ATTN: All my PBW/Online games [Archive]

dumbluck

February 8th, 2003, 10:49 AM

Both the wife and the kid had the upchucks. Needless to say that I was running a little short on sleep. And with OT all weekend long at work, it doesn't look like I'm gonna get much rest anytime soon. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

But they are both feeling better now, if not well, so I should have a little more time to myself again...

Pax

February 8th, 2003, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by dumbluck:
But they are both feeling better now, if not well, so I should have a little more time to myself again...Well that's good to hear, at least.

Nausea-inducing stomach flu's SUCK.

spoon

February 8th, 2003, 06:13 PM

Originally posted by dumbluck:
Both the wife and the kid had the upchucks. Needless to say that I was running a little short on sleep. And with OT all weekend long at work, it doesn't look like I'm gonna get much rest anytime soon.To prevent this in the future, keep a ship with the Medical Bay component in orbit over your house. Also, being on emergency build for one weekend means you should be on slow build for the next one, so don't worry about that. Unless your employer is using the Clear Queue eb exploit, in which case you need to upgrade him to v1.84.

Hope this helps,
-spoon

dumbluck

February 19th, 2003, 10:57 AM

Spoon: Actually, my employer is suffering from a recently discovered bug: overcompensation of a problem due to extreme lack of common sense. It's a fairly common problem in corporate management, but mine seems to have had a recent flare-up.

To make a long story short, when K-mart (the company's 6th biggest customer) went belly up Last year, RSC was left holding $10 million worth of inventory without any immediate customers to dump it off on... er, I mean sell it to. This happened right before the year end inventory.... So this year, the corporate geniuses (oxymoron?) decided to only manufacture product "Just In Time" to fill the orders. (the ever popular "JIT policy"). Problem is, they overcompensated, and now we are working lots of overtime just to fill the orders on time. There are several products at our factory alone that are going straight from the factory line into waiting trucks for shipment to the customer. Not a good way to do business, IMHO. But what do I know; after all, I don't work in the corporate office, so I must not know much....
/end rant

ANYWAY, the reason I'm ressurecting this thread is to make an announcement. I will be away on vacation soon, and was hoping that my games could be put on alpu. I'll be gone from March 14th to March 25th.

My current games are:
Junkyard Wars 2
Adamant 4
History of the Galaxy 2
Big Fat Zero 3
BFZ4
Horrible Doom

Thanx in advance. If ALPU is out of the question, just let me know on the game forum.

Ed Kolis

February 19th, 2003, 05:24 PM

Gee, you've been around here a while, dumbluck, and you still don't have an avatar... don't you want one? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

DavidG

February 19th, 2003, 07:07 PM

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Gee, you've been around here a while, dumbluck, and you still don't have an avatar... don't you want one? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif HEHE Look who's taking. Am I the only one who can't see Ed's avatar? I don't think it shows up on my home computer either.

Unknown_Enemy

February 19th, 2003, 07:18 PM

well, for history of the galaxy, can't you find a temp replacement ?

Gryphin

February 20th, 2003, 12:11 AM

DavidG
Really you can't see it? Maybe it is your browser.
Ed's has a really cool, (and unique), red x on a white backround.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Captain Kwok

February 20th, 2003, 01:06 AM

Hmm.

I look at Dumbluck's list - and realize 4 of my 5 games involve him. Yay Me...

Oh well, at least my wife will be happy http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Ed Kolis

February 20th, 2003, 03:59 AM

Eh, my avatar used to be hosted at imagemagician.com, but then they closed their free service so I put it with my website at Spaceports, but it hardly ever shows up for some reason... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif know of any more free image hosting services?

Captain Kwok

February 20th, 2003, 04:17 AM

Ed Kolis:

Just upload it to shrapnel! That's what most people do.

dumbluck

February 20th, 2003, 12:34 PM

I chose not to have an avatar. Back when they first introduced them (before my cable modem days), I noticed a severe lag in load times. When I turned Avatars off in my personal settings, that lag went away. So to help out, I chose not to use an avatar. I think that the load time lag was resolved, but I didn't follow it all that closely (avatars aren't really all that important to me). And I'm just too set in my ways to change, now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Back on topic, several of my games have requested that I find replacement players for my turns while I'm gone. I have no objections to that, but when I looked at Walmart, I couldn't find them anywhere. I asked a clerk about it, but he just gave me a funny look, told me to "get a life, man" and walked away. Anybody know where I can get one of these nifty things?

edit: mi keebord kan't spel!

[ February 20, 2003, 10:36: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

Ed Kolis

February 21st, 2003, 01:19 AM

Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
Ed Kolis:

Just upload it to shrapnel! That's what most people do.You can DO that? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif
Guess that explains Tesco's funny "don't read this thread" thread in the scenario/mod forum...
Don't they kind of dislike people cluttering up the Scenario/Mod forum with those kinds of things? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

Originally posted by dumbluck:
Back on topic, several of my games have requested that I find replacement players for my turns while I'm gone. I have no objections to that, but when I looked at Walmart, I couldn't find them anywhere. I asked a clerk about it, but he just gave me a funny look, told me to "get a life, man" and walked away. Anybody know where I can get one of these nifty things?Try Gamestop... they might have a few in stock http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

edit: cleaned up a bad quote tag

[ February 20, 2003, 23:22: Message edited by: Ed Kolis ]

dumbluck

February 26th, 2003, 08:02 AM

Ok. Several game admins have requested that I find a replacement player for my turns during this week off. After checking the local retail store without any luck, I thought I'd check here. Any takers?

Originally posted by dumbluck:
...
ANYWAY, the reason I'm ressurecting this thread is to make an announcement. I will be away on vacation soon, and was hoping that my games could be put on alpu. I'll be gone from March 14th to March 25th.

My current games are:
Junkyard Wars 2
Adamant 4
History of the Galaxy 2
Big Fat Zero 3
BFZ4
Horrible Doom

Thanx in advance. If ALPU is out of the question, just let me know on the game forum.

[ February 26, 2003, 06:05: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

spoon

February 26th, 2003, 08:20 AM

I can take over BFZ4 if that's one where you need a replacement...

I'd take of BFZ3, too, but there might be a conflict of interest...

-Spoon

[ February 26, 2003, 06:21: Message edited by: spoon ]

dumbluck

February 26th, 2003, 09:56 PM

Gracias, spoon. BFZ4 is yours, I'll send you a private message soon with the player # and password.
How would there be a conflict of interest in BFZ3? we aren't at war...

dumbluck

March 8th, 2003, 12:35 PM

Heh. oops. This thread kinda slipped my mind. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif Are there any takers for any of my other games?

Spoon, I promise I'll send you the BFZ4 password soon...

dumbluck

March 10th, 2003, 09:44 AM

Anyone at all???

Murden

March 10th, 2003, 05:41 PM

I could take care of history of the galaxy in your holiday time. But the only thing I'll probably do is to not wreck havoc in your diplomacy.

How must we proceed ?

Captain Kwok

March 10th, 2003, 10:20 PM

Dumbluck:

You should run the next P&N PBW game turn... chocolatefro hasn't played a turn in weeks and I'm tired of waiting for the next turn!

dumbluck

March 11th, 2003, 12:10 PM

Capn K: I'll look into it.

Morden: umm, that's a good question. Hey guys, how exactly DO you set up having a replacement player?

[ March 11, 2003, 10:11: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

Murden

March 11th, 2003, 01:34 PM

the easiest solution would be to PM me your passwords for both PBW and for your empire in that game.

That way when you are back you just have to change your PBW password and resume your game as if I never existed !

dumbluck

March 12th, 2003, 12:23 AM

Morden: That's all well and good, but how are you going to get at the .gam files to begin with?

capnq

March 12th, 2003, 12:25 AM

how exactly DO you set up having a replacement player? Post an Admin Request listing the game, your empire, and the replacement player. An admin can reassign your empire to the replacement.

Your empire can be returned to you later the same way.

capnq
PBW admin

Wardad

March 12th, 2003, 12:44 AM

Hey DumbLuck!!!!

I'll play your empire in Adamant 004. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
Trust me! Honest! I'll do better than the A.I. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

After all, my empire and yours are buddies. Right? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

War Dog of the Spartans,
"We live for the Walk, We Die for the Walk" Legend of the Dog Rangers

Murden

March 12th, 2003, 01:37 AM

Morden: That's all well and good, but how are you going to get at the .gam files to begin with?
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

Maybe pressing the get turn button could do the trick ?
Then if you don't want to have your mailbox flooded, you'd better uncheck the "send turn with mail" button in your PBW profile.

And it is Murden, not Morden.

dumbluck

March 12th, 2003, 01:32 PM

Murden: oops, sorry about the name thing. I meant how were you going to get access to that little "download turn" button if you weren't a member of the game. Which was answered by...

capnq: Thanks for the prompt reply. Much appreciated.

Wardad: Ummm... let me think.... Are you sure you wouldn't be biased? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
By the way, the answer is NO! I really don't think you could!!! And then there's that whole State's Secrets bit, all of which you'd have to promise to forget... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

All: Any other takers on Adamant 4? That was one of the more vocal game admins advocating a replacement player.

So far I've got:
 Murden for HotG2 Adamant 4 really needs a replacement player. JYW2 and BFZ3: I could prolly just let the AI take my turns, there's no pressing business in them. Horrible Doom has yet to start, and I'd rather not let a replacement player take my first few turns. I respectfully request that this game be left on ALPU until my return.Come on, guys! Time's running out!!!

[ March 12, 2003, 11:34: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

primitive

March 12th, 2003, 01:40 PM

the primitive one takes a step forward.
I'm sure I can handle one more game for a couple of weeks. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Wardad

March 13th, 2003, 03:49 AM

bump

dumbluck

March 13th, 2003, 12:39 PM

Ok. I've got Primitive for Adamant 4, spoon for BFZ4, and Murden for HotG2. All the others can be run with the AI without too much trouble. I'll be sending you each private Messages soon with the relevant info.

BTW, what are your PBW handles so that I can make Admin requests?

[ March 13, 2003, 10:40: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

primitive

March 13th, 2003, 01:23 PM

primitive: primitive http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

dumbluck

March 15th, 2003, 10:31 AM

primitive: Sorry about the mixup

All:
 I have submitted my requests to the PBW admins. I have also private messaged each of you with the relevent player #s and passwords.
Have fun while I'm gone!

primitive

March 15th, 2003, 10:42 AM

No worries http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Have a nice vacation.

dumbluck

March 15th, 2003, 11:38 AM

In addition to all this vacation stuff, I have transfered shifts, so when I get back from vacation I'll be on dayshift. So my game time schedule will be pretty up in the air for a couple of weeks. I'm not asking for anything other than a little patience from my game owners if I miss a turn or two. I just thought that you might like to know...

Fyron

March 15th, 2003, 01:34 PM

Originally posted by capnq:
<blockquote>quote:<hr /> how exactly DO you set up having a replacement player? Post an Admin Request listing the game, your empire, and the replacement player. An admin can reassign your empire to the replacement.

Your empire can be returned to you later the same way.

capnq
PBW admin<hr /></blockquote>That is unnecessary. The game host can do that too. It is the game host's job to take care of that sort of stuff, so that the PBW admins don't get so bogged down. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Fyron

March 16th, 2003, 03:18 AM

To whichever PBW admin changed the player in Adamant 004:
Please do not ever do that again for a game I am hosting. The players that are in my games are up to me, not to you. It is quite rude to do what you have done.

dumbluck

March 25th, 2003, 07:51 PM

Fyron: Capnq did that at my request. Sorry for stepping on your toes there. But look on the bright side; at least you got a replacement player! You just about didn't get one, it was a Last minute signup... And thanx for the advice. I'll leave the PBW admins alone next time so that they can concentrate on fixing the server! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

BTW, I'm back. Let me get caught up on a couple of side issues, and I'll be ready to take over my games again.

[ March 25, 2003, 17:53: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

Captain Kwok

March 26th, 2003, 07:38 AM

You need to fix the situation with PBW P&N! I'm finally getting things going and boom, this silly surrender mess! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Fyron

April 3rd, 2003, 11:45 AM

Dumbluck... you have missed 3 turns in Adamant 004. Where are you? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

dumbluck

April 23rd, 2003, 01:35 AM

Hi all. I'm really sorry about the extended unexplained abscense. Here's a piece of advice: Never forget to close the window that is right next to the computer, especially if the weatherman thinks that it might rain. And I'm not going to go into that embarassing story any more than that, so don't bother asking for explainations. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

I haven't checked PBW yet to see how many games I've been booted out of. Honestly, this whole dayshift thing isn't leaving me with much free time anyway. If I've been replaced, cool; that player can keep my spot.

I'll try to check PBW soon, but right now the Real World just won't give me time to think, much less play a game.

Again, sorry that I've inconvenienced you all.

dumbluck

July 12th, 2003, 08:45 PM

*Sigh* The RW just won't give me a break. I will not have much time Online in the forseeable future, and so I'm going to have to withdraw from my PBW games. I will eventually come back, I just don't know when. I don't expect any of my games to wait on me. I apologize for any inconvenience.

In regards to P&N on PBW, I suggest that one of the other players take over the game admin job. Fyron has lots of experience in this, so he would probably be able to handle it (if he wants it).

As for the PBC game, Just drop me on one of the homeworlds for now. Lisif was supposed to be my 2nd in command, but it looks like he just got a promotion.

And then there's the AoW mod. I probably won't have any time to work on it, either. If someone else takes up the reins of this poor, dejected mod, I would have no objections. If that doesn't happen, I'll have to finish it when I come back.

It's been lots of fun, and I hope to be back soon. I'm just not holding my breath, though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

P.S. Promise to miss me! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

TerranC

July 12th, 2003, 09:04 PM

Originally posted by dumbluck:
P.S. Promise to miss me! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif What? Who? Miss Who? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

May you come back with dilligence.