Yeah, the last Pitboss game didn't go well, and it was my fault. I've played in and hosted several games to their conclusion since then, and I've got the kinks out (plus now I'm no longer on a wireless connection), so I'm gonna try again.

For those that are interested, I'd be more than happy to host another Pitboss game. We can make it normal Civ4, or even Warlords, if y'all want to try it. If you are interested and are willing to give me another shot at this, respond so I know how large to make the game.

Also indicate whether you want a normal Civ game or a Warlords game.

I'm in. It doesn't matter to me which game we play.

If we play Vanilla, I would like to be Catherine. If we play Warlords, I would like to be Elizabeth.

I'm willing to give this another shot...

I've been itching to try the pitboss mode.

Are you wanting to try regular Civ or Warlords? If everyone doesn't have Warlords, we'll go with regular.

As it stands now, including me, we should have 6 people interested so far. A few more and we'll be set.

Jeeber doesn't have Warlords... :-/

I'm in.

What's pitboss?

I do not have Warlords. May be interested if it's regular.

What's pitboss?

It stands for Persistant Turn Based System, or PTBS (Pitboss). It's much like PBEM, only the game stays in a server, hense players can take their turns any time during the turn period (set by the Pitboss owner, usually 24 hours). It allows casual play while guaranteeing at least 1 turn per period (again, usually 24 hours).

I host the game, it stays on my computer. You go online, using my IP, and play your turn. When you're done, you log off, and wait to the next turn. You don't have to wait for someone to take their turn, and the most you have to wait to take the next turn is 24 hours. It eliminates the problem of one person causing the whole game to die off.

Only the person hosting the game has to have anything special on their computer. When everyone takes their turn (or 24 hours pass), each person gets an email telling them to take the next turn.

Other than that, it's the same as any other turn-based game. Basically, if you enjoy PBEM games, but hate the fact that they die when one person does take their turn, Pitboss is for you.

We can make this a normal Civ4 game. Is there any particular settings anyone would be interested in?

I am in but don't have Warlords, or any desire to get it, either.

Ok, let's set this up, then:

Normal Civ4 game (so you don't have to have Warlords), Huge map, Raging Barbarians.

8 players, so everyone should be able to take a Civ. Catherine is reserved for Spleen, since he specifically asked, so please do not take Catherine.

For those who have never played in a Pitboss game:

Open Civ4.
Select "Multiplayer"
Select "Direct IP Game"
The name of the game is "FOFC Dominion"
Enter the following IP: 24.154.139.119 The password is: fofc

Then just take your turn as normal, then log off when you're done. PM me your email address so that you will receive new turn notifications.

I'll send another post when this is fully setup.

Raging barbarians? Hoo boy.

Are all eight slots filled, or are you looking for more players?

Edit: Er, actually, I wouldn't be able to, gonna be away for ten days over the holidays.

Ok, it's set up. Log on using the above instructions, then PM me with your email address.

One more thing...after you select your civ, it'll ask you to set a password. PLEASE do so, as it protects your civ from someone else accidentally taking it.

I look forward to eliminating your civilization soon. :)

Wednesday: as long as you let me know when you'll be gone, you're more than welcome. It'll simply skip your turn each day while you're away. Everyone else will still have at least one turn each day.

The Civs in the game:

Catherine: (saved for Spleen)
Elizabeth:
Montezuma:
Julius Caesar:
Alexander:
Washington: WVUFan
Tokugawa:
Louis XIV:

OK, then I'm game.

I usually get whacked by the AI if it's above second or third level. Haven't tried playing humans before. :o

OK, then I'm game.

I usually get whacked by the AI if it's above second or third level. Haven't tried playing humans before. :o

It's not so bad. You'll find human players seem to be much less aggressive then CPU ... unless you're playing Celeval. He's a bastard. :D

Follow the above steps, and you should be able to log in just fine. Lemme know if there's any problems.

Long live the Mighty Roman Empire!

it's telling me i don't have the same files... downloading latest patch

I have teh latest patch 1.61 :(

Do I have to uninstall the Warlords EP?

Yeah , I had to uninstall the Warlords EP.

I'm in and I'm Greek. Were's the beer?

Sounds cool. And with my new computer, I can play! Is there room?

It's not so bad. You'll find human players seem to be much less aggressive then CPU ... unless you're playing Celeval. He's a bastard. :D

Hey, now. :)

It's not so bad. You'll find human players seem to be much less aggressive then CPU ... unless you're playing Celeval. He's a bastard. :D

Follow the above steps, and you should be able to log in just fine. Lemme know if there's any problems.


From my recollection, you were the one that mercilessly and unprovokedly assassinated his scouts. :)

I'd be in, but I don't have much time lately. Lots of personal stuff going on. So I'll pass.

I'm in.

Yeah , I had to uninstall the Warlords EP.

I'm in and I'm Greek. Were's the beer?

I'm in (Japan) and didn't have to uninstall... you just need to start the original Civ game rather than Warlords. They're both still there to play.

I'm in.

He lives!!!!!!

I'm in. First turn played...

What difficulty are we playing?

I'm in (Japan) and didn't have to uninstall... you just need to start the original Civ game rather than Warlords. They're both still there to play.

Odd, I tried starting both and the orig wouldn't even load.

We're playing Noble.

Passagalia: We have one spot open: Montezuma.

The Game right now has:

Catherine: Spleen
Elizabeth: FranklinNoble
Montezuma:
Julius Caesar: JeeberD
Alexander: BoneGavel
Washington: WVUFan
Tokugawa: Celeval
Louis XIV: Sharon

Anyone else interested?

Please send me a PM with your email so I can set up Civstats and mail notification.

Odd, I tried starting both and the orig wouldn't even load.

Right CD in?

Right CD in?

I had 1.61 installed, I tried to start the game with both cd's with both game icons.

I'll reinstall warlords and try again. Can't hurt.

Once you PM me your email address, you'll get an email from CivStats asking you to confirm. The rest I'll set up for you.

You can also directly register if you like -- go to www.civstats.com (http://www.civstats.com), and click on "Create Account" on the top right of the screen. Our game is located below:

http://www.civstats.com/viewgame.php?gameid=230

There should be a "Register your Leader" and it'll ask you which leader you are. The password is fofc as always.

Civstats is a website that allows you to see the details of the game even when you're not in it. It also send out emails whenever a new turn is ready to go.

To the people who played in our last Pitboss game, you can just login to your account that should already be setup.

OK, I'm in. PM sent presently.

Ok, we're full -- and there's a new turn. Welcome, Wednesday.

Dola, check that, I'll direct-register.

I'm in (Japan) and didn't have to uninstall... you just need to start the original Civ game rather than Warlords. They're both still there to play.

I reinstalled Warlords and it now works with the original Civ 4 CD/Icon.

thanks!

I'm in.

Sweet!

If Franklin's in, you can count me in!

Actually, i'll sit this one out for an easy life.

I guess I missed out. No problem, I'll get in the next one!

New Turn is up. I think everyone should be getting turn notifications -- Jeeber, you have a PM.

Spleen and FranklinNoble are tied as the current leaders with 44 points.

Now the imporant info ... The American Empire Standings:

GNP: 6th (out of 8)
Production: 2nd
Food: 5th
Soldiers: 8th
Land: 6th
Population: 1st
Approval Rating: 1st
Life Expectency: 2nd

FEAR the awesome might of the Americans!! RRARGH and stuff.

Who controls the British Crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!

Dumb question, but if we all happen to be logged in to the game at the same time, does the game act like a regular multiplayer? I'm guessing the answer is yes.

The civstats site is sweet. Good find.

Dumb question, but if we all happen to be logged in to the game at the same time, does the game act like a regular multiplayer? I'm guessing the answer is yes.

The civstats site is sweet. Good find.

Yeas, it does. In one of the early games here, there were 4-6 of us logged in at the same time, playing together until 4-5am.

Is you PC off?

No, but my cable was while I was asleep. It just came back in about 5 minutes ago. It's back running.

No, but my cable was while I was asleep. It just came back in about 5 minutes ago. It's back running.

cool, didn't catch this until now, and I won't be home until after 5 or so EST.

Turn 10 Scoring -- 3730 BC

Spleen is now tied with 4 other players for the lead: FranklinNoble, MrWednesday, JeeberD, and WVUFan

American Empire Stats:

GNP: 5th (out of 8) -- up 1 spot from last update
Production: 3rd -- down one spot
Food: 5th
Soldiers: 6th -- up 2 spots from last time
Land: 5th
Population: 1st
Approval Rating: 1st
Life Expectency: 2nd

Everyone:

It's come to my attention that a bunch of us are very, VERY close to each other right at the beginning. It's entirely possible that I accidentally put a smaller map when setting up the game.

A couple of people have expressed interest in resetting the game from the start, since we're fairly early into the game. This decision I'm gonna leave up to you guys, so please post here to see if that's what you would like to do or keep things as is.

If this is my fault (and it very well be), I do apologize. Y'all let me know how you want me to proceed. If most want to continue as it is, that's cool with me. If most want to reset, that's cool too.

I'm cool with restarting.

Yeah, I'm down with restarting. The British Empire needs room to grow. You all don't want me to bust out my anschluss too early in the game.

If there's an issue with the layout, I have no problem with restarting.

Dola, I haven't found anybody near me. :)

I found someone on turn 2. I haven't found anyone since because my exploring unit was attacked by lions and has been healing for the last 87 turns.

I haven't seen anyone yet, but I'm okay with restarting if need be.

Side note: I couldn't connect because Sharon was on a week or so ago - is this still a problem? If so, is Sharon on the same subnet as the game server? If so, I have a fix for it I can post (pretty easy).

I haven't seen anyone yet, but I'm okay with restarting if need be.

Side note: I couldn't connect because Sharon was on a week or so ago - is this still a problem? If so, is Sharon on the same subnet as the game server? If so, I have a fix for it I can post (pretty easy).

It's intermittent. It's because of the ISDN router I have at home, I think... every now and then it happens - although it doesn't happen EVERY time, because I've connected to other people (and had other people connect to me) while I've been on there.

But, if you have a fix, I'd be happy to try it. She's not on the same subnet as the game server, though.

I have no problem restarting.

Ok.. seems like everyone is pretty cool with a re-start.

I think it's for the best. There are four civs within a few turns walk from each other - that's just a little too crowded I think.

It's intermittent. It's because of the ISDN router I have at home, I think... every now and then it happens - although it doesn't happen EVERY time, because I've connected to other people (and had other people connect to me) while I've been on there.

But, if you have a fix, I'd be happy to try it. She's not on the same subnet as the game server, though.

Does it only happen when she and you are both on? I had a similar problem with my wife - basically, there's a single port defined in config for in/out - if she and I were both on the same subnet playing on an server somewhere else, we could each connect fine, but anyone else joining would bomb out since it was trying to communicate to the same external IP/port for both of us. Fixed it by changing the NetComm port (Port = 205x) in the CivilizationIV.ini for both regular and Warlords (in My Document \ My Games). I did that for the three machines we run Civ on - mine, hers, and our server's - and made each a unique value and the problem went away. Dunno if that would work in your situation, but worth a shot.

Kevin

There's a program called Hamachi that when you run it, lets you (really really easily) create or join a 'VPN'. A VPN is a Virtual Private Network which is tech talk for a virtual LAN.

The reason I mention this is that my lady and I wanted to play Civ with my brother but like Franklin and his lady, we had problems with both of us behind one router connecting to someone outside.

Using Hamachi meant that we all appeared to be on the same network and therefore Civ worked a dream from the get go.

I doubt the entire game here would want to do this but it is a solution for those with the "multiple players behind one router" problem.

Yeah, I had it on a smaller map.

The game has been reset. Same password as before, but there will be different leaders this time, and I've expanded the game to 8 players, so if those few that wanted in before now can be.

Log in and grab your civ. :-)

There are now 8 CIVS in the game.

When you grab your civ, go to here:

http://www.civstats.com/viewgame.php?gameid=239

and do your think and claim your civ here so you get mail notification.

This one is set to Huge (I made sure this time) and Fractal Map.

Wasn't it only eight civs before?

Anyway, I'm in as Persian, and I have to say, I was much happier with my initial city draw in the last game. :)

Incorrect registration password on civstats using "fofc".

Wasn't it only eight civs before?

Anyway, I'm in as Persian, and I have to say, I was much happier with my initial city draw in the last game. :)

Oh, yeah ... I thought we had 6. :-) So, we have 8, so everyone should have a civ again. :-)

Does it only happen when she and you are both on? I had a similar problem with my wife - basically, there's a single port defined in config for in/out - if she and I were both on the same subnet playing on an server somewhere else, we could each connect fine, but anyone else joining would bomb out since it was trying to communicate to the same external IP/port for both of us. Fixed it by changing the NetComm port (Port = 205x) in the CivilizationIV.ini for both regular and Warlords (in My Document \ My Games). I did that for the three machines we run Civ on - mine, hers, and our server's - and made each a unique value and the problem went away. Dunno if that would work in your situation, but worth a shot.

Kevin

Clever... I'll try that.

There's a program called Hamachi that when you run it, lets you (really really easily) create or join a 'VPN'. A VPN is a Virtual Private Network which is tech talk for a virtual LAN.

The reason I mention this is that my lady and I wanted to play Civ with my brother but like Franklin and his lady, we had problems with both of us behind one router connecting to someone outside.

Using Hamachi meant that we all appeared to be on the same network and therefore Civ worked a dream from the get go.

I doubt the entire game here would want to do this but it is a solution for those with the "multiple players behind one router" problem.


Hmm... well, if the first suggestion doesn't work and we ever want to do an accellerated start, maybe I'll give that a shot.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Eric - the CivStats password you gave me last night doesn't work.

I'll join the game as soon as I get home today.

Dola,

I was able to get in and claim a civ while at work. Once the game came up for me to take my turn, I lost my connection though. So, I don't know if it fully went through, but I claimed the Egyptians.

fofc doesn't work for me when I try to claim my civ on civstats.com.

spleen, according to CivStats, you've taken control of Egypt but you haven't completed your turn.

Something is not right with this game. It should not take me 19 turns to research Animal Husbandry and 33 food to grow to pop 2.

The game speed must be set to something other than normal, I think.

I have the game with the same settings as the last game, only the map should be larger.

The password for civstats is king. Sorry for not posting that. :-(

Would a Huge may make these things take longer?

No. The speed is the same as the last game, though.

What is the speed set to?

What is the speed set to?

Epic.

Epic.

Guh! That explains it.

These games are slow enough without that. :D

Epic.

Guh! That explains it.

These games are slow enough without that. :D


Makes early-game decisions critical. Wandering too far from home can be dangerous, if a rival comes across your city undefended.

I have the game with the same settings as the last game, only the map should be larger.

The password for civstats is king. Sorry for not posting that. :-('

Thanks, I'm in!

Makes early-game decisions critical. Wandering too far from home can be dangerous, if a rival comes across your city undefended.

I don't play epic. Games on normal are already too long for me. :)

Makes early-game decisions critical. Wandering too far from home can be dangerous, if a rival comes across your city undefended.

And Raging Barbs, yikes!

Thanks for saving a spot for me...

Thanks for saving a spot for me...

There's a spot still there for ya, Jeeber. Saladin is still open for you.

I can't connect right now, but last night it looked like everyone was taken. I'll try again in a bit...

Same IP and password, right?

And Raging Barbs, yikes!


Yeah... who's idea was that?

Yup. Same password. On Civstats, the password is king

I won't be taking another turn until the 30th. Assuming the game proceeds at the minimum pace (one turn per day) and my scout does proceed to scout on automatic (as I told him to) and doesn't find anything really interesting, I don't anticipate my civ requiring user intervention while I'm gone.

There's a spot still there for ya, Jeeber. Saladin is still open for you.

So I think I read "Saladin" as "Saldana" the first time I checked the game...that's why I thought there wasn't a spot for me. Sorry 'bout that... :o

So I think I read "Saladin" as "Saldana" the first time I checked the game...that's why I thought there wasn't a spot for me. Sorry 'bout that... :o

There's the ole' UTEP edukashun at work. ;)

Can't connect to the game.

I'll check it when I get home. There's storms going on in this area, which usually means short power outages that kill the cable internet. It only takes the net being off for a few seconds for the game to disconnect.

np :) still trying to figure out my printing problem in FOF2k7.

Yup, was right. Power was evidently out for a good 15 minutes. Game is back up.

Just and observation... the civstats site doesn't seem to be tracking each of us individually like the last game. Seems that only the American civ is being tracked. Is anyone else seeing this?

Obviously, CivStats knows a winner when it sees one.

Just and observation... the civstats site doesn't seem to be tracking each of us individually like the last game. Seems that only the American civ is being tracked. Is anyone else seeing this?

I haven't properly updated the "leaders' section of the new game ... it will this weekend when I update it.

I've been a busy beaver for the last week (surprise surprise) and haven't checked on the game until today (scout on auto and building first unit takes forever anyway). Is your system down today?

Ping civstats as well - I rely on that email for new turns. :)

Both are fixed. Had an error on my computer that made my reboot. I've also repaired Civstats and updated everyone's Leaders on Civstats.

Offline again?

Yeah. Just got in. I'll reset in a few minutes.

It's back up and running again.

The CivStats uploader is still out — it timed out on 12/29.

Plus, as of this morning an attempt to connect to the server also timed out.

Both the CivStats site and the game is back up. Come to find out beta testing a new Sony online game and Pitboss don't get along very well.

Excellent, thanks.

We're down again, from the looks of it.

We are? I just logged in a second ago.

I was able to get in this morning, but I couldn't last night. :confused:

Ditto spleen.

This'll piss you off....

I popped 2 goodie huts on the current turn and what did I get? 2 maps... WTF?

Hah. I've popped three huts so far and gotten two maps and 51 gold.

Yeah, my other one was 46 gold. At least gold is useful.

I think while I was away, my autoscout picked up a couple of gold stashes. That's consistent with my current treasury, anyway. :)

My first hut this game was a large map of open water.

The uploader is out again.

I know. It's on purpose this time. I'm doing some video uploading from my wrestling league to YouTube. I'll turn the game back on in about a half hour or so.

I figured the middle of the night is the best time to do this. :-)

Gotcha. Although, I tried within the last fifteen minutes and still timed out, so either you forgot to put it back up, or it was more like "or so" than "a half hour". :)

Gotcha. Although, I tried within the last fifteen minutes and still timed out, so either you forgot to put it back up, or it was more like "or so" than "a half hour". :)

Yeah, I'm running into some Vid Capture problems... I just now posted about it. :-)

CivStats.com is updated and current.

Whoa! Nice!

Any chance that we all will get on at the same time and hit a few rounds?

That would be nice. I am free most evenings and willing to stay up until 4am on Saturday night like last time. :)

Yeah, I'd be cool with that, too.

I'm probably busy tonight, definitely busy tomorrow night, not necessarily doing anything Thursday.

Thursday is not good for me, bowling night.

Thursday is the only day I can do it. Working nights the rest of the week.

Game down? I can't log in.

Looks like the game is down. I hope we don't move past yesterday's turn. I could never get connected to take my turn.

Still can't get in :)

Still down?

I just got back in town from being away from home for the last few days. I'm at work now, I'll get it back up when I get back home.

Sorry for the delay. :-)

No problem...

Greece is coming for you!1111

I solve my turn and I see the light
We gotta grow not shrink, we gotta feed the peasants right
There ain't no danger from barbarian hordes
We start believing now that we can be overlords

Greece is the word
They think our civ is just in growing pains
Why don't they understand, It's just a part of the game
The turns aren't flying in the epic mode
We start to find resources to find that motherlode

Greece is the word
Greece is the word, is the word that you heard
It's got groove it's got meaning
Greece is the time, is the place is the motion
Greece is the way we are feeling

http://www.bonegavel.com/images/fofc/alexander.jpg

I tried again and it still isn't up. Will try again tomorrow.

I don't get home until 2 am. :-(

Should be back up. Civstats is updated as well.

I can't connect right now.

Should be working. Had to reset my something internally. I just saw Mr Wednesday get in, so it should be good to go.

Still can't connect.

It looks like it went back down, as the CivStats uploader timed out.

Yep... down for me too.

It was up earlier this morning, but now it seems to be down again.

Guh!

This is frustrating.

I got my turn in!

The uploader is out again, so it may have crashed again.

Sorry for this, but due to an error on my part (I didn't properly save), I'm gonna ask everyone to retake the 3250 turn again.

sorry for this.

There goes my discovery of Fusion.

There goes my discovery of Fusion.

I suppose this means you don't want to trade that for Pottery anymore, huh?

Seems to have gone down again. Franklin and I were the only ones to get turns in before it disappeared.

Down for the last 24 hrs...

Still down.

I've given up.

I PMed WVUFAN, he said it should be back up tonight.

One day delay. I'll turn it on as soon as I get home from work tonight. I'll have the Civstats site send out an email when it's up and running.

The game is back up and running. Civstats has been updated.

Much thanks to Mr Wednesday for letting me know there was still an issue. It's been resolved. EVERYONE, and not just me, can log in.

w00t! Die peasants!

w00t! Die peasants!

Little early for seppuku, don't you think?

game is up but it isn't connected to the stats site.

Down again...

In and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
Couldn't get in all night
Stats are down alright
WVUFAN's got a slingbox
We can never play at night

In and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
Couldn't get in all night
Stats are down alright
WVUFAN's got a slingbox
We can never play at night

Actually, it should be up.

Actually, it should be up.


:D

haven't tried (at work) but a lot of posts in a row reminded of that song.

I did away with connecting wirelessly and hardwired my connection. When I did that, it reset my IP address, so I had to reset my port forwarding. In other words, try the game again (same IP settings). It should be working now.

Still not working.

I'll check it when I get home.

k, I'm close to having a worker complete and I can't wait to put him to diggin'.

Down again.

Still down.

Been up for over a week now. Woot for a land-line connection!!!!

Why does JeeberD's player say "AI" now? Did the appearance of my warrior scare him out of the game? :D

Why does JeeberD's player say "AI" now? Did the appearance of my warrior scare him out of the game? :D

He PM'ed me and told me his computer was giving him issues. Yossarian will be replacing him within a few days.

Sorry, fellas. I feel terrible about dropping out. But I'm getting error messages nearly every time I try to open it up. Like I said in a different thread, I think it's about time I upgrade to a new computer...

/me waves to Sharon

My ... "peaceful" mission of discovery has not found any new people yet.

I haven't found anyone yet, either.

I found Jeebs... and then he quit the game. Go figure. :D

/me waves to Sharon


She says she'd wave back, but SkyDog still has her banned.

She's run into Celeval, too.

The game will be down from 3.18 to 3.21. I'll send an email when the game comes back up. :-)

Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

:D

game seems up, it just won't accept the password.

game seems up, it just won't accept the password.

Yeah, I'm changing the post for the game. Had some issues with a Warlords and vanilla game running at the same time, so I have to switch the port for this game. I'm hoping to get everything set by tomorrow.

oki data

Still working on this. When it does come up, it'll be on port 2055, but I'll send the info when I can.

I haven't tried to log in lately, is it still down?

Yes. I have no idea why it's not letting me run a Warlords and a vanilla game at the same time. Others are doing it. When I try to load up the vanilla game, I'm getting an error on the 4th stage.

I'm trying to get some help for it now. We're not done yet. :-)

Safe to assume this is dead?

WVU, if you can't host this, is there any chance of finding an alternate host? I'd volunteer, but my only computer capable of running Civ4 is my primary machine, plus my DSL can be flaky sometimes, so I don't think it would work.

I have good and bad news.

Good news -- I got Vanilla Pitboss games to work side by side with Warlords game, thanks to same edits to the .ini file for the Vanilla game.

Bad news -- the old save file is not compatable because of the changes to the .ini file.

Sooo .. the question becomes do y'all want to start again, or just call it quits? I've been running a Warlords game now for nearly a month with nearly no issues of disconnection, so the part problems of the game being down every other day is gone (ask Spleen -- he's in it).

I'll leave the ultimate decision up to you guys.

I don't remember having any issues connecting to the Warlords game. As far as I am concerned, the game has been available 100% of the time.

I'd be willing to start up another game. I call the Egyptians!

Well, I only took two turns! (yet somehow the game died right after I joined - I feel jynxed).

So I'm easy but it would be nice for a Civ game to last more than a few weeks!

If we can keep it going this time, I'd be up for it again.

I'm leaving for a few days starting tomorrow morning, so if it's not up tonight and it does get started, I'd need a place held for me until Sunday night.

I'll have funky availability due to a move over the next two weeks, but am up for it.

I'm good to go for whatever.

Mr Wednesday and Celeval, lemme know when you're available, and I will set up the game immediately.

Mr Wednesday and Celeval, lemme know when you're available, and I will set up the game immediately.

I'm good to start whenever, there'll just be a few days here and there when I know I won't be able to take a turn.

My main PC is down and I'm in the process of buying/building new one. Will be probably a week or so until I'm back up in full gaming glory.

I am willing to host a game if WVU is unable.