A quick question

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:45 pm

How do i change the flag in my profile ?

Mine says i'm from Denmark when i'm not.....nothing against denmark people right enough :wink:

qeee1 · Post by **qeee1** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:09 pm

It's checked every wednesday evening I think, so just ensure you're logging in from an Irish I.P. not using a proxy server or anything like that next wednesday and you'll be from Ireland again.

Think that's the only way, as I don't think a manual override option has been implemented yet.

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:16 pm

pity, i'm actually Scottish :roll:

qeee1 · Post by **qeee1** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:27 pm

Hah, sorry, I just say your location and assumed.

If you're playing in Ireland you'll be marked Irish unfortunately.

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:38 pm

Ok, another question, if it's not too much trouble.

I have three games on the go, but i've made no turn move.....how many games at once is advisable for a noob ?

HoustonNutt · Post by **HoustonNutt** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:48 pm

Huckleberryhound wrote:pity, i'm actually Scottish

I am, too. At least by descent.

Trevor33 · Post by **Trevor33** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:53 pm

qeee1 wrote:Hah, sorry, I just say your location and assumed.

If you're playing in Ireland you'll be marked Irish unfortunately.

i've always meant to ask about that. it says i'm from the uk, i'm not, i'm irish. its REALLY offence to call and irish person british. why can't it be changed?

hey huck

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:08 pm

trevor33 wrote:
qeee1 wrote:Hah, sorry, I just say your location and assumed.

If you're playing in Ireland you'll be marked Irish unfortunately.

i've always meant to ask about that. it says i'm from the uk, i'm not, i'm irish. its REALLY offence to call and irish person british. why can't it be changed?

hey huck

Hey trev, i'm playing a game with Ireland as the map

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:09 pm

HoustonNutt wrote:
I am, too. At least by descent.

oops, i misread your message.... :oops:

Trevor33 · Post by **Trevor33** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:19 pm

Huckleberryhound wrote:
trevor33 wrote:
qeee1 wrote:Hah, sorry, I just say your location and assumed.

If you're playing in Ireland you'll be marked Irish unfortunately.

i've always meant to ask about that. it says i'm from the uk, i'm not, i'm irish. its REALLY offence to call and irish person british. why can't it be changed?

hey huck

Hey trev, i'm playing a game with Ireland as the map

sweet, haven't played that map yet, try the new world map, you'll be hocked :mrgreen:

$\:D/$

love these emoticons

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:20 pm

Are you premium then i take it ??

I want the head bashing the wall smiley..... :cry:

Trevor33 · Post by **Trevor33** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:23 pm

Huckleberryhound wrote:Are you premium then i take it ??

I want the head bashing the wall smiley.....

no, will do someday soon, hadn't played here for ages until about a month ago, starting to get the hang of the game now.

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:26 pm

FOUND IT ..FOUND IT

It's a bit like being a non-sub at RHP, you fill up your slots, then you're pretty screwed.

Is there some way of working out whether the games will go fast or not (like a 1/na, or something) ?

Trevor33 · Post by **Trevor33** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:32 pm

Huckleberryhound wrote:](*,)

FOUND IT ..FOUND IT

It's a bit like being a non-sub at RHP, you fill up your slots, then you're pretty screwed.

Is there some way of working out whether the games will go fast or not (like a 1/na, or something) ?

i wrote a bit on rhp about that

in freestyle games everyone gets 1 day to make their move, so you'll have 1 move per day whatever your opponents do but with the sequential games everyone has their own day to make their move, you could be waiting 5 days just for one turn

new players are a bitch for signing up to games and then abandoning them, they get kicked out after missing 3 turns.

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:34 pm

I've unwittingly joined three games full of euros, when i'm normally up during US time.....ah well, you live and learn :S

goodick33 · Post by **goodick33** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:50 pm

one thing.. as a new player.. i resent you saying that we are a bitch for abandoning our games.. i've been a member for about a day now and am already playing the max of 4 games and have no intention of abandonning any of them. but if i could do it all again i think i would have chosen to do my games all freestyle.. this waiting for 5 days thing kinda sucks.. and yes.. it is newbies that are not showing up for their turns.. but still, not all newbies are bitches like that

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:41 am

well... new players in general are. But the exceptions to the rule are always highly welcome!

Lack posted a recent breadown somewhere, there were 23000 new recruits. An educated guess would be that 98.3% of those never took a single turn.

Genghis Khant · Post by **Genghis Khant** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:15 pm

maybe there should be a 'top tip', or something like that, on the game finder page telling newbies to join games that are only waiting for one or two more players, or telling them that they can withdraw from games that are taking too long to start.

i'm sure a lot of the deadbeats are people who signed up to the first four games they found and then just got bored waiting for those games to start.

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:43 pm

Well to be fair, i'm on day two and the only thing i've done is talk in this forum, i haven't even had a sniff of a move in any of my four games.

I can see how someone looking for a game could get easily pissed off waiting, luckily i am also a member of two chess sites and a PBE strategy game so i am not in any real hurry. Some instruction for noobies about how to get in faster games might help, i know fast isnt the point of the site, but it would make it easier for people to gain an interest.

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:31 pm

Scratch that, i just completed a turn.

WOOOHOOO

Trevor33 · Post by **Trevor33** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:46 pm

Huckleberryhound wrote:Scratch that, i just completed a turn.

WOOOHOOO

go huck

*insert mexican wave emoticon here*

Trevor33 · Post by **Trevor33** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:48 pm

goodick33 wrote:one thing.. as a new player.. i resent you saying that we are a bitch for abandoning our games.. i've been a member for about a day now and am already playing the max of 4 games and have no intention of abandonning any of them. but if i could do it all again i think i would have chosen to do my games all freestyle.. this waiting for 5 days thing kinda sucks.. and yes.. it is newbies that are not showing up for their turns.. but still, not all newbies are bitches like that

MeDeFe said it all, the fast majority of newbies are deadbeat bitches, play a game with 5 newbies and see how many deadbeat, at least 3 of them will. it sucks.

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:00 pm

Ok, help me out here

In this game - Game 150393

Spencerman just attacked his own team mate, is that normal, or has he just shot himself in the foot ? If i'm not supposed to comment on games in progress i appologise, but i saw others do it in other threads.

XenHu · Post by **XenHu** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:13 pm

Huckleberryhound wrote:Ok, help me out here

In this game - Game 150393

Spencerman just attacked his own team mate, is that normal, or has he just shot himself in the foot ? If i'm not supposed to comment on games in progress i appologise, but i saw others do it in other threads.

Its normal....Often done so that one teammate can gain a bonus....

Scorba · Post by **Scorba** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:22 pm

Huckleberryhound wrote:Ok, help me out here

In this game - Game 150393

Spencerman just attacked his own team mate, is that normal, or has he just shot himself in the foot ? If i'm not supposed to comment on games in progress i appologise, but i saw others do it in other threads.

In that particular game it's a stupid noobish mistake, as green nearly had the continent. Red probably doesn't even know he has a team mate.