May 9, 2002, 11:38
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King
Local Time: 19:25
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Commander of Corazon's Own Elite Guard
Posts: 1,075
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New SMAC PBEM - Blind Research turned ON !
Yep... you read the title correctiy - blind reaserch will be TURNED ON ! 
SMAC only, (that means not SMAX), the more players the merrier... We'll also need a CMN if anyone's interested...
Parameters:
Factions to be assigned randomly (that means be prepared to play any faction, including the, Believers/ Morgan)
Huge world
Medium to lots of ocean
High erosion
Lots of clouds
I'd like lots of native life, but we'll see.
Transcend level
And, of course, the ever popular Blind Reaserch turned on. 
As this will probably be a 7 player game, people should be willing to commit to pushing out turns on a regular basis (that means often). This is done In order to keep the game rolling, and make it interesting for everyone involved. 
Should be an interesting challenge. If you think ya got what it takes -  - sign up below...
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May 9, 2002, 17:44
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King
Local Time: 19:25
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,383
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Hey KK, I'm in. Sounds interesting, as realistically, discoveries are usually by surprise anyway.
Email: callistosdarkside@rogers.com
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May 9, 2002, 18:22
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King
Local Time: 00:25
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Feeling wild
Posts: 2,714
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I know factions are random... but any chance you could rig it so I get the believers? 
No seriously, I'm in, but i'd prefer average native life, not abundant.
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May 10, 2002, 09:13
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King
Local Time: 01:25
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: of the World
Posts: 2,651
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Currently moderating ASPK II. So if you want I could CMN this one too. One question; since it's all random (faction) then how important is it to land far away from others?
lawalan@hotmail.com
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May 10, 2002, 12:46
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Chieftain
Local Time: 00:25
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 52
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hi,
I'm in...
Email: killmenot@gmx.de
bye, nomatter
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May 10, 2002, 18:29
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King
Local Time: 00:25
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Feeling wild
Posts: 2,714
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Forgot to post my email address.... chaunk@mail.com
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May 11, 2002, 22:33
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King
Local Time: 19:25
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,383
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Hey all,
May I suggest we start off with 1 or 2 extra colony pods and scouts to speed things along. It really helps make the early game turns more interesting, especially on a huge map with lots of ocean.
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May 12, 2002, 17:55
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King
Local Time: 01:25
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Four players so far.... are there anyone else interested?
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May 12, 2002, 19:50
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King
Local Time: 19:25
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
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we could just play, 4 players, and 3 ai, if it's okay with kk?
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May 12, 2002, 20:57
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King
Local Time: 00:25
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Feeling wild
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I have no problem with 4 players & 3ai. Guess we can wait for KK's verdict...
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May 13, 2002, 03:35
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Prince
Local Time: 00:25
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 501
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I would play, but not as Belivers (the crapola research bugs me too much). So the random faction dons't do much for me. The rest of the rules look fine to me though, I don't mind blind research.
(ALTHOUGH, if AHAC2 dosn't start in a day or so, I'll be willing to play eitherway).
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May 13, 2002, 04:41
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King
Local Time: 01:25
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Say the word (or better yet type it ) and I'll start on a map.
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May 13, 2002, 08:17
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Prince
Local Time: 00:25
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Ahh what the hell, please put me in please if there's room.
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May 13, 2002, 08:20
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King
Local Time: 01:25
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Still waiting for KK´s "verdict". 5 players with comstr, 2 more?
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May 13, 2002, 11:31
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King
Local Time: 19:25
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Patience... Patience, friends... 
This setup will be well served with seven factions if possible. Do some recruiting of your own. Tell your friends about this.
No doubt there will be a lot of heavy negotiating in this game. Now...would you rather negotiate with another person ?
Or the AI ?
Lets give it another day, or so... It will be worth our while.
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May 13, 2002, 21:10
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Prince
Local Time: 00:25
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I'm interested , although with a huge world we could be facing 30-40 turns between techs in the early game.
johnpauljones at oceanfree.net
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May 13, 2002, 23:01
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King
Local Time: 19:25
Local Date: October 31, 2010
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welcome jpj, that's why i suggested we start off with a couple extra pods and scouts, to speed things up. it's worked wonders in my other pbems, while the ones that only start with two pods, are extremely slow.
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May 14, 2002, 01:12
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Prince
Local Time: 02:25
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Finland
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I'm interested.
janne.huttunen@kolumbus.fi
I play my turns regularly, smhfan86 can patch for that.
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May 14, 2002, 02:26
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King
Local Time: 19:25
Local Date: October 31, 2010
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excellent. welcome to the game shai. now we have 7. let the random blind madness begin!
now the big question. what's the name of this game kk?
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May 14, 2002, 04:00
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Prince
Local Time: 00:25
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My emails is comstar@optushome.com.au btw. And Im fully suggest SOMEONE check the random setup (to say, prevent Yang starting in the Jungle while Morgon starts off in the desert for example).
And a few starting pods to speed up the game till we meet would be nice.
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May 14, 2002, 10:06
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King
Local Time: 19:25
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Hokay ! We got 7 players.
I'm discussing the setup details with knowhow2. Things that we're working on is the exact size of the map. An extra colony pod or two, and a scout patrol. Plus probably a unity foil. The only thing thats really up in the air is the native life question... so lets hear from everybody on this one now.
Stay tuned hear for updates...
Any questions don't hesitate to mail me... krysiaskrusader@sympatico.ca
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May 14, 2002, 10:30
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King
Local Time: 01:25
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I'll start on a map tonight.
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May 14, 2002, 12:13
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King
Local Time: 00:25
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Location: Feeling wild
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Sounds about right. Lets get going!
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May 14, 2002, 14:17
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Prince
Local Time: 02:25
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Location: Finland
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Setup looks nice. Random factions is a great idea. Abundant native life is OK with me. It provides some extra challenge, especially at the beginning. And it treats Gaians fairly. I think SMAC factions were designed to play in abundant native life environment anyway.
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"I'm having a sort of hard time paying attention because my automated teller has started speaking to me, sometimes actually leaving weird messages on the screen, in green lettering, like "Cause a Terrible Scene at Sotheby's" or "Kill the President" or "Feed Me a Stray Cat", and I was freaked out by the park bench that followed me for six blocks last Monday evening and it too spoke to me."
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May 14, 2002, 15:37
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King
Local Time: 19:25
Local Date: October 31, 2010
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I'd prefer standard native life, as having abundunt would unfairly give the gaians, an already powerful faction in their own right, a huge advantage.
they already get a free army from capturing mind worms, but with this, they'd get even more. also, it'd slow down the progress of the game for everyone else.
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May 14, 2002, 17:18
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King
Local Time: 00:25
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Feeling wild
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With ai involved I generally prefer standard native life, but seeing as this is 7 human players, we're all gonna be on a similar platform, except for the gaians and miriam. I say abundant is fine... super fine if i land deirdre 
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