Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Am I an Olympian yet?

I was just wondering if there is some function I have to perform before my name will appear in the sidebar under active Olympians.  Or is it too late in this particular dynasty for me to become one?  I don’t mind waiting for the next to begin—sounds like it will be soon.  By the way, am I correct in understanding that there is a time limit on dynasties?  What is that limit?

Comments

Clucky: he/him

31-01-2007 14:27:04 UTC

No, you need be added. Sorry it has taken so long. You will soon ben an Olympian.

No, there is no official time limit on dynasties. Technically, one could never end, though that wouldn’t be much fun.

peacefulwarrior:

31-01-2007 16:40:29 UTC

Thank you, Clucky, your magnanimity is appreciated.

I’m sorry for sounding stupid, but I’ve been poring over the Wiki and I can’t figure out how to actually roll the dice.  In fact, the whole notion of gameplay is a little unclear.  Is there someplace where the actual instructions on how to participate in events is codified?

alethiophile:

31-01-2007 17:07:24 UTC

To roll dice, you go to the GNDT (in the sidebar, click on “Access the GNDT”) and log in. Then, type YDICEX (where “Y” is the number of dice to roll and “X” is the number of sides on the dice) in the Comments box and click Submit. It’ll show the result in the bar to the side.

peacefulwarrior:

31-01-2007 17:22:17 UTC

Thank you.  It’s telling me my password is invalid.  I even went into my prefs and changed it, but it’s still not working.

One possibility is that my name in the GNDT is Peacefulwarrior (with capital P) while I am actually registered as peacefulwarrior (with small p).  Not sure if it is a case sensitivity issue.

spikebrennan:

31-01-2007 19:03:04 UTC

The GNDT has a different password than everything else.  (I got hung up on this too—the core game documents really could explain this better.)

Clucky: he/him

31-01-2007 20:22:26 UTC

If your name on the GNDT is Peacefulwarrior with a Capital P, then you need to type that name in to log into the GNDT =)

Hix:

31-01-2007 20:35:15 UTC

Actually, that’s ever-so-slightly misleading.  You choose your GNDT login from a drop-down menu, and type your password.  peacefulwarrior, the admin who officially brought you into the game probably sent you an email containing your GNDT password.  Let us know if you lost it or never recieved it so we can fire off another one.

peacefulwarrior:

31-01-2007 20:46:38 UTC

Hix, it looks like I never received it.  Could you please send another one?  Thanks.

Clucky: he/him

31-01-2007 20:52:03 UTC

Yeah. I sent you an email. I send you another one now.

peacefulwarrior:

31-01-2007 21:21:17 UTC

There’s something wrong here, I guess.  I haven’t recieved either email.  My address is listed correctly in my account.

Clucky: he/him

31-01-2007 21:35:01 UTC

Can someone else try sending it?

Hix:

31-01-2007 21:51:52 UTC

Sent.  Clucky, it doesn’t look like you ever sent it.

Clucky: he/him

31-01-2007 22:01:10 UTC

Lolz. It looks it didn’t send because you need to wait 5 minutes to send out mail. I send out snowballs, then tried yours and didn’t read the message that popped up or something. I then sent an email to The Doctor; and so the second time probably didn’t work either. I guess that is what I get for having too many windows open.

peacefulwarrior:

01-02-2007 10:59:34 UTC

Thanks, I’ve got that all sorted.  Now I have another question.  It says that to suggest future events to the Coach, just post it on the talk section of the wiki.  Would that be where it says “my talk”?