Birth of the Federation

Hey all. Finally logged into WarZone yesterday and had a game with ruthlessferengi. I couldn't believe it worked just like the old msn gaming zone used to...too awesome.

Made a noob error tho - ruthlessferengi had dropped and there was no notification by BotF (usually you get the xxxx Disconnected banner) and I kept playing numerous turns thinking he was just always beating me to the punch with his turn. Anyway...

I discovered that WarZone is not giving me any sound prompts even tho I have it set to give me 'Voice' notifications. Anyone else encounter this?

Thanks. Hope to see you all on there.

yea, I know this problem/bug. Wouldn't call it a n00b error tho as I guess it happend to all of us. The only way I know of how you can be sure to don't play against the AI only, is to check the empire's symbols under the turn button.

When a turn ends and a new one starts, and all empire-symbols are (in)active=done from the very beginning of it -> then you just play against AI.

p.s: even if it's not 100% stable - use system chat from time to time, just to be sure that the other player is still in the game.

right, I know to watch the symbols and should have paid closer attention. It was funny, actually. Just got carried away trying to beat the ai to end its turn!

you could also meet with a messenger like icq so in case somebody gets disconnected he can contact you. or use a voip server like teamspeak or skype.