New "Ancient Empires" PBEM created

[La Fayette]

Count slowly, please

[kengel]

LOL... looks as luck for Stefan...
here is the game:
La Fayette, please update to this file!

[Straybow]

[La Fayette]

Wake up, my dear ally
(I have had a computer crash, but it seems to be repaired now)

[Straybow]

Computers. I've been trying to trace a suspected spyware or something for days now. I have a continuous outflow of 2kB-7kB per sec with no traceable source. I've been using Spybot and it keeps finding "DSO (data source object) exploits" involving some registry settings that get reset on boot-up, and removing via Spybot doesn't stop the stream. Gonna d/l Ad-Aware to see if it catches something Spybot systemmatically misses.

[Kull]

Yep, I've got the same thing - even worse, when I run Adware it causes the system to reboot

Others have noted and discussed the recurring "DSO Exploit":

http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=15308&st=0&hl=dso+exploits

[Straybow]

While Straybow II works to ferret out spies in the courts of Hattusas the kingdom goes about its business.

[SlowThinker]

Found three bonfires in the desert today:
1 read man in the 1st one (killed!)
8 red horsemen in the 2nd
1 nomad in the 3rd ( will be eaten by those 8 red men soon)

Persian ambassador is asked to a hearing. He will explain presence of Persian war units in Babylonian territory! We won't let our women be raped like Assyrians did!

[Stefan Härtel]

We won't let our women be raped like Assyrians did!

Too late

Our soldiers got lost in a sandstorm. They will be withdrawn immediately.

[Sparrowhawk]

Germanos is usually a regular to play his turn, I assume he will notice that he is up and post shortly, but if not, I will download and post the Control N save likely by tomorrow.

/me

[germanos]

system failure

Duh!

It seems rather infectionous (is that english?)

BOTH my harddrives have big problems. One is dead, the other can only be accessed in DOS.

I have ordered a new PC to replace my vintage 166 Mhz MMX that has been good to me until he reached the mature age of 9. I guess that is about as old as harddrives get.
I expect to be out of processing power for another week or so, and I'll need to re-download the Civ Patches and scenarios probably as well, so maybe I can persuade Sparrowhawk to sub for me.

I'll PM him a few things that could be done for the Assyrian Empire, after which he can Ctrl-N for the rest.
If its to much trouble for you Sparrowhawk, a Ctrl-N alone will do as well.


I'll be back faster and more powerfull then ever

(the mere idea of running civ2 on a 2.4 Ghz/1GigRAM makes me laugh though )

[Sparrowhawk]

Okay, save has been downloaded and PM received. I am preparing to play (though I need an atlas to follow some of Germanos instructions my knowledge of the geography of the area is not what it should be...though it seems a little strange that he wants me to attack any units within reach, who am I to argue jk! )

Hopefully your new computer works well for you, I look forward to hearing how it works out, as it seems many people have had troubles running Civ on a faster machine (especially if the new computer has XP, but Good Luck )

btw, I believe the word is “infectious”

/me

[La Fayette]

Sparrowhawk,

I'll be away from my computer until the 14th of August.
If my turn comes back sooner, please have a look at "the huge growth of the Minoan Empire"

[Sparrowhawk]

Turn complete. Save attached.

/me

[Straybow]

Ummm, who is up? Kull?

Moses says, "Let my PBEM go!"