Re: Olympia Skip a Turn

From: eebonar@sn01.sncc.lsu.edu (Dave Bonar)

Date: Thu, 28 May 1992 23:20:58 +0000

In article <2A254B15.3433@noiro.acs.uci.edu>, cedman@714-725-3177.nts.uci.edu (Carl Edman) writes...
>Scott Hauck writes
>> Personally I'm against this type of extending turns.  It
>> simply magnifies errors in turns and the processor, and
>> causes lots more player bookkeeping so that your units
>> have enough supplies for all eventualities.
>> Personally, I'd  like Olympia to go to twice a week turns,
>> but longer months seems like more of a problem than a help.
>> BTW Rich, what's the cause of the skipped turn? Not
>> complaining, just wondering
>
>I agree completely. Bi-weekly turns would be fun. But as apparently we
>can't have that, increased weekly turn lengths seems like the best
>available alternative. 100 days would certainly be too much, but what
>about 50 days ?

Aargh!  Please don't make the months any longer.

Increasing the turn length just serves to limit reactions to the
game actions.  It would move Olympia even farther towards a non-interactive
game.

Dave
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Dave Bonar
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References

Re: Olympia Skip a Turn
hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)
Thu, 28 May 1992 19:52:40 +0000
Re: Olympia Skip a Turn
cedman@714-725-3177.nts.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Thu, 28 May 1992 21:05:25 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Olympia Skip a Turn
hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)
Thu, 28 May 1992 19:52:40 +0000
Re: Olympia Skip a Turn
cedman@714-725-3177.nts.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Thu, 28 May 1992 21:05:25 +0000