Playing the Save
Remember you are free to open the save and look around, take screenshots, etc., but don't make any irreversible changes. Only the turn player for your team can do that!

Sending the Save
Turn players please post here when you have played the save. Remember that you have 24 hours to send the save to the next team (in the order of BABE -> Council -> SABER -> FREE -> GONG) after receiving it (as well as any other info, like battle logs). Also be sure to send a copy to the admins (ale.of.ginger AT gmail DOT com and TitanicWhiz18 AT comcast DOT net).

Naming the Save
If you could follow the naming convention of MTDG2_XXX_NAME.SAV, that would be good. Example: if it is turn 54, and Team BABE is sending the turn, it would be: MTDG2_054_BABE.

Thanks!

Turn 1 sent to the Council

Turn 1 played and sent to Team Saber. :woohoo:

Are we supposed to copy the admins in when we send the save? We did that last game. :confused:

Are we supposed to copy the admins in when we send the save? We did that last game.I would say yes... we have a Contact group with the Council, RM & GA in it. So you just have to type in one name and then all of them will get it.

Turn 1 played and sent to Team Saber. :woohoo:

Are we supposed to copy the admins in when we send the save? We did that last game. :confused:

You didn't see the line I wrote about it? :mischief: (Yes, please send us a copy.)

You didn't see the line I wrote about it? :mischief: (Yes, please send us a copy.)

just pointing out the glaring typo from the post thats been there all along :mischief: its send not sent :D

Turn one sent to a Team Free.

GONG has it now.

On to Babe.

turn 2 off to the council

Turn two has been sent on its merry way.

Turn 2 is sent to FREE.

Turn 2, FREE --> GONG

Sent on to the Babes. Glad I have your email, honey:love:

Don't pass it around too much Thery, it makes you special ;)

Onwards to council.

Turn 3 played and sent to Saber.

Turn 3 is sent to free.

Dear Team FREE:

The “space bar” is the long thin key at the bottom of your keyboard. After opening the save, please push this key down gently yet firmly. If you cannot locate it due to the lack of a label on it, then you may push the “Enter” key instead – this key should be easily recognizable by the fact that it says “Enter” on it. Thank you. :)

Sorry, forum was down when I played and sent to Gong.

Passed on to the BABES.

Also, I am not sure I am naming these correctly. Since we are the last team, should I leave the subject as Turn 3? And the save as 003? Or should I advance it to 004?

edit: Doh! I definitely misnamed them. It is the correct save, but the wrong name. I am going to defer to more experienced players for a bit then.

Dear Team FREE:

The “space bar” is the long thin key at the bottom of your keyboard. After opening the save, please push this key down gently yet firmly. If you cannot locate it due to the lack of a label on it, then you may push the “Enter” key instead – this key should be easily recognizable by the fact that it says “Enter” on it. Thank you. :)
This guy's a ringer. How'd he get so smart about keyboards and stuff? :eek:

turn 4 sent along for the Council to have a vote

Turn 4 voted on and passed on.

Turn 4 is sent to Free.

Turn 4 to GONG

Sent to babe (i think...)

turn 5 sent to the Council

Turn 5 sent to Saber.

Turn 5 to FREE.

Turn 5 to CONG

005 to Babes

#6 to Council

#6 to Saber with a few minutes to spare. :D

Turn six sent on with plenty of time to spare.

Sent within the hour. :D

Turn 6 has been sent to team Babe.

rolling rolling rolling

turn 6 to the Council

eDIT::: oops.. I named it 6 when it should be 7. I 'll re-send with the appropriate number attached. :blush: sorry

That was a fast turn! Sorry we couldn't keep up the pace. Had several floor votes and one filibuster but turn seven has been played and sent.

Turn 7 has been sent to team FREE.

Turn 7 (3700BC) to CONG

Turn 7 to Team Babe.

turn 8 sent to the council this time with the correct number

Turn 8 sent to Saber.

Turn 8 sent to FREE.

To Gong.

Turn 8 to Team Babe.

turn 9 on to the council

Team Council would like to be the first to ask for a 24 hour extension so we're doing so now.

9 to SABER. Sorry for the delay.

Turn 9 to FREE.

any news?? it's been 2 days with team free

I sent it to GONG yesterday, about 36 hours after we got the save, and forgot to post here.

On to the Babes in the Woods.

killer, are you sure you sent the save to Team BABE as all I can see in the gmailbox was some nude Brtiney Spears spam

the title was Free nude PICS...Britney Spears and Tubby's Mom!!! aopugj0u89t5-34utg-34hy

note the Tubby's Mom :lol: . The save is safely attached to the email

You didnt get the pics with the save? ;). Ok, no more spamming of the turntracker thread before Regentman punishes us.

turn 10 sans pictures sent off to the Council

Ten sent to Saber.

10 sent to FREE.

10 to BABES

turn 11 off to the council

Turn 11 played and sent.

Sorry for the delay. My 13 year old son fell off the front porch this evening. He had a little seizure after falling which prompted me to take him to the hospital. He's ok now despite several hours there.

Turn 11 sent to FREE.

Turn 11 (3500BC) to CONG

Turn 11 sent to team Babe.

turn 12 sent to the council

Turn 12 sent to Saber. Looks like we're late - sorry - had two assignments due last night. :(

Turn 12 to FREEdom.

Turn 12 to CONG

Turn 12 sent to team Babe.

Turn 13 sent to Council

Turn 13 to Saber.

Turn 13 onto team FREE.

Turn 13 sent to CONG.

Turn 13 sent to team Babe.

turn 14 sent to Council

Turn 14 played and sent to Saber.

Turn 14 sent to FREE.

Turn 14 sent to Team GONG. I wrote CONG earlier :blush:

Turn 14 sent to team Babe. (in the second email :blush:)

Turn 15 to Council

Turn 15 to Saber

Saber might need an extension.

No extension needed, I was able to play the save. Turn 15 sent to Team FREE.

Turn 15 to GONG

Turn 15 sent to team Babe.

turn 16 to Council

Turn 16 to Saber.

GPS to team FREE.

Turn 16 sent to GONG

Turn 16 sent to team Babe.
That's interesting: exactly one day between GPS notices.

Turn 16 sent to team Babe.
That's interesting: exactly one day between GPS notices.

You are quite the micromanager, aren't you?

Weird I thought I had posted a notification yesterday, turn is sent to Council. (12 hours ago)

Turn 17 played and sent to Team Saber.

Turn 17 sent on to Free.

Turn 17 sent to GONG

Turn 17 sent to team Babe.

Turn 18 sent to Council

Turn 18 to Saber.

Turn 18 sent to FREE.

turn 18 sent to GONG

Sorry, we'll need a few more hours.

Turn 18 sent to team Babe.

Turn 19 to Council

Turn 19 to Council

Thank you. :)

Turn 19 has been sent to Saber.

Turn 19 sent to FREE.

Turn 19 sent to Team GONG

Turn 19 sent to Babe

turn 20 to Council

Sorry for the slight delay. Turn 20 has been sent to Saber.

Turn sent to FREE.

Turn 20 sent to GONG

It is now almost 3 days since BABE played the last turn, I am new to demo games but right now I see the progress in this game as ridiculous. What on earth can require teams to need a full day for a turn? Especially on a weekend? If the leadtime is this horrendous at this point in the game, will we have made it to 10AD by this time next year??? Maybe this is not the right place to bring this matter to the other teams attention but something has to be done about this if the game is to be enjoyable. I would have imagined weekends would allow for speedier progress with maybe a full turncycle per day...

The incorrect save was sent. By the way I was out for the weekend so that would be the reason for our team's most recent delay I guess.

Really annoyed now, no turn played and none on your team that could have figured out the wrong turn was sent 35 hrs before your post...

And no alternate to play the turn in your absense? Would have assumed another teammember would step in in a demo game. Instead of letting all other teams fiddle their tumbs for so long. Your team lacks respect for the other teams in my opinion when putting everything on a player that is not available... Just my 2 cents but really disappointed in this MTDGs progress. In a SG you have 24 hrs to post a got it you your team was AWOL for much much longer. We would like all teams to make sure turns are actually not dependant on a single player being available.

From another player on our team who digged this up from the rules we agreed on:
1.1 - The Save
All teams are required to play the save within 24 hours, unless they request an extension in the Turn Tracker thread. After playing the save, they must send it to the next team via email. Additionally, the turnplayer must post in the Turn Tracker thread to indicate the save has been sent. The next team's 24 hours begins after said post.


I guess it could be an issue, needing extentions when dealing with dozens of cities and units, but at this stage of the game it is simply ridiculous...

Correct save is now sent. You could have informed my team before.

I'm sorry everyone, but Team GONG is not as active as all of you. There is barely any participation in their forum. To assume they can play as quick as all of you is naive. I agree that three days is ridiculous, but when they is only a handful of people around, and one of them is away, that's what's going to happen. As always, we have a few teams with lots of people that pile on, unaware that by doing so, it hurts the other teams. In any case, that's the way things are. Hopefully Team GONG can stick within the 24 hours notice from now on - if you're going to be away though, it would be nice to have prior notice (you could create the Absence Thread) just so other teams aren't raging.

I too feel for you guys in GONG, it is unfortunate you have such an uncommitted team. I there anything the entire MTDG group of players can do to assist you? Do you need additional turn players? Do you want us to start bullying others we know but that have not joined the game to enlist for team GONG?

But it is impossible for us to have an understanding if not privvy to the reasons behind it. If TimB is the only available turn player on team GONG this will probably be a disaster in waiting. Relying on TimB to be available throughout the passage of this game sounds as a forbidding idea and I sure hope he will have some assistance from others on the team else I guess he will have nothing but MTDG2 on his mind and on his computer for the next couple of years. And I do hope he will have time to play for our team in SGOTM12 ;)

Not having full disclosure as to what is behind a team's silence is just aggravating and starts all sorts of reactions to start surfacing. Not our team's intention to bully someone in a precarious situation. Sorry about that. On paper all teams are within a couple of participants of each other.

Turn 20 sent to team Babe. BTW we have an absence registry in our forum (I see someone else was out for the weekend as well).

Would it be possible for one of the admins to pick up the save for a team if they couldn't play?

turn 21 to Council

turn 21 to SABER

Turn 21 sent to FREE>

Turn 21 sent to GONG

Turn 21 sent to team Babe.

Turn 22 sent to Council

Turn 22 to Saber - tag, you're it!

Sent turn 22 to FREE.

Turn 22 to GONG

Turn 22 sent to team Babe.

Turn 23 to Council

Turn 23 is off to saber

Turn 23 to FREE.

Turn 23 to GONG

Happened to open the gmail page by mistake and found a turn from GONG.

So have played and sent turn 24 on to Council

Forgot to post earlier that we sent it on. We dont want another Wotan weekend tongue lashing ;).

I found it by a fluke, I made the same mistake myself a few turns ago.

Our team is just eager to get the game moving, at this stage it is not that much to discuss that would actually mandate additional talk once you have the save. At least for us we have enough time to discuss after having played our turns and then waiting for it to return to us again.

The council has determined that turn 24 has been sent to SABER

Turn 24 sent to FREE.

Turn 24 to GONG

turn 24 to babe

turn 25 to Council

Perfect, lunch break micro pause to play a turn... :D

Turn 25 to SABER.

There was no attachment...

picky, picky, picky. It really is attached this time!!

Turn 25 sent to FREE.

Thanks for that little not Chamnix.

Turn 25 sent to GONG

On to Team BABE.

Turn 26 sent to Council.

Thanks for the Clinton joke, Killercane.. :D

Turn 26 to SABER

Turn 26 sent to Free.

Team FREE? It has been a while.

Hey sorry guys, our turn player is temporarily unavailable so... we were delayed.

Anyway sent to team GONG

From the Enterprise to us to the Honeys with turn 26

Turn 27 to Council

Turn 27 is off to Saber.

Turn 27 to FREE.

Turn 27 to GONG

27 on the way to BABE.

Turn 28 to the Council

Turn 28 is on it's electronic way to SABER.

Turn 28 Sent to FREE.

Turn 28 to GONG

Turn 28 to BABE as of a few hours ago.

Turn 29 to Council

Turn 29 to SABER

Turn 29 to FREE.

Turn 29 to GONG

sent to team babe

Turn 30 to Council

Turn 30 to SABER.

Turn 30 sent to FREE

Turn 30 to Gong

turn 30 sent - just to give Wotan something to do on a Friday lunchtime!

You are so kind, I just sat down with a cup of coffe after having returned from lunch. So i guess I have to extend my lunch a bit. Thanks!

OTOH, I would have prefered it if you had played it last night... So we could get this game moving along... :D

Turn 31 to Council

Turn 31 to FREE.

Wow - Saber got that fast...

Turn 31 to GONG

Turn 31 sent to babe

Cheers! The lunchtime pasttime is here! Thanks RF!!!! A perfect aftermeal snack! And it is off to Council, turn 32!

Turn 32 is ready to be sliced and diced by SABER

Turn 32 to FREE.

Turn 32 to GONG.

Tick, tock, GONG, GONG, GONG...

Time's up!!! 25 hrs and counting.....

Playing now - I thought someone else had taken it and we are two turnplayers down this week - sorry for the delay.

edit done and sent now

No problem RF.

Turn 33 sent to Council

Turn 33 to SABER.

Turn 33 to FREE.

Turn 33 sent to GONG.

turn 33 to Babe

Turn 34 to Council

turn 34 to Team SABER.

Turn 34 to FREE.

turn 34 to GONG

T34 to BABE.

Turn 35 to Council

Turn 35 is respectfully submitted to SABER for their playing pleasure.

Turn 35 to FREE.

Turn 35 to GONG

35 to BABE.

Turn 36 sent to Council

turn 36->SABER

Turn 36 to FREE.

Turn 36 to GONG

Turn 36 to BABE.

Turn 37 to Council

Turn 37 to Saber

Turn 37 to FREE.

Turn 37 to GONG

37 to BABE.

EDIT: now I have it!

EDIT2: And now Council have it! ;) Turn 38 to Council

do you think that you could have hurried it up a little Wotan... those long turnarounds is what's slowing up this game :lol:

Turn 38 to SABER

Turn 38 to FREE.

Turn 38 to GONG

Turn 38 to BABE.

Turn 39 to Council

39 to SABER

Turn 39 to FREE.

Turn 39 to GONG

Turn 39 to BABE.

Turn 40 to Council. perfect start this day (6.30AM), a turn posted just as I fire up the computer! Thanks, Killercane! ;)

40--->saber

Turn 40 to FREE.

Turn 40 to GONG.

On to Team BABE.

Turn 41 to Council

Turn 41 to Saber. :)

Turn 41 to FREE.

Turn 41 to GONG

Turn 42 to Council.

Turn 42 to Saber.

Turn 42 to FREE.

Turn 42 to GONG

Turn 42 to BABE.

Turn 43 to Council

Turn 43 has moved down the line to Saber.

Turn 43 to FREE.

Turn 43 to GONG

Turn 43 to BABE.

Turn 44 to Council

Turn 44 sent.

Note: I was unable to name any units. Something doesn't seem right.

Turn 44 to FREE (a little over an hour ago). Everything seemed OK to me...

Turn 44 to GONG. No problems....

@donsig... if you move them first you will not be able to rename them. You must rename them before moving them.

On to Team BABE. The turn did come to us zoomed out, and last turn we renamed cities with no problems. It may be what Tubby intimated.

Turn 45 to Council.

Could be that the turn was becoming stale? Too many hours to process the turn? Maybe you can only change names while the turn is still fresh??? :D

Turn 45 to Council.

Could be that the turn was becoming stale? Too many hours to process the turn? Maybe you can only change names while the turn is still fresh??? :D

I'll have to try that next time. :hmm:

@Tubby: No, I was trying to name a new unit that hadn't moved, so that wasn't it. Thanks anyway.

Turn 45 sent to Saber.

Turn 45 to FREE.