[Freeciv] Re: Sneak Endyear on Pubserver.

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 01:51:14PM +0100, Mateusz Stefek wrote:
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> Dnia 2003.11.27 01:41, Ilkka Lehtoranta napisa=B3(a):
> > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Bill Landis wrote:
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> > > fighting and we all ended turn ("Turn Done") normally.  After every=
one
> > > else (or at least myself) ended turn on 125 BC he (the leader) chec=
ked the
> > > score, and with  no discussion set the end year for that year and e=
nded
> > > turn, thus ending the game with him still in first place.
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> > That happens. I personally gave up playing games on pubserver. He was=
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> > sneaky but there is nothing that could prevent that thing...
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> Quick and dirty fix for pubserver.
> When you set endyear it must be > game.year + 5 turns.
> Hope this will help
> --
> mateusz

I think I'll withdraw this patch after discussing it with players,
they say bona fide players find it too difficult to end a game this way.

So it looks like somebody really has to code up the /vote command now ...

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Reinier