Big New Aussie Game Tonight Mk 2 :)

[Hydey]

we only have small armies.

[Rasputin]

Its not then size that matters Hydey but what you d owith it ... or so I'm told

[iadkins]

Yup, I'm happy to do this by e-mail.
We could easily guarantee to do all our turns in a 24 hour period, I reckon.
What you have to do is get the civ who's turn it is to open up the .net save as an MP game and have their turn (finbar);
Then, at the end of his turn he DOESN'T hit return;
Press the "alt" or "option" key and save it;
Quit out and send the save to the next civ and then keep going in the correct sequence between all the players, ie:
finbar
Deity
makeo
hydey
AHorse
I think this is the correct order?
The AI will change a few production orders along the way but you can just accept this as another wildcard part of the challenge
When you get it put the save in your main civ2 folder, play the turn as if it was live and save straight away without hitting enter. Ignore any negotiations the AI might do for you when it's being played on another civ's puta. All negs should be thru icq or the forum.
So, if hydey sees that I've cancelled my alliance with him then just ignore that.....

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[finbar]

The AI's involvement sounds scary. You'd spend half your time putting everything back the way it was before the AI screwed it. And sometimes, obviously, there would be no way of fixing what they screwed. I vote we just finish the game online. I've got a couple of 35,000 page novels to read while awaiting my turn.

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[iadkins]

The AI's involvement is minimal in the e-mail game.
AH wants to start a small world new game online.
makeo moved to e-mail in our last big game when turns took forever and the AI changed none of my orders but did change one or two of his.
On balance I think I'd like to spend my online time with newer faster games but I will go with a vote here.
What say hydey and makeo?

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[Makeo]

I'm not happy but it would be sensible to go to email.
New Game.

[Hydey]

If it sucks then I'm out but I am willing to give it a try.

[Hydey]

When are we starting this Email thingy and please confirm who I send the save on to and there Email address.

[finbar]

Do we continue in the game's turn order?

Hydey - the email addresses should all be in your ICQ info section.

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[Alexander's Horse]

Look, I'll go with the flow on this - if someone sends me the save I'll play my turn and send it on. If they don't then obviously I won't

But I think as a live game this one is only viable with a timer on. I don't know why people are so opposed to the timer - its a good discipline and we can be flexible about it - say 5 minutes per turn but people can ask to have more time if they need it. This group is pretty reasonable.

At 5 minutes per turn we should be able to get through at least 4 turns per nights, taking into account some people's turns are shorter than others. Why not try it as a compromise? If it doesn't work we can junk it.


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<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Alexander's Horse (edited October 15, 2000).]</font>

[Makeo]

timer sucks. i won't play timer games

[Alexander's Horse]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Makeo on 10-15-2000 10:49 PM</font>
timer sucks. i won't play timer games
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Typical




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[iadkins]

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by finbar on 10-15-2000 10:34 PM</font>
Do we continue in the game's turn order?

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Yes! Can't you read icq messages
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[finbar]

If you're going to hang around for a while, I'll add DEITY Wrangler to the sig.

Edit. My latest save of the game is 1780AD. I think it's the most recent because, from memory, I was hosting. If we're going to do this in turn order, it's your turn, D. Let me know if you have the save.

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<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by finbar (edited October 15, 2000).]</font>

[Alexander's Horse]

At 1780 with 4 or 5 timed turns a night we'd be powering along. But...forget I pointed that out


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