The white hexagon that pops up to indicate that you can rotate the sectors by clicking on them is making it needlessly more difficult to get an overview of the map setup (especially for white).
Perhaps I'm getting old but my eyes are struggling cause of having to ignore this added color. I'd suggest indicating in another way that the sectors can be rotated without altering the actual layout/design of each sector. Maybe it would suffice to just inform the players in text.
Yeah with all the automation even 2-3 hours for a 4 player game might even be possible... I'd really love to be able to get in a game of gaia in that amount of time!
Seeing as many people who play live games here organize it privately, would there be any interest (both from players and owners of this site) in outsourcing the communication of looking for live games somewhere else for everyone on the server to join (such as a Discord server)? I'm aware there is the forums on this server but it seems like it is not the most viable approach since a) people don't check forums often enough and b) there is no notification/pinging.
There are a couple of variants out there which serve to balance GP. It could be nice to have an option included in this server to play with some of those variants. Some of them are pretty straightforward to implement while some would require some work. To give an overview to the site owner which variants are most requested i thought i'd make a thread where i write down all the most common variants i know, and then each can upvote based on how requested it is.
I second this. To elaborate:
Highlight the current players turn. I often find myself cycling through the games just to get an overview of when it's gonna be my turn. For this to work the order of the factions listed on the overview would also have to match the current turn order in that game.
Also another suggestion: If it is your turn, show the timer on the overview so you know which games needs your immediate attention. I feel this is really nice when you have alot of games going. I accidentally dropped out of mine cause i didn't realize i was running low on time (exclusively my own fault, i know), but this would assist the players to prioritize.
Tighter map for 3 player games
I don't play with it alot but i know alot of people prefer to take out sectors 9 and 10 in a 3 player game to make it tighter.
As the title says. Are there any plans to prompt the player when they are about to pass 'stupidly'?
It happens IRL and it also happens in here. Usually we allow the player to correct their obivously stupid mistake but since there is no way to manually turn back the time, i suggest there be implemented some way that warns the players when they are about to pass 'stupidly'. It would apply for the following scenarios:
In no way did this post get triggered by me making such a mistake...... :face_with_rolling_eyes: Of course one could argue it's up to the player and it's the players fault for not spending enough time to check everything. However when the format of this site supports having multiple games running at once, it would be a nice addition to assists the players in this way.