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...take forever to frickin' load for me, especially the first time after I log in on GLB2. Subsequent replays load faster, but they're still way too slow. And while I'm glad they shrank the toons from the early-Alpha days, it's still quite a bit harder to see what's going on in a play in GLB2 than on GLB1. Also, why the hell isn't there an auto-REplay function? I want the play to keep looping on its own like on GLB1, and I don't want to have to click Play again every time I want the play to start again.

Since I need to be able to easily watch and loop plays in order to be able to coordinate the way i want to, coordinating is out the window for me on this game. And so that's going to greatly limit my involvement and enjoyment with GLB2. Sorry, Bort. The new method of player building is intriguing so far, but that's it, and I'm only going to play with my free player for now. Not gonna spend any Flex in GLB2 until I see signs that the GLB2 experience is improving.

I've seen some rumblings from some people that replays run faster on Chrome than on Firefox, but y'know what? Fuck that noise. I've never had a good experience with Chrome on any of my machines -- never. I'm not sayin' everyone should use Firefox or that Chrome is a terrible browser or anything... I'm just saying Chrome is not an option for me. And it's pretty silly to make an internet game that only works well in one of the three major browsers.

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At least hook threads still work, though.

Posting in the wrong forum still works too.

Is your Firefox up to date? Obviously the first play is going to have a longer load (a few seconds) but the gap between plays should be uber short.

There's nothing wrong w/ Firefox and the replays.

Originally posted by InRomoWeTrust
Is your Firefox up to date? Obviously the first play is going to have a longer load (a few seconds) but the gap between plays should be uber short.

There's nothing wrong w/ Firefox and the replays.

Yep, Firefox is up to date on my box.

I do have a pretty old machine, but I'm seeing people with newer boxes complain about replay speed too, so it's not just me.

Can I just have my dots back? Is that too much to ask?

And what about auto-REplay? Whose genius idea was it to cut that out in GLB2?

It's not things that were cut out. GLB2 = a different creation. Completely different sim. Think of GLB classic at season 1. It didn't have everything that is there now. You can breathe, there's a suggestions forum.

I know I had some weird things due to anti-aliasing and my personal laptop having on-board graphics, but nothing to do with load times.


You're always welcome to play GLB classic for dots. It's not like GLB2 is eating GLB classic. They're very different games. GLB classic is the place for coordinating, scouting, and heavier strategy. GLB classic is a more casual, everyman's game.

Have you seen pabst's "Revenge of the Dots" replay script?

http://userscripts.org/users/56797/scripts

I haven't loaded it because my laptop is shit and FF is freezes so I haven't installed yet.

Chrome takes about 4-5 seconds to load replays on my craptop fwiw

Originally posted by InRomoWeTrust
It's not things that were cut out. GLB2 = a different creation. Completely different sim. Think of GLB classic at season 1. It didn't have everything that is there now. You can breathe, there's a suggestions forum.

But given how useful Auto-Replay is for scouting and coordinating on GLB1, wouldn't it be a no-brainer to include it on GLB2 replays too?

Seriously, I don't understand the thinking there at all. I get that they're different games, but replays are still replays. The things that make watching replays easier on GLB1 will also make watching replays easier on GLB2. And yet they chose not to bring Auto-Replay over. Very short-sighted.

And sorry, but I am seeing people bail on GLB1 to come to GLB2 because they think that's where all the action is. Some people don't have the time or the money to play two games, so those people are going to pick one game. Spin it all you want to, but GLB1 is shrinking because of GLB2, and that's going to make my GLB1 experience less fun as a result.

Originally posted by DeeVee8
Have you seen pabst's "Revenge of the Dots" replay script?

http://userscripts.org/users/56797/scripts

I haven't loaded it because my laptop is **** and FF is freezes so I haven't installed yet.

That last sentence doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.

I may give that a try later this weekend though, just to see if it helps me. Thanks for the tip!

I understand what you're saying, I just think it's completely silly to say "ARGH WHY IS FEATURE X NOT IN GLB2, DEY SO DUMB" when we're at a super early beta stage.

Have had no issue with the replays taking any time at all, and I use the newest FF as well

Originally posted by InRomoWeTrust
I understand what you're saying, I just think it's completely silly to say "ARGH WHY IS FEATURE X NOT IN GLB2, DEY SO DUMB" when we're at a super early beta stage.

And I think it's completely silly to leave out such a key, basic feature at any stage of this game -- alpha, beta, whatever.

But hey, I'm just a paying customer giving my feedback on what I want to see improved before I'll spend more money, so what the hell do I know?

Key is debatable. None of the testers brought up the auto-replay functionality in the entire alpha process. It's mainly because GLB2 is not a coordinators game. Not even close. There's really almost no reason to scout.

All I'm saying is go post a suggestion if you want a feature added.

Originally posted by InRomoWeTrust
All I'm saying is go post a suggestion if you want a feature added.

That's not all you're saying.

i use an older version of FF since my scripts didnt work on a newer version. after about a 5 second load at the start of the game, the rest of the replays are very quick loading.