http://www.planetmule.com/sector-map?mycolonies&game_id=7280About 7 turns in, the purple player was reporting a high ping (over 250); our auctions, as a result, were hung up whenever someone tried to trade a good. We decided to kick him off (much to his chagrin), and it solved the problem temporarily.
During Auction 9, the green player disconnected. Then purple (who by now was a bot) started trading energy when it froze again ... but this time, there was no way to get him off the trading line.
Robbie (blue) and I (red) had to abandon.
It
is getting rather frustrating. Maybe instead of focusing on changing the gameplay, focus more on being able to
complete these games.