FCT 2 x 3 Turn Reporting Thread

[Googlie]

This is a smax game between Flubber and Chaos Theory

Players, in turn order, are:

Gaians
Morgan
Angels

(played by Flubber)

and

Peacekeepers
CyCon
Drones

(played by Chaos Theory)

No AI. Transcend level

Large map, 50% to 70% water, average everything, spoils off, directed research, all victory conditions on

The 2102 turn has been sent to Flubber (for some reason I couldn't start it in 2100 this time, to get the 2101 after setting passwords)

Good luck to you both - and enjoy

G.

[Flubber]

2102 on to chaos theory

[Chaos Theory]

Will be playing it in ~4 hours

[Flubber]

No problem-- and actually no hurry

I play early-- as in before 6 am and late-- maybe as early as 6pm but often closer to 10 or 11-- all times Mountain time

Weekends-- sometimes lots and sometimes a little but I always make an effort to get on once to play any shorter turns

[Chaos Theory]

I play around 11:30 and 16:30 CDT during the week, so it looks like we'll have a consistent 1 turn/day rate.

[Flubber]

Oh well-- our time zones are similar but I am a before and after the workday type while you are a lunch and supper break type

[Chaos Theory]

The reason for my odd times is that I have no internet access at home right now, so to play I need to get the turn at work, take it home, play it, and bring it back. Hence lunch and dinner. If/when I can get internet access at home, my turns could be more frequent. Oh well.

2103 -> Flubber

Check the attachment to make sure it's not winmail.dat or some other garbage.

[Flubber]

AS my times suggest, I only play at home before and after work and around the demands of wife and child. Also while I can peek in here, I cannot access any email accounts other than those of this company ( I have to use my blackberry for my employers email system).

Bottom line is I won't even see your email until I get home

[Flubber]

2103 passed

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
The reason for my odd times is that I have no internet access at home right now,


:eek: :eek: :eek: at the idea of a PHD student in computers NOT having internet access at home

[Chaos Theory]

The internet service provider screwed up. As a consequence, I had to hassle with a false bill for some weeks and I will not be patronizing the provider in the future. I'll also need to clean the mark from my credit record.

[Chaos Theory]

2104 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2104 to chaos

[Flubber]

In the news tonight .. .

an unarmed band of colonists successfully resisted an apparent attack from what they characterized as a "roiling mass of worms". A few colonists experienced headaches and one died from what scientists are calling a "psionic attack". Jamie Welland, credited with saving the colony by tipping a barrell of salted beef in their path, said " I remember the stories of slugs on earth shrivelling up when touched with a little salt. I don't know what made me think of that here . .. you could see them in your head before they were ever in sight. My head hurt and all I could picture was worms coming in and out of my nose and ears. It was all I could do to move".

The MInistry of Defence immediately labelled these creatures "mindworms" and advises that they are to be considered dangerous. The Ministry of Information is reviewing their databases for information on psionic attack and will begin offering briefings on possible counter-measures

[Chaos Theory]

2105 -> Flubber

Cybernetic scientists began investigating an unusual monolith, which grew a pink stalk out of its top...

I will be gone from July 3 through July 11, FYI.

[Flubber]

2105 to chaos

No problem-- for sure I will be away a couple of times over the summer as well

[Chaos Theory]

2106 -> Flubber

CyCon scientists successfully extracted the pink stalk from its monolithic foundation, and began studies. Despite trepidation when beginning the extraction operation, nothing unexpected happened, and no one was hurt. Another victory for logic!

[Flubber]

2106 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2107 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2107 back to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2108 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2108 to chaos theory

[Chaos Theory]

2109 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2109 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2110 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2110 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2111 -> Flubber

[Chaos Theory]

2112 -> Flubber

Also, I have convenient internet access at last! My approximate playing times will be
11:30 GMT
16:30
21:30 - 02:00

[Flubber]

excellent

[Chaos Theory]

2113 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2113 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2114 -> Flubber
Had to reload since the game crashed, taking everything else down with it...

[Flubber]

2114 to chaos

No problem-- it happens

[Chaos Theory]

2115 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2115 on to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2116 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2116 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2117 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2117 to chaos theory

It seems to be a good map-- Lots of land but choke points and straits so strategy and tactics will matter

[Chaos Theory]

2118 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2118 to chaos theory

[Chaos Theory]

2119 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2119 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2120 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2120 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

Wrong save - this appears to be from the start of your 2120 turn.

[Flubber]

sorry about that

[Flubber]

resent

[Chaos Theory]

2121 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

please resend-- this was not in my inbox this morning

[Chaos Theory]

Curious, since I didn't get a bounce.

2121 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2121 on to chaos

Perhaps its still enroute

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cycon base razed-- film at 11

[Chaos Theory]

2122 -> Flubber

Had TWO reloads:
1st time, the password box didn't form properly. I backed out and killed programs, then reloaded
2nd time, got as far as Domai, then I discovered a whole new world of errors. Anyone hear of a fatal exception 0D in module FFFF:0000FFFF?
My comp died again, but I didn't get to the turn that time. I guess it didn't give me enough errors last crash.
Finally, I played the turn normally. Nothing variable happened to the point that I got in previous plays.

Being accustomed to TCP/IP multiplayer, it's very annoying to not have a direct record of what happens to you on others' turns. Fortunately, this time it's abundantly obvious.

The downside of head-to-head: no possibility of diplomacy
The upside: no worries about diplomacy

[Flubber]

2122 on to chaos

No I don't know those errors

I agree that the downside of PBEM is not seeing the interplay of units.I hate to think that someone has say flown across my territory without my having an opportunity to see that they did it

Diplomacy in a head to head --ahahahah-- not much point in pretending to be friends. When I saw an empty base, I figured I could set you back a little-- calling you up and talking about it seemed to be of no point-- whats good too is that we can't atrocity willy nilly since atrocities will have a trade cost

[Chaos Theory]

I figured defending that base, given its position, would be a losing proposition, so it would serve as a sort of canary.

2123 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2123 to chaos

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
I figured defending that base, given its position, would be a losing proposition, so it would serve as a sort of canary.

2123 -> Flubber

hmm but how did you know where I was ??

[Chaos Theory]

I didn't, but I had a guess. If you hadn't been there, I would have kept the base, of course. Since you were, defending it would have been futile.

[Flubber]

I have guesses :idea: :idea: where you might be as well. :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

With 3 factions to work with it often becomes only a process of elimination

[Chaos Theory]

2124 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2124 on to chaos theory

[Chaos Theory]

2125 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2125 to chaos theory

[Chaos Theory]

2126 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2126 to chaos theory

[Chaos Theory]

2127 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2127 to chaos

[Flubber]

hello-- do you need a resend or were you just away for the long weekend?

[Chaos Theory]

As I posted a couple of weeks ago, I'm gone until July 11.

However, I guess I missed the July 1 turn somehow. I can't check to see if I've received it or failed to send the turn, so feel free to send me another copy.

[Flubber]

I remember now-- sorry for my confusion-- I will send again the last turn I played so it will be there when you get back

[Chaos Theory]

I haven't seen hide nor hair of my turn 2127, on either my umr.edu email or my yahoo.com email. Just where have you been sending it, anyway?

[Flubber]

I generally just reply to the the last send from you but I never got around to resending the turn. I'll do so tonight when I get home.

[Chaos Theory]

2128 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2128 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2129 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2129 onward

[Chaos Theory]

2130 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

I'll play when I get home-- just curious how the game is going for you . .. personally I was suprised to find those missile rovers in the unity wreakage

[Flubber]

2130 back to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2131 -> Flubber

Things are fine the Chaotic empire over, besides an annoying turn of events at a certain smoking ruin.

[Flubber]

2131 to chaos


and another smoking ruin

[Chaos Theory]

2132 -> Flubber

Annoying again. I'm taking notes so I can say later what I won't say now.

[Chaos Theory]

2133 -> Flubber

Gaians under the influence of mindworms were spotted dancing naked in the fungus. They were put out of their misery by CyCon operatives.

[smacksim]

Gaian counterintelligence spots non-dancing Gaian. Oh no!

[Flubber]

Tha gaians, upon learning of the death of their people, lowered flags to half-mast and held as moment of silence. The people felt some consolation by witnessing the increasing number of smoking ruins in cycon territory.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by smacksim
Gaian counterintelligence spots non-dancing Gaian. Oh no!

smacksim LOL

[Flubber]

2133 to chaos

The gaians mourn the loss of one of their domesticated pets

[Chaos Theory]

2134 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2134 to chaos theory

[Chaos Theory]

2135 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2135 to chaos theory

[Chaos Theory]

2136 -> Flubber

News flash!!!
The Morganite "military" attempted to ambush a Peacekeeper non-combat terraformer unit. We qualify the term "military" because the attacking forces were such bad shots, they ran out of ammo before killing a single Peacekeeper citizen. In shame, and perhaps out of fear of lawsuits, the Morganite forces exposed themselves to the planet's atmosphere, committing suicide.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
2136 -> Flubber

News flash!!!
The Morganite "military" attempted to ambush a Peacekeeper non-combat terraformer unit. We qualify the term "military" because the attacking forces were such bad shots, they ran out of ammo before killing a single Peacekeeper citizen. In shame, and perhaps out of fear of lawsuits, the Morganite forces exposed themselves to the planet's atmosphere, committing suicide.

The Morganites announced the Human Genome Project is completed. Morale among the morganites immediately soared once again

[Flubber]

oh and 2136 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2137 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2137 to chaos

Newsflash

An Angels unit encountered an armored Peacekeeper Unit entrenched in rocky terrain. Despite these advantages, the superior morale of the Angels troops was the decisive factor

[Chaos Theory]

2138 -> Flubber

The Synthmetal Garrison's noble sacrifice will be commemorated.

Also, it was rolling terrain, IIRC.

[Flubber]

2138 to chaos

hmm I coulda sworn it was a rocky square

[Chaos Theory]

2139 -> Flubber

To avenge the fallen peacekeepers, one enterprising peace-loving city trained a bunch of children to run at Data Angels with pointy sticks. After a fierce battle, the pointy sticks emerged victorious over the salvaged and totally unreliable unity mining laser the Data Angels hacked together.

To commemorate these events, and the fallen peacekeeper soldiers, a bureaucratic holiday is in order. That's right, elections!

The candidates are:
Brother Lal of the noble Peacekeepers
Chief Scoundral Morgan of Morgan Industries

The current votes are:
45 for Brother Lal
0 for Chief Scoundral Morgan

[Flubber]

The elections was won by lal 45-41 but was under a cloud of allegations of Ballot stuffing in the peacekeeper districts. This was denied by Lal but an independent tally indicates that there were twice as many ballots cast as the PKs have citizens.

2139 was passed to you last night-- sorry for my delay

[Chaos Theory]

2140 -> Flubber

Sorry it took so long, I had a lot of infiltration data to go through.

Another crash, and I inch closer yet again to giving up on Windows forever.


The Peacekeepers released a statement extolling the merits of a democracy in which even the dead have a say.

[Flubber]

2140 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2141 -> Flubber

Masked men were sighted in Peacekeeping territory. Upon being questioned, they swallowed cyanide pills and died.

[Flubber]

2141 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2142 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2142 to chaos theory

[Chaos Theory]

2143 -> Flubber

[Chaos Theory]

2144 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2144 to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2145 -> Flubber

News bulletin:
Drone workers have completed and unveiled their faction's first Secret Project - the Weather Paradigm! Drone leaders assure us that their former teams will be able to rape Planet much more efficiently than before as a result of this compilation of ecological interactions.

Even more incredibly, the Drone workers completed this project just a single year after starting it. When Foreman Pete was asked how such an incredible feat could be possible, he could only say, "Drones done work hard!"

[Flubber]

2145 back to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2146 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2146 onward

[Chaos Theory]

2147 -> Flubber

Cybernetic media intercepted a cryptic message transmitted from Aki Zeta-5 in the general direction of the Gaians. It reads:
"I still have two eyes."

[Flubber]

2147 to chaos

The gaian troops stood over the jumble of metallic and organic matter that seconds before had been a cybernetic troop. The lieutenant looked at the dead cyborg before him, noting the single eye and the optical implant . .. " I wonder what the message meant, I have two eyes . .. did they eman they could see us, or was it symbolic that they retained their humanity .. . I doubt we will ever know"

The major approached " Move your men out lieutenant, there are sure to be more of these cyborgs nearby"

[Chaos Theory]

2148 -> Flubber

I knew you might not understand the message, but you also might have. It's in my notes, so you'll find out eventually.

Getting... so... sick... of... random crashes! I'm picking through tech support now.

[Flubber]

2148 onward to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2149 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2149 onward

I think I closed one of your eyes but I'm still not cetain of what you meant

[Chaos Theory]

You had me wondering, but you did misunderstand.

Half a century's progress to Flubber!

[Flubber]

2150 to chaos

Happy half century right back at you

[Chaos Theory]

2151 -> Flubber

Two more crashes, one as I was loading SMAX, the other when I was almost done with my turn. Had to go back and do the whole thing over, but I got very nearly the same result.

[Flubber]

2151 on to chaos

Are you fully patched? I have a lot less problem with crashed since I patched everything-- It usually only happens now if I haven't rebooted in a few days

edit-- or if I am running a bunch of stuff at the same time

[Chaos Theory]

2152 -> Flubber

Do you mean patched as far as SMAX, or Windows? I'm probably missing some patches for Windows. However, it has been my experience that Windows becomes less stable the longer it has been since installation. Furthermore, I was using a poorly-behaved program through yesterday. Having failed to receive sufficient technical support for it, I am discontinuing its use. Hopefully my computer will crash less in the future.

[Flubber]

Oh I meant smax anyway

as for windows, I used to use ME which crashed it seemed every day--now that I have XP its a lot better

Oh and I may not play this until tomorrow-- We are gosting dinner for our baby group so there will be 12 adults and 6 15 month olds here ( and maybe a 4 year old as well--

it will be a busy afternoon

[Chaos Theory]

I think I have all the SMAX patches, but it's not so much that SMAX is unstable as the rest of my computer is. It just tends to aggravate instability.

No problem on the turn speed, I can't play them immediately either anymore

[Flubber]

2152 on to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2153 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2153 to chaos

" My eyes, my eyes"

[Chaos Theory]

2154 -> Flubber

Where?? :)

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
2154 -> Flubber

Where?? :)

2154 to chaos

no comment

[Chaos Theory]

2155 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2155 on to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2156 -> Flubber

Turn took so long because I replaced half of my computer.


CyCon scientists have salvaged unknown technology which, until recently, was being misused by the Gaians for warfare. Prime Function Aki Zeta-5 has demanded an apology from Deirdre for putting such advanced and unknown technology at risk.

[Chaos Theory]

2157 -> Flubber

The recent upsurge in Free Drone population has been the result of both an increase in fertility rates and a decline in the death rate. Life expectancies are higher than ever among the working class, in excess of 100 years now and rising at nearly 1 year per year. The day when natural death is forever banished is near.

[Flubber]

congrats-- i see you are into bio-engineering these days

2157 passed back

[Chaos Theory]

2158 -> Flubber

For undisclosed reasons, the Free Drones have christened a major river in their territory the River Treachery.

[Chaos Theory]

2159 -> Flubber

[Chaos Theory]

2160 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

2160 on to chaos

[Chaos Theory]

2161 -> Flubber

[Chaos Theory]

2162 -> Flubber

[Flubber]

I sent 2162-- back to you yesterday

[Flubber]

Did you get the turn??

No hurry as I have had much longer delays -- I just don't want things fooled up by an email error

[Chaos Theory]

Yeah, I have the turn and am slowly going through it. I should have it out by early Saturday morning, but am getting distracted by all kinds of things.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
Yeah, I have the turn and am slowly going through it. I should have it out by early Saturday morning, but am getting distracted by all kinds of things.

No problem-- I would have had a tough time getting to it myself as it turned out. Thats life . .. I don't mind that .. . I just try to avoid delays where each player thinks the OTHER one has the turn

[Chaos Theory]

2163 -> Flubber
and I won't be playing 2163 until Monday at the soonest.

[Flubber]

No problem-- The game is getting very interesting and complex-- 3 factions really add to the startegic and tactical decisionmaking

Oh and in the news-- The Morgans are pleased to announce the planned unveiling of the Planetary Energy Grid in 2164. A spokesman stated "we had our scientists research in some totally new areas and one of their discoveries will allow our energy production to grow by 50%. We see this as a huge boon as we begin wholesale arms purchases."

[Chaos Theory]

2164 -> Flubber

Not to be outdone, the Free Drones have announced the future opening of their very own Cloudbase Academy. The Grand Opening will be in late 2164, a whopping 52 years earlier than originally scheduled! Unfortunately, despite its name, we will not be able to found bases in the clouds, limiting expansion to a mere two dimensions.

[Flubber]

Please resend-- no hurry since I won't get back to it until tonight but I didn't see this as about 7 hours after you posted you sent it. It might show up later or be stuck in email limbo but a resend should ensure I get it

[binTravkin]

Hey guys!
I am from the other game with the same scenario - Googlie set us up for your scenario also:

binTravkin:
Gaia
Morgan,
Angels
(The Flubber's factions)

and

Hercules
PK's
CyCon
Drones
(The Chaos Theory's factions)

We've got the game till 2125 and now Hercules is absent for a moment..

I'd very much like how you're doing!
If it's not hard I'd like to see your povergraph and the "who's best at" table (but not the map to be fair!)..

Do you like this scenario?
I'm just loving it!:D

[Chaos Theory]

Resent

[Chaos Theory]

As you can see, it's a pretty interesting game. All 5 of the categories (besides overall) on the Who's Who are occupied by different factions at the moment.

Current populations (since these are public knowledge):
Lal 42; Aki 12; Domai 68; Dee 25; Morgan 66; Roze 27

[Flubber]

Ya -- the variance is part of the nature of a 5 faction game-- I think its about to get plenty interesting-- Chaos's drone faction in particular seems to be expanding impressively

[Flubber]

Oh ya the turn was sent back-- I never did see the first send but the resend came through just fine

[Chaos Theory]

You sent me your turn instead of mine.

Please continue sending my turns to my umr.edu address even if I send mine from Yahoo - I'll notice the turns sooner, but I have some trouble sending mail from that address.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
You sent me your turn instead of mine.

Please continue sending my turns to my umr.edu address even if I send mine from Yahoo - I'll notice the turns sooner, but I have some trouble sending mail from that address.

Sorry-- I did not see this until now-- I will send the correct turn to the umr address tonight ( about 10 hours from this post)

Apologies again

[Flubber]

I resent the durn thing-- Has it been received adn was it the right turn??

[Chaos Theory]

Yep, that's my turn.

I had assumed the Empath Guild was off-liimits, but can't find anything stating that's actually the case. For what it's worth, I've had the ability to build it for at least 10 years, but then you assumed no governorship. You deserve infiltration after all this time anyway.

As a gift to accompany the Empath Guild, some of my notes, from 2129 (when I started taking them) through 2145. I was a bit antsy about giving them to you when you didn't even have infiltrator information, but now it's not such a big deal.

I'll get to actually playing the turn tomorrow or the day after.

[Chaos Theory]

2165 -> Flubber

The Free Drones celebrated the completion of the Cloudbase Academy this year. But wait, there's more! Foreman Domai has immediately ordered completion of a Cyborg Factory. These two grand projects are expected to complement each other particularly well in the realm of airborne defense.

[Chaos Theory]

Incidentally, I was surprised to see that foil probe teams can probe land units and take them over. I tested this quickly in the scenario editor, just to make sure I had properly interpreted what I saw in my turn, and there it was, something I never knew you could do. I wonder if land probe teams can probe sea units...