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Rebelslayer



Joined: 17 Jan 06
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Location: Adelaide, Australia

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes ... I had to open the post to see that it was you I was unhappy with at that time Dob (I had forgotten who it was, although that post was on my mind when I looked at this one). We have both moved on and played a lot of games against each other since with no problem.

Hopefully one or both of these who are concerned will end up good enough to see a fair number of "block him or else he will win" moves. I see a few, and even though they are annoying, they are part of gaming! Shocked
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Dobinator



Joined: 18 Jul 07
Posts: 383

Location: North Carolina, USA

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No hard feelings Smile Except that you just crushed me in the 3-player tournament...
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smlait



Joined: 16 Jul 06
Posts: 392

Location: alberta, canada

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rebelslayer wrote:
There are a few glory/stat sharks on this site (by the time you have played 50 games you will know who they are). I'm sure they get bored with it. Most just enjoy a game and hopefully you will settle down and do the same! Laughing


Seriously?! Huh. I never noticed. Guess I need to pay more attention! Very Happy
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Early_10



Joined: 14 Mar 06
Posts: 270


PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

smlait wrote:
You'll want to be careful judging people on their average turn times. Some of us have schedules that vary widely at different times of year. I, for one, teach - which means that some months, I can check in more than a dozen times a day and other months, twice a day would be doing well. My average turn time is sitting somewhere around 4.5 hours but if someone posts a "2 hr turnaround" game during one of my check-in-lots months, I'm going to consider myself to qualify.

So, if someone who looks slow joins one of your games, a quick PM along the lines of "you realise this is a fast game?" will probably get you further than "get out, you slowpoke!"

This is very accurate. IBX, LuvHighTide and I have finished multiple 2 and 3 player games in less than a day and I'm sure neither of our stats reflect that.

I'm sure there are still players that ignore the comments line. Such is life. Smile and move on.
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rseulow



Joined: 04 May 04
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Location: New York, NY

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm deeply disappointed in this thread.

I saw the title, and I hoped it would be some cool bondage porn spam.

Oh, well.
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freduk



Joined: 18 Jan 06
Posts: 433

Location: Bristol, UK

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yup, the biggest problem I have with self-imposed restraints is when you drop the key. Have you ever tried to pick up a small padlock key with your toes?
Oh, hang on, wrong website Embarassed
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rseulow



Joined: 04 May 04
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Location: New York, NY

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stargate's "safe word" is "bandersnatch"
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stargate



Joined: 09 Dec 04
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Location: North Attleboro, Ma USA

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rseulow wrote:
stargate's "safe word" is "bandersnatch"


Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
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tlc



Joined: 12 Nov 06
Posts: 95

Location: Austin, TX, but my heart will always be in Boston

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Yup, the biggest problem I have with self-imposed restraints is when you drop the key. Have you ever tried to pick up a small padlock key with your toes?


I read this twice and then burst out laughing.... Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

Thanks, I needed that.
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hagin



Joined: 12 Aug 07
Posts: 121

Location: Perth, WA

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Once again this old chestnut is rehashed and the situation now is as its always been: this site needs more control over joining and starting games, which could include, but is not limited to:

- The game creator being able to kick people out before the game starts;
- Games not auto-starting at all. Once the game is full the game creator manually starts it;
- Specifying a player profile of who can join eg newbies, experienced player, fast players, whatever.

This has so far been stubbornly resisted and issues such as these will keep coming up until this situation is addressed.
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Rebelslayer



Joined: 17 Jan 06
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Location: Adelaide, Australia

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And roasting the chestnut still produces the same old result ... almost everyone on the site would prefer coders spent their time coding a new game (I've been hloding my breath waiting for La Citta for so long I keep passing out) rather than make these changes! Confused
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Knave



Joined: 28 Jun 08
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Would not autostarting constitute a major change?

That alone would probably solve 90% of the issues.
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Kanga



Joined: 27 Oct 05
Posts: 1503

Location: Moe, Victoria, Australia

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The bottom line is almost no changes are being made to this site. Hacienda was the last new game - must be nearly 2 years ago. Significant Amun Re changes were announced in the forum a long time ago, but never got implemented.

For whatever reason the admin here aren't able to administrate the site much, let alone modify stuff. I'm happy to keep playing here, and if milksheikh or the others ever get enough time I'll gladly accept whatever they do.
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smlait



Joined: 16 Jul 06
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Location: alberta, canada

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isn't Santiago more recent than Hacienda?
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hagin



Joined: 12 Aug 07
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Location: Perth, WA

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rebelslayer wrote:
And roasting the chestnut still produces the same old result ... almost everyone on the site would prefer coders spent their time coding a new game (I've been hloding my breath waiting for La Citta for so long I keep passing out) rather than make these changes! Confused


Don't confuse a vocal minority with an actual majority.

As for coder's time, it's clear that for wahtever reason the original/current coders of this site just don't have the time they used to. Fair enough. Life happens. Perhaps they should be spending their limited time finding additional coders.
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