Give a "Planets holiday" between December 25 and January 1
Since people tend to get really busy during the holidays, I would like to propose a "holiday" between December 25 and January 1 during which host only runs if all turns are submitted. Those dates are just a proposal. I am in the USA, and it may be appropriate to offset those dates a bit for those who have different holidays in other countries.
This would give welcome respite for a week during a time when people are very likely to be traveling. But if all players are able to play, the game would still run when all submit their turns.
Obviously,we didn’t give a holiday during this time. Even though other host sites have done this in the past Nu has always followed the policy of no shut downs. We’ve got the simple holiday mode button if you need to miss a turn.
I know there are quite a few supporters of this, but we wont’ be implementing this in the future, so I’ll return these votes.
Nu will continue to be an “always on” service so that everyone can get their fix whenever they need it. :)
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Baer commented
As there is no way to vote against any of these I am posting a STRONG NO!! I have an agreement with the host, a contract so to speak. There was no mention of a shutdown. I feel that this is a policy vote not an improvement vote and as such there should be a way for there to be a truse vote, a way for the many of us that are against this to vote NO!.
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smn commented
Needs option to vote negatively, too!
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Mycroft commented
For those of us who have families to go to who do not always have internet. And those of us who have kids who want to spend time with their parents. This is something that would be nice to do. I'm sure all of us have a million other games that we can also play to fix the itch for a week if absolutely needed. And if the games still run on NU if all turns are submitted I don't see a reason why it really hurts anyone. If people want to continue to play on the holidays they can.
If anything, your ensuring you get the best attention from your allies and enemies allowing for a better administered turn. I for one do not like playing against anyone that I know is holding back when they have a lot more fight left in them. I would rather play my best, and play someone else at their best. Than to be sloppy and play sloppy players.
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chaos1357 commented
Opposed. That's a period were players are more likely to have time available then the rest of the year.
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thin commented
yeah! holidays!
bär, you could play the one holiday turn really really slow.. consider that ^^ -
Baer commented
I do not agree, there are only a few times a year when some of us can take all the time we want to do turns and that week is one of them.
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Red Megaman commented
Good idea. But why not start the holiday on the 24th for those of us who celebrate christmas eve.