Multiple Suggestion.

[Spillages]

We all know Cantr is a slow game that we all have to wait alot for a responce or for projects to finish. That 200 min. limit is a bit annoying if you are waiting for answers and stuff from other people and you can't stay on the game and keep checking because your timer will run out. Why not make another game without the time limit that we all can play while we are waiting that will also show our characters on a side menu. When something happens the text of your char. will go bold just like it does in the game. I currently have no ideas of what the new game should be like but it should be a much faster paced game that will not require you to sit and wait for long periods of time.

Please post if you support this idea or you want to alter this idea in any way.

[tiddy ogg]

You can leave the Player Page on screen, and when you see something change... and this is the critical bit... LOG OUT, then back in again, then you won't lose minutes... or so I am told by those who ought to know.

[wichita]

I am posting my view on this suggestion by moving it to Rejected Suggestions.

[Spillages]

Can i get an explanation on why it was rejected? was it just because you don't like the idea?

[Sunni Daez]

The requests for extra minutes is something that is not new.... The time is 200 minutes and has been made very clear that it will not change... there are many ways to conserve minutes....

[Spillages]

I am not asking for more minutes. You must've misunderstood my suggestions. I am asking for another game to play while we are waiting for stuff to happen.

[fishfin]

tough luck, it's already been rejected

[Sho]

A mini-game to keep players amused while they wait for things to happen in Cantr is an interesting idea (and implementable - a Java applet or Javascript application would have little to no effect on server load) but not in keeping with the spirit of Cantr. Players are not really meant to spend hours on Cantr.
Also, I don't think you could make a game like this that could keep all players interested. I can burn hours on patience games, su doku puzzles or Nethack when I feel like it, but some find them boring.
Finally, anything like this would be extra work for the Programming Department. I don't think there's any need for this, and there are definitely things in ProgD's workload that are much more useful to Cantr.

[wichita]

Sho pretty much summed up my thoughts at the time. We have the forum and IRC to offer opportunity for burning off excess energy. There are also plenty of other outside activities that deserve attention. There isn't any need for Cantr to become the Wal-Mart of internet entertainment. Show up, show up often, but if you need to shop for something else, go to the place next door and come back when you need some more Cantr.

That was what I was thinking.

[Hellzon]

Besides, tiddy ogg already pointed out that you can get the "alert" functionality by keeping the character selection page open. Java/Flash games are elsewhere, just google for it.

[Solfius]

the original reason for the time limit was to save bandwidth. Before the limit towards the end of each month the game would go down as cantr maxed its monthly bandwidth limit. I don't know if this still applies with cantr on a dedicated server, but I expect the limit stays to keep server resources low.

[Solfius]

and the important bit I forgot to add... by setting up a new game, which would have to reside on the server or another one, would defeat the whole point of the limit on the first game, as that unlimited game would max out everything.

[fishfin]

If you want to have some thing to do go to www.miniclips.com, lots of games there