Re: Cat23's Very Own Site

Luis <[email protected]> Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:32:12 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.games.diplomacy.cat23.new-games
Message-ID <[email protected]>
What is a game queue? Does it mean that if I want to join game no.3 
(maybe because it's a variant of my like or whatever) I have to wait for 
game nos. 1 and 2 to fill up?

It would only make sense among same type games, standard typically. 
Otherwise I don't see it.

Luis.

Peter J Richardson wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The White Wolf" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:cloudhurler77%40yahoo.com>>
> To: "Cat-23 DipKnights" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:dipknights%40yahoogroups.com>>; "Cat-23 NGame" 
> <[email protected] <mailto:cat23-ngame%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:18 PM
> Subject: [CAT23-Ngame] Cat23's Very Own Site
>
> > - Chris Babcock has also suggested a game queue
> > system, which I personally agree with wholeheartedly.
> > It should make filling games a bit quicker and show
> > potential GMs where the interest lies, as he pointed
> > out. My only concern is that we should give people the
> > option of removing themselves from the queue if they
> > decide they've been waiting too long, something else
> > came up, etc.
>
> Game Queues have been discussed in the past. In the days when Cat23 
> was active you could fill a game quicker by
> taking seven names off the Cat23-NGame list than you could taking 
> seven off the queue and then waiting for them
> all to confirm that they were still interested. That may not be the 
> case any more so maybe a Game Queue would
> now have a place, though I think that any GM should have the choice of 
> whether to use it or not.
>
> Regards
> Peter
>
>  



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