Creation Day will be held on Sunday August 1, at 1300 Arizona time (1600 EST, 2000 GMT, 2100 CET). Come join us for this momentus occasion in the #turnchat room.

This is primarily a social event. Normally we just create the game, post screenshots, toast the beginning of the new game, and enter freeform discussion on how to play the opening moves.

This is not a discussion thread. In the unlikely event that an elected leader has instructions for Creation Day they may be placed here.

CET is 1 hour away from GMT

Thanks, I'll ask a mod to modify the thread title. So is RMT (Rik Meleet time) also GMT+1?

That's 4 in the morning here. :mad:

Sharing a time zone with airzona does have its benefits I guess :)

Sharing a time zone with airzona does have its benefits I guess :)

and cowgirls, too!

I'll be at work, but hopefully it will be slow and I can be here to see what happens, how it's done, etc...

CET = RMT = GMT+2
Remember that during daylight saving periods even Greenwich has GMT+1!

CET is 1 hour away from GMT

Remember - GMT has no daylight saving, therefore with daylight saving CET (not sure what the daylight saving version is called) is GMT+2. The UK is on GMT+1 at the moment. RMT (CET) is therefore currently GMT+2, but will revert to GMT+1 in October.

ah - gert-janl beat me to it!

And it's EDT, not EST. :)

BTW, as a note to all of our newer users, this thread is for the elected advisors only, not a discussion thread.

Question: So what time is that in Central Standard Time? I unfortunately have never developed a reliable ability to translate times to different time zones.

Central is Texas, Michigan, etc. of the States.

I really wish I wasn't going on vacation :( If the turnchat happened right now then I'd be happy.

No, like from the time they posted, what time is that in CST, i know im in CST i just want to know what time to show up

Central is Texas, Michigan, etc. of the States.

I really wish I wasn't going on vacation :( If the turnchat happened right now then I'd be happy.

Michigan is Eastern.

niceeeee... i guess living south of the border does have an advantage or two.

How do we get into the chat?..

How do we get into the chat?..

I think that is the best question I've yet to see. I've been wondering that myself.

but what time is it?? i have no clue at the moment...in Central Standard Time please (im in Texas)

i think you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and click on chat room?

but what time is it?? i have no clue at the moment...in Central Standard Time please (im in Texas)

i think you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and click on chat room?

OK, well I guess it's not a problem to use this thread for timezone lessons. :D

As far as I know, Texas uses Daylight Savings everywhere, so if you're in the Central time zone, it is 2 hours later than Arizona time, so the chat is at 1500, or 3pm.

We need a chat office. Guess I'll start a thread but there are a lot of people here who know more about chat than I do. The java chat client which is linked from the bottom of the page will suffice but there are better options if you're comfortable with installing software. On windows the biggie is mIRC. (http://www.mirc.com)

If you have doubts on what time is correct check this website:

www.worldtimezones.com or
www.worldtimezone.com

Good luck, and hopefully see you tomorrow! :D

Sharing a time zone with airzona does have its benefits I guess :)
Well, maybe only during the summer months I guess ;)

I think that is the best question I've yet to see. I've been wondering that myself.

Well, on the bottom of every page is a "Chat Room" link. Go to room #turnchat

Well, on the bottom of every page is a "Chat Room" link. Go to room #turnchat

Aha! I don't think I've ever actually been to the bottom of the page yet. :D

Well, on the bottom of every page is a "Chat Room" link. Go to room #turnchat
Or you can download mIRC from www.mirc.com.

Once you install it, connect to /server irc-chat.net. Once youre connected, type in /join #turnchat and boom, your in :D

I appologize for being pushy here but I still dont know when this turnchat is going to take place. This will be my first demogame and I would like to be there when it begins. Could someone please tell me what time this is going to be in Central Standard Time. I unfortunately am truly awful at translating one time zone to another.

I appologize for being pushy here but I still dont know when this turnchat is going to take place. This will be my first demogame and I would like to be there when it begins. Could someone please tell me what time this is going to be in Central Standard Time. I unfortunately am truly awful at translating one time zone to another.

Giving each and every citizen the best possible information that they need to participate fully in the game is no imposition at all! :D

The chat is at 1 PM Mountain Standard, so that equals 2 PM Central Standard. If you're there at 2PM your time and nothing seems to be happening, then your locality is on daylight savings time, and you're an hour early. Many people arrive a little early so you should see some activity well ahead of schedule, and you can always ask the people in the room what time it is in the reference timezone (Arizona this term). Someone will be there who knows how to convert their local time into the reference time.

Also if you have trouble getting in, you can post here and I'll be watching the thread, and can try to get someone connected with you via PM or other method that you specify, to help with getting in the chat room.

Some of you may find this useful:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html

Ministry of War instructions:

Since we do not know of the lay of the land yet, this is the requested beginning of the game queue for our beginnings. I will send this to the governors office for approval as well.

Good Terrain:
First 2 warriors explore, 3rd waits to escort next settler.

Decent terrain:
First 2 warriors explore, 3rd is garrison

Bad terrain:
First 2 warriors explore, 3rd waits to escort settler.

Also, we will open any goody huts that we find near our territory, at least for this TC.

- Sarevok
Minister of War

I appologize for being pushy here but I still dont know when this turnchat is going to take place. This will be my first demogame and I would like to be there when it begins. Could someone please tell me what time this is going to be in Central Standard Time. I unfortunately am truly awful at translating one time zone to another.

OK, Bobby Lee. I'm in Southern California. That means my clocks are 2 hours earlier than yours. At this time, I'm showing approximately 5:50am. Your page should show this post at 7:50am.

Now, the PDT West coast of the US is GMT-8 hours. You in Texas CDT are GMT-6 hours.

So when you see the Turn Chat posted as 2000 GMT (8pm), you would subtract 6 hours, making it 1400 CDT (2pm) your time.

Whatever the GMT time is, subtract 6 and convert it to civilian time.

I was under the impression that the creation chat ended before even founding the first city, so that could be done by the people voting for a location. So I don't think we need any military orders. ;)

yes epimethius all we do is set the game up, also this isnt a discussion thread...

Thank you Daveshack and Cyc! I appreciate it. And also thank you very much for clarifying how to convert the time for me as well. Hopefully in the future I will be able to this myself. Thank You.

I am truly happy to find our leadership here to be born from the type of statesmen I truly love to see. The kind who will help even the most minor of citizens with thier problems even if that problem be slightly stupid. Hail Japanatica!

I unfortunately will not be able to attend due to real life commitments. (I'm playing D&D;)). I am glad to see the game starting. Good luck. :)

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Hey, I've got a problem using tc. I can get the chat window open, but the window is too small and I can't see the buttons or the line to input text at the bottom. The window can't be resized, so I'm stuck. Any suggestions, or am I just boned?

Download mIRC or set your screen resolution.

Download mIRC or set your screen resolution.

IGNORE. I finally got in. Missed almost the whole thing though. But at least I got to witness the sterling discussion of adjectives and nouns!

I got that fixed. It was font size. Now my problem is it won't let me join turnchat channel. It says it requires a secure something or other. :cry:

"Cannot join channel. Channel allows secure clients only. (+S)"

There were a few problems getting the game started correctly. If you downloaded a save where we started on plains with cows, this is not the correct save. The new (correct) save is
here (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/DG5_BC4000_REAL_PRE.SAV)

Correct screenshot
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/DG5_BC4000_CROP_START.jpg

Dave

Good Call and congrats with kicking off the ball :).

Adter all estimates, southeast seems to be the most promising city base, having both foodplains, forest, access to river and hills for the long term.
I will post my instructions on time.

CAn anyone post a chatlog?

I don't think you want a chatlog. :p

i forgot all about it! *smack self in head*

Chat Log : creationlog.zip (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/DG5_BC4000_creationlog.zip)

Please post a chat summary, and the date/time of the next turnchat, as well as the game save, and chat log. These all go in the same post. After posting that, I will close the thread.

So, how was that learning curve, Dave? ;)

This is not a discussion thread. In the unlikely event that an elected leader has instructions for Creation Day they may be placed here.

Dave, you may want to put the above in boldface for the remainder of the term, as I have never seen such a blanant misuse of the TC instruction thread. Timezone discussions need to be held in the Citizens Forum, nd I am a bit surprised that two moderators joined the tangential discussion without putting the hammer down.

While no great shakes, I really don't think we should have to scroll down to post #37 to get the first news about Creation Day. :( Continued acceptance of this type of detour will certainly hamper things next TC once the DP is getting direction from 6-8 leaders.

Dave, you may want to put the above in boldface for the remainder of the term, as I have never seen such a blanant misuse of the TC instruction thread. Timezone discussions need to be held in the Citizens Forum, nd I am a bit surprised that two moderators joined the tangential discussion without putting the hammer down.

While no great shakes, I really don't think we should have to scroll down to post #37 to get the first news about Creation Day. :( Continued acceptance of this type of detour will certainly hamper things next TC once the DP is getting direction from 6-8 leaders.

You do realize that this is the creation day thread, and no real instructions could be posted? Relax and enjoy the game, though you are quite correct about future turn chat threads, as they do need to contain nothing but instructions.

There were a lot of new users, too, and I did mention that future turnchats would to be for instructions only.

Next Turnchat - 4000BC (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=95788)