CTP Internet Ratings (22-JUL-2001)

[faded glory]

Gav, I prefer continent games and not island games. I enjoy having an island of 30 or 50 squares. But if you max water, the best you get is about 10

[quinns]

Thanks for clearing that up for us Saddam.

BTW, Gavrushka is the CTP Internet Ratings Enforcer! Good for Gavrushka the Enforcer! Keep it respectable and competitive Gav!!

Regarding, bugs... again. Our main rule is very simple regarding bugs in CTP Internet or PBEM Ratings...
If you use a bug or "crack", you will be ejected from the CTP Ratings group.
That is it! Simple. Nothing personal, that is just the way it is. Then we don't have to worry about what bugs are okay and which ones are not okay.

Sure, I can play BerXpert on Saturday... but let's wait to see who actually shows up at 7:00 a.m. Los Angeles time on Saturday, before committing to anything. Those who are there will play. Okay?

And yes Gavrushka, we play tonight!!

[Gavrushka]

Well excellent Saddam - after we play a straight down the middle game we'll play a continent game and then an Island game - What a lot of CTPers found is that the challenge of an Island game (and it is a difficult challenge) is pretty incredible - As Regards an Island game having 10 square Islands, well no that is not true - If u Max ocean, then move Islands up one or two towards continent on a Huge map (sea travel very quick) u can have large land masses that you have to find and settle, and all troops have to be moved by sea....... a really really intimidating way to do business!!!!!

[faded glory]

lol

Yes Gav i have seen navys coming against me the likes of which i never want to see again. But nuke boy knows more about that ...

One game I had 48 battleships stacked against his coast . but nonetheless he is very formidable sea monster himself

[Gavrushka]

Saddam I better get my land practice in..... ..... so we are gonna play at 3:00pm BST Saturday.... I'll host ,zip and send all saves to you. It is strange for me playing someone who I have no idea how well they play....

We will rate the game, however the results can only be published after the moderator, Ice, has checked saves.

Quinns is about to rate you as beaten the AI at King level .... you will be the only player not to have beaten the AI at Deity... is this really the case? Confirm with Quinns or your ranking will start wrong......

Quinns should we start sperate threads for these debates.... I see them as pretty relevent to all players personally.

[faded glory]

that is fine.

I'll host ,zip and send all saves to you.

sure

We will rate the game, however the results can only be published after the moderator, Ice, has checked saves

That sounds ok

[quinns]

Not "King" Gav, "Emperor". It is the highest a/i level that Saddam has stated defeating. Unless I hear otherwise from Saddam, I will start him at 1900.

[Azrael]

I have a question for u all...When I reinstalled CTP a few weeks ago i got a very weird error just as Saddam mensions...my science was something like 47%,57%,67% which is offcourse lower dan normal. I thought this strange so when I reinstalled again (with the same patches(1.2 and 1.21)) it was gone again. Was this just an error of CTP or did i do something wrong?

Stephan

[faded glory]

hello darth, that sounds odd to me

I just remember a cracked executable, that did that on purpose! It may happen on accident too tho


No biggie

[Azrael]

I did NOT install a crack...

[Gavrushka]

There is more bug and crack talk than is healthy here

Darth you up for a game saturday?

Saddam I think after discussions a Welcome party is in order - get to know how a few of us play, our strengths and weaknesses - SO I propose a a few games - three player ones - maybe four - we all meet in Cali12 at appropriate time and sort it from there

[Azrael]

yeh im up for it

[blackice]

I have had the same thing Darth, I am using the official patches and hacks too. I have spotted other things too such as starting location glitches. After looking at this for some time now I have concluded even after a good reload it is best to reload the game every 30 games or so. Saturday I am good for gamming too so what? 10:00 am edt for me... see you all there.

Thanks for the imput Saddam on the science crack do you have a copy or know someone with a copy? If so send it to us so we can see how it works and if it can be spotted in the game saves. I noticed you missed that...

So far my internet searches have had no success I have asked several game hack, crack specialists in various forums to find it for me I will let you all know the results as they come in.

You have to love this game...

BTW Gavruska has finally beaten me in a game... good job Gav time well spent and I am now an underdog Time for the student to teach his master...


Lol Gav... any way it works a win is a win.

[Gavrushka]

So we have confirmed Saddam, Quinns, Blackice, Darth Viper, berXpert and Gavrushka - looks like fun!!!

Ice time to come clean....... In the game where I beat you....I found Commie in a ruin... this was the major difference I think - and after 50 or so losses u would expect luck would be on my side for at least one of them

[faded glory]

Communism in ruin

That sure beats the time I found gun powder on turn 13