I would join if I had the points :P fast games sound fun I think I'll try them sometime.

p.s is your account name from a book?

how about 27 pt buy-in...i'll enter orders, i promise....
i just really want to play in a game where i don't have to wait so long just for others to move.

I would agree to play this weekend but an afternoon is not long enough, even for 15 min cycles. I played 3 games last weekend, they each took 12-24 hours even tho most cycles were 15 mins. (I admit some people went CD and that slowed each cycle to an hour for awhile)

Heres what I propose:
We begin Sat late morning and agree in advance to pause times. I recommend after 4 hours there should be a 1 hour break for meals, etc. and after 8-12 hours there should be a pause until the next day. Everyone agrees to these rules and no one cheats and unpauses like they did last weekend, so they can win while everyone else is asleep.

So I would like to play a weekend game and finish this weekend but with some breaks for eating and sleeping. I will be looking for 6 other players who agree to these conditions in advance befroe the game starts.

eh. i would love to play a fast game without waiting for 24 hours..but a lot of people (myself included) have quite busy schedules.
Can we start..umm Saturday afternoon would be best.

and once we have 7. we can work out a scheduling that could work for all of us

Hey, i'd really like to play a fast game, see what it's like. I'm on GMT time tho and would need to sleep etc, other than that i promise i wouldn't go CD can't quite afford 101 points tho

I'll vouch for Crazyter and Alamo, both were great about getting orders in in a timely manner.

I disagree, though about finishing it in an afternoon, Ter .. if people stick to the 15 minute turn, a game should typically be over in 3 - 3 /12 hours.

Early morning US seems to be the best time to start if you have players from both US and Europe.

Razz you might be right and if we finish Sat afternoon thats wonderful, but I don't want to join the game unless we all commit to what happens if we don't finish Sat afternoon.

Idealist-would love to have you aboard. The reason I don't want to set up the scheduling later is that we tried that in 3 games last weekend and people finked out on the terms later by "unpausing", etc.

I propose we start on Sat about 10 AM EST and in the pre-game everyone promises to abide by the same terms. If Razz is right we won't even need to use some of the terms, but they will be my security blanket. If we cant agree ot the terms in the pre-game, I will go CD immediately and let someone take over before the game even starts.

then i guess i won't be playing. im out of the house sat morning from 10-2pm

sorry guys. have fun =)

OK check back in case the game starts at 2 PM Sat (Are you on EST?)

I'm on GMT -5

I could have done it on Sunday, but Saturday is bad for me. Let me know if the day changes and I'm in. No worries about CD either.

I'm also GMT -5

I will set it up for 10 AM Sat with a pause around 6 PM and continuing if necessary on Sunday at Noon. We have to be realistic. People think a game can be played in 3-4 hours but think about it. A game-year takes 3 to 6 turns including builds and retreats . Say 4 turns per average game-year. SO in 4 hours we can be done with 1904 even when we stick to the 15 min limit. Every game I've played lasts until 1910, that is 10 hours approximately, if everyone always sticks to the 15 in limit.

LanGaidin, and others... that's two of us for Sun still. But sounds like there were lots of games today. I'll check in around 12:30 and see if we have got 7..

I'm up for the game!