Game Three!!

[rooboy]

This is how it could happen. Start in New Zealand (GMT+12:00hrs) with Sean, then head west across the Tasman Sea to Easterm Australia (GMT+10:00hrs). Two of us are in Melbourne.
Next would be Central Aust. (GMT+9:30hrs).
Then Singapore (GMT+8:00hrs).
The guys in the UK and Western Europe would be next (GMT).
Following this are the guys on the eastern seaboard of the States(GMT-5:00hrs), Mexico and Central USA (GMT-6:00), etc. etc.

As you can see, there might be problems with multiple players in the same time zone ie. Melbourne, UK, eastern USA.

You know where you are!

PS: Brisbane and Sydney are in the same time zone, although Queenslanders are a little slow. The futher north you travel in Australia the dumber the people become, it's a well known fact.

[Sean]

oohhh-aahhh, A screenshot of our very own game.

Good to finally have a turn played after such a long wait.
That settler is meant for that southern chain of islands, who ever is playing now-me_irate. And I assume we are actually trapped on our continental shelf until we get better ships. Its 'bout time we got an academy, God knows our science has been slow enough..

Thanks for remembering where the international date line starts Roo-boy, and my extreme proximity to it.

BTW,

The futher north you travel in Australia the dumber the people become, it's a well known fact.

Funny cause it is true.

Sean.

[me_irate]

The great merchant Bob on his trading tour of the world stumbles upon the lowly Australians. With no one willing to take control over these people (because of the fear of dieing of bordom. Bob is the only one up for the task, simply because he hopes to make these people a valuable part of his trading network.

620 He contemplates his decisions, but realizing their is nothing to do decides to wait until later.

so in the year 640 bob relizing you cant very well trade without roads, starts one between the capital and Xperland.

680 we hear rumers that the evil ZULU are about to finish the rather pathetic wonder of the forbiden city. The hapiness of the empire raises considerably while our people laugh at their useless wonder.

700 theature undertaken in Aaagh!

720 We discovered the great tech of Monarchy and a revolution is undertaken. We also begin to research stone working.

740 As we come out of anarchy, bob is Named the first monarch of Australia, and we reseive word that those zulus completed the forbiden city. Which is fine by us because we never wanted to go thier anyway.

760 A grand parade as snorf grows to the grand size of 100,000 people.

780 Road of the treachorus terrain to Xperland is finally complete. Bob has the settlers depart on the western end of the small island chain to the south. he has chosen this spot because the rest of the island is covered with barbarians.

800 bob's island cotage founded on the western end of the chain of islands. Trade routes reorganized to supply bobs cottage and recieve a much higher amount of gold per good.

810 stone working discovered, geometry which is on our way to our goal of better ships, is undertaken. Bob quitly leaves his trading empire to his worthy successor bob II. bob I retires to his island cottage to rest and play shufleboard.


watch out for barb on the eastern end of island i rushed hoplit might want to rush archer just incase, those warriors can get really lucky sometimes.

[Dale]

Originally posted by rooboy
PS: Brisbane and Sydney are in the same time zone, although Queenslanders are a little slow. The futher north you travel in Australia the dumber the people become, it's a well known fact.

This is sooooooooooo true!

[Darkknight]

Hah! Great Bob can you tell us where some other countries are?

I bags Black!

I'd probably play 8pm GMT
A map: Just take a screenshot or see if right clicking works

[Skeeve]

Originally posted by rooboy
The futher north you travel in Australia the dumber the people become, it's a well known fact.

Hey, does this mean that the people in Tasmania are kind of like Rocket Scientists?

[Skeeve]

Nice World Map DK.

I guess we could deal with the problem of multiple people in the same time zone by excluding some from a given game. After all - if it works; 24 turns in 24 hours; each game should go rather fast enough.

Hey, if nothing else, I've enjoyed contemplating this world-wide synchronized venture!

- Skeeve

[me_irate]

Originally posted by Skeeve

I guess we could deal with the problem of multiple people in the same time zone by excluding some from a given game. After all - if it works; 24 turns in 24 hours; each game should go rather fast enough.

- Skeeve

The only prob i see with that is most people who play are in north america. And since thier are only 4 timezones as i recall, that would severely limit the pool from which players come from.

I think that this time zone succession is a great idea. But if you start one i doubt i would play simply because my schedule varies to much and i never know when i will get time to play.

[rooboy]

Regarding Tasmanians being rocket scientists, as everyone knows, two heads are better than one!!!

Nice place though.

[rooboy]

Originally posted by me_irate

The only prob i see with that is most people who play are in north america. And since thier are only 4 timezones as i recall, that would severely limit the pool from which players come from.

Another point to add is most of you yanks are on the east coast. And all the poms are in the same time zone. And to further complicate matters most of us Aussies live in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). And I think Mexico is in the same time zone as Central USA. Thank god for the Kiwi and the dude from Singapore.

[Jonny]

I'd like to take this time to further complicate any ideas about the time zone sucession game idea. I live in the Central USA time zone, which is the time zone where that person from Mexico probably is.

P.S. I will play my turns within 60 minutes from now.

[Jonny]

This is the transcript of the reign of Jonny II.

AD 810 - Jonny II comes to power. Nothing else of importance happens.

AD 820 - Moving units.

AD 830 - In a freak military blunder, our phalanx in Bob's Island Cottage is destroyed by a barbarian warrior. Bob's Island Cottage is destroyed and makes Jonny II very mad. All trade routes going to there were moved to go to Rooville.

AD 840 - Unit moving.

AD 850 - More carvans built. Darkabode builds a bazaar.

AD 860 - Unit moving. Snorf builds City Walls.

AD 870 - All cities without an academy are set to build one to increase the science rate.

AD 880 - Unit moving.

AD 890 - Aaagh! builds ballista towers.

AD 900 -City of New South Jonnyopolis built in the southern island. Another coracle brings a hoplite and one is rush bought there. All trade items are sent there. Snorf - Rooville road finished. At the groundbreaking for New South Jonnyopolis, Jonny II is struck on the head with a shovel and dies.

P.S. The barbarians seem to keep regenerating on the south island. We should get to hullmaking ASAP to find new territory.

Jonny

[Mokael]

hey. this is kinds off topic, but

We have another SG sitting around - it's another version of SG 2, The Mighty Irish. The team that used to play it kind of fell apart. Only two people left - Murry and I.

So, if someone wants to gives us a hand in finishing it up, either e-mail me at Mokael@aol.com, or post your e-mail address in our "Succession #2: the Mighty Irish" thread. Here's the specs of the game: Very Hard, 8 Civs, Huge map, Irish, Earth-world random, Patch but no Mods. We are at 400 AD, and are in complete control of our continent (Greeks were defeated). We also have a good idea where everybody else is at. Map can be found on the 3rd page of the thread.



thanks,

Mok

[Skeeve]

Notice:

I've asked Mokael to run this present Succession Game (Game 3) during the week of July 15th as I will be away on Vacation.

I'm hoping to get one more turn in before then, so maybe I won't have to be skipped. But if I'm skipped, then I'm skipped. Just call my reign as "Skeeve the Absent".

Alternatively, Mokael could play my turn for me if it comes up, since he's not currently a player for Game 3.

Mokael, if you agree, then when the time comes closer just give the last player your e-mail address. (I'd be curious to see how you work my substitution into the storyline!)

- Skeeve

[me_irate]

Nooo my island cotage I have a wierd fealing that bob will come out of retirement soon (my next turn) and build a NEW and improved island cottage.