Term 1 - Designated Player Pool

[ice2k4]

Welcome to the Designated Player Pool. The water's fine, jump in!
All turnchat threads should be posted in GMT ± 0 hours as well as any local times the designated player desires. The play order is located below. If you can not play your turn, please post so, and you will be skipped or switched with someone who can. The Chieftain's Deputy will be handling this from here on out, as I will stop by occasionally, unless of course I am called for.

Play Order is determined by number of votes, as the person's name is there, and next to them, the amount of votes they received.

The Creation of the Save will be done by dutchfire. Please schedule a time as soon as possible. It would be preferable if it could be done tomorrow (even more preferable if it could be done late tomorrow, so there is a bit more time for people to get the news.) This will be considered your turn. If you rather not create the save please state so, and we will switch you with someone who would.

Play Order

• dutchfire - 36
• Ravensfire - 33
• DaveShack - 31
• Methos - 29
• Chieftess - 28
• Falcon02 - 25
• GeorgeOP - 24
• CivGeneral - 24
• Shattered - 24

Schedule found in this post

 

[Hyronymus]

I know it is nitpicking but GeorgeOP, CivGeneral and Shattered all have 24 votes. How will you choose the order when people have the same amount of votes? Alphabetical order, random?!

 

[ordinaryguy]

I know it is nitpicking but GeorgeOP, CivGeneral and Shattered all have 24 votes. How will you choose the order when people have the same amount of votes? Alphabetical order, random?!

seems to be the order of nomination (please correct me if I'm wrong)

 

[Hyronymus]

seems to be the order of nomination (please correct me if I'm wrong)

That would mean the order of their names on the poll turns out to be a determiating factor. Hmm, interesting point to discuss .

 

[Chieftess]

So, when is the first turnchat? (in GMT and EST) Also, remember to use the naming convention: C4DG2_BC4000_desc when naming the save. You should also post a Turnchat thread so officials can post instructions. Yes, even for the Creation Day Chat - even if the only things posted are, "Post screenshots!". Remember, we may not want to settle where we are. In fact, don't even settle (an instruction from the elder -- I guess I can give that one).

 

[dutchfire]

Turn Chat instruction thread.

1500 GMT, what time is that in other timezones?

 

[ravensfire]

That would mean the order of their names on the poll turns out to be a determiating factor. Hmm, interesting point to discuss .

Which, oddly enough is based on the order they accepted the nominations.

I direct the interested reader to the DP Pool initiative wherein the answer to this exact question can be found. No conspiracy, no random order.

-- Ravensfire

 

[ravensfire]

ice2k4,

Please create a two sticky threads, to help keep us organized.

First, in the main forum, please create a Game Session Schedule/Summary thread. Use a similar format to the Election results thread. This will contain a summary, and a link, to all game sessions. Each term will be a new post, maintained by the DP Manager for that term.
Example

Second, although it seems like a duplication of effort, please create in this forum, a sticky thread for THIS term's schedule. Each DP would post in there when they schedule their session. You would then need to maintain the initial post, listing the schedule. This will make it easy for all of us to see the current schedule! OR - maintain that schedule in the first post of THIS thread! Yeah - much easier!

Also, in previous DG's with the pool, a PM was sent to each person with they were "up" - scheduled to play the save and "on deck" when they were next to play the save, just to remind them. Something here might help.

Thanks!
-- Ravensfire

 

[ravensfire]

Game Session #2 scheduled!

Monday, March 5th, 7:00 pm CST ( Mar 6, 2007, 0100 GMT)

Instruction Thread to be posted tomorrow.

-- Ravensfire

 

[dutchfire]

Please post the next TCIT after my session is finished to avoid confusion.
I also think we need to work on a format of the opening post so it contains rules of the thread, the save, and a small description of the situation.

 

[DaveShack]

The current one is stickied, the other one would not be... but waiting is fine too.

Good idea on the format.

 

[DaveShack]

Turn Chat instruction thread.

1500 GMT, what time is that in other timezones?

I replied to the other thread. Currently (until daylight savings time kicks in):
EST = GMT-5
CST = GMT-6
MST = GMT-7
PST = GMT-8
Rest of world are typically knowledgable enough about time zones to not need to ask, unlike many of us Americans who wonder where the rest of the world is.

 

[ice2k4]

Where is this "rest of the world" you speak of?

Anyway, great ideas Ravensfire. One of my deputies will be handling the pm'ing of DP's. I'll get those two threads up right away.

 

[Chieftess]

I replied to the other thread. Currently (until daylight savings time kicks in):
EST = GMT-5
CST = GMT-6
MST = GMT-7
PST = GMT-8
Rest of world are typically knowledgable enough about time zones to not need to ask, unlike many of us Americans who wonder where the rest of the world is.

For us, it's March 11th when DST kicks in.

 

[Hyronymus]

For US it is March 11th you mean . "Us" is a vague definition if people don't know where you're from . I think DST will hit Europe April 1st.

 

[fed1943]

Just to check if I understood right:
Turn player was told not to end turn and not to settle.
So, he will move or not the other unit (to scout and decide later city'site)
as he sees fit, is it that?
Best regards,

 

[Chieftess]

Just to check if I understood right:
Turn player was told not to end turn and not to settle.
So, he will move or not the other unit (to scout and decide later city'site)
as he sees fit, is it that?
Best regards,

It's a very common "first move" in demogames, as moving a scouting unit, or settling would be "doing so without the will of the people".

For US it is March 11th you mean . "Us" is a vague definition if people don't know where you're from . I think DST will hit Europe April 1st.

I actually meant "us" as in "those of us over here). I think it's March 11th Canada, too, I've read..

 

[ravensfire]

I should have posted these earlier. Both C4DG1 and C3DG7 used the
DP Pool concept. DG7, however, was much better organized and provided a great deal more information to the members of the pool. After a few terms, we had a pretty set to organize the pool which worked very well. I'd like to encourage us to use that same setup.

Link to the last term's DP Pool thread

Those first three posts were used from Term 3, and proved very helpful. You had the initial post with the schedule and the relevant rules. The second post had helpful hints and conventions that DP's use. The third post had a nice template for the instruction thread. Should we continue this?

-- Ravensfire

 

[dutchfire]

Are deputies allowed to post instructions? If so perhaps change elected/appointed officials to elected/appointed officials or their deputies.

 

[Methos]

@Ravensfire I need a clarification. In your instructions thread title you post 7:30 pm CST, yet post 7:00 pm CST in the thread. There's a 30 minute difference there. Can you please state which is the correct time to remove any confusion.

Are deputies allowed to post instructions? If so perhaps change elected/appointed officials to elected/appointed officials or their deputies.

Deputies are only allowed to post instructions if the elected official states publically that the deputy will be speaking for them. I realize this is not a law, but it is how its been done in the past.

First Deputy Methos