meranwe
Chieftain
sent to Randle
Looking for easy-going PBEM game
- Thread starter GrendelS
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meranwe
Chieftain
on randle again 
meranwe
Chieftain
okay, when?
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
In my case, it's a little bit difficult, although Sundays (0800 - 2400 GMT) are usually free (or less cramped with duties than other days). Since family and work take their toll, I couldn't say it in advance more than an hour, if at all. We'd have to coordinate it more or less spontaneously and probably by using instant messengers, to see whoever is currently online. Another option might be to plan a week or two in advance, but even in those cases it always can happen that somebody's plans change. I think Sir Elbridge is in the same position as me, but we'd need feedback from all first and take it from there.
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
save sent to Meranwe. Sorry that I needed two days, this weekend was no time for anything :-/
meranwe
Chieftain
passed to randle
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
Randle said:
Since there hasn't been an answer by the Incas and Indians, it's either they haven't time at all on weekends, but I think they didn't recieve the notification that there's a new post in this thread (I'm currently having issues with this). I'll send an email to everyone, just to be sure everyone knows.
Yes and No. If we played PBEM "simultaneously", you're absolutely right, I'm doing that with Civ3 sometimes, with 2 players it's about 10 minutes, with 5 players it would be an hour for a turn. I need 3 minutes alone to get into Civ4, starting the save takes another 2-3 minutes. I bought a new computer though, and if I don't short-out during the assembly, it'll be probably less. Keep your fingers crosse.
As far as I understand the MP changes in Civ4, it is possible to switch back and forth from PBEM to onlinegaming and back, it's only that all players have to be present and do their turn. So, within an hour we could play dozens of turns and go back to PBEM after that. I'll look around and try to inform myself before we actually try it
I've been extremely busy with work - especially on fridays and saturdays lately, I don't think any other day than sunday is suitable for a meeting online...
Sir Elbridge
Chieftain
I have been absent from the forum - no excuse, just busy with life. But our game continues as the file moves around the world.
GrendelS email this morning got my attention. Trying to arrange a PBEM session with all players present will be difficult given our different time zones. As I key this, it is 7:25 AM here in California, and 4:25 PM in Germany.
Perhaps there is some Direct IP solution. Until then, I'll keep moving the game along one turn at a time.
GrendelS email this morning got my attention. Trying to arrange a PBEM session with all players present will be difficult given our different time zones. As I key this, it is 7:25 AM here in California, and 4:25 PM in Germany.
Perhaps there is some Direct IP solution. Until then, I'll keep moving the game along one turn at a time.
India here, I am in the U.S. Central time zone so two hours later than Sir Elbridge. With some folks in Europe it seems unlikely that we could arrange a live-play session but I'm certainly willing to try. Note however that I will be traveling from March 30 through April 2.
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
Sir Elbridge said:
Life comes first
It could only work with two time zones which we have to put in relation, weekdays is almost impossible for any of us (who are working, students are a different matter), and I also work on Saturdays, so it's narrowed down to sundays. If everybody posts his time window in GMT, we can see whether it could work at all.
It's only Westcoast/Central U.S. and Europe GMT+2 (changed today from +1 because of summer time). As long as Ale_Beer was playing it would have been impossible since he's located in Australia. So, we could be playing in the evening hours and you three (Inca, India, America) in the morning/noon.
I'll let you know as soon as I have something, but let's first see all player's time windows. If anybody wants to look for info about this, I won't be mad at him
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
Randle said:
I've forwarded 3400 B.C. to Rome yesterday at 07:47 (a.m.). Usually, I can't play at all on some week's fridays and saturdays, depends on my work schedule.
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
Guess who was the culprit who played the save yesterday but forgot to email it to Rome...
