Turns of ACT033 game in Apolyton PBEM Tournament

[capn_hampton]

I sent the next turn to the Hive yesterday, but couldn't get this server to work right.

I wouldn't mind having a fourth player join.

[capn_hampton]

I sent the next turn to the Hive yesterday, but couldn't get this server to work right.

I wouldn't mind having a fourth player join.

[capn_hampton]

I sent the next turn to the Hive yesterday, but couldn't get this server to work right.

I wouldn't mind having a fourth player join.

[capn_hampton]

Whoops. Guess I was getting through. Yes, I suppose that will still be alright to go back in time.

[Neptunus]

1. It's OK by me to go back in 2108.
2. Hey, Capn_Hampton. Why your two last posts appeared in triples ?
3. I will be away this weekend (I suppose its my turn to leave now). I will be back to check on my e-mail on Sunday night. CU all then.

[Slocombe]

2112 to gaia

[Tau Ceti]

Slocombe, what do you think? Would it be OK to backtrack a few turns and have Googlie join?

[capn_hampton]

Turn 2112 sent to the Hive

I am continuing the game in case Slocombe does not want to backtrack. I think the decision should be unanimous.

[Neptunus]

I'm back. Turn sent to UoP. The decision must be unanimous and I'm voting for four players (with Googlie of course). It won't be such a big deal to go back in time for a while, now that we managed to speed up the game. But let's decide now...

[Slocombe]

Would it sound mean spirited of me to say I'd prefer not to back track?

Firstly - it means backing up the game 4 moves, out of a total 12. Bearing in mind it's taken us an age to get this far - that's significant.

Secondly - the game is proceeding much faster now with just 3 players.

So we have to balance a faster game vs. a "more interesting" game (i.e. Sparta is human vs. AI).

I'd like to just carry on with three, but don't want to sound like a scrooge to ole' Googlie, I'll go with a majority verdict, but consider the points made above first.

[Neptunus]

Slocombe, your points are right, but its Googlie, not just one more "player". On the other hand four players is so... intuitive, if you see what I mean. But it's OK I will accept a 50-50 position and wait for capn_hampton's verdict...

[Neptunus]

Slocombe, your points are right, but its Googlie, not just one more "player". On the other hand four players is so... intuitive, if you see what I mean. But it's OK I will accept a 50-50 position and wait for capn_hampton's verdict...

[capn_hampton]

Turn 2113 sent to Hive

I am afraid that I will have to recant my vote. I think we have progressed too far to quit now, especially with how slow the game went before. Sorry, Googlie.

[Googlie]

Hey, no problem - have a good game.

I'm in almost a dozen now anyway since I decided to give PBEMs a try. The Parallel Aliens is particularly interesting since we are sharing a www xdrive and playing almost realtime from that (saving and loading to/from the common virtual drive) getting about five turns a day on both simultaneous games.

It would work with three players as well - one of you get xdrive from www.xdrive.com and just give the member name and password to the others. Almost as good as IP

Googlie

[Neptunus]

Turn sent to University. OK, we continue the three of us.