All Around the Circle PBEM

[marcuspeddle]

Here is the tracker thread. You know what to do. :)

[marcuspeddle]

First turn sent to Metaliturtle. :)
Good luck!

[Metaliturtle]

4000BC to CerberusIV

They randomly gave me ze Germans, one o my favorite civs!

[CerberusIV]

4000BC to Rob

[RobWorham]

We have completed first turn!

Let the fun begin!

3960BC to Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To Metaliturtle

Met an AI player already.

[Metaliturtle]

Save passed along!

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

And on to you Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To the Turtle

[Metaliturtle]

To Cerberus!!!!

Met AI this turn

[CerberusIV]

To Rob

So where are all these AI's? Not right next to me (fortunately).

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

Sent to Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To Metaliturtle

[Metaliturtle]

sorry about delay, playing it now.

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

sent

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

Ooooooooooooooo !!!!! ;)

Sent

[Metaliturtle]

Sent!

[CerberusIV]

Well I may not have found an AI yet but I have found the edge of the map (so yes, this world is flat ;) ).

To Rob

[RobWorham]

Sent

[Metaliturtle]

I found the edge and wasted like 20 minutes trying to figure out why the fog wouldn't go away DoH!

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

I found the lake!!!

Sent

[marcuspeddle]

I found the lake found a few turns ago. I claim it and forbid anyone else to use it. :)
Sent

[Metaliturtle]

Well then I claim the edge! Playing once I'm caught up on the other posts (I've been gone for a couple days)

[CerberusIV]

So Masuro gets the lake and Metaliturtle the edge. That's fine with me as I only wanted everything else anyway (sorry Rob but that leaves nothing for you). ;)

turn sent

[RobWorham]

I hereby claim ........

'THE MONGOL VOID'

:evil: :evil: :evil:

sent

[Metaliturtle]

I found Rob: Insults immediately dispatched

[RobWorham]

:evil: :conspire: :evil: :bash: :evil: :unworthy: :evil:

Confused???? Good ;)

[RobWorham]

sent

[Metaliturtle]

To Cerberus!

+1 :ana:

[CerberusIV]

sent

Found 2 AI's in one turn!

[RobWorham]

sent

Found one of my own AI's too!!

[Metaliturtle]

passed along finally

(GMAIL problems)

[marcuspeddle]

I'm glad it's working now. I'd hate to quit this game -- it seems like it's going to be a lot of fun when people run out of room to expand. :)

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

Sent

[marcuspeddle]

I met another stinky AI. Where are you human lads?

[CerberusIV]

Hiding behind the AI's (for now).

turn sent

[RobWorham]

Sent

[marcuspeddle]

Off to Denmark

[Metaliturtle]

I'm actually in the USA :D

just of Danish descent.

[marcuspeddle]

I used Denmark when deciding turn order. Ugh. Next time I will ask for time zones instead of following the flags.

[Metaliturtle]

Played
and
Sent!

[RobWorham]

Just curious Masuro, which flag did you chose for me??? ;)

[marcuspeddle]

You had better be in New Zealand. :)

Metaliturtle, did you have to use the zipped version again?

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

Very interesting stuff!! ;)

Sent

NZ is good!!

[Metaliturtle]

yeah, please keep sending it zipped Gmail thinks that Civ files sent to me are viruses for some dumb reason.

[Metaliturtle]

My computer has died...

don't know what to do but CIV won't run on the laptop I've checked out from the library.

sorry :(

[CerberusIV]

How bad/fixable is it? I don't think any of us would have a problem waiting whilst you get it sorted out.

[marcuspeddle]

I don't mind waiting. Can you fix it? Can you buy a new one? Mmmmm, new computer . . . . .

[RobWorham]

No rush here either!! Take your time Metaliturtle!! ;)

[Metaliturtle]

no, my CIV stuff will be on hold until September except for random times at a friends and hopefully at the convention.

[marcuspeddle]

Oh dear. Then should we wait until September or let the AI run Metaturtle's civ?

[Metaliturtle]

let the AI

[marcuspeddle]

Okay. I hope we can be a game together again when you get your computer fixed up.
Does anyone know how to edit players in a PBEM?

[CerberusIV]

AFAIK you will need Metaliturtle's turn. You should be able to open it with the admin password and select Alt-Q to quit. That will hand his civ over to an AI.

[marcuspeddle]

I didn't set an administrator's password. I'm in trouble, aren't I?

[Metaliturtle]

my pass is Game on!

[marcuspeddle]

Thanks. :)

[marcuspeddle]

Turn sent to CerberusIV

[CerberusIV]

Couldn't open the file. Please resend as an ordinary .sav file.

[CerberusIV]

Sorted - the file didn't have an extension that the game recognised. So I just had to add it. I hope it isn't going to continue to do that.

To Rob.

[RobWorham]

Sent to Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

I don't know why it wouldn't have the sav at the end of the file name. No other game save has problems. Anyway, I've sent it. Let me know if it's missing its tail again.

[CerberusIV]

This is getting annoying. When I open the email the attachment shows the filename as being the game name, year and to CerberusIV with a .Civ4SavedGame extension (although it does start with file *0 which turns from other PBEM's don't). When I download the attachment I get a file name like CACDKLGN with no extension. If I add the extension I can then play the turn. Needless to say this isn't happening in any of my other PBEM's. Apart from the nuisance of having to manually add the extension it is difficult to tell which is the right file in the folder if I don't delete each one immediately it is played.

Is this something to do with Gmail? Or Korean computers?

Anyway, turn played and sent to Rob.

[marcuspeddle]

This isn't happening in any of my other games, either. Could our game be bugged somehow? I will start a new test game and send the file to you. Tell me if it has the same problem.

[RobWorham]

Sent to Masuro

No problems here!!

[marcuspeddle]

Sent by Gmail and Hotmail

[CerberusIV]

No problem this time. Played and sent to Rob.

[marcuspeddle]

Glad to hear it. :)

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sorry for the delay. I went out at 4:00 yesterday morning to photograph the sunrise and I haven't recovered yet.
And it ended up being foggy so I didn't get any pictures. :(

[CerberusIV]

The file name was messed up again. I have found a slightly easier way to correct it so I can live with the problem but it is still irritating.

To Rob.

[marcuspeddle]

How about the file from Hotmail?

[RobWorham]

Sent to Masuro

[CerberusIV]

Everything the previous turn was OK. My guess is that it might be something to do with how the attachment is handled since it shows up with a filename starting "file *0 - " before the proper filename.

I can live with it.

[marcuspeddle]

Sent and hopefully you don't have to mess with it.

[CerberusIV]

Still having to alter the filename. Don't bother about it, just send them and I will sort it.

To Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Thanks. Turn sent.

[CerberusIV]

I know the AI is dumb but that's no excuse for giving my two nearest neighbours copper within (or shortly to be within) the cultural radius of their capitals.

To Rob

[RobWorham]

Hmmmmmm, do I detect the taste of sour grapes?? ;)

Sent to Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Originally posted by CerberusIV
I know the AI is dumb but that's no excuse for giving my two nearest neighbours copper within (or shortly to be within) the cultural radius of their capitals.

To Rob

Think of it as a challenge. Or an invitation. :evilgrin:

[CerberusIV]

Actually I regard it more as an opportunity than anything else. :D

To Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro!!

Nice pace guys :b:

[marcuspeddle]

Originally posted by CerberusIV
Actually I regard it more as an opportunity than anything else. :D

Just remember the AI probably sees your lack of copper as an opportunity. :)

Yes, great pace. This game might be one of the rare ones that gets finished.

[CerberusIV]

Who said I lack copper. ;)

To Rob

[RobWorham]

Ooooooooooo you've got Copper eh???

I've got this spurting black stuff, but I'm not sure what to do with it??

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

I've got rocks.

To CerberusIV

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

And to CerberusIV

[CerberusIV]

To Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To Eire-land

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

to our man on the Emerald Isle

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

And sent to Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Back to Cerberus

[CerberusIV]

and on to Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

I met two civs in one turn!

[CerberusIV]

To Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To CerberusIV

[CerberusIV]

and onwards

[RobWorham]

Masuro, your save...

[marcuspeddle]

I met two more civs this turn. What a party this is turning out to be. :)

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

Sent

[marcuspeddle]

On its way

[CerberusIV]

To Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To CerberusIV

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

Originally posted by RobWorham
To Masuro

Just to clarify - Sent to Masuro ;)

[marcuspeddle]

Sorry for the delay; I was attending a photography festival at the weekend.

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

And sent

[marcuspeddle]

The save is flying over Asia and Europe even as I type.

[marcuspeddle]

I am going to Canada this week and staying there until August 24th. I posted in the Administration Thread looking for replacement players but no one seems interested. Would you be willing to put the game on hold until I get back?

[CerberusIV]

I have no problem waiting a few weeks.

[marcuspeddle]

Thank you. That is good news. I like this game very much and I would hate to miss any of it. :)

[RobWorham]

Yeah, no rush Masuro - it is a good game and I have plenty of other business to keep me occupied until your return.

Bring on Warlords!!! T - 3 days :b:

[marcuspeddle]

You guys is da best :love:
:)

Warlords in only three days? Wow. I guess I know what I'll be doing when I get back to Korea.

[CerberusIV]

Save not received. Please resend.

[marcuspeddle]

Sent again

[CerberusIV]

Received, played, sent.

[RobWorham]

Sorry for the delay

To Masuro

[CerberusIV]

I wouldn't worry about a few hours. We now have to wait a month for Mas to get back and play.

[marcuspeddle]

That's what I was just going to say. :)

[marcuspeddle]

I'm back from the Canadas.

Turn sent to CerberusIV

[CerberusIV]

On to Rob

[RobWorham]

Back from the dead - game on!!

To Masuro!!

[marcuspeddle]

To Cerberus again

[CerberusIV]

and on

[RobWorham]

To the M man!!!

[marcuspeddle]

That be me. :)

To Cerberus

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

To M

[marcuspeddle]

This seems to be the only one of my games that is still going on.

To Cerberus

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

Then let's keep the pace up!!!!

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To CerberusIV

[CerberusIV]

Not received, please resend or post it in the thread.

[marcuspeddle]

Sent again

[CerberusIV]

Received, played, sent to Rob.

[RobWorham]

Sent to Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sent.
I installed Warlords last night and was worried that it would interfere with vanilla Civ4 saves but no problems.
Do either of you have Warlords?

[RobWorham]

Got it and in 3 Warlords PBEM's :b:

[marcuspeddle]

I will start (or join) one when I get used to playing Warlords. I'm in last place as the Koreans in my first generic game and kicking arse in the Alexander the Great scenario. Though I've yet to meet Darius . . . . .

[CerberusIV]

No point in waiting to start a Warlords PBEM. By the time one gets anywhere you will have mastered SP.

Not too sure about the Koreans myself. If you want to play a defensive builder type game try Qin. Drill 2, Garrison 1 Cho-ko-nu's are interesting straight out of the box.

Turn sent.

[marcuspeddle]

Do you have Warlords? We could start a game with the three of us again.

[RobWorham]

My schedule is full for the next two-three weeks, but maybe after that?? ;)

2400BC sent to Masuro!! :b:

[marcuspeddle]

Sounds good. :)

Sent to CerberusIV

[CerberusIV]

I'm not quite ready for another game (6 running and one about to start) but would consider it in a couple of weeks.

To Rob.

[marcuspeddle]

Again, sounds good. :)

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sent

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Twice in one day. :)

[RobWorham]

Woo hoo!!

[CerberusIV]

Day ain't over yet. ;)

To Rob.

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sent

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

And on again

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To the king of the Emerald Island

[CerberusIV]

sent

(Should be up to Emperor soon with all the PBEM's I'm in)

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sent

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sent

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

sent

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sent-t-t-t-t

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

2000BC to Masuro

:dance:

[marcuspeddle]

Sent

[CerberusIV]

and sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro, sorry for the delay!!

[marcuspeddle]

No worries. Sent

[CerberusIV]

Sent.

The AI's near me don't seem very keen to get a second city out even though there is enough space.

[marcuspeddle]

The ones near me are breeding like bunny rabbits.

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

And the world is lousy with scouts and warriors walking around.

[CerberusIV]

One of my neighbours has finally reproduced. I think he is my first target.

To Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Now, now, be nice to your neighbours. :)

Sent

[CerberusIV]

I doubt that my neighbours all intend to be nice to me for the rest of the game. ;)

Sent

[RobWorham]

It would appear that things are hotting up!! ;)

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Keep the heat away from my side of the map, thank you. :)

Sent

[CerberusIV]

Then keep away from my side of the map. :D

Sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Originally posted by CerberusIV
Then keep away from my side of the map. :D

Sounds like a pretty unfriendly neighbourhood so I think I will. :)

[CerberusIV]

sent

[RobWorham]

to Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Back to Eir-land

[CerberusIV]

Off to the other side of the world.

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sent

[CerberusIV]

Sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Back to Cerberus :)

[CerberusIV]

On to Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sent

[CerberusIV]

Sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[CerberusIV]

Sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To Cerberus

[CerberusIV]

Sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

And on

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

To Cerberus

[CerberusIV]

Sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Sent

[CerberusIV]

Sent

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Wow so many warriors and scouts wandering around. It's not safe for a soul to take a walk!

[CerberusIV]

It's quite safe, I haven't decided to kill anyone yet. Then again you don't have Julius for a neighbour (little sod even got copper right next to Rome! - if he has iron he's got to go).

To Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

I've got iron. And horses. Hello, Immortals . . . . :)

[CerberusIV]

To Rob.

Note to self: build spearmen before Mas gets here. :)

[marcuspeddle]

You're too far away. My lads are a pretty lazy bunch . . . :crook:

[RobWorham]

Hmmmmmmm.....

To Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Not received. Please send again.

[RobWorham]

Resent to Masuro

[marcuspeddle]

Thanks.

Sent

[CerberusIV]

To Rob

[RobWorham]

To Masuro