The time limit.

[kroner]

The time limit keeps me sane.

EDIT: mostly...

[1959 Apache]

I voted yes for one reason. It has been mentioned already that logging in and out must use bandwidth. I find myself logging in to make one move and then logging right back out. That seems like 3 times as much work for thr server, than if I stayed logged in, without worrying about minutes. With many players doing the same thing, it has to be using bandwidth and taxing the servers.

I DO have a life, with at least 4 hours daily of commuting, 8 hours work, a fantasy hockey league that I run, and going to the bathroom. I still run up against the time limit most days, or save, save, save to be sure I have something to fall back on. (I don't sleep much). I could see how no limit might cause a few players to go crazy, but most would just be able to relax and actually be less active by virtue of logging in once, instead of maybe 100 times a day.

[Spectrus_Wolfus]

yay i finally have more minutes again

[sammigurl61190]

But see, those people who would be on all day with no time limit, *coughcoughmecoughcough* if it affects them negatively, then eventually they will either have to stop playing Cantr, *shudder*, or get a life.

[Spectrus_Wolfus]

no not a life please anything but that save me please save me *shudders*

[sammigurl61190]

I completely agree. We shouldn't have to go to drastic measures like that, though.

[Missy]

I personally like the time limit after all this time. It does keep me away from the comp more. But I also feel it is up the individual to find a reason to get away from the computer. People who run the game don't need to be trying to give people reason to stay away from computer lol.


The time limit at the moment I believe is a bit unfair seeing as how minutes are eaten due to the slowness of the site. One day i was down to 100 minutes and that was in the morning after I just woke up. (Normally I use the most of my minutes in the evening)

I also think the slowness of the site is a contributor to the way events unfold that wouldn't necessarily be. One day my char had run outside and people were trying to lock her up, they could have done it, guarunteed had the site not been so slow. (:lol: Don't know why I'm complaining, I lucked out. But..it is unfair to them...for they could have locked my char up. )

But the minutes/slowness is also a contributor to the way things unfold. Some people wouldn't be out of minutes at a certain time if it weren't for the damn slowness and perhaps that would have meant something happened diff in game had they had their minutes like they normally would.....if the site wasn't being such a pain.

And also the slowness of the site has people trying to conserve their minutes--thus the game is probably lacking a lot of things it wouldn't if it were at the right speed. I know there have been times where my char wanted to speak up for some reason in certain towns...and I couldn't get whatever they were saying to go through fast enough so i said screw it, not wanting to waste all my time.

[nitefyre]

Yeah I realized in the morning it is taking more and more time for me to check my characters from just 2 minutes of click/back for travellers and click/logout for active town chars. Lately it has been taking of upwards of 10-20 minutes due to the slow...lag. I wouldn't be close to the end of the Time Limit at the end of the day if it weren't for lag, and I am as active as can be, because most of my 8 chars are in quiet towns. Its also convenient for me, as I found 15 chars impossible to RP well, and I've been puting much more energy into just having half the amount.

[Spectrus_Wolfus]

agree'd some days i get down to 150 minutes left and all i've doe is checked my char's too see all they've done is had soething to eat

[Meh]

Getting 200 minutes is almost a dare to use it all and see how long it can go in real time.

Removing it would be like buying a DVD instead of renting. If you own the DVD there is no rush to hurry up and do. No stress to get others to leave you alone while you do it.

It may impact some characters to the positive. Thier players will be less stressed so accepting total Cantr domination from my character will be easier to adjust to.

Real addicts will hit a point where outside forces can step in. Sleeping for 24 hours after a 48 hour Cantr session will get you the help you need. People tend to notice things like that.

[Spectrus_Wolfus]

i can't see myself sitting up 48hours straiht playing cantr but then again i have done it playing other games especially when war's are on and running

[Ecilope]

My opinion is, if the time limit isn't doing any good for the bandwidth, get rid of it! I can't count how many times I was in the middle of a super-interesting RP session and either my minutes or the other person's minutes ran out. There's nothing more annoying.
For those of you concerned about never getting off the computer, why should the rest of us pay for your personal concerns? Just because you have a problem with sitting online all day doesn't mean all of us do. (either we don't sit online all day, or we don't have a problem with it )

[Chrissy]

Basically, my problem is with them keeping something in effect if it only works right part of the time and serves no purpose other than to 'save us from ourselves'

And I had around 80 minutes left over, but I had to use them mostly in the time it took for someone to find the problem and manually fix it. What if nobody had come on? People get sick. People go on vacation. It could have been another day, possibly a week if Murphy's law decided to come into full effect. And all this time, your chars would be starving if they didn't have a week's worth of food stockpiled.

You know, that is not going to happen. Breathe, relax...

Chrissy

[Drew Zinkan]

i voted NO.. here're my reasonings...

1, if you spend more than 3 hours and 20 minutes on this game every day, there's probably something wrong with you.. sorry, i'm not being rude, but i think people/family/the light of day is worth more than a game

2, if you take away the limit, there will be bandwidth problems again.. People say there isn't a problem anymore like there used to be.. well, DUH, there's a time limit stopping people from being logged in and running the game all day long as to where there used to not be.

i'm sure that has probably already been said but i just skimmed as i'm on a tight time schedule...

How many of you people that want the time limit removed actually have a full time job? or how about students.. how many of you study or play sports or have a part time job for that matter? They take up lots of time lol.. i'm a student and 3 days out of the week (usually monday tuesday and thursday) i'm outta the house at 7am for school. after school i go to sports practice then leave directly from sports at 545pm and am at work from 6-10pm.. look at me.. not time problem with cantr here... i'm not tryin to sound mean, but yeah.. get lives lol

[Ecilope]

No offense, Drew, but not everyone has as "perfect" a life as you. Some of us are severely and chronically ill, stuck inside the house with almost nothing to do 24/7. I mean, I know most people aren't like this, but those of us that do have a little extra time to play Cantr should be able to without people like you preaching to us about finding "something better to do".
My main point of contention is, keep the time limit, but do it because of bandwidth, keep people's personal lives out of it. Don't legislate how much time people "should" and "shouldn't" be online.