Forced Victory Conditions Game #1

[H0bbes]

New SMACX PBEM: Forced Victory Conditions

Modified from Googlie's original idea.
3 player forced victory smacx game, where each player has 2 factions under control.
UofP and Cyborgs = transcendence
Gaians and Cult = green conquest (use mainly worms and fungus)
combo of believers, spartans, hive or pirates = military conquest
morgan and pks = econ for morgan or supreme leader for lal

Map settings:
Large Random map
Erosion, Native Life, Clouds and oceans = average

Game settings:
Forced Victory conditions as mentioned above, no co-op victory between human players
Look First: On
Tech Stag: Off
Spoils of War: Off
Intense Rivalry: Off
Directed Research (pick your own techs)
No Unity Survey (map not visible)
Pods are scattered
No Random Events
Time Warp: Off
Iron Man: Off (allows players to save in middle of turn and return to game if something comes up)

Rules:
Communications - None until in-game contact, obtain commlink, or build EG (Contact between your own 2 factions is fine.)
SE switch "quickies" forbidden - (obviously you can experiment to see what effect various SE choices have, but cannot change, play moves, then change back in the same turn)
Council notification - immediate broadcast to all players (Post in the thread and e-mail to all immediately by player who has called elections, citing candidates and votes. After each player's turn, post in the thread the running totals)
Stockpiling Energy in your build queues is OK.
Crawlers Upgrade anytime - OK
Probe actions: Must choose vendetta option when probing other players, unless you have previously gained permission to probe by e-mail.
You cannot bribe the AI on council votes nor to demand withdrawal of units.
Cannot use the right click feature for multiple drop moves to extend range (ie limited to 8 tiles unless owning the Space Elevator SP)
Cannot use the 'set waypoint' feature for automatic worm hunting/lifecycle enhancements
Must 'Accept' or 'Decline' an offered Pact or Treaty that the other player has indicated 'Accepted' before exiting the diplo box and playing the turn (i.e. no accepting pending treaties/pacts *after* declaring vendetta in the same turn )
Cannot use the F4 feature (or the bases feature of the F2 screen) to change an infiltrated faction's workers to specialists.
You cannot trade bases with the AI. It is okay to gift a base to the AI.

Game #1 is:
SMH = UofPCyborgs callistosdarkside@rogers.com
Flameflash = MorganPKs flameflash@mac.com
shadowlord3 = GaiansCult dmshadowlord3@yahoo.com

Any problems contact me: jcrocombe@aardvark.net.au

[shadowlord3]

Thanks a lot H0bbes.

SL3

[smhfan86]

i'm willing to change the rule to allow stockpiling, if everyone else is in agreement? seems to make sense.

[shadowlord3]

I dont care what rules we play bye. I would like the same rules for all 3 games so that there is no confusion.

SL3

[smhfan86]

we changed it to allow stockpiling in the queue for game 3, so maybe we should change it for all of them, from now on.

BTW, I suggest finding a replacement for Gaius Marius, as I still have yet to recieve the turn, and he really hasn't posted anything in the original thread.

[FlameFlash]

Looks like I'm in now for Gaius... and I'm ready to go

Turn just received... will set up filters and then send out.

[H0bbes]

Flameflash is taking over from Gaius Marius and has been sent the first turn.

Good luck to all.

[FlameFlash]

Thanks again Hobbes....

Turn sent.

[smhfan86]

So what's the turn order exactly?

[FlameFlash]

*shrugs* I just sent to who the game told me to send to next: shadowlord.

I would wager it's me, shadowlord, then you, smh...

[shadowlord3]

"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into the drive \Device\Harddisk\DR1."

This is the message I get when I try to play the turn. I have tried with and without the disk. Any suggestions?

SL3

[FlameFlash]

odd... I can try resending and replaying the turn, but it sounds more like it's something on your end... when was the last time you were able to use that program?

[shadowlord3]

I have already played 2 other turns. One before and one after with no problems. I will try again when I get home on another computer and see if I have the same problem.

SL3

[FlameFlash]

so strange... I'll try resending it (and replaying it, so please excuse the reload message) when I get home from work as well... of course, be sure to let us know here if you get it fixed prior to me getting it resent so we can stay with the original.

Or should I just try and re-zip the file when I get home too?

Way too many options for resending...

[smhfan86]

Flame, did you save it in a different location, like a different drive with a different letter?