ORIGINAL: bo
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Jose I am afraid I do not understand what you are saying [par for me[:(]] Skype is not an aid for the game of MWIF, IMO, I do not have a cam with skype I was referring to be able to talk to each other while playing net play, as far as you examining stacks of naval units of your enemy isn't that what the Naval Review Details Screen is for?
Bo
Bo, I met one guy who had the game and after many intents, we couldn't play right at Slitherin's the game kept crashing...
So, we played the game in each of our computers and when the game was not working well, we sent the save through email or chat. We also used an option of Gmail which is called 'hangouts" to see the other players moves/rolls/ et caetera.
The problem came because this system was not perfect cause you cannot send such big files as frequently as errors came, considering the huge number of phases, subphases, ..., and how many crashes used to happen. BEcause of this we ended, many times taking decissions just by seeing the other player's screen as he run the game (being mine frozen because of Slitherin) through hangouts and commenting through skype. And the problem was...
... that if you just saw the screen in his computer, you could only see the top unit, be it a division or a plane usually, and maybe hiding faster or special untis (like paratroopers or marines). At least in my circle, and in Eurowif as well, this (if suspected to be on purpose and for an unfair advantage) is considered dirty/not honest playing.
When suddenly a mech div which would normally be atop of a stack appeared from under slower units (that I had no way to see because I could not see cycle through the other player's stacks, cause I only could see the static image ) we had an argument cause I hadn't has the opportunity to see them.
That's why I consider the Skype (or hangouts) an aide, cause it helps the game to work, as it should have worked if not for the bugs. Of course I am meaning (maybe I should have mentioned this) through the camera facilities, that I understand is what make the game be playable in spite of the problems. Maybe I got it wrong?
