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Should we restart?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:40 am
by Mullog
Our first test game has now been running for a few days, and I think we have removed most of the obvious bugs. In addition we have changed alot of parameter, making the game different from what it was on sunday.

So I want to restart the game soon. Reset all species and everything. Are we ready for that or should we continiue testing?



Mullog

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:58 am
by Lowebb
Aaaaaaaggggggggg!!!!! I have spend 36 hours retrieving my spieces from bottom of the score chart and starving to a thriving scout race!!!!!

I dont mind really

:bomb:

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:13 am
by gm_al
I think the restart with more balanced values will be very exciting and more challenging. Please support it.

I would suggest Thursday 20:00 CET as new kickoff time. Please post if you want 15 or 10 minutes turnarounds. Id still prefer 15 minutes, a faster pace could get stressy.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:29 am
by Saladin
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I even got up early to check if my poor spiders still had enough food...i was right on time to because they were down to 50 sat.

So 100% no on a restart, i see no merit at all in a restart other than having wasted several days...i doubt i'd even join in if there would be a restart. :(

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:55 am
by gm_al
Gotta love it how tied people get to their species.... get over it, we need a restart with more realistic values in order to allow us test the mid- and end-game.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:35 am
by ThinKing
Perhaps we could run a new game, AND keep the current one going?

Although personally I think a restart is a good idea if this is not possible.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:38 am
by yngvarr
My vote for restart. As developer, I know it is necessary. No point in keeping it running, if it doesn't reflects the state of the game correctly. Current state is affected by things that are not suppose to happen during the normal work.

Besides, since everyone has now more info about game, one can try another scenario immediately, without waiting for this game to end.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:43 am
by gm_al
... and welcome to you Yngvarr. What a nice viking name, just need the avatar to reflect it now.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:57 am
by yngvarr
gm_al wrote:... and welcome to you Yngvarr. What a nice viking name, just need the avatar to reflect it now.
Thanks. I'll search for an avatar as soon as get some time for that. :)

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:58 am
by Saladin
Gone wrote:Perhaps we could run a new game, AND keep the current one going?
YAY! Good suggestion TK!

Otherwise could you just run this jungle with only my spiders in them and no pesky scorpions to eat all my food. I'll be quite content to rule this jungle on my own micromanaging my species evolution. :P

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:22 am
by Underdog
Al I will vote for a restart as soon as the omnivore problem is solved. Without that resolved I feel it is a waste of time to restart. That appears to be the biggest single problem with the current version.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:29 am
by Saladin
If we do have a restart, could we speed up the game play to every 10 minutes, please?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:37 am
by Underdog
gm_al wrote:Gotta love it how tied people get to their species.... get over it, we need a restart with more realistic values in order to allow us test the mid- and end-game.
I agree with Sal, If you want to test the mid and end game then we need to get there and it appears at the rate we are going it will take awhile to get that far so a faster game will get us there.
THEN maybe we can slow it back down to 15 minutes after a few days or whatever it takes to get to the midgame.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:40 pm
by Hannibal
Whatever helps your testing - that's what we volunteered for. But I'll miss my hopping starving sterile herbivorous wildcats, who, if only they had whiskers yet, were just a whisker away from ruling the jungle......

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:41 pm
by Egbert
10 minutes!

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:51 pm
by Dameon
¥es on the restart, we are in beta testing after all! That is what this is all about. And please, please, please...10 minute turns!!!!

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:15 pm
by Xarfei
Restart is ok, but lets have a turn every 10 minutes!