EitB PBEM XXXIX Setup and Tech Thread

[Dreylin]

Guilty, but I couldn't resist the cheap gag.

Save heading your way.

[Northstar1989]

(Well, it might be too far to presume that people have smartphones for an internet connection of some sort, but that was the presumption I was making.)

Smart phone, yes. Data plan, no.


Regards,
Northstar

[Dreylin]

Advanced warning that I'll be on vacation from 16th April to 6th May. Aside from a day or so travel at both ends I'll have my laptop with me so I'll be able to play turns ... just not as reliably and not in my usual time zone.

[Qgqqqqq]

Who has the save today?

[Kragroth]

Who has the save today?

It was sent to Northstar yesterday

[Qgqqqqq]

By my estimation, we've averaged less than a turn every two days for the last month. I know it's unfair to label this as solely your fault, Northstar, but it's certainly been principally so. Is there something we could do that would speed this along/make this more consistent? Because the current setup isn't working, particularly contingent as it is on us playing chase the save every other turn.

It also sucks there isn't a chat client we can use to contact you.

[Dreylin]

Just to echo Qgqqqqq, I'm enjoying this game, so anything we can do to help it keep moving let us know!

[Northstar1989]

By my estimation, we've averaged less than a turn every two days for the last month. I know it's unfair to label this as solely your fault, Northstar, but it's certainly been principally so. Is there something we could do that would speed this along/make this more consistent? Because the current setup isn't working, particularly contingent as it is on us playing chase the save every other turn.

It also sucks there isn't a chat client we can use to contact you.

We're up to Turn 60, after 90 days since the game began. That's *exactly* 2 turns every 3 days. On March 2nd we were on Turn 42- which means we've done 18 turns in the past 30 days. Neither averages "less than a turn every two days". Like you pointed out, I haven't been the only one responsible for delays either (although I have been for more than half of them...)

You don't have to play chase-the-save with me: in fact more often than not when I come to reply here it's because I've already found the time to play later that day, and just wanted to make sure you guys were ready to receive the save soon. If anything, your posts on here actually *delay* receiving the save by at least a few minutes (or sometimes more, when something comes up before I can send on the turn, and I would have had time if I hadn't spent a couple minutes replying here...)


Speaking of which, I'll have the next save along a little bit later tonight... This is no April Fool's joke.


Regards,
Northstar

[Dreylin]

Cool, once you do get it on to me, will you be around long enough for us to maybe get a second turn in tonight?

[Dreylin]

I guess not ... or at least I won't be around to play it. On to Q.