Apolyton 2000 Alpha Centauri PBEM Tournament

zsozso · January 10, 2000, 00:05

There are two separate tournaments, one for plain (vanilla) SMAC and one for the Alien Crossfire expansion.
The maps are equivalent in the two tournament, and both are played out through 3 human player games. This is the main administration and scoring thread for the tournament,
please do not post here! If you would like to join the tournament, post to the anouncement thread, or email zsozso zsolt@simbiosys.ca

Each game will have a separate thread for turn administration. Games will progress parallel, players may participate in several games at the same time. The tournament does not have a fix time-table. New players can join any time.

Game options:

All victory conditions are allowed except cooperative
Do or Die: eliminated players are not restarted
Spoils of War OFF - changed by majority vote!
non-Blind (directed) research
NO random events
Difficulty: Librarian

Start conditions:

Headquarters established with Children's Creche, Recycling Tanks, Perimeter Defense and Network Node.
All level 1 technologies are known to every faction
200 starting energy credits, except Morgan has 400.
Each faction starts with 5 independent scouts, 5 formers and 5 colony pods.
Map is fixed, well balanced and known to everyone including starting locations. (see below)

PBEM specific rules/restrictions on exploiting bugs:

Multiple reloading of the game to try for diffrent effects is forbidden.
Multiple drops or orbital insertions using the right-click menu is forbidden.
If a player employs a tactic that causes a state of vendetta, they are not allowed to "accept" a pending diplomatic agreement with that faction.
If a probe team action is employed against a Treatied or Pacted faction, the initiator must choose the "Declare Vendetta" option, unless permission is received in advance for the action (email).
Upgrading units with the design workshop is allowed at end of turn.
Communications between factions is allowed from the start. No restrictions.
Social engineering choice limited to one switch per line per turn. (no flip-flop within turn!)
Psi units cannot be assigned multiple point patrol routes (avoid instant demon boil bug!)
Each game is initiated by a CMN who is not participating in that particular game. The CMN assigns a unique password to each player, emails it to them and sends out the first turn to the first player. If a player is away/offline/unable to play for over 48 hours, he/she must notify the CMN and the other players of the game about this and request the game to be postponed for a fixed time period. Otherwise, if a player does not respond to the game turn within 48 hours (without prior notification and postponing of the game), then the CMN will enter the game in place of the player, obliterate all bases and disband all units of the player and send on the game to be played out between the remaining two players. If a second player drops out similarly, then the last player is automatically declared to be the winner of the game.
No base trading with the AI! (this applies to the SMACX games only, as the SMAC ones have no AI factions)

Scoring system:

A score table will be maintained which ranks the players according to the completed games. The primary ranking is based on the number of wins. For tie-breaking, a secondary ranking is applied based on the victory dates of the wins, the smaller sum is better, i.e. faster victory is worth more. If necessary, a third level ranking is used based on the Alpha Centauri Score.

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zsozso · January 10, 2000, 00:08

**Apolyton 2000 Alpha Centauri (v4) tournament players**
Player	Email	Factions	C	P
Blunderdog	cortinas@pacbell.net	any	n	1
Budha	???	Morgan,Lal,Hive	+	0
BustaMike	wordtoyourmother@hotmail.com	any (no UoP)	1	1
Cedronian	de97cejo@ihh.hj.se	UoP,Gaians,Hive	3	3
DinoDoc	wrlang86@hotmail.com wrlang@dixie-net.com	any	3	3
DilithiumDad	pre@po.cwru.edu	PK,Gaia,UoP,Hive	1	1
EdgeCrusher	edgecrusher2k@hotmail.com	Spartans	?	1
Garth Vader	steelg@hotmail.com	Hive,UoP,Gaia	n	1
Genaciv	genaciv@hotmail.com	Hive,UoP,PK	3	2
Giodenti	giovanni.denti@enet.it	any(PK)	n	1
Grigger	Saryon4102@aol.com	UoP,Morgan,Sparta	3	3
Kinjiru	jonathon_wood@rocketmail.com	PK,Gaia	3	3
Korn469	korn469@mindless.com	any(Sparta,UoP,Hive,Morgan)	2	2
LTEC!	claudiam@bc.cablemas.com	UoP,Hive,PK,Gaia	2	1
MichaeltheGreat	michaelm@bc.cablemas.com	UoP,PK,Hive	6	5
Misotu	misotu@usa.com	UoP,Gaians,PK	n	1
Myronides	myronides@otenet.gr	Hive,PK	n	1
Navarro	navarro@logicbox.net	UoP,Sparta,PK	1	1
Pagan[Cyc]	kdugas@cyberzone.net	Gaia=Hive=UoP=Sparta	3	3
Paul	paulvandenbelt@planet.nl	UoP,PK,Morgan	3	3
Rasputine	rasputine.1968@netc.pt	PK,UoP,Believer	2	2
RockVille	rockville@zdnetmail.com	Gaia,Morgan	1	1
Spekter	mmeads@direct.ca	Hive,Gaia,UoP	1	1
Symil	Symil13@hotmail.com	UoP,PK,Gaia	n	0
Tau Ceti	larsheg@sensewave.com	Gaia,UoP,PK,Morgan	4	4
TigToad	Daniel_Tig@msn.com	Morgan,PK,Gaia	1	1
Zsozso	zsolt@simbiosys.ca	Gaia,UoP,Sparta	2	2

Column C: number of concurrent game playing capacity (+ unlimited, n = newbie: 1 now, maybe more later)
Column P: participation, i.e. how many games are played by the person currently

The map/starting scenario (same map with different faction variations):
Original for CMNs: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...CTournament.SC
Gaia-Hive-PK: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-GHP.SC
Gaia-UoP-Sparta: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-GUS.SC
Hive-UoP-PK: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-HUP.SC
Hive-Morgan-PK: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-HMP.SC
UoP-Sparta-PK: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-USP.SC
Gaia-Hive-UoP: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-GHU.SC
UoP-Morgan-PK: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-UMP.SC
All the above zipped: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...C/ACT_maps.zip

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zsozso · January 10, 2000, 00:08

**Alpha Centauri (plain SMAC) games in progress:**
GameID	Player 1.	Player 2.	Player 3.
ACT001	RockVille, Gaia	Tau Ceti, Hive	Giodenti, PK
ACT003	Paul, UoP	EdgeCrusher, Sparta	Kinjiru, PK
ACT004	Garth Vader, Hive	TigToad, Morgan	Blunderdog, PK
ACT005	MichaeltheGreat, Hive	Korn469, Spartans	BustaMike, Peacekeepers
ACT006	Spekter, Hive	Grigger, University	Paul, Morgan
ACT007	Tau Ceti, Gaians	Korn469, University	Pagan[CyC], Sparta
ACT008	MichaeltheGreat, University	Zsozso, Spartans	Paul, Peacekeepers
ACT009	Cedronian, Gaians	Pagan[CyC], Hive	Zsozso, University
ACT010	Cedronian, University	Tau Ceti, Morgan	MichaeltheGreat, PK
ACT011	Myronides, Hive	Misotu, University	DinoDoc, PK
ACT012	DinoDoc, Hive	Tau Ceti, University	DilithiumDad, PK
ACT013	Pagan[Cyc], University	Grigger, Morgan	MichaeltheGreat, PK
ACT014	Genaciv, Hive	Cedronian, University	Rasputine, PK
ACT015	Rasputine, University	Grigger, Sparta	Tau Ceti, PK
ACT016	MichaeltheGreat, Hive	Genaciv, University	Navarro, Sparta

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zsozso · January 10, 2000, 01:03

The Alien Crossfire version has the 2 progenitor factions played by the AI with strongly advantaged starting situation and specific strategy agenda to be aggressive against the human players and fight out the starting vendetta to the last man.

**Apolyton 2000 Alien Crossfire (v2) tournament players**
Player	Email	Factions	C	P
Budha	???	Drone,Morgan,Lal	+	0
BustaMike	wordtoyourmother@hotmail.com	Pirate,Cyborg,Drone,Probe,Morgan	1	1
Cedronian	de97cejo@ihh.hj.se	Cyborg,Drone,Probe	2	2
Decx	klloyd@uniserve.com	PK,UoP,Spartan	n	1
DinoDoc	wrlang86@hotmail.com wrlang@dixie-net.com	any (no Cult or Probe)	2	2
EdgeCrusher	edgecrusher2k@hotmail.com	Pirates	?	0
Fistandantilus	tencati@iol.it	UoP	1	1
James	jamess@dimensional.com	any	n	0
Kinjiru	jonathon_wood@rocketmail.com	Drones,Probe	3	3
Lord Maxwell	mathias.karlsson.1981@student.uu.se	Morgan,UoP,PK	3	3
Misotu	misotu@usa.com	UoP,Gaians,PK	1	0
Myronides	myronides@otenet.gr	Hive,PK,Drone	n	0
RockVille	rockville@zdnetmail.com	Gaia,Drone,Morgan,Pirate	1	1
Symil	Symil13@hotmail.com	UoP,Probe,PK,Gaia	n	0
Tau Ceti	larsheg@sensewave.com	Probe,Gaia,UoP,Cyborg,Drone	2	2
TigToad	Daniel_Tig@msn.com	Cyborg,Drone,Gaia	1	1
Zsozso	zsolt@simbiosys.ca	Cyborg,Gaia,UoP,Sparta,Probe	2	2

Column C: number of concurrent game playing capacity (+ unlimited, n = newbie: 1 now, maybe more later)
Column P: participation, i.e. how many games are played by the person currently

The map/starting scenario (same map with different faction variations):
base-map for CMNs: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...XTournament.SC
Cyborg-Pirate-Drone: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-CPD.SC
Cyborg-PK-Drone: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...nament-CpkD.SC

Cyborg-Hive-Drone: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-CHD.SC
Hive-PK-Drone: http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...rnament-HPD.SC

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zsozso · January 14, 2000, 00:57

**Alien Crossfire (SMAX) games in progress:**
GameID	Player 1.	Player 2.	Player 3.
AXT001	Tau Ceti, Hive	Decx, PK	Kinjiru, Drones
AXT002	DinoDoc, Cyborgs	Lord Maxwell, University	Kinjiru, Data Angels
AXT003	Fistandantilus, University	TigToad, Gaians	Zsozso, Cyborgs
AXT005	DinoDoc, Cyborg	BustaMike, Pirate	Cedronian, Drone
AXT006	Cedronian, Cyborg	Lord Maxwell, PK	RockVille, Drone

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zsozso · January 14, 2000, 01:10

Quick guide to CMN an Alien Crossfire tournament game:

Download the basic scenario file:
http://CR190515-A.hnsn1.on.wave.home...XTournament.SC

1. If desired faction is not in list, then reload faction (an unused human one)
Note: Do not reuse the Cyborg slot, because that would cause
capital naming and possibly other problems!
2. Create units in same pattern as Cyborgs, plus an extra colony pod for the base
3. turn off edit only mode (Ctrl-Shift-F10)
4. Scenario menu -> Switch sides -> choose new faction
5. Select central colony pod & press 'B'
6. Edit base -> copy base facilities from Alpha Central (Cyborgs)
7. Set nutrients = 20, increase population to 3.
Note: If you increase the population before copying the base
facilities, the workers will be located diffrently. Click on the base
to re-optimise them, or assign them manually to the monolith and the 2
forest squares.
8. Change production to Colony Pod.
9. If Cyborgs are not in game, then Scenario -> eliminate faction -> Cyborgs
10. Repeat steps 1-8 for other two factions (copy from created new base instead of Alpha Prime)
11. Go to the base of the first player faction, set Minerals=18, Nutrients=21
12. Scenario -> set energy reserves -> first player faction -> set 203.
13. Save the scenario to a new name (add faction starting letters at the end)
14. Multiplayer -> Hotseat/play-by-email -> Multiplayer scenario -> choose faction specific scenario
15. Choose first human faction, set player name
16. Select Yes for another player, choose second human faction, set player name
17. Select Yes for another player, choose third human faction, set player name
18. Set password for first faction (then retype it)
19. Click Turn Complete, yes end the turn.
20. Set password for second faction (then retype it)
21. Click Turn Complete, yes end the turn.
22. Set password for third faction (then retype it)
23. Click Turn Complete, yes end the turn.
24. Save & Exit -> Use naming system AXT{number}-{faction}-2101.SAV -> email this to first player
25. Email the passwords to the other two players
26. Start up turn-administration thread

Note: Step 12 is necessary, because the first player will not accumulate minerals, food and energy in the 2100 CMN-turn, but the other will. So this step compensates for that difference.
The procedure is very similar for plain SMAC game too, you just need to start from step 9 to eliminate unused faction(s).

Of course, if there is already a scenario listed above with the exact same factions as you need, then it is even easier, you can start from step 14.

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Grigger · January 15, 2000, 22:19

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zsozso · January 27, 2000, 00:09

**Alien Crossfire (SMAX) games in preparation:**
AXT004	Tau Ceti	Lord Maxwell, Morgan	Zsozso

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zsozso · January 30, 2000, 00:47

Request to the first players of each active game:

Please, send me an email note at every 10 turns (when the MY. is the multiple of 10, e.g. 2110, 2120, ...) with the information who is leading in the game, i.e. which player is reported "Overall best" by the information window in the game.

In the Crossfire games (AXTnnn), it is possible and quite
likely (at least for the early game phase), that the AI played progenitors will show up
as overall best. In this case, please try to figure out from the power bars and graph
which human player is the best (but also report the fact, that the AI is better!).

I will use this information to post some progress reports on the games, i.e. mission year and leader in the "games in progress" table. Just to make it more fun and see how everybody is progressing - otherwise we would have to wait a long time to get some feedback when games are getting completed.

Zsozso

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zsozso · February 4, 2000, 14:47

List of game leaders according to status reports from the tournament games at MY.2110:

ACT003: Kinjiru, Peacekeepers.
ACT004: Garth Vader, Hive
ACT007: Provost Korn469, University.
ACT008: MichaeltheGreat, University.
ACT009: Zsozso, University.
ACT011: Misotu, University.
ACT013: Pagan[CyC], University.
ACT015: Grigger, Sparta.

AXT003: 1.Caretakers(AI), 2.Usurpers(AI), 3-4.tie: University (Fistandantilus) & Cyborgs (Zsozso)

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zsozso · February 21, 2000, 15:03

List of game leaders according to status reports from the tournament games at MY.2120:

ACT004: Blunderdog, PK
ACT008: MichaeltheGreat, University.
ACT009: Zsozso, University.

AXT003: 1. Caretakers(AI), 2. Usurpers(AI), 3. University (Fistandantilus)

zsozso · February 21, 2000, 15:04

List of game leaders according to status reports from the tournament games at MY.2130:

ACT004: Blunderdog, PK
ACT009: Zsozso, University.

AXT003: 1. Caretakers(AI), 2. University (Fistandantilus)