New PBEM game

[Sperber]

CGN is Civilization Gaming Network, right? No problem here either.

[Darsnan]

OK buster has agreed to do this. Can everyone let me know what Faction they want to play and I will then send him the specifics?

I'm taking Gaians btw.
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[wgabrie]

Spartans.

[Kirov]

Sister Miriam Godwinson.

[Sperber]

I take Hive - or University, if you guys don't want Hive in the hands of a human player.

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by Sperber

I take Hive - or University, if you guys don't want Hive in the hands of a human player.

Beating up Hive players is wgabrie's specialty!

Anyways, do we agree on these game settings?


Game: SMAC
Map: Huge
Land/ Sea Mix: 50/50
NL Level: Medium
Erosion: Minimal (i.e. extremely hilly)
Googlie's Probe Cruiser: available upon discovery of Doc: Init
Empath Guild: Disabled
Starting units: to speed up the early game lets start with 3 scouts, 1 regular CP (for founding HQ), and 2 speeder CP's (to expedite next 2 bases).


If so I will let buster know and he can start building the game.

Finally, anyone have a name for the turn tracking thread?


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[Sperber]

Well ... for a Apolyton PBEM newbie like me ... what exactly is a "Googlie's Probe Cruiser"?

Settings are fine to me. What about blind research and spoils of war though? Both enabled?

And are there any other PBEM codes of conduct besides the obvious (no cheating, save file hacking, turn repitition etc.) that I should be aware of as a beginner?

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by Sperber
Well ... for a Apolyton PBEM newbie like me ... what exactly is a "Googlie's Probe Cruiser"?

Have you ever built aquatic probes (i.e. the probe function mounted onto a foil or cruiser chassis)? The AI never would. Then a CMN named Googlie thought to include the specs for a Probe Cruiser in the list of units the AI's would automatically build. And so now the AI's will build these aquatic probes!

Originally posted by Sperber
Settings are fine to me. What about blind research and spoils of war though? Both enabled?

I've been in one blind research game to date. It started in 2002, and technically its currently still going. I'd opt against blind research unless the others think differently. Spoils of War I really don't care either way - maybe wgabrie (since its his thread) should decide this one.

Originally posted by Sperber
And are there any other PBEM codes of conduct besides the obvious (no cheating, save file hacking, turn repitition etc.) that I should be aware of as a beginner?

There is a thread of rules stickied over at CGN. Note that if you haven't played PBEM before then you should probably review the SMAC Academy over there as it will definately ramp up your skills quickly. There are also a host of SP Challenges over there that will also test your mettle.....


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[Sperber]

So this cruiser only affects the AI and not us human players? We are still allowed to build probe foils/cruisers as early as technology allows it?

Blind research: I don't mind some extra randomness in the game, also gives it some tactical touch. After all, we're not playing for some ladder, are we? But being the newbie, I sustain my vote on this

What about Unity pods though? And will the map be revealed?

Thanks for the hint to SMAC Academy. "Being new to PBEM" doesn't imply "being new to SMAC Multiplayer games" though.

[Kirov]

Here's the standard set of rules used in PBEMs. Just ignore the whole thing about tournament, victory points, etc.

[wgabrie]

Those game settings are good. but, I say turn spoils on at least one player agrees.

[Sperber]

*bump*

Any news?

[Leon Trotsky]

Is this a veteran showdown, or is a newbie allowed?

[wgabrie]

I have no idea what's going on. Sorry Leon Trotsky but you're too late. I'm trying to limit the number of players so that the game is faster. But maybe next time.

[Leon Trotsky]

Aye. I'll try to be more punctual next time.