Gecko Game turn Thread

H0bbes · March 25, 2003, 06:13

SMAC game
Transcend difficulty

Turn order:
mox (todd@sudoflux.com) is the Gaians
Lazerus (Kris_no1@hotmail.com) is the Hive
Gunnar Thor (gunnith@nff.is) is the Spartans
duMa (modowd724@hotmail.com) is the Believers

The AI's: Morgan, Zak, and Lal are present & have been given a few extra units etc to keep it interesting.

Large Planet
Normal worms, high rainfall and average erosion.

All victories are on, including co-operative
Tech steal when conquering is on
Directed research is on
Do or die is on.

(This is slightly different to what Gunnar emailed me, I hope you'll forgive me.)

You each start with 3 CP's and 2 Scouts (except Sparta which has a Scout and a Rover).

The first turn has been sent to Mox. You should all know your passwords, if you have forgotten, please email me.

jcrocombe@aardvark.net.au

Hobbes

Lazerus · March 25, 2003, 08:58

Woo thanks Hobbes

Gunnar Thor · March 25, 2003, 09:00

Excellent, thanks Hobbes.

mox · March 25, 2003, 10:04

Thanks again Hobbes.
I saw your email this morning but I didn't see the attached turn for Gecko. Could you double check?

H0bbes · March 25, 2003, 17:09

Errr, ummmmmmm, yes, well, I forgot to attach the turn.

Sent now.

mox · March 26, 2003, 00:05

I don't see it yet, I'll check in the morning.

H0bbes · March 26, 2003, 18:42

Hmmmmmmm, I did send it, but here it is in case it got lost.

Hobbes

mox · March 26, 2003, 23:21

Very odd. Still nothing. Thanks for posting it and getting us going.

2102 to Chairman Lazerus

Good luck all!

Lazerus · March 27, 2003, 10:26

Turn sent to Gunnar

Took 4 goes to remember this was a smac pbem and why smax kept crashing when i tried to load it

Gunnar : i didn't zip the file since in the other pbem im in had some probs with winzip versions clashing and files not able to be unzipped properly so just sent it in chunk. If your on a dial-up and want to see if zip will work in future just say.

duMa · March 27, 2003, 12:10

Me, I'd like mine zipped, since the file size becomes about 10% of the original size. I've got Hotmail... they like to close down accounts if they've got too much stuff in there. Lazerus, I'd suggest you get yourself a new copy of WinZip if you have problems with the version you have.

mox · March 27, 2003, 16:42

Lazerus, did you have any problem opening the zip I sent you?

I'll keep zipping it if there isn't a problem, easier sending that small file.

Gunnar Thor · March 27, 2003, 17:27

Turn received, played, zipped and sent to duMa.

I have ADSL so just send me the turns unzipped, I hate unzipping anyway.

duMa · March 28, 2003, 02:48

Gecko-Mox-2103.zip sent.

Odd... I can see the Spartan base on my map.

Gunnar Thor · March 28, 2003, 05:04

Quote:

Originally posted by duMa
Gecko-Mox-2103.zip sent.

Odd... I can see the Spartan base on my map.

Don't even think about it.

Strange though.

mox · March 28, 2003, 11:27

I didn't get a chance to play my turn before work this morning, I'll either play it at lunch if I can break away or when I get home (6.5 hours from now

)

Lazerus · March 28, 2003, 13:17

nope zip worked fine for me mox, ok gunnar saves me time zipping aswell since i can just attach straight from the saves file

duMa · March 28, 2003, 13:48

It won't be too long before the game's about a Meg, eh. :> Just mentioning it.

mox · March 28, 2003, 23:22

2103 to Mr. Lazerus of the Hive...

H0bbes · March 29, 2003, 06:46

Damn. Sorry about that, it seems I screwed up. It happens when you change base positions during the set-up process. I should have seen it in the original game save (I played 20 turns) but I didn't. If you wish to restart I will redo the scenario; otherwise I suggest that you exchange HQ co-ordinates to make it fair on everyone.

Humble Apologies.

Hobbes.

duMa · March 29, 2003, 07:01

I'm fine either way. Situation I see so far, I can see Spartan's starting base, and by Hobbes' description, Spartans will see the Gaian's starting base.

I'll leave it up to the rest of you to decide what we should do. I'm neutral, leaning towards: oops, was a mistake, let's keep it as is.

Gunnar Thor · March 29, 2003, 07:19

I'm fine with it, just as long as you don't take advantage of it.

I don't see your base, though.

duMa · March 29, 2003, 07:23

You can't see mine? Oh, okay... then I've no vote, really. Up to the rest of you. I try my darnedest to play fair to the point of being unfair to myself sometimes... I can black out that area of the map on my monitor with a magic marker. Don't worry, I've got Liquid Paper to fix it later.

Lazerus · March 29, 2003, 08:07

Turn sent

Well if your gonna contact each other early hurry and find me i wanna talk

mox · March 29, 2003, 10:26

no on the restart then?

duMa · March 29, 2003, 10:28

Lazerus, looks like the decision stands with you on this one.

Gunnar Thor · March 29, 2003, 14:57

Turn sent.

I'm fine with duMa knowing where I am, he said he won't take advantage of it and I beleive him. One question though, do you see everything I do too?

duMa · March 29, 2003, 19:57

I have god on my side, and he sees everything you do.

Gecko-Mox-2104.zip sent (with a hint on naming convention)

Naw, seriously, I just see where your main base is and one space around them. I don't see any units, any production, anything else. No biggie.

mox · March 29, 2003, 20:48

turn gecko-lazerus-2104.zip to chairman lazerus.
I've been using that naming convention myself, keeps things from getting confusing...

BTW, if you have a question for me please email me, I don't check my apolyton PM too often.

Lazerus · March 29, 2003, 21:24

Turn sent.

damn those clocks going forward! its now 2:40 am lol

duMa · March 29, 2003, 23:05

Hmm... technically, there was no 2:40 am last night if I'm not mistaken...