Monkey's 2nd PBEM game turns....

[Lung]

Woo-hoo!! It worked, despite my pessimism )

Lung => Paul, turn 0

[Paul]

Turn 0

Paul => Zaphod

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Turn 0 Zaphod > Steve
There was something funny: The turn wanted Civilzation.exe to start, so i had to rename civctp.exe to civilization. what was that?

[Blue Max]

Gang - recap

Monkey -> Blue Max 1 hr. 23 minutes
Blue Max -> Don 4 hr. 44 minutes
Don -> Confuzer 4 hr. 26 minutes
Confuzer -> Lung 11 hr. 22 minutes
Lung -> Paul 1 hr. 25 minutes
Paul -> Zaphod 2 hr. 21 minutes
Zaphod -> Steve 14 hr. 50 minutes
(and counting)

We have taken 4o hours and 30 minutes and are not through 1 turn yet.

Steve, are u still playing or what?

[Monkey]

Zaphod,

what e-mail address did you send your game to? e-mail me your reply....

[DON]

I got an idea, I am not sure if it's a good one. But how about creating a couple more games. Maybe that way we would all play a little more often. While one game is in one time zone, the others will be in another.
Name them game 1,2,and 3.
I don't know, just a thought.
[This message has been edited by DON (edited September 10, 1999).]

[Blue Max]

Agreed Don - I am going to start a PBEM game with players in the same time zone - or at least the same country. Indianapolis, Indiana here(EDT not EST) - email me if interested - also going to start a new string. Using players from the same region will allow for playing multiple turns in a day occasionally.

I have not given up on this game yet Actually, it was working quite nicely except for the glich with Lung(which he explained) and now the dreaded stall with Steve. Is there a Steve? Why no response from him? Does he know to post on this board Monkey?

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Monkey, i just sent you an email.

Don, for multiple games i don't mind having more than one PBEM at the same time, but i suggest that not all of them shall be with the same players, maybe mixing the ones from monekey's first game with some of here and perhaps there are also some other players who would like to be in PBEM. This might be a good idea to prevent 2 things:
1. if one of the games gets stuck for a longer period (some days, which might occur from time to time) some of the others still can roll on.
2. if there are several games with the same players, diplomacy could get a bit multiversal, e.g. if you stop your wonder in game no.3 so that i can finish it, i will give you some sciences in game no.5 or something like that.

[Monkey]

Oh the woes of being a PBEM organizer!!

Zaphod I've sent you an email asking you to attach an AI to Steve's civ. I'll send an e-mail to Steve to inform him of what is happening...

I like that multiple PBEM idea. Blue Max you host one, I'm sure there are many more players out there wishing to PBEM...

Did all players get their first turn earlier than their expected times?... that could be the cause of the little glitch in timing with Lung. I remembered I sent out my turn to Blue Max the night before instead of waiting for my morning turn...

[Monkey]

Steve Bunn is now an AI until further notice,

turn1 sent to Blue Max

[Blue Max]

turn 1 sent to don

[DON]

Turn 1 sent to confuzer

[Confuzer]

Turn 1-sent to Lung

[Monkey]

DOH!!!

Confuzer, I thought I told you to set Lung's turn to AI mode for one turn. Lung wont be able to take his turn for another 10+ hours.... oh well... if you want to wait that long...

[Confuzer]

Got one email before the other....sorry guys! A thousand apologies!!!