GAME ON! May Madness Pairings Now Available.

[tfs99]

M A Y M A D N E S S ! !

The moment you've been waiting for will be here very soon! Your game, in the form of a multiplayer scenario file, will be prepared and in your Inbox by 12mid PDT Friday 4/30/99.

In the mean-time, to whet your appetites, here are the eight pairings for May Madness. When you have arranged your first playing time, please let me know. I'd like to keep tabs on how things unfold.

It would be helpful if you could post your status here as well. It would really reduce the burden on me to keep all 16 of you informed of the status of the other's matches.

As I'd like to add some narrative to the tournament, please e-mail ( tfs99@sirius.com ) a copy of your .SAV file after each session. The narrative will take place in another Apolyton MP thread titled "May Madness News Network (M2N2):

apolyton.net/forums/Forum27/HTML/000004.html


The 16 Garland Cup Competitors are ...


Eggheads take on the Fanatics:

Pawnie (University) mnovet@worldcom.ch vs. cous Lee (Believers) couslee62@yahoo.com


Tree Huggers take on the Survivalist Wackos (twice!):

HeavyPressure (Gaia) ledfoot@dsl-only.net vs. Phil_E (Sparta) holman@cygnus.uwa.edu.au

Nell (Gaia) Nell_Smith@msn.com vs. korn469 (Sparta) korn469@mindless.com


Tree Huggers take on the Insects:

Lord Rong (Gaia) rong@bigfoot.com vs. CaptComal (Hive) captcomal@hotmail.com


And the Bureaucrats take on the World!:

Thingol (Peacekeepers) jgooby@vanstar.com vs. Bolbol (University) bolbolafandy@yahoo.com

Rasputine (Peacekeepers) rdc01698@mail.telepac.pt vs. micje (Sparta) michiel.demare@student.uva.nl

Lord Biggun (Peacekeepers) biggun1979@communityconnect.com vs. Sphinx (Hive) sphinx_1981@hotmail.com

Gyromancer (Peacekeepers) morristm@quasar.phys.vt.edu vs. Rhys006 (Gaia) rhys006@hotmail.com


After considering all of the input, I have decided to stick with Bell Curve: ON and Blind Research: OFF. The first round map will be Standard size. If this presents a problem due to connection speed for too many contestants, I would consider starting over with a smaller map.

For reference here is a link to the old May Madness thread:

alpha.owo.com/ubb/Forum8/HTML/000226.html

SMAC n ... Ted S.


[This message has been edited by tfs99 (edited May 01, 1999).]

[Rong]

Ok, I've registered with my bigfoot address. I'll be covering my ass for now, if you know what I mean.

I've sent an email to CaptComal. Looks like we are going to meet on Planet pretty soon.

Thanks MarkG for opening up the ban list. You may want to leave it like that.

Rong
Anxiously waiting for tfs99's file.

[korn469]

ok i got it and i emailed nell

[korn469]

i got the message about the tournament...i haven't got the file from you yet

not trying to confuse anybody yet

[CaptComal]

Contact with the enemy has been made. Stealth mode has been activated. Map unavailable as of this time. This message will self-destruct in 10 seconds. Out.

[Nell_Smith]

Korn:
You had me worried there for a minute... thought my POP3 server had eaten the game file!! Wouldn't be the first time... anyway, see you on Chiron... but probably not for long, after those Spartan Chaos Rovers start rolling into my happy Gaian groves... hehe
Nell

[tfs99]

Well, I made the self-imposed deadline by ten minutes. That Scenario Editor can be a tad frustrating at times.

Anyway, GAME ON! Everyone should have their file and if you need any help loading the file just e-mail me or look for me on ICQ (#32105618).

Good luck and have fun. You are making history. The first SMAC Tournament on Planet Earth!

SMAC n ... Ted S.

[This message has been edited by tfs99 (edited May 01, 1999).]

[Pawnie]

I already received the map/saved game. Now I'm only waiting for an answer from the Fanatics now ...
Let the conquest begin !

[Rong]

Hmm, am I the only one that didn't receive the game file? My email is usually pretty stable.

[This message has been edited by Rong (edited May 01, 1999).]

[Rong]

On a side note, it's kinda funny a bunch of "junior civers" are going at it with this mega super SMAC tournement.

[Rasputine]

E-mailed Micje trying to play tonight since my availability in the next 2 weeks will not be optimal...by the way , if you want e-mail me during that period, please use the following adress: Ricardo1968@hotmail.com


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Rasputine
maltese@mail.telepac.pt

[CaptComal]

Did anyone start their tournament game yet?

We have not started ours yet (I work 10-12 hours each day on Sat & Sun).

The curious need to know.


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Best Regards,
CaptComal

[tfs99]

>>>>> CaptComal

I have e-mail reports from two pairs that they have begun playing: Nell -- korn469 and Rasputine -- micje, each of them has gotten 30 turns or so in.

I also have heard from Phil_E and HeavyPressure. Their report implied that they may be playing today (Sunday).

And who knows, others may be too busy playing to report!

SMAC n ... Ted S.

[Bolbol Afandy]

I'm very glad that we finally have this baby off the ground and that unrelentless progress has been satisfactorily unleashed. As much as I'd like, I can't really say the same about my game; still waiting 4 my opponent 2 respond.

By the way, I just thought I'd mention this again: MY MOST HUMBLE AND SINCERE APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE 2 THE MAN WHO HELPED MAKE ALL THIS POSSIBLE: TED, U ROCK, DUDE!! Hehe Keep up the excellent work, man. I'll keep u posted on how it develops on this side of the Network Node.

[Pawnie]

I'm glad to say cousLee and me (after some email exchanges) finally found each other online at the same time and started our match !
After about 3 1/2 hours of play the game now is going farely well for both of us (even if he did the first and only project for now ;o( ).