C-IV Warlords SGOTM 04 Maintenance Thread

[Ozbenno]

If you click on the save game from the desktop, it will open and load the correct mod, so you don't even have to think about which mod you need.

 

[LowtherCastle]

My only take on the question of overlapping games is that some vanilla players may have gotten the impression they only had to wait 2 months before the next one began. They might not even be looking at this discussion, so their voice won't be heard.

But if it's a administration overload, you guys should by all means limit your load so you can maintain your high-quality standards.

 

[AlanH]

I'm not concerned about admin overload. Only player overload.

 

[Beorn-eL-Feared]

Make no mistake, we at CDZ do not feel overloaded. We make sure no one has to play too many turns too fast - by stalling when necessary.

 

[Jenarie]

My default startup loads the most current HoF version but if you load the game from the save file instead of loading the game then loading save it will load the correct version of HoF.

Hope that made sense. Reworded...

If you have a game being played in the old version, use the save game file to load the game instead of opening game and chosing the load version. This will load the game with the correct HoF.


Edit: Crossposted it was already answered. Somehow I missed there was a page six...

 

[leif erikson]

I'm not concerned about admin overload. Only player overload.

Is it really possible for a CivFanatic??

 

[AlanH]

Moderator Action: Please do NOT discuss the details of this game in the public threads.
If you have any issues with the game design then contact me or Gyathaar via PM, or keep discussion for the appropriate spoilers or the end of the game.

 

[BLubmuz]

Then, it was spoilerish...
Sorry, i was convinced the game was enough advanced to let me post my opinions.
I always make some mistake with SGs

 

[BLubmuz]

Just to know...
No a spoiler thread for this game???
I'm curious to see how things are going

edit: (after 36 hours) nobody cares my questions?

 

[BLubmuz]

After my post of may 8 no answer and no news about a spoiler thread for SG4.
So i post to ask again... do we wait the end of the game for the first spoiler?
btw a deadline for this game is planned?

And... no vanilla SGs?

 

[AlanH]

OK, you've talked me into it. Previous spoiler threads have generated little discussion, but we can always hope ...

I've opened the 1000 AD mid-game spoiler here

Re. the next game, the current activity level doesn't look promising for trying to sustain a long overlap between two concurrent games. We'll try to estimate when this one might finish, and get started on planning the next one for a short overlap.

 

[BLubmuz]

Thanks Alan for your answer and for the spoiler.

About the new SG, probably i misunderstood, but i thought you wish to overlap a vanilla SG with a warlord SG to avoid long inactivity for teams who don't play warlords.

In my misunderstanding i had this schema in mind:
Warlord: start month 1, finish month 5;
Vanilla: start month 3, finish month 7.

 

[AlanH]

How many players are excluded from SGOTM4 because it's Warlords? If, as I believe, there are not many, and few SGOTM4 players are able to handle two games concurrently, then that would form a rather small group to compete in an overlapping vanilla game.

[Update]To give some numbers:

152 players signed up for vanilla SGOTM 3
112 players signed up for warlords SGOTM 4
69 of the SGOTM 4 players also signed for SGOTM 3

So my assumption *may* be incorrect, and there *could* be 83 vanilla players who didn't go for the warlords game. Maybe I'll open a poll in the vanilla forum to see what the response would be.

 

[AlanH]

I've opened a poll thread in the Vanilla SGOTM forum here

Please make your feelings known about if and when you would like to start the next vanilla SGOTM

 

[LowtherCastle]

planning the next one for a short overlap.

Speaking of planning and overlap, how much more time do we have to finish SGOTM04? Some of us might need to plan that out a bit too...

 

[AlanH]

That's why I gave you the somewhat vague options "yes, but not yet", and "when I finish SGOTM 4".

Do some planning yourselves, and tell me how long you think you need

 

[Lexad]

How many players are excluded from SGOTM4 because it's Warlords?

Some of our CFR fellows, like Dynamic or Witan. And we are ready to compete in overlapping SGOTMs

 

[BLubmuz]

My team (Fifth Element) is goin' slow, due to personal problems of some member.
In addiction we can't know how much time India (or a different AI if we are not good) can need to win this game.
Then i propose a deadline for the end of July, and a vanilla SG can start right now: sign-up, build-up teams and so on it probably cannot actually start before june 20th.

 

[AlanH]

It can't start at all if we only have 20 players all together! That's the total votes cast for a game, even including those that don't want to start until SGOTM 4 ends.

 

[BLubmuz]

Hey Alan, not bad the results of the vanilla SG pool.
Perhaps not enough to start, but i'd like to see what can happen if you start a sign-up thread.

A bit disappointed for the spoiler, my team is the only one which posted... strange, strange