PTW North America

Ouro_827 · February 13, 2004, 14:50

Alright! We need to know what you want and where you are!

North American PTW PBEM 4 Human player
jshelr.....................GMT -5*prefers C3C*
Awsric Armitage.....GMT-6
mart7x5................GMT-7
Ouro_827..............GMT-9*prefers C3C*

Post your prefrences of settings and Civs here! Also, e-mails are needed from the interest parties. For officiality, this list of interested players came from the hard work here.
Let's get this game on the road!

Awsric Armitage · February 13, 2004, 18:47

I'm in I'll send you my address via pm. Do not want the world at large to grab it. Civ preferences are any of the following:

Americans
Vikings
Russians
Romans
Carthaginians

In that order.

Rasputin · February 13, 2004, 19:25

another pbem game that excludes us Australians

Awsric Armitage · February 13, 2004, 19:28

Actually we could us an Aussie in hear if the other are willing I am. Also I sent Ouro_827 a pm regarding including you in the western hemiphere pbem PTW if you want that one as well.

Mart · February 13, 2004, 20:32

i could take Romans

Awsric Armitage · February 13, 2004, 20:41

Hey mart7x5 are you up for Western Hemisphere-Pacific Rim also. Started a thread for Rasputin , Ouru_827, you, and I to play another if your interested check it out.

I am leaning towards the Vikings for this PTW North America game this time.

Ouro_827 · February 13, 2004, 21:19

Waiting to here from jshelr..... Any prefs on settings for game? if not... Then I'll go random on all except size.. which will be large or gigantic.. large as of now... how many AIs? none? Three? Six?

Mart · February 13, 2004, 21:40

AI up to 8 players - more interaction

Awsric Armitage · February 13, 2004, 22:09

You mean AIs in addition to Humans?

More for larger map is fine by me.

For maps I prefer continents and avg. age and avg. teperature. But will play anything.

Any body pm jsherl yet.

Ouro_827 · February 13, 2004, 22:15

Yes, I meant computers... I PMed jsherl.... he's later than me though, so I probably won't get it till the morrow...

Awsric Armitage · February 13, 2004, 22:26

Only one hour away from me in the east so it should be around 9:15 p.m. there. Unless I miss read his GMT it is GMT-5 right?

Rasputin · February 13, 2004, 23:11

im up for as many games as possible...

Awsric Armitage · February 13, 2004, 23:58

Ditto.
Hey Rasputin instead of waitng for everyone else since we are both so eager to start you launch a 2 human player just me and you and about 8 to 10 AIs on a large or huge map. I will pm you my address don't want it on the big Forum boards. We can play that while the others over hear are snoozing tonight and get a fresh start on the bigger human game tomorrow when everyone gets around to it. For me I am ready right now.
I'll play both anyways.

Lets start a little turbo start of our own while waiting for the others to join in here. Just name it something different to keep it between the two of us. Like 'Texas Lamb Chops from down under' or something shorter but similar.

Rasputin · February 14, 2004, 02:32

ok will start one now

jshelr · February 14, 2004, 07:44

I'm in. Sorry for the delay. Where are we posting email addresses?

Rasputin · February 14, 2004, 08:14

email address via PM

Ouro_827 · February 14, 2004, 14:48

Waiting for one more address, then will post them all..... probably tomorrow or Monday..

Awsric Armitage · February 14, 2004, 23:54

You have mine right?

Ouro_827 · February 15, 2004, 20:02

Yes, I now have all of them... Should be sending this game out later today or tomorrow.

Me: Not sure on who, but e-mail is Godschild_827@yahoo.com
mart: Romans, marcin777@hotmail.com
Awsric: Vikings, SCoreyHiggins@aol.com
jshelr: random, jshelr@aol.com

Just as a last thing, please, no e-mail agreements till AFTER establishing contact, no saying "Meet me at so-and-so"

Awsric Armitage · February 15, 2004, 20:22

Also try to reduce the number of programs running in the back ground as PTW tends to want alot of room to run. You can keep your browser open but any applications I would recommend shutting down while playing your turn and then sending the save file.

While doing a few things in between turns and not closing them when I attempted to play my turn I caused a few problems with the programs conflicting. So avoid this if you can.

Also if someone wants to specifiy certain scheduled times to be available for a rapid series of transfers I am keen to this kind of an idea but it might take 20 to 30 minutes per turn to cycle the file around the circle this way so you could accomplish other tasks while awaiting your turn. Just a suggestion for getting a quicker start.

Looking forward to a good pbem game.

Ohh... also most helpful is after sending the files forward please post in this thread that you have done so. This is because sometimes emails may not make it and we sit idle while one person has sent the file forward but the next player never actually received it. Just check the forum and where the file is currently should be easy to follow.

I suggest using the filename PTWNA(turn#).SAV for the file format so those engaged in multiple pbem games can keep things more clear about what files belong to what games.

Ouro_827 · February 15, 2004, 20:49

Well, that's all good for those of you who do it at home, but I play at home and mail at school... Means I normally only get one turn a day. On that note..

4000 BC to Mart! The Ottoman's salute you!

Mart · February 15, 2004, 21:48

turn to Vikings,
was a bit rocky on start, but should be ok, i hope.
i zip files - there is gain is size.

Awsric Armitage · February 15, 2004, 21:57

mart7x5 please send the files from after you turns save. The files sent are from before your turn prompting for the Romans at start up.

Mart · February 15, 2004, 22:22

Sorry for the problem, file resent. this is my first pbem in civ3

Awsric Armitage · February 16, 2004, 01:10

The players under the PTWNAturn1.SAV were as follows.

1.Ezra-Celts I assume this is Oruo_827
2.Rasputin-Ottomans actually the Aussie
3.Mart7x5-Rome had to resend because he sent me the save sent him
4.AA(me)-Americans

No jsherl

this is OK if we want to start over that is OK but if we want to start another with jsherl also that is fine.

The file save was sent back to Ouro_827 as the next player was an AI Tokugawa.

Rasputin · February 16, 2004, 01:17

im lost , we got two north ameircna games gaming?> this one and the pacific rim ???

Awsric Armitage · February 16, 2004, 01:20

Supposed to be.
All I have seen is the PTWNAturn1.SAV that came from mart7x5 earlier today.

Rasputin · February 16, 2004, 01:24

i think mart must have two games on his machine ... i dont thinki am in this one, just the pacific rim one...

guys keep the games separate, make a separate folder for each pbem game much easier that way

jshelr · February 16, 2004, 08:12

Hi guys. sorry to have slipped from view. if you need a player the email is jshelr@aol.com. thanks

Mart · February 16, 2004, 08:54

yes, each game should be in separate thread with a unique name, like - "Amber Potatoes" for example or else. First post should state players with (spam protected, preferrably) emails. brings order....

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frankly at the moment i have no idea what game i made the turn, was it north america or pacific rim or rimmless america....