMT it looks like the only way it would work out would be like this ( i hope)

Cy : 3am - 5am GMT (10pm - 12pm EST assumed)
Se : 5pm - 8pm GMT
TT : 8pm - 10pm GMT
AH : 10pm - 12pm GMT
MB : 11pm - 1am GMT(3pm - 5pm PST)
TA : 1am - 3am GMT (8pm -10pm EST)

this does leave 12 hours between Cyneheard's finish and Serdoa picking it up but sometimes thats not a bad thing. weekends could be problematic but i think thats the same for all PBEM games

[Serdoa]

I am ok with restarting if we get a better turn order. Was already wondering now if that first turn took so long due to PBEMtracker, for deciding what to do or if it had something to do with a not perfect player order.

[Cyneheard]

I think the 12-hour gap with me is fine; we've got everyone packed in very closely, and this means I can play in the morning, if needed, without delaying the game. Especially with Ad Hoc and Meatbalz playing so close to one another, it seems likely that turns won't get to me until quite late, and sometimes too late.

Weekends are hard to plan properly. Everyone's schedule varies too much from week to week, but if we get a turn or two in over the weekend, then we'll be fine. At least we've worked out the tracker at this point. So let's restart, with that new turn order, and play on.

[ad hoc]

the list i put up was as we have it now, so if everyone is in agreement we could just continue

[Cyneheard]

Ah, yes, you're right ad hoc. Ok, let's just play on. According to the tracker, the game is with meatbalz.

[meatbalz]

passed on to tatan