Anyone for a PBEM game? - Page 2

Cthol · December 4, 1999, 11:07

well... i think we can wait for a few days.
its not that important rockville.

-Cthol

PS. can you contact another player before you "see" him ?
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zsozso · December 4, 1999, 12:49

What I meant by CC is that when you send the email and type the address, there is usualy another line where you can put another address (that's called CC for carbon copy - don't ask me why....). So I simply want to you to send the .SAV game to that email address as well as the next player!

I am going to setup an automatic system on that email address which will put all those saves into a web page and you can all download the saves from the web. In fact, that also solves you 350KB email limit problem. BTW, another solution for that limit is to zip the file. That is a compression program, are you familiar with that (you can download it from the net for free). This way the game save is only 27K instead of 300K.

zsozso

ps. Yes, in PBEM you can contact any human player any time, but the communication is obviously not 'online' - it my take several turns to settle a deal. You send your offer in your turn, the recipient gets it and replies in his turn, may send a counter offer or and so on until you both accept it.

Cthol · December 4, 1999, 14:16

sorry about the CC zsozso. i use a finnish email "program" so its not CC there its KS.

i use zip all the time.

and rockville could get the file from the page !! someone tell rockville (i think zsozso already has.... i hope)

and thanx

-Cthol

Cthol · December 4, 1999, 14:26

and PEOPLE!! no one will get rockvilles save but rockville him selve and no one will get my save but me and so on and so on!!! thats cheating and not fair!!! OK?!?!.... good.

can you put a password in the game? if i remember right you can so after first turn its safe.....

and for the record sorry if i Talk too much thats just because this is my first PBEM game so im a little excited....

-Cthol
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rockville · December 4, 1999, 15:29

OK, sorry for the delay but we are off and SMAXing. Sent turn to cthol and copied long address. Unfortunately the mail to

root@CR190515-A.hsnn1.on.wave.home.com

was bounced due to an unknown host. I was able to download the faction stuff ok, and I can see the game page, but I can't send mail to root.

rv (aka the guy that's getting a new email address soon :-)
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zsozso · December 4, 1999, 20:53

Well, it looks like a bumpy start...
First Rockville's email provider problem, then my auto-mailer doesn't receive the emails from outside, and now the third thing: Caselogic just contacted me that he would like to play too!

So, if it is not too late for you, can we restart?

I also fixed up the auto-web-page email with a different address:

xpbem@simbiosys.ca

So this is where you should all send your game saves in addition to the next player.

zsozso

zsozso · December 5, 1999, 01:20

I will always post the game saves on this simple web page:
http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...MAC/XPBEM.html

if you send them to root@CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home.com

It will be automated, so even if I'm sleeping or away the saves will get posted within 10 minutes after receiving.

zsozso

Cthol · December 5, 1999, 05:27

DAMN!! ¤/(#"/¤=)&)=?!¤!@my computer does not know what kind of a file the file that RockVille sent me is!!! its just "cthol." nothing else
its not "cthol.zip" its JUST "cthol."
RV tell me whats the programme you packed the save with?
i have ARJ, Winzip, and Pkzip(great)
PLEASE HURRY!!!

in my email programme it says =
Cthol (application/x-winzip , 38562 bytes)

Cthol · December 5, 1999, 05:32

no i think i got it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i changed the files name "cthol." to "chotl.zip" and it workeD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cthol · December 5, 1999, 05:47

no zsozso we will play this! and caselogic had his change! (sorry if im a bit rude)
i have sent the save to you zsozso so enjoy.

-Cthol

rockville · December 5, 1999, 10:25

I'm ok re-starting or continuing. I'd rather have all humans than one AI (because a human beating up on another human tends to provoke more outrage than a human beating up on the AI), but I can understand Cthol's point too...

Cthol - that problem must have been because I used a long file name for the save (Cthol of the Borg.zip). I'll try using a short file name next time around...

So someone tell me whether I should play the new game or we should continue with this old one. Count my vote on CaseLogic's inclusion as "Abstain"

rv

zsozso · December 5, 1999, 11:28

I've got the save from Cthol, played my turn and sent it to Edgecrusher.

I asked Caselogic to choose faction and he has not replied to that email yet. I am ready to restart with him, but I do not want to delay the game in case we keep going with this one...
So, I am waiting for his response and also for others to vote on this question.

Hey, how about starting another game with him but also going on with this one? After all it is the turn-around time for the email is what is slow, the game itself does not take too long, so we might as well play and send 2 games each time...

The automatic web page with the saves is getting better although I still had some hickups with filenames. Please put the year number inot the filename and also use the appropriate extension (.zip or .sav depending on whether you compressed it).
So please send the save to xpbem@simbiosys.ca in addition to the next player.

The saves are logged at http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...MAC/XPBEM.html

zsozso

Cthol · December 5, 1999, 14:56

the two games idea is a good one... but...
when we started planning this game with caselogic he wasnt "around" for many days or he didnt check his email or icq (i sent him a message). so it looks like caselogic doesnt use the net often. so the new PBEM game would be a very slow one.
i hope im wrong.

and RV i think the problem wasnt that the name was long, but that the name wasnt written in together. like you wrote = Cthol of the Borg.zip i think it'd(can your write it'd? i think not) have worked if the name was CtholoftheBorg.zip

PS. sorry i was a little pissed earlier

-Cthol
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December 5, 1999, 23:57

just sent it along...

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"edgecrusher" Spartan Probe Team 'angelis'

ProvostB · December 6, 1999, 00:13

Quote:

Originally posted by Cthol on 12-04-1999 09:29 AM
send the save Rockville!
and by the way if the save is bigger than 350 KBs you have to send it to my other email adress =
cthol@jippii.fi

OK?

and i dont understand this thing (Quoted from zsozso) =

When you dones your turn, please email the game to the next player according to the order below and please also CC the following email address:
root@CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home.com

I'll setup a program to place the saves on a web page automaticaly, so we'll have a full history-log and also a place where you can download the save again if you lose it by accident (you won't have to ask from the previous player, who might not be reading his email for a while).

(quote end)

please explain. that

the borgs are ready to rock!!!
[/b]and nice going ProvostB!!!![/b]

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ProvostB · December 6, 1999, 00:14

Quote:

Originally posted by Cthol on 12-04-1999 09:29 AM
send the save Rockville!
and by the way if the save is bigger than 350 KBs you have to send it to my other email adress =
cthol@jippii.fi

OK?

and i dont understand this thing (Quoted from zsozso) =

When you dones your turn, please email the game to the next player according to the order below and please also CC the following email address:
root@CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home.com

I'll setup a program to place the saves on a web page automaticaly, so we'll have a full history-log and also a place where you can download the save again if you lose it by accident (you won't have to ask from the previous player, who might not be reading his email for a while).

(quote end)

please explain. that

the borgs are ready to rock!!!
and nice going ProvostB!!!!

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caselogic · December 6, 1999, 00:24

Sorry I hadnt come to this board very often, I had forgotten where it was. If the game is restarting, I would like to play the Planet Cult - and will be active more frequently now!

Thanks,

Dan

Cthol · December 6, 1999, 04:59

ProvostB you asked what is the usupers email address

December 6, 1999, 16:32

that would be a good idea for a turn confirmation. as for a name, i'm strapped for ideas. ... chiron, p.i.?...

rockville · December 7, 1999, 01:05

Well, another game would be fun, but I'd like to wait a week or two, until we get into a nice rhythm with this one. Plus, that would allow us to pick new factions, change some options, that sort of thing...

So, just to get this straight, we send the email to xpbem@simbiosys.ca but the saves are at http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...AC/XPBEM.html, right?

Cthol - No spaces next time. Got it.

Should we start a new topic for this game? Anyone got a good name for it?

zsozso · December 7, 1999, 01:27

Yep, we should start a new thread. For title, how about "Usurper hunt PBEM" ?

Well, it is not yet clear, whether we are going to hunt down the usurpers or the other way around, but it is a title...

Rockville, you got both the email and web address right. And it seems to work finally, the save from Edgecrusher to Gerfang appeared automatically without any intervention from me!

zsozso

ProvostB · December 7, 1999, 01:32

"usurper hunt pbem"?

why is it called that?

Cthol · December 7, 1999, 10:24

Gerfang have you played your turn? please send the save to the email address below (zsozso's) and the saves will apear to = http://CR190515A.hnsn1.on.wave.home.com/SMAC/XPBEM.html(now i've fixed it) every time you have played your turn so we others can see where the save is going and will we have to check your emails in the near future.

and gerfang please play your turn....

-Cthol
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zsozso · December 7, 1999, 11:45

ProvostB, "usurper hunt pbem" is just an idea for the title. Wanted to come up with something that relates to our game... There are 6 human factions played by real humans and only the usurpers played by the AI. Hence the title - which you can inerpret two ways: usurpers hunting us or we hunting the userpers.

If you have a better idea, please tell us!

Cthol, you have a typo in the web address (missing a - in the cryptic machine name), the correct one: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...MAC/XPBEM.html
Anyway, this is where they appear, but you need to send the save to the email address:
xpbem@simbiosys.ca

zsozso

December 7, 1999, 23:54

howzabout this: Marr, P.I.? idunnoo.... i'm a bit medicated now, so i apologize for any incoherenciyeieieie...

Cthol · December 8, 1999, 09:56

Edgecrusher What does the P.I. stand for?

and zsozso i agree we need a new topic. i dont really care about the name, but something nice would be "pretty nice with sugar on the top".
i hate topics with more than one page.

-Cthol
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December 8, 1999, 12:44

it stands for Private Investigtor... as in the old tom seleck(sp?) tv show, Magnum PI, for anyone who remembers.

ProvostB · December 8, 1999, 20:29

got turn,
will send rockville
when sign off.

Gerfang · December 8, 1999, 21:48

Quote:

Originally posted by rockville on 12-08-1999 12:16 PM
I know I was responsible for a delay of a day or so, but does anyone know where the turn is now? With Gerfang?

I want to apologize. I was on vacation from Sunday to Tuesday night and was unable to play a turn. However, I checked the board Saturday and it kinda looked like the game wasn’t going anywhere for a couple of days so I declined to post a notice. This was a mistake – Sorry. However, I am very reliable and I am up for a long-term game. I sent my turn zipped to ProvostB as soon as I got home from work this (Wednesday) evening. I should be able to complete a turn every day when I arrive home (between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM).

I hope that we can get this game off of the ground. I’d like to be part of a successful PBEM game.

zsozso · December 8, 1999, 21:56

Great! Finally, we get over the first turn!

Just one point not so clear to me:
The last entry on the web page is ProvostB2102.zip

Is this the save before ProvostB's turn? In that case it should be 2101.

Or is it the save after ProvostB's turn ? In that case we are missing a save, which has been sent from Gerfang to ProvostB and the last recorded save should be Rockville2102.zip.

Anyway, I start up another thread named "Usurper Hunt PBEM", so please followup there.

zsozso