turn chat registry -test- thread - SEMI-FAKE THREAD -

Chieftess · Aug 8, 2002

Chieftess · Aug 8, 2002

This is only a test.

In the next game, the history would follow here. That way, each time the History Department chairperson posts, anyone who subcribes to the thread will get a notification. Then, they can just click the link to the next turn chat. BTW, most of the names are fake, too.

This thread can be closed (as a reference) after everyone ohhs and ahhs at it.

Chieftess · Aug 8, 2002

Page stats: The 9 terms filled up 2/3 to 3/4 of the text limit, which is surprisingly good.

(considering all of those urls). A game in this format (approx. 15 turn chats per month) would last close to 4 months. (3.75 is a rough estimate)

Stuck_as_a_Mac · Aug 8, 2002

id be hoping for:
SAAMS greatest hits:
"why must i be a mac user"
"reminder.. this is all in the documentation"
"im shutting up.."
"now put that away before you kill me"

disorganizer · Aug 9, 2002

Maybe to prevent any issues with the max-length here, we could really use a single index thread for the chats and have a new post every term with the chats of that term. maybe at the end of the term the list is edited and a small "history compilation" of the events could be added. The 1st post of the thread should always contain the ongoing term info.

So this would lead to the example (for term 4):
1st post: term 4 chat index
2nd post: term 1 chat index + compilation of term1 events
3rd post: term 2 chat index + compilation of term2 events
4th post: term 3 chat index + compilation of term3 events

If term 4 ends the data of the first post has to be cut+pasted to the 5th post and a compilation of events for term 4 has to be added (maybe we could even write 1-2 sentences as chat summary to the 1st post during the term?).
Then post 1 is filled with the term 5 chat infos.

The only problem would be a rights problem. Who will update the 1st post? This post has to be updated after each chat to reflect the info. Maybe the mod could do it per request in the needed stuff thread? Meaning: The mod(s) open the thread and then the pid posts the info to be added in the needed-thread.

Example post:
Please add the next chat scheduled on wednesday the 0.0.2002 at 19:00 gmt to the chat schedule. The link to the turn-thread is here.

Or at the end of the chat (if we use in-term summary expansion):
Please post as summary-sentence for the chat of sunday the -3.0.2002: "We won! All enemies defeated in a blow!". And mark the chat as done.

Btw:
we should mark all done turnchats with a "D" in the first chat of the line and the current chat with a "C". This would allow us to open turn-threads for all chats in advance if needed.

Another thing:
Maybe the list should have the [ code ] directive to have it in an non-proportional font? we could then align the dates/times/links in a tabular manner for a better look.

Example:
Turn Chats for Term 4:

Code:

[B]   ID   Game Timescale   Start Time and Day[/B]
D  4.1  4000BC - 3500BC  23:59 GMT  Sunday    September 1st  
D  4.2  3500BC - 3000BC  23:59 GMT  Tuesday   September 3rd
C  4.3  3000BC - 2550BC  22:59 GMT  Thursday  September 5th
   4.4  2550BC - 2150BC  21:59 GMT  Saturday  September 7th
   4.5  2150BC - 1750BC  21:59 GMT  Monday    September 9th
   4.6  1750BC - 1500BC  21:59 GMT  Thursday  September 12th

Event history:
4.1
start of the game and nothing happened
4.2
fox nest founded

the event history should maybe be done differently (as a real narrative text, not chat based).
I also added a numbering system for easy reference to a specific chat (the turn-chat-thread could be named with this scheme)

Stuck_as_a_Mac · Aug 10, 2002

if we do every three days, though, that defeats the entire purpose of doing 5 turn chats. plus, you have to remember that we have school.
dam education system...

disorganizer · Aug 10, 2002

stuck:
1) we always did minimum 2 per week, which is every 3 days
2) we even did 2 days before
3) we talk about the way of indexing the threads in here, not about how many to do.
4) 5 turnchats? where do you get this from? 2-3 chats were always done per week.

Stuck_as_a_Mac · Aug 13, 2002

if we do, can we try to schedule it around the weekend?
n the 5 turn chats is instead of 10 (u no, the tcs were 10 turns long. now they r gonna b 5, i think)

Chieftess · Aug 24, 2002

Just testing the forum upload feature..

EDIT: 2nd try. (the images are placeholders for a Demogame RPG idea)

EDIT: 3rd try.

EDIT: 4th try! :rolleyes:

EDIT: 5TH TRY! :argh:

This should be one image.

And a similar one

Chieftess · Aug 24, 2002

YAY! I can use the forum upload now! Ok, everyone done oh'ing and ah'ing at this thread?

Stuck_as_a_Mac · Aug 24, 2002

nice, but whats it for?

thanks for using my name

im getting a win box

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