Hi all, I've started this group to facilitate discussion of the online version of Black Vienna. At the present time, Mikko Saari, Iain Cheyne and I are testing...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 23, 2008 9:40 pm
Hi All, I've added a "Dispatches" tab to Black Vienna Online. This is similar to "shoutboxes" wherein you can read and post messages to other players....
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 27, 2008 5:05 am
Hi All, I've added a new feature to Black Vienna Online. This option (called Active Players Only) is set only when a new case is created. If set, eliminated ...
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Iain Cheyne
icheyne
May 27, 2008 3:31 pm
Thanks Greg I will organise another game to test this out. ... -- Iain...
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Aaron Fuegi
aarondf1
May 27, 2008 6:43 pm
... Good, along these lines is how I always try to play - I think having elminated players ask questions is a pretty bad idea. Also, on the Dispatches thing I...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 27, 2008 7:46 pm
... I'm disinclined to put this on the "View" page. There's a balance that needs to be struck between having all the information you need in one place, and...
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John Haley
glandorf16
May 27, 2008 7:59 pm
I favor email alerts. I don't want to feel like I have to check the site repeatedly to see if new moves have been made or if it's my turn to investigate. And...
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Uncle Mike
uncmike
May 27, 2008 8:13 pm
I kind of like the idea of the last dispatch being on the view page but I understand the clutter issue. E-mail sounds like a reasonable compromise. Uncle...
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Phil Alberg
phil_alberg
May 27, 2008 8:30 pm
I don't want dispatches on the View page. But would it be too difficult to, say, change the color of the Dispatches text to red if there are new dispatches?...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 27, 2008 11:23 pm
... This is not too difficult to achieve. What I will likely do is keep track of the last time each player viewed the Dispatches tab. If there are messages...
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Derk Solko
solkod
May 28, 2008 1:14 am
Ok, I'm coming late to this party, so I apologize if this has been brought up before. I'm playing my first game, and we're about 12 turns in. When I play BV...
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Derk Solko
solkod
May 28, 2008 1:17 am
And another thing. At least with the current arrangement screen-turf-wise, there doesn't seem to be any reason that the 'Investigation' tab is a tab. I mean,...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 28, 2008 1:32 am
... need a real piece of paper to take notes? I use a separate piece of paper to take notes. It never really occurred to me to have an online facility to do...
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Derk Solko
solkod
May 28, 2008 1:45 am
Personally, I would think you'd have to have it. Perhaps something as simple as a text box next to each person's name could suffice: 0: ABCDE 1of2: FG, HI ...
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Mike Herms
mherms
May 28, 2008 1:47 am
... I agree with Derk. I log in from several different computers throughout the day to check my email and the game status. I don't really want to carry a...
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Uncle Mike
uncmike
May 28, 2008 2:30 am
Yep, I agree as well. I've been using a spreadsheet for just such a purpose. I've been trying to figure out just how I would suggest it be implemented but...
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Derk Solko
solkod
May 28, 2008 4:20 am
Now I don't know about studying the other people's questions relative to what you think you know about them, but it does raise another issue (that's a heck of...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 28, 2008 4:48 am
... purpose. I've been trying to figure out just how I would suggest it be implemented but haven't come up with just the right mix. I think a grid with...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 28, 2008 4:59 am
... what you think you know about them, but it does raise another issue (that's a heck of a decision tree). Technically, you can make an accusation anytime...
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Derk Solko
solkod
May 28, 2008 5:10 am
Perhaps once you reach a certain number of the unknowns, you can click a button to slow the game down? As for the notes, I think a matrix like the one Uncle...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 28, 2008 5:31 am
... It's not a question of how to implement a slow-down, but what the parameters of that slow-down are. Consider: It's fairly reasonable to expect that certain...
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Kurt Adam
kdadam
May 28, 2008 5:46 am
Re: note taking. I'd planned to bring this up as well. I can see wanting to start up multiple games and having to track all of it on a piece of paper or in a...
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Derk Solko
solkod
May 28, 2008 5:47 am
Not saying you're wrong. Merely bringing the point up. Imagine what Aldie feels like, 'cuz I send him this kinda stuff all the time. I think it's reasonable...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 28, 2008 6:14 am
... This is how things work at present. --Greg Aleknevicus http://pacificcoast.net/~greg/Auction.htm - Board games for sale...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 28, 2008 6:26 am
... cards, so no one asks him questions (or they asked him early on), so he's got no chance of winning unless he checks hourly of his own volition. I don't...
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 28, 2008 6:33 am
... I mis-read this the first time... I'm not quite sure what situation you're talking about here. How can you get "screwed" by not getting asked a question...
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Iain Cheyne
icheyne
May 28, 2008 6:50 am
... I like the idea of a shoutbox on the Black Vienna page. I have to go there to make my moves anyway, so I'm sure to read the banter. I would rather reduce...
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Iain Cheyne
icheyne
May 28, 2008 6:57 am
... I just carry this sheet in my wallet. http://boardgamegeek.com/file/info/29920 Maybe a link to the sheet in the instructions would help? -- Iain...
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Kurt Adam
kdadam
May 28, 2008 6:59 am
... Then I'm misunderstanding what Derk is complaining about. If I can accuse any time and I can know every time a turn happens, I'm fine with it how it is....
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Greg Aleknevicus
aleknevicus
May 28, 2008 9:18 am
... I've added a version of this to the website. Once you're logged into a case, a link will appear at the bottom of every page labelled "Printable Notepad"....
