PBEM, Anyone? - Page 14

FrustratedPoet · January 4, 2003, 13:18

If it's still not working I don't know what to do. I've played and sent the turn twice now.

Do you have an alternate email address?

FrustratedPoet · January 4, 2003, 13:19

We're cursed.

Adagio · January 4, 2003, 13:35

It's not always it goes wrong with hotmail, I have had about 2 corrupted saves since I started the other PBEM game...

alva · January 4, 2003, 13:43

FP, send it to me (The save for Calc), if I get a corruption error, we know where it originated. If it's ok, hmm, no idea then.
I could try to forward it.
In our game, we havn't had any probs yet, have we.

Maybe the error occurs when sending it, not recieving.

I've got some voodoo repellent standing by too, just in case...

vondrack · January 4, 2003, 17:06

Guys, I am still following this thread - even though Tibi is now back online, ready to play his turn, if it ever comes to it

- just for sheer humour value...

Try ZIPping the SAVegame, it may help... ZIP is a much more standard format than SAV for any email provider. If even ZIPs get corrupted, then the provider would be flooded with complaints and would be likely to fix the problem ASAP.

Tiberius · January 4, 2003, 17:46

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Originally posted by vondrack
Guys, I am still following this thread - even though Tibi is now back online,

I'm not

I'll be off again next week (probably for the entire week, maybe except for Monday). Of course, this is not really important, because I seriously doubt I have a chance to get a savefile next week

The God of Civ3 is angry with us because we started this game too soon. Now we're doomed to start it over and over again

Tiberius · January 4, 2003, 17:49

We should calculate how long this game will last based on the duration of the first turn. Our grandchildren will have to finish what we started

Edited: Oops, we can't do that. We can't measure the length of the first turn, because we didn't finish it yet.

Zero · January 4, 2003, 19:46

Quote:

Originally posted by alva
FP, send it to me (The save for Calc), if I get a corruption error, we know where it originated. If it's ok, hmm, no idea then.
I could try to forward it.
In our game, we havn't had any probs yet, have we.

Maybe the error occurs when sending it, not recieving.

I've got some voodoo repellent standing by too, just in case...

im ok with alva playing my first turn. I fyou wanna try it that way.

397 posts, who will get the 400th?

anyway I predict by the time we are at 500th post, the person who posts will be attaching the second turn. Wanna have a bet going here?

Zero · January 4, 2003, 19:52

Quote:

Originally posted by Tiberius
We should calculate how long this game will last based on the duration of the first turn. Our grandchildren will have to finish what we started

Edited: Oops, we can't do that. We can't measure the length of the first turn, because we didn't finish it yet.

I tried charming this game by holding onto a rabbit's foot while loading, but before it got to 100%, a black cat jumped at me and I yelped and threw the foot onto the mirror and broke. Well no not really. But the amount of luck we have is less than what I portrayed.

No Tiberius. You mean you predict our grandchildren will finish our first turn right? we need more generation of children than that for the whole game!

"Crap my windows 4000 just crashed."
"But you had the only save! The last backup was 5 turns ago!"
"Oh well there goes 15 generations of our ancestors work..."

alva · January 4, 2003, 22:04

As long as we are having fun

Good thing we didn't go for a huge map then éh ...

alva · January 4, 2003, 22:05

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397 posts, who will get the 400th?

FrustratedPoet · January 5, 2003, 07:04

Sent Calc's first turn to Alva.

alva · January 5, 2003, 07:18

Guess who's the problem...!!!!???

CALC !!!

He should be getting used to that by now

Game loaded without any problem...(didn't see anything the start either so...)

Time to get a real ISP

That is actually something I've been wondering about, most here use broadband, right? How come you are using hotmail accounts? I' ve got one too, but mainly to register and as a diversion for that crap mail.

alva · January 5, 2003, 07:19

Quote:

Sent Calc's first turn to Alva.

Btw, can you believe this game is now going backwards!!!

FrustratedPoet · January 5, 2003, 07:25

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Originally posted by alva

Btw, can you believe this game is now going backwards!!!

Worst. PBEM. Ever.

Adagio · January 5, 2003, 07:36

Should we try to use my ftp as a temp dir? So FP uploads the savegame to me, and Calc downloads it again?

If you're in for it, I'll PM the ftp info

FrustratedPoet · January 5, 2003, 07:41

I think that's the best solution. Go for it.

Adagio · January 5, 2003, 07:50

Ok, I have now PM'ed the ftp info to both of you...

Tiberius · January 5, 2003, 07:52

Calc:

Alva, you're right, as long as we're having fun ...

Btw, when do you think MarkG will realize that under the cover of a Civ3 PBEM game we're running an off-topic thread ?

When he'll finally see the truth, that we're not playing at all, only having fun and thus occupying precious server space without a good reason, he'll ban us for good

Tiberius · January 5, 2003, 07:56

Quote:

Originally posted by alva
Btw, can you believe this game is now going backwards!!!

Maybe we'll have more success in that direction

Let me know when you send me the 4100 BC save

FrustratedPoet · January 5, 2003, 09:24

I've uploaded both the saves I made to ADG's ftp.

Hopefully they'll work when Calc download's them. (They should be identical, so it doesn't matter which you use, but I uploaded both just to be on the safe side.)

alva · January 5, 2003, 10:03

I've said this before, NO ONE play PBEM, this is just one grand sceme to get +1

moves quickly OT: eugh,eugh good idea ADG

Adagio · January 5, 2003, 10:09

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Originally posted by alva
I've said this before, NO ONE play PBEM, this is just one grand sceme to get +1

Just don't tell MarkG

Adagio · January 6, 2003, 13:32

Calc still haven't tried to logon to my ftp yet...

Tiberius · January 6, 2003, 13:45

CALC !!!

Zero · January 7, 2003, 01:38

Ugh I go out for one day and guess what its my turn.

ADG ur ftp site doesnt work. Also if Alva can play the file, I think I can trust alva to password my game, plot a city for me for the first turn.

oh for ur question, I use optonline, but I dont use that mail acct. I dont even know the email address... let alone the password.

Adagio · January 7, 2003, 07:30

I can't have the ftp open 24 hours a day, but whenever I'm online, so is the ftp...

Does anyone of you have an 24/7 ftp server?

alva · January 7, 2003, 08:47

I'll load it up to my 'homepage'..

I'll mail Calc the instructions, don't have the time now, it will have to have until tonight

.

Adagio · January 7, 2003, 09:23

Ok, that'll make it easier

(unless of course you only have your homepage on your home computer, and shuts it down every night

)

alva · January 7, 2003, 11:59

open 24/7

Anyway I'm gonna try to send it to Calc with my mail. It seems most probs occur hotmale to hotmale.