Yes and I made a similar suggestion in my long list of client/server features that would be cool. Zach On 5/25/07, ChronosWS <chronosws at comcast.net> wrote: > I've previous made a suggestion that we need to modify the metaclient and > metaserver to allow people to register for notifications about games such > that when enough people have registered interest in a particular game, all > are notified and provided the option to immediately connect. This does > require a change to the code however, but it is not a change to the server > code. > > -----Original Message----- > From: netrek-dev-bounces at us.netrek.org > [mailto:netrek-dev-bounces at us.netrek.org] On Behalf Of Zach > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:37 PM > To: netrek-clue-games at googlegroups.com > Cc: Netrek Development Mailing List > Subject: Re: [netrek-dev] [netrek-clue-games] Re: Weekly Clue Game > Announcement > > Good idea but will be hard to do in practice since I don't know of any > netrek client or server mechanism that allows a sound to be played to > all clients. Also one could have the sound muted at the OS level or be > playing music or watching a movie that could be using the sound > channel so they wouldn't hear it anyways. I think maybe something like > xbiff could be coded where the client will pop up a dialog box in the > center of the screen saying "Clue game about to begin." This shouldn't > be too hard to implement in the clients. > > Zach > > On 5/25/07, Rickie Malgren <rebmaboss at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I don't know any way of fixing the problem of games starting late, but > > I have a suggestion on how people can get things done while waiting > > and still be ready on time. > > > > When I log into a clue game, I'll idle until the game's ready to > > start, and several people can do the same. THE DIFFERENCE IS that the > > person in charge of the server could write a special macro that will > > play a one-minute, LOUD tune WHEN THE CLUE GAME IS ABOUT TO START so > > that people will know when to get back on the computer. That way, > > people could get things done and know when the game is about to start. > > > > It's a suggestion--what do you think? > > > > > > On 5/24/07, John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 11:57:26PM -0400, Zach wrote: > > > > > > > > As several pointed out the issue of players who will play in the clue > > > > game hanging out on pickup servers until the last possible minute is > > > > problematic. So we need to *encourage* them to join the clue server. > > > > Perhaps someone can show up on pickup and use a macro to ALL to get > > > > their attention that clue game is going to start and to please show up > > > > on time. Another idea I had is to have the clue servers show up on the > > > > metaservers sooner. If game time is scheduled for 22:00 EST then have > > > > the clueservers show up on metaserver at 21:00 EST. > > > > > > 1) I have been doing exactly that on pickled since the clue > > > games started up again. > > > > > > 2) Clue server is listed on the meta 30-45 minutes prior to > > > game time. > > > > > > 3) The primary issue, for the umpteenth time, is players > > > /not showing up on time/. > > > > > > 4) The ones that show up late are the same ones, week > > > after week. They are the semi-clue and clue players > > > that all should know better. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > -- > > > "I'm sorry but our engineers do not have phones." > > > As stated by a Network Solutions Customer Service representative when > asked to > > > be put through to an engineer. > > > > > > "My other computer is your windows box." > > > Ralf Hildebrandt > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Netrek Clue Games" group. > > To post to this group, send email to netrek-clue-games at googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > netrek-clue-games-unsubscribe at googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/netrek-clue-games?hl=en > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > netrek-dev mailing list > netrek-dev at us.netrek.org > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/mailman/listinfo/netrek-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > netrek-dev mailing list > netrek-dev at us.netrek.org > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/mailman/listinfo/netrek-dev >