OktoberFist

Googlie · October 14, 2000, 10:39

EDITED:final, final

Here's the finalized game order and players with the e-mail addies:

Gaians: Misotu (misotu@hotmail.com)
Hive: Googlie (googlie@ireland.com)
University: DaRanger (admin@nibss.com)
Pirates: Deimos (deimos@civgaming.net)
Drones: Gopher (jochmans@pilot.msu.edu)
Data Angels: XWaste (xxx@adelaide.on.net)
Cyborgs: jschwab (jschwab@uswest.net)

Settings (unless concensus otherwise):

Transcend
Huge Map of Planet
Average everything (Comes with huge MoP I believe)
All winning conditions on
Directed research
Accelerated Start

Googlie

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Deimos · October 14, 2000, 17:57

Accelerated start is ok with me.

Misotu · October 14, 2000, 18:28

Hi there Googlie - hotmail has let me down badly the last couple of days, losing both incoming and outgoing mail. So sorry for the late response.

I'd prefer the Gaians to the Hive please. Thanks!

I hate the way the game gives you an accelerated start, so I vote no. We'll all get one SP each, which is insanely unbalancing, plus two or three rotten bases in poor positions. But if I'm outvoted, I'll live with it

Another question: Would it be worth making sure there's a record somewhere of everyone's password? We could get someone neutral to hold it - just makes it a lot easier to get a sub if anyone suddenly disappears without a trace.

Googlie · October 15, 2000, 00:09

We're underway.

Faststart was the concensus, so it's been set up that way, and turn 2181 has been sent to Misotu (as the Gaians) to start us off.

For anyone not sure, you need to set your own passwords.

Only changes to the earlier list is that Misotu will play the Gaians, and I will play as the Hive.

Note too that whoever e-mails the turn to Deimos (Cyborg Consciousness) should be using the diemus@civgaming.net e-mailing addy (and not the bigfoot one)

Good luck

(And Misotu, it's a great suggestion to deposit our passwords with a third party - I'll e-mail around and get a volunteer)

Googlie

Deimos · October 15, 2000, 01:04

Correction to Googlie's post:

My e-mail addy is deimos@civgaming.net and I am playing the Pirates. The honor of playing the Cyborgs goes to jschwab.

Deimos

Googlie · October 15, 2000, 01:19

Talk about getting off to a fine start

sorry Deimos for the misspell and the misaccreditation (I did set you up as the Pirates in the game)

Googlie

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Misotu · October 15, 2000, 18:33

And another problem ... I didn't get the turn. Sorry Googlie. Can you resend? Please send to my hotmail address, with a copy to misotu@usa.com. That way I'll be bound to receive it. Thanks!

Posted and emailed.

Misotu · October 16, 2000, 11:04

I take back everything I've ever said about accelerated start. It is a fine system, and should be used more often

2181 to Googlie.

Googlie · October 16, 2000, 11:32

Uh-oh

Do we presume that the gaians are colonizing the Jungle?

G.

Googlie · October 17, 2000, 00:18

WOW - fast start is awesome when you have 80 years of catching up to do.

2181 sent to DaRanger

LOL, you'll get a tampering message - so long since i played a PBEM that I screwed up the start and saved before I played

G.

Misotu · October 20, 2000, 18:38

Where is everyone?

XWaste · October 20, 2000, 20:12

I was wondering the same thing. The games stalled and I haven't even got my first turn

I would at least have liked to see where I started

gopher · October 20, 2000, 20:30

Yeah, what happened to this game??????
The Drones are pretty pissed that it has been 80 years and their leader still hasen't shown....

Misotu · October 20, 2000, 21:48

OK Googlie ... time for you to exert your influence

48 hours to play a turn without prior notice of a delay is enough - and actually essential for a game involving so many human players. Let's go!

Deimos · October 22, 2000, 23:30

quote:

Originally posted by Misotu on 10-20-2000 09:48 PM
48 hours to play a turn without prior notice of a delay is enough - and actually essential for a game involving so many human players. Let's go!

And yet another 48 hours pass...

Misotu · October 23, 2000, 16:48

Well, I mentioned to Googlie that the game was stuck. He passed his turn to DaRanger, and I suppose that's where it is right now ... Googlie said he'd resend and try to find out what the problem was so I guess we wait to see

Games involving so many players are interesting - and I'm playing a few that are working fine - but they do need a) people who play pretty fast and b) people who check the thread, because the turns go astray pretty often, email being what it is.

Just teething problems, it'll get into the swing after a few rounds ...

Googlie · October 24, 2000, 11:02

Turn played by DaRanger and passed on to Deimos (thru me)

Original turn never received last week by DR so I resent.

We're underway again!!

G.

Deimos · October 25, 2000, 14:29

MY 2181 to Gopher via Googlie

Googlie · October 25, 2000, 15:04

and duly passed on to Gopher.

(At Deimos' suggestion I have edited the first post with the factions, the order, the players and the e-mail addies)

Googlie

gopher · October 25, 2000, 16:41

After a bit of waiting and a confusing computer problem, Turn is sent to Prime Function jschwab

Reports indicate that the pink fungus that unfortunatly surrounds us is neurally active.
Reccomend immediate extermination.

gopher · October 25, 2000, 19:08

Ok, Correct turn sent to the Prime Function.
And you will probably get a tampering message from me......
I went to SP mode and hit "Next Turn",
and hit enter about 100 times.

Doh!!!!!!!

Gopher

XWaste · October 26, 2000, 08:19

turn sent to consciouness

Seems the order is a bit off.

Gopher, would you be able to zip the save file - I don't really have the fastest of connections so the full file takes a while to download from my mail server.
Thanks

jschwab · October 26, 2000, 10:33

2182 sent to Misotu... Looks like we are finally underweigh!

JSchwab

Googlie · October 27, 2000, 18:21

I was guessing at the order of the last 2 turns (assumed it was alpha based)

Good to have a complete turn cycle completed - now maybe we can really get smokin'.

Googlie

Misotu · October 27, 2000, 20:32

Sorry, turn not received. Can you resend please?

(misotu@hotmail.com)

Thanks! - posted and emailed.

Misotu · October 27, 2000, 22:39

Can I just check, can we talk to each other or do we wait until we have comm fqs? I'm assuming we have to wait ... apologies if this was already discussed and I missed it.

2182 sent to Googlie.

Deimos · October 27, 2000, 22:45

AFAIK, this topic has not been discussed. I am operating under the impression we will have to wait to contact others until we "offically" meet.

Googlie · October 27, 2000, 23:18

Hadn't set the protocol - but usual PBEM rules should apply - no communications until commlinks activated would be my vote

G.

Misotu · October 27, 2000, 23:21

Fine by me ... just wanted to check

What about stockpile energy after units? ACOL permits it, Apolyton doesn't. Which is it for this game?

Rynn: · October 28, 2000, 01:05

Turn sent to DaRanger

I'd say allow stockpiling in the build queue - what do the others think?

Rynn

(LOL - don't know how that snuck in to the post - Googlie)

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