Game Startups--Warning?

mepbmlist
#1

The reason why is if you are in another game, the startup takes a moderate amount of money, and can put you in a position where you do not have enough funds to pay for the turns of that game. And the payment for that startup starts immediately upon the generation of your turn 0. If it that turn is run before you have rectified the lack of funds due to the startup (or startups) being generated, then your turns are not only withheld (big deal, when the money gets there, the turns are released) but you are also charged a fee for dropping below 0. And that seems to be where the issue comes in. Its a simple request to allow people a little time to rectify the situation before that fee is assessed. If there was a warning period as to when the game starts, then they can make sure that the money is there not only for the startup, but for whatever turns may be running at the same time. Is the request for either a period of a day or two warning, or even just to rectify the lack of funds before the fee is assesed that much of a big deal?

-Ken

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From: Brad Brunet <pbmnoot@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Game Startups--Warning?
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:10:09 -0500 (EST)

--- Kenneth Weed <watakshi@hotmail.com> wrote: >
> Hey Harley guys,
> I understand that you want to get games started as soon as
> possible, but
> to be honest, you need to give people some warning when games will
> start.

When you get your first pdf, the game doesn't start for
3 bloody weeks already! What happened, they sent you a notice
saying "Your game has started but your account is low so
we're holding your pdf hostage until it's rectified." If that's
the case - there's your warning - otherwise I don't understand
this complaint fully or why it's in the public sphere...?

Brad

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#2

The reason why is if you are in another game, the startup takes a moderate
amount of money,

*** About a turn's worth.
but you are also charged

a fee for dropping below 0.

** Minor one - and see earlier email.

   Is the

request for either a period of a day or two warning, or even just to rectify
the lack of funds before the fee is assesed that much of a big deal?

*** For some players getting turns back asap is very important, so yes for some it is. This is the 1st complaint that i have about it as well - implication that it works okay.

Clint