Pitboss 18 IT and Tech Issues Thread

[Lord Parkin]

I have made a post in the official 2K forums about the removal of Direct IP from Steam versions of the game. Here it is:

http://forums.2k.com/showthread.php?5631...IV-Pitboss

To everyone who plays Direct IP games: Please take a minute to register an account, and make a short post in the thread linked above.

I suggest to write in your short message:

- Your username and which civ fansite(s) you hail from.
- Which version of the game you purchased (CD or Steam).
- Mention how this issue affects all players, because even CD users can't continue Direct IP games with Steam users. The removal of Direct IP from Steam divides an already small multiplayer community down the middle.
- End with a strong request that Direct IP be re-integrated into the Steam version of Civ4.

Feel free to use your own words. Be firm, but civil - profanity won't help the cause.

For example, in my case:

I am Lord Parkin from Civfanatics and Realms Beyond. I purchased the CD version of Civ4. I am deeply disappointed with the removal of Direct IP from Steam versions, because all of my friends with the Steam version can no longer play in our Pitboss games together. This issue has needlessly divided our community. Please re-integrate Direct IP into the Steam version of the Civ4.

Please register an account and post your own quick message in the thread linked above now. It only takes a minute, and it could make a real difference!

[Old Harry]

Game paused with 7 hours left on the clock. How many of those yet to play are suffering from the Steam update?

Whosit
Caledorn
Boldly Going Nowhere
Bacchus
yuris125
Hashoosh
spacetyrantxenu
Cyneheard
pindicator
Jowy
Qgqqqqq
Krill + Novice
Azza

[novice]

We haven't been steamrolled, we'll play later tonight.

[spacetyrantxenu]

I'm a Steam user but I was able to log in when I was testing before. That was last turn -- I'll play this turn in a few hours when I put the little tyrant down for nap time.

Boldly will be affected by this until I remote into his computer to fix it, but he's still on a booze cruise right now so whoever the sub du jour is will handle his turn.

[Jowy]

I'm good, just had to wait for turn split.

[Azza]

Paused with 3:30 on the clock.

[pindicator]

Played and repaused

[WilliamLP]

You know, when LP wrote:

Actually, a little known fact about RB is that every single account aside from your own is run by me (#solipsism). I use multiple computers and proxies so as to preserve the illusion of this being a vibrant active community of real people spread over the globe.

I kinda maybe thought it was humour!

J/k, thanks a ton for keeping this thing rolling along.

[novice]

Just waiting for Old Harry / fintourist to end turn now.

[yuris125]

Thanks for pausing, thought I was going to get home before the turn rolls, but it would've been a close thing at best
Game is now repaused for Old Harry, who logged in this turn, but didn't end it - not sure which policy we decided on for such cases?