7 Human Players FFA - turn tracking thread

buster · July 2, 2001, 17:56

This is the thread for the 7 Human Players FFA game.

Participants are:

Gaia - Tai Mai Shu: Spoofmaster@hotmail.com
Hive - SmartFart: SmartFart@pulp-fiction.com
Uni: Kassiopeia kassiopeia15@hotmail.com
Morgan - Johndmuller: johndmuller@msn.com
Sparta - Adam Ebbeka: aebbeka@neb.rr.com
Believers - Johnpauljones: johnpauljones@oceanfree.net
PK - Dinoarms: dinoarms@altavista.com

Rules and settings are as follows:

Transcend
Rated
Cooperative Victory disabled
Small or Standard map
standard map
Ocean 30-50%
Low Erosion
Aliens average
Cloud Cover Dense
Do or Die
Look First
Spoils of War
Directed research
No Unity Survey
Random Events On
Pod scattering

Map
standard, unknown, balanced with all SMAC landmarks well distributed.

YES (OR MUST DO)
- Upgrades anytime provided the upgraded unit does not move afterwards
- Declare vendetta in Pop-Up for probe actions (or if pacted - cancel pact)
- Design upgrades at end of turn only
- Reverse engineering (except probes to rovers)
- Pod booming past hab limits
- notification of upcoming planetary elections

NOT ALLOWED
- Use of the demand withdrawal button
- SE quickies and no upgrading crawlers for quick SP's
- Multi air-drops
- Multiple drops or orbital insertions using the right-click menu
- Inserting Stockpile Energy into the build queue after a military unit
- Using pending diplomatic agreements after starting a vendetta
- SE same turn flip-flops
- Units assigned to multiple point patrol routes
- Instant terraforming
- Setting the home of a unit to be the base of a pacted player
- Renaming a city to allow multiple artifacts to be connected to the same network node.
- Using the(Shift-u) command to allow the passenger to unload while the air transport is in flight.

COMMUNICATION

none before contact
email communication is allowed
CMN must be notified if sunspots occur
No using continuous communication to maintain com through sunspots

Have fun and remember: It's just a game.

Edited 30 july 2001 to change Uni player from Solver to Kassiopeia
Edited 4 Aug to change Sparta from Levelisk to adam Ebbeka

Tai Mai Shu · July 2, 2001, 18:00

Hi, just in case you didn't notice it in the other thread, I will be heading to the poccono's this saturday and won't be back for 7 days. I will be needing a replacement player during that time but I will also be playing my initial turns until the 7th day comes.

Tai Mai Shu · July 2, 2001, 18:47

Turn sent to SmartFart

SmartFart · July 2, 2001, 19:10

MY 2002

Turn sent to Solver.

SmartFart · July 4, 2001, 00:22

I think this is time to find someone to take over UoP since Solver doesn't respond neither to e-mail or private Apolyton messages,dispite of fact that his name is listed 'online'.

What is exact procedure? Should Buster post a new thread?

Regards.

SF

SmartFart · July 4, 2001, 08:53

Turn resent to this adress : ugita@latnet.lv

I believe Solver need his password again because apolyton mail service have some problems.

SF

buster · July 4, 2001, 09:55

Password sent to new address

johndmuller · July 5, 2001, 18:52

Turn 2102 Sent to Sparta - Levelisk; may your dominion be prosperous.

Solver, please explain the reload.

SmartFart · July 5, 2001, 19:47

There is nothing to be explained. Solver may be a moderator,but he also can play all by himself.
I've been looking for other games (threads) he played and i've found either a multiplied reloading or a long delay.

If you find permanent replace for him i'll be glad to continue,otherwise...bye bye.

Do i sound harsh? Sorry...time to call spade a spade.

Regards.

SF

Tai Mai Shu · July 6, 2001, 20:48

Hi, I'm just posting this reminder that I'll be leaving tomorrow for the poccono's. I won't be back until the week after monday. So I'll be needing a replacement till then. But if that's too inconvienent then it's okay to replace me permanently as I've only played one turn anyways. Take care all

TMS

Levelisk · July 8, 2001, 14:53

2102 on to the Believers

John Paul Jones · July 8, 2001, 22:06

Levelisk may have preformed as many as 1 extra save/load
2102 to the Peacekeepers

Levelisk · July 8, 2001, 23:05

Sorry about the reload. After I loaded it the first time, on the screen before you type in the password telling you whose turn it is, I accidently hit cancel instead of OK. Apparently that causes a reload message

dinoarms · July 8, 2001, 23:31

2103 to Tai Mai Shu

I'm with SmartFart on Solver....In another game I am playing he announced his first turn sent in the turn sent thread....There was a multiple reload report made on his turn....He never offered an explanation nor did he respond to our queries. In fact since then he has never posted to the turn sent thread. As well he has the worst turn rate in that game....I would have reported him to a moderator but i believe he is one.

I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt provided he offers an explanation....re turn rate and reloads in NoAI#1.

Dinoarms

John Paul Jones · July 9, 2001, 00:48

I say burn him at the stake - he's obviously a witch

johndmuller · July 10, 2001, 12:01

Buster, do you feel like taking a turn for Gaia? Tai Mai Shu suggested we get a substitute, but probably, just taking one turn would give the game a hint of movement until Tai Mai Shu returns (Sat. the 14th?). The turn could be as simple as just moving 2 units an additional tile in the direction they took the 1st turn. (I can also understand if you don't want to get into this.) I presume that Dinoarms could send you a copy of the turn if you are willing. Anyone else have any 'druthers?

Tai Mai Shu · July 15, 2001, 13:30

Hello, I'm back from vacation and ready to continue playing. Sorry for holding up the game folks

I've got my turn and will be playing it in a bit.

Tai Mai Shu · July 15, 2001, 13:47

Turn sent to Smartfart

SmartFart · July 15, 2001, 15:28

MY 2103....to Solver

johndmuller · July 17, 2001, 13:13

I'm going to be out of town and offline from tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, the 18th) until next Monday the 23rd. I'd be more than happy to take my turn should Solver or whomever send it to me by tomorrow morning. If not, then I trust that it will be waiting for me when I return.

Levelisk · July 17, 2001, 13:33

We're still waiting on Solver's turn. Anyone know where he is?

SmartFart · July 18, 2001, 11:28

We should ask for replacement. What is a standard routine for it?

dinoarms · July 18, 2001, 16:32

Yes we do need a replacement. For those of you who may feel a little more generous keep in mind that solver's responce rate in this game and in another I am playing averages at least 48 hours. This game well probably run to MY 2300 which means we will spend 300x2 days waiting for Solver....that's just under Two Years.

I believe we contact Buster and he will find one.....I am posting him now.

Dinoarms

Levelisk · July 18, 2001, 17:28

Well, Solver finally passed his turn in No AI #1. Give him a day before you take action.

dinoarms · July 19, 2001, 16:32

The following has been posted to Buster via private messaging.

(Buster

It's been 96 hours since Solver was posted his turn. He know's better than that. I believe he has over extended himself with his moderator duties and the joining of too many games...

We would like to find a replacement for him. How do we go about doing this?

Dinoarms)

Buster is on holidays at the moment. Is there anyone here that is aware of protocol for such a situation?

johndmuller · July 24, 2001, 11:09

2103 to Levelisk - the Spartans.

Quote:

Received the turn from Solver on the 19th with the following message:
Sorry, was a bit slow, as got the turn sent to an email address I use no longer.
(The rest of the delay was because of my being out ot town.)

Hopefully we can move along at a good clip for a while.

ps:

%$%#^, my ISP (MSN) is instituting some supposed security/anti-spam crackdown which requires some configuration changes (which I made already).

Apparently I am having trouble with these new settings.

If I can't get it going in a couple of hours, I'll attach the turn to a post here.
pps: Managed to send the turn on a different computer.

Status: Go (but only a very pale green light).

Edit: add and update ISP rant.

dinoarms · July 24, 2001, 15:37

Solver

You are a moderator. How many PBEM's are you playing? Where you not aware that you had given the email address that you gave us? Why do you not post turn sent messages to this thread?

Look man...we just want to play...in a game I play with Buster, Gusto and Blarney the average wait time is 1 day...In both 7 humans ffa and NoAi your response time is such that the games will take at least TWO YEARS longer than if you were replaced with another player whose response time was similar to the other players.

If you don't have the time or the commitment that we respectfully ask that you bow out so that we can replace you.

Dinoarms

p.s. ALL: What are Solver's addresses? I want to email the above to him.

Levelisk · July 24, 2001, 20:41

2103 to the Believers

dinoarms · July 25, 2001, 16:07

All

I received this lovely contrite mesaage from Solver this morning

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Reply-To: "Solver"
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:46:50 +0300
To: "al clarg"
Subject: Re:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------First of all, please don't send to ugita@lantet.lv anything. The email
address now belongs to another person, I periodically clean it up with my
old mails. It's only solver@apolyton.net . If the turns get sent there, wait
time is normal. When sent to old address, it will surely be ages before I
play. Don't offend me on that one.
Reloads - I didn't know my password. I received it several hours after the
turn, and tried all the possible passwords .
Solver

Maybe it's just me but it seems to have a number of lame excuses and an all round unpleasant tone. Smartfart posted to the correct address on his first turn so i guess normal wait time for Solver will be 2 or 3 days. As for the password problem...i guess he ran a hack to try "all possible passwords" hehhe

dinoarms

John Paul Jones · July 25, 2001, 18:59

Yay ! A Bonfire ! Burn the Heathen ! Death to the Unbeliever !

...sorry , where was I ? Oh yeah...turn 2103 to the erhm Peacekeepers