Rant Thread!

[fluffyflyingpig]

You guys are missing the point. The point is that the German team does read CFC posts. The minor point is that they know where the enter button is

So we do the obvious stuff and hope the others chime in to have a look at the details before we hit the enter button

That's the operative word there. They hope their team members will chime in. So, if each turn lasted a year, they would take that long. Why the fuck do they even have a say in how long the timer lasts?

Because the rules process was a farce and we don't have a functional game admin.

[novice]

I understand that, but the point is that most times you have not hit the enter button, even in peacetime. That means the time from your last log in to when the turn timer runs out is simply wasted time for all teams.

And, IMHO, that's not fair to the other teams in the game.

Ruff, you should post in support of this.

[pindicator]

Where's Bobchillingworth? I hear he has a knack for these kinds of situations

[SleepingMoogle]

Perhaps this counts as aiding and abetting the enemy, but can't we just suggest that they *gasp* plan ahead and prepare a turn-plan to follow in case nothing unexpected happens?

[NobleHelium]

They'll be too busy hoping that people chime in on the plan.

[Ruff_Hi]

Perhaps this counts as aiding and abetting the enemy, but can't we just suggest that they *gasp* plan ahead and prepare a turn-plan to follow in case nothing unexpected happens?

errr - I already did.

A friendly suggestion - set up a dummy game that mirrors your pitboss game use that for testing, planning, preparation for playing the actual turn. That way, your planning staff can look at alternatives outside of the game and your team be prepared to play most of the turn before it even starts.

Obviously, you cannot cover random items or actions from other teams, but you can play 80-90% of each turn this way.

Also - you don't have to hope that they chime in as your turn player will have a fully documented list of things to do.

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

If they don't take our "super friendly advice" in that thread, let's turn that thread into a PYFT dogpile free-for-all organization thread. What's the admin going to do, penalize us?

[kalin]

Guys, I think that if anything substantive is to happen we should shorten the timer. What does it take for that? Admin intervention? Team votes? I hope we don't need unanimity. Just point out how the turns now take 80 hours. I think we should have the timer be 24 hours given that with a war it will be 48 hours anyway. A motion like this may take a week or two to happen but it'd save a lot going forward...

Kalin

[luddite]

Guys, I think that if anything substantive is to happen we should shorten the timer. What does it take for that? Admin intervention? Team votes? I hope we don't need unanimity. Just point out how the turns now take 80 hours. I think we should have the timer be 24 hours given that with a war it will be 48 hours anyway. A motion like this may take a week or two to happen but it'd save a lot going forward...

Kalin

We can't change the rules without a unanimous vote, and I'm pretty sure changing the timer counts as changing the rules. I'm afraid all we fan realistically do is try and get all teams to pressure them to end turn. With luck the war will end soon.

[NobleHelium]

Fuck that. Keep pushing for a timer change and hope the host does it. I see no reason to resign ourselves to defeat.