Beginner's Luck PBEM

H0bbes · July 27, 2003, 01:09

Players and play order:
Rubin - Consciousness (Rubin_Datalinks @ hotmail DOT com)
Gufnork - Pirates (perhenri @ dd DOT chalmers DOT se)
Zalek - Hive (zalek @ interia DOT pl)
jtsisyoda - University (jtscheidt @ hotmail DOT com)
AI - Data Angels (Roze)
AI - Gaians (Deirdre)
AI - Spartans (Santiago)

CMN - H0bbes jcrocombe@aardvark.net.au

Transcend difficulty, Standard map - average everything.
All victory conditions on.
Do or Die - don't restart eliminated players.
Look First.
Bell Curve - no random events.

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Dreifels ruleset: http://1st-euro.com/AC/pbemrules.html is fine apart from:

6. Should read: (1) If you perform a probe team action other than to infiltrate against another player with whom you are in a truce, treaty or pact, you must inform the probed player what it was you did and what you stole/sabotaged (notify the victim of your transgression). (2) You must choose the 'declare vendetta/cancel pact' option when you perform the action, unless you have received permission in advance.

8.1-8.4 Should read: (1) You may not upgrade a particular type of unit using the design workshop, and then attack with that unit in the same turn. (2) Upgrading units with the design workshop is allowed at end of turn only. However, supply crawlers upgraded in this fashion can still be used to advance Secret Projects in the same turn. (We can omit part 2 if desired)

9.1-9.3 Should read: (1) You are not permitted to establish contact with another faction prior to having met them in-game or you have the Empath Guild. (2) Player dimplomacy is not permittet during sunspot activity. (We can omit part 2 if desired)

10 I prefer: You are not permitted to make more than one social engineering change per line, per turn (no flip-flop within turn!).

11 Should read: You may use reverse engineering except with the rover chassis from Planetary Networks.

12 delete

13 Add: You may not accept a bribe from another player's AI during council sessions.

14. Add: Renaming allowed if bug is NOT exploited.

Additional rules:

a) You are not permitted to use the 'demand withdrawal' feature against another player.
b) You may not use the F4 screen when infiltrated to change an opponent's workers to specialists.
http://1st-euro.com/AC/pbemrules.html

Turn has been sent to Rubin. Good luck, contact me if there are any problems.

Hobbes

Rubin · July 27, 2003, 07:42

I've played 2101 but things do not seem quite right. I've passed the turn to Gufnork, though.

I've sent an e-mail to H0bbes. We may have to restart, I don't know. Stay tuned!

Gufnork · July 27, 2003, 12:54

Turn will be delayed due to me not knowing my password.

Rubin · July 27, 2003, 14:26

Well, in the meantime I've completed an "easy-to-view" ruleset. § 6 needed a bit of rework, but it should be right now. I've sent a zipped copy to you.

H0bbes · July 27, 2003, 18:33

Hi. I screwed up, giving Rubin a cloned faction with a few differences to the regular one. I'll redo it immediately. Gufnork, your password has been sent again, email me if you don't get it this time.

Hobbes

H0bbes · July 27, 2003, 19:42

Version #2 has been sent to Rubin.

Hobbes

Rubin · July 27, 2003, 20:17

Version2 played and sent to Gufnork.

The year says 2102!!! This is strange! And I have a new starting position. The 1st one was MUCH better!!! Any comments H0bbes?!?

Faction is right now, though.

(Edit: Prime Function Shell Rubin Alpha-1 reports that the Cybernetic faction has made planetfall in M.Y. 2102.)

H0bbes · July 27, 2003, 20:38

2102 is because I take a year to set passwords without moving units. Just rename the turns appropriately to keep track. The AI is therefore 1 year ahead. Starting positions were changed because I couldn't remember where they were first time around. Sorry you don't like your new home.

Hobbes

Gufnork · July 28, 2003, 03:19

Atleast you don't have a IotD ready to eat your Sea colony pod and fungus on the only sensible place to place your second colony. Bah.

Turn to Zalek.

Zalek · July 28, 2003, 08:55

sorry everybody, but I have a small snag

...
but now is ok

Gufnork · July 28, 2003, 10:05

post no longer needed.

Zalek · July 28, 2003, 10:14

I sent turn to jtsisyoda

jtsisyoda · July 28, 2003, 13:22

2103 to Rubin Alpha-1.

Fungus everywhere!

Rubin · July 28, 2003, 13:33

2103 to Gufnork...

Gufnork · July 28, 2003, 14:07

2103 to Zalek. Another IotD that gets a shot on my CP. I'm one lucky bastard!

Zalek · July 28, 2003, 15:07

sent to jt

Zalek · July 28, 2003, 15:10

I ought to go away for two days (I'll have a interwiev in case for new job).

jtsisyoda · July 28, 2003, 17:17

2104 to rubin

Rubin · July 28, 2003, 17:35

We can't eat rocks and we don't like fungus...

2104 played and passed to Captain Gufnork.

jtsisyoda · July 28, 2003, 18:29

@ Rubin

I thought Beginner's Luck was GOOD luck.

Of course, Zalek hasn't complained about his start.

Good luck with the interview, Zalek.

Gufnork · July 28, 2003, 19:55

I really shouldn't complain considering my first base got double minerals. Yummy! It's my second base that had some problems wading through IotD's. He found a decent spot with an energy square at last. The fungus is seriously limiting my exploration rate however.

Forgot, 2104 or whatever it is now to Zalek.

Zalek · July 31, 2003, 08:26

turn sent to jtsisyoda

How about my start? It isn't the best of all, but I can't be unhappy.

About my interview - it was waste of time and money.

jtsisyoda · July 31, 2003, 15:07

2105 to Rubin.

University researchers have reported an outbreak of a strange disease. Citizens complain of an uncontrollable urge to play in the red, gooey fungus and make fungus-pies. Upon the break-up of the Unity, our once-great civilization has reverted to childhood...

Rubin · July 31, 2003, 15:18

2105 to Pirates

Gufnork · August 1, 2003, 05:02

2105 to Zalek

Zalek · August 1, 2003, 08:07

2105 to jtsisyoda

Rubin · August 1, 2003, 13:41

2106 to Captain Gufnork...

...more bad luck!

Gufnork · August 1, 2003, 14:44

Hmm... I won a battle and I have no clue where. Must have been a good one, since noone was wounded.

2106 to Zalek.

jtsisyoda · August 1, 2003, 15:58

Gufnork, try clicking the "M" just above and to the left of the small world map in the corner. I've seen messages like "Our unit X near city Y survived an attack from Z."

Zalek · August 2, 2003, 06:54

Gufnork, you send me a wrong turn - I wrote this to you yesterday - have you received my email about this?