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[smhfan86]

yikes, the hive and uofp. that's one nasty combo. will that be the case for game #3?

if so, I'll take the Hive to team with UofP.

[Googlie]

OK - sorry for the inordinate delay in getting this off the ground.

I have inadvertently deleted my e-mail inbox, so for the Uni's freetech, and for any that want to use a near and dear password, can you again e-mail it to me at:

linfrew@aol.com

Again, abject apologies for the delay

Players again are:

Team #1:
HIVE - knowhow2 - lawalan@hotmail.com
UoP - Lonestar_jpm - jensjendricke@hotmail.com


Team #2
PKs - Comstr - Comstar@optusnet.com.au
GAIANS - Ados - stringres@yahoo.com

Team #3
SPARTA - FlameFlash – flameflash@mac.com
MORGAN - Dilithium Dad - pre@po.cwru.edu

Turn order will be the faction order as appears in SMAC (with the exception that the AI turns after all six human players turn):

Gaians (Team 2)
Hive (Team 1)
UoP (Team 1)
Morgan (Team 3)
Sparta (Team 3)
Peacekeepers (Team 2)
Believers

This actually works out quite well, as each team plays its turns consecutively, allowing an added tactical dimension.

I've set the game up with each pairing having the others maps and commlinks. Let me know by return if you want your starting techs traded in that first turn as well (e.g. Gaians give PKs Cent Ecol so that you can start on a terraformer as soon as you open the turn)

All start with 3 Colony Pods and 3 scouts (Sparta has 2 scouts and the ususal Unity Rover)

Anything else before I lock in the parameters?

Googlie

[FlameFlash]

*happy dance* Many thanks googlie... and happy birthday to Canada to you.

[Googlie]

Originally posted by FlameFlash


All right... Googlie... if you've got your ears on... when you're ready to go, just let me know!

Duly noted (and I edited the earlier post with the team line-ups

Got sidetracked with this long Canadian weekend, but will get the game shipped out tomorrow

G.

[smhfan86]

hmm... well, if people are reserving factions for game 3, then i'll take the gaians. don't play them much, but like to give em a try. they look promising.

[FlameFlash]

Many thanks, Archaic...

All right... Googlie... if you've got your ears on... when you're ready to go, just let me know!

[Archaic]

I'm certain. Enjoy. ^^;

[FlameFlash]

Wow! Thanks Archaic!

is that all right with everybody!?

flameflash@mac.com

And are you sure, Archaic? It's always good to know thine enemy.

[Archaic]

In that case Flameflash, you can step in my place for Game #2. I really don't want to play the Spartans if at all possible. ^^;;; I'll reserve Uni for game #3 instead.

[FlameFlash]

The vacation bug... now there's a new one... too many of my games are overly familiar with the lazy bug... *sighs*

Two players for gane #3 now...

I'd like to claim Sparta with a secondary preferance to Hive just for the record.

[smhfan86]

Sign me up for game #3 too. Turns out most of my other games have stalled to 1 turn a week or so. Seems like everyone's getting hit with the vacation bug, or a bug in their computer, or just the lazy bug.

[FlameFlash]

Well, that's a little more encouraging... thanks johndmuller.

[johndmuller]

Yea, bad timing FlameFlash; if one of them can't play Game #2 after all, you'll be next in line. Otherwise, it'll have to be game #3; it might not be too long, game #2 got going pretty fast.

[FlameFlash]

Man... too bad it looks like this has been started up... if there's a game three, I'm game.

[johndmuller]

Originally posted by Comstr
comstar@optusnet.com.au.
So...ah now what

Assuming everyone is OK with Googlie's pairings, I imagine that he will be sending out passwords and turns when he gets everyone's email addresses - if he doesn't already have a complete set. It looks to me like these are covered:

- knowhow2 (Hive) lawalan@hotmail.com
- Comstr (Peacekeepers) comstar@optusnet.com.au
- Lonestar_jpm (UoP) jensjendricke@hotmail.com
- Ados (Gaians) stringres@yahoo.com
- Archaic (Sparta) archaiceternal@hotmail.com
- Dilithium Dad (Morgan) - it looks like this is the only one unaccounted for
(Note that the turn order will probably be the standard SMAC sequence, not this one.)

If Googlie already knows DD's, I guess its only a matter of when Googlie finishes his final Quality Control Check and runs the first turn through assigning passwords. If he is using the same start as Game #1, it probably won't be long; if not, then he may playtest for balance first.