New PBEM

[Gibsie]

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[Mr. Harley]

I just found the AC-multiplaying PBEM tournament rules and results. Do we want to use those rules, plus honoring the +4 probe rating via announcement? I favor reverse engineering except for Planetary Networks (I didn't even know you could do this until after I played the game three years off-line and started looking for PBEM). Plus anything our CMN suggests that I've missed.

[shadowlord3]

PBEM Tournament Rules and Results

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14379

DuncanK – Believers - dunkil@msn.com
Arcainite – Cult - Arcainite@aol.com
Sevencubed – Pirates - full_throttlegr@yahoo.com
Shawnmmcc – Drones - shawnmmcc@hotmail.com
Gibsie - Spartans - daniel_gibbons@hotmail.com, bs01dg@surrey.ac.uk

CMN – Shadowlord3 – dmshadowlord3@yahoo.com

Large planet
30-50% water (this was change from 50-70%)
Average everything else
The following rules selected;
All victory conditions
Do or Die
Look First
No Unity Survey
Bell Curve
Aliens are in the game

I think everyone should play the faction that they want, it makes it more fun and enjoyable. I do not believe that any of the factions would unbalance the game. So I will wait for shawnmmcc and sevencubed to give me a final decision on the factions they want to play. Pirates/Angles or Hive/ Drones.

SL3

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by shawnmmcc
I just found the AC-multiplaying PBEM tournament rules and results. Do we want to use those rules, plus honoring the +4 probe rating via announcement? I favor reverse engineering except for Planetary Networks (I didn't even know you could do this until after I played the game three years off-line and started looking for PBEM). Plus anything our CMN suggests that I've missed.

I don't know what the +4 probe and reverse engineering things are. Can you explain? I'm guessing the reverse engineering is when you capture an enemy unit and obtain the technology for producing it.

[sevencubed]

Originally posted by shadowlord3

So I will wait for shawnmmcc and sevencubed to give me a final decision on the factions they want to play. Pirates/Angles or Hive/ Drones.

SL3

I really cant decide between Hive/Pirates - i have never played before with any of the two, so i will let the final call for this to shawnmmcc.

[Gibsie]

DuncanK- as I found out recently (Go read my thread "How come my city just got mind controlled?" in the main forum), when a faction has a probe rating of +4 it "rolls back" to a much lower rating, essentially negating the Angels' supposedly superior probe rating (especially once they get covert ops centres in every base).

[Arcainite]

So, if everyone has the same probe rating..

What is there left that's good about the Angels??
Arcainite
PS - I'll agree, but I prefer a non-tournament style game. But I'll go along with it. I'm not playing the Data Angels this game anyway, but still..

[shadowlord3]

In other pbem games when the Data Angles are present and reaches a +4 probe rating. That player informs the rest of the group and no one is allowed to mind probe units or bases of the Data Angles.

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by shawnmmcc
I'm great with Spartans - I'll send Shadowlord an email on it. I'll take Domai then if sevencubed is Hive. I won't win, but dang I'll have fun. I'm going to suggest the name "no-brainer" game for a tracking thread, as in our shall we say weakness with research. Think about it, the Spartans may be our best researchers :-) Could DuncanK set it up?

Ok SL3,

I guess you can give them the Hive and the Drones. Or the Pirates and the Data Angels. Your choice.

I suggest we limit the game to 5 human players also

[shadowlord3]

Okay if I do not hear back I will set it up late tonight with the Hive/Drones.

SL3

[Mr. Harley]

Sounds great - thanks.

[DuncanK]

Has the game started? Are we using a tracking thread?

[shadowlord3]

No the game has not started, I still need to play test the game. I will send out an e-mail to all when the game starts.

SL3

[DuncanK]

ok

[Gibsie]

So how long's that take..? Remember I'm going byebye in two weeks