Term 1 - Designated Player Pool

[Methos]

Roster:

• dutchfire
• Ravensfire
• DaveShack - Just Played
• Methos - UP!
• Chieftess - On Deck!
• Falcon02 - Warming up
• GeorgeOP
• CivGeneral
• Shattered

Spoiler Playing the Save Act :

Excerpt from Initiative 2 - Playing the Save
The Playing The Save Act

Section 1

The DP for each game session, including special sessions, must maintain a log of their actions in sufficient detail that another citizen may generally recreate their actions.

All official instructions must be posted in the current game session instruction thread. Instructions must be clear and defined. Officials must post their instructions at least one hour before the scheduled start of the game session. Officials may make changes to their instructions up to an hour before the session, so long as those changes are clearly noted. Officials that do not post instructions for a game session are considered to have given the DP complete control over their area for that game session, even should they be at the game session.

During a game session, citizens are encouraged to comment and offer advice to the DP. The DP may also seek comments from citizens. The DP is not required to do so, and is not required in any way to follow any such advice.

The game session may last for as long as there are relevant instructions, until a posted instruction says to hold the session or when the DP decides to end the session. Once a game session is over, the DP must post a summary of that session, a detailed log of their actions, and a save in the instruction thread and in the summary thread.

Got it...

Hehe, sorry, I just couldn't resist. I'm tentively (that doesn't look right) planning on playing Tuesday, between noon CST (1800 GMT) and 5 pm CST (2300 GMT). Give me a day to narrow that down and PM me if anyone has a preference during that time. Also recall that I'm in the States and daylight savings will happen prior to my turset.

 

[Chieftess]

Just a reminder, tomorrow is Daylight Savings Time in the US and Canada. So, remember that when posting the timezones.


Gonna... get... confusing...!

 

[Methos]

Just a reminder, tomorrow is Daylight Savings Time in the US and Canada. So, remember that when posting the timezones.


Gonna... get... confusing...!

Yeah, this is definitely going to be confusing. I wish they had consulted CFC prior to their decision! It might be wise to know exactly when everyone else switches over? How much of the world uses daylight savings anyway?

 

[Chieftess]

Yeah, this is definitely going to be confusing. I wish they had consulted CFC prior to their decision! It might be wise to know exactly when everyone else switches over? How much of the world uses daylight savings anyway?

I think England changes about a week before the "normal" (first Sunday in April) time? I know there's a few other differences, too.

 

[DaveShack]

I'm tentively (that doesn't look right) planning on playing Tuesday, between noon CST (1800 GMT) and 5 pm CST (2300 GMT).

I'd recommend posting your thread very soon using the earliest time it might be played. You can always reschedule later without causing much heartburn, but sometimes earlier will result in complaints.

 

[dutchfire]

Yeah, this is definitely going to be confusing. I wish they had consulted CFC prior to their decision! It might be wise to know exactly when everyone else switches over? How much of the world uses daylight savings anyway?

We (European Union) use Daylight Savings Time, but we change on the 25th of March.

 

[Methos]

TCIT - Tuesday March 13, 1 PM CST (1900 GMT Post DLS)

Please note, that I changed the time from when I originally stated. Both the thread and title have been edited. My apolgoies, but I forgot about an appointment we had that morning. Having it at 1 pm instead means I won't have to rush.

 

[730195]

TCIT - Tuesday March 13, 1 PM CST (1900 GMT Post DLS)

Please note, that I changed the time from when I originally stated. Both the thread and title have been edited. My apolgoies, but I forgot about an appointment we had that morning. Having it at 1 pm instead means I won't have to rush.

This is not real clear. As of today, you are on CDT, not CST. 1300 CDT would be 1800 GMT, I believe.

 

[Methos]

This is not real clear. As of today, you are on CDT, not CST. 1300 CDT would be 1800 GMT, I believe.

I'm not sure what CDT stands for. CST is Central Standard Time, which is what we use in Missouri.

To help remove any confusion on the time I've added a statement in my turnchat thread where I state what the current time is in Missouri when I made that thread. I suggest you look at the time I stated and add/subtract it compared to what the posts' timestamp says for you. This way you'll know exactly what the difference is in hours compared to me and you (used in the general sense).

Does that make sense?

Edit: Here's my turnchat thread. As of Missouri time I created that thread at 8:36 AM. Check the thread and see what the difference is. Hopefully that helps.

 

[Falcon02]

CDT - Central Daylight Time.

Same thing with EDT and EST.

aka. it signifies whether we're in Daylight Savings time, or Standard time.

 

[730195]

To help remove any confusion on the time I've added a statement in my turnchat thread where I state what the current time is in Missouri when I made that thread.

There may still be some confusion, since your thread's title refers to 1900 GMT. If you wait until 1:00 this afternoon (your planned game time) and go to

http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?UTC/s/0

you can see what the GMT equivalent is. I expect you will see 1800, not 1900.

 

[Methos]

There may still be some confusion, since your thread's title refers to 1900 GMT.

Yeah, this whole early daylight savings time is going to confuse things for a while. This was my reason for my posting the actual Missouri time in the thread.

The easiest way I believe is for everyone to look at the timestamp on my post and subtract the time it currently is for me right now. I'll post the time as of right now and check the timestamp on this post.

Current Time in Missouri: 10:18 AM

 

[Methos]

Okay, to hopefully help clear things up look at this screenshot:

The two circled areas are what you will compare. Please note that the yellow circle in the top left corner of that picture will have a different time in it for each citizen, which will depend on where you are in the world. Take that time and compare the difference with my current time (which is circled yellow in the bottom right of the screenshot).

This will let you know what the time difference is between us. Take the difference you found and apply it to my statement that I will be playing at 1 PM my time.

Does that help?

 

[730195]

The two circled areas are what you will compare. Please note that the yellow circle in the top left corner of that picture will have a different time in it for each citizen, which will depend on where you are in the world. Take that time and compare the difference with my current time (which is circled yellow in the bottom right of the screenshot).

This will let you know what the time difference is between us. Take the difference you found and apply it to my statement that I will be playing at 1 PM my time.

Does that help?

Adding extra calculations to be done by each of our citizens doesn't really help. The whole point of posting times in GMT is to simplify life. If you intend playing at 1:00 pm Central (now Daylight Savings) Time, then you will be playing at 1800 GMT, NOT 1900. Why not fix your TCIT to reflect that so you don't have folks tuning in an hour late?

 

[Methos]

If you intend playing at 1:00 pm Central (now Daylight Savings) Time, then you will be playing at 1800 GMT, NOT 1900. Why not fix your TCIT to reflect that so you don't have folks tuning in an hour late?

Simply because for some it would still be at 1900 GMT. I can't set up the time for everyone, or just for you specifically. Missouri is at GMT -6 so that's what I used.

You, or someone, mentioned earlier that I was considered as CDT now. I've never heard of that. Let me check that real quick.

 

[Methos]

Okay, after a little research I understand now what 730195 is trying to say. My apologies, as my knowledge on GMT isn't very good.

GMT does not observe daylight savings, meaning it never changes. Instead all the timezones are altered in such a way to reflect this change. For instance, my own time of

CST = GMT -6 (Central Standard Time)

... is altered to

CDT = GMT -5 (Central Daylight Time)

... during the obvservance of daylight savings.

My apologies 730195, as I didn't understand what you were trying to say. I'll edit my thread title.

 

[Falcon02]

That's why GMT is a good universal referance point used by most military, and government organizations that do alot of international work.

It doesn't matter what local times are observed, it's one constant time referance which just goes through like a normal clock. No Daylight Savings, no standard times.

It's consistent, which is why I've been in favor of posting GMT, because we don't have to worry about the local time on the East coast, Central, or in specific areas of those time zones that don't observe daylight savings. Each person just has to keep track of their own difference from GMT, and not the difference from CST, or from EST, or any other time zone.

And on a side note EDT right now is -4 hours

 

[ravensfire]

To me, the best approach is to post two times - one in the DP's local time, the other in GMT. That's the approach I will follow.

-- Ravensfire

 

[DaveShack]

I usually post 3 times, because being in a place with no DST my offset from GMT confuses other Americans who do have DST. It can't hurt to have more times correctly posted, but it would be best for those who don't know how to convert it to just put local time and GMT.

 

[GenMarshall]

Meh, I perfer The Imperial Sta... ..err... Eastern Standard/Daylight Time .