[Freeciv-Dev] Alternate Idea for Implementing Long Games

[Mark Metson <markm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am writing blind as in being I dont know how many months behind, the 
mailing-lists messages accumulated unread along with all the smap etc 
coming in over same span. So forgive me if someone already came up with 
this or if I have failed to respond on topics I was once involved in.

I have been playing on the pubservers lately. Trying to find ways around 
the various time-pressure problems and time-pressure tactics and 
time-pressure acts of "god and/or nature" and time-pressure strategies and 
so on.

So, here is a possibly new idea for maybe yet another way to attempt to 
approach and maybe even handle some part of some such problems.

How about a database of saved games searchable by combination of players. 
So when a number of players are all at a servers seeking a game, the DB 
can be searched to find is this precise combination of players actually 
presently on file as having a game in progress.

Thus, they will be able to go like ahhh its finally everyone is all here! 
Now at last we can possibly all have time to make a move or few in game 
number thus and such...

-MarkM- (Lately been playing Pierre Trudeau usually).