13-07-2004 08:16									#661
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from the recruitment center ...

quote: Originally posted by Grandpa Troll The second link is the PBEM thread and dont worry we all started somewhere..well..Blackice wuz born with CTP but the rest of us..well we had to learn like you Welocme and post what you feel your level is and then we can get started..any questions about PBEM? like you do know how to email a turn and all? Ok..looking forward Peace Grandpa Troll

following the advice of grandpa troll ... i post there for a pbem game ...

well ... if you don't care : let's start a game at king level ( for my first pbem game ! ) ... choose the number of civs u want to play
as i'm a pure newb, maybe it's more wise you begin the game and for testing if there are no mistake from me, i can send u a test file of my game well ... i posted my email in the recruitment center (lol) and i suppose u send me a mail or a pm for sending the files no ?

it's late here in europe ... let's start the game tomorrow ! r u ok ?

if u begin the game : my favourite civs are japanese and tibetans ( japanese is surely in the official CTP 1.2 ... tibetans : it's only in my little mod game )
and my name is : axel

if i know how to email a turn and all ... well as u said kindly : looking forward !

thanx to welcome me

	13-07-2004 09:16									#662
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quote: Originally posted by Dimytes 98. Chlg 98 Dimytes vs. TheBirdMan; Started by Birdman in Jun-2004 Ended at turn 164. Birdman conceded after I had taken control of the seas and slowly was destroying his coastal cities. This game was mainly a sea/coast battle allthough we where on same continent. I also learned by Birdnam how you can use spies effectivly vs invading armies... ©2004 Dimytes

And I learned to pay more attention to wonders, that I normally don't even think of (because I have forgotten their hidden power).

Guttenberg: +10% science. Gives a lot together with a relative large population, if you chose to "save" your money and do not build many scienceimprovements - or maybe none at all.

East India Co: Have always focused on the increased output for traderoutes - and thereby dismissed it. BUT it also gives your fleet +1 movement point. And that extra movepoint is damned vital, when you are playing rabbit/fox with your SOTLs and are set up an ambush.


And then of course: Stonehenge (Dimytes got that) and Galileo (I got that). None of those are underestimated. They are good wonders.

Edison Lab was Vetoed from the start.

	14-07-2004 09:30									#663
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And last evening another game ended.

The challenge with Math, started 6th july last year, ended 13th july this year at turn 180.

We followed each other in pop and PG until turn 100-105 (early november last year).

At turn 140 Math was running away (in PG that is).

At turn 180 Math had:
The Galileo.
The LE.
The Edison Lab.
Most of my closest neighbour conquered.
A pop 259 vs. my 177.
A game with a very slow turnrate the latest two month.

So I made up my mind and conceded.

***

Now I only have one old challenge game waiting. The one with Lung - which I am going to win for a change!

That is, if I can keep up my concentration and do not make any cleaver (read: stupid) changes in my war against him.

***

So now I am ready to accept one challenge more!

	14-07-2004 13:49									#664
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quote: Originally posted by TheBirdMan And last evening another game ended. The challenge with Math, started 6th july last year, ended 13th july this year at turn 180. (...) A game with a very slow turnrate the latest two month.

im very sorry for the delays in this game, but may i bring up on my defence that

1.) my diploma thesis went from august '03 to december '03
2.) my exams, with preparation, followed until late february '04
3.) i had several other high-turn games going on during this game, the one with Checkmate that ended a while ago, and the one with Dimytes (turn 205) that is still going on.
4.) i actually tried to get a life and play less CTP during the last 2 months

i humbly ask not to forget those things.

	14-07-2004 14:16									#665
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now i have challenge matches going versus:
- Dimytes (aforementionened turn 205)
- ricketyclik (turn 137 on a world with minimum goods and no wonders allowed )
- Mieciofok (who doesnt show up anymore)

im fine now with just cancelling the game against Mieciofok. i dont even know which turn we were in or who had a lead.

	14-07-2004 14:36									#666
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quote: Originally posted by Mathemagician i humbly ask not to forget those things.

I knew that - that's why I have been patient.

And I agree with you. All challengegames with Mieciofok could be cancelled - we do not see him anymore I guess (I have already moved that game sub-folder from my active to the "dead-games" folder).

	14-07-2004 16:26									#667
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quote: Originally posted by TheBirdMan I knew that - that's why I have been patient. And I agree with you. All challengegames with Mieciofok could be cancelled - we do not see him anymore I guess (I have already moved that game sub-folder from my active to the "dead-games" folder).

What a shame it is fpor someone to dissappear and after all you invest,heart,sould,time,effort,strategy and then to not get a win..OH MY!!

What a shame I say..A Shame!!

Almost as if you were held up at gunpoint I do tell, yes I do!!


Gramps

	14-07-2004 17:26									#668
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Ok me and Blackgryffin have an ALL you can eat Buffet going on

Welcome to CTP PBEM and off we go with another challenge game

Peace

Gramps

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	14-07-2004 18:17									#669
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peace ??? in a challenge ? lololololololol

thanx for your welcome

... i have a question : i saw some threads related to some servers which don't propose anymore multiplaying CTP games ... hum ... and why cannot play machines to machines like a local network game ???

but that's perhaps a silly question ....

	14-07-2004 18:20									#670
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there are no silly questions, there are only silly minds.

troll, where do you get the titles for all your games from ?

	14-07-2004 18:23									#671
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and the answer to the question is ......................... ???

	14-07-2004 18:38									#672
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hmmm i guess you need the servers.dat file...

Attachment: servers.zip
This has been downloaded 1 time(s).

	14-07-2004 18:39									#673
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put it into the CTP\ctp_program\ folder
or maybe into the CTP\ctp_program\ctp\ folder
or better both

	14-07-2004 18:47									#674
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oh ... thanx to answer so quickly but i think there's a misunderstanding ...
my apologizes : english is not my mother tongue ...

i meant why playing by PBEM if it's possible to play machine to machine a multiplayer game ???

thanx again for your attachment file : i already had that file into my game

	14-07-2004 19:28									#675
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ah i see. well, there a couple of reasons:

1.) you can play your turns whenever you like and dont depend on everyone being online

2.) online play is more vulnerable to file changes and to certain actions than PBEM. for example the slightest modified text file, for city names for example, will cause problems. also, using build queues during the game will cause similar problems. all these are fine in PBEM.

3.) because it is possible !

	14-07-2004 19:30									#676
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speaking about mother tongue, blackgryffin. you seem to be from france. but your profile shows your first name is Axel, which is a german name to my knowledge...
where are your really from and what is your mother tongue ?
and what is your "K..." last name ? i know an "Axel K.", but he is certainly not from france.

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	14-07-2004 19:52									#677
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yes ... i see what u mean with the point 2 ... forgive the lonely player i'm used to be

you'd be surprised for the last names in france beginning with the letter K ! especially in the western part ( britanny )

half french and sure Axel is a nordic first name ... really time to create for good the united states of Europe ! lolololololololol

	14-07-2004 23:20									#678
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*63. Chlg 63 Mathemagician def. TheBirdMan; Started Jul-2003 -- Finished Jul-2004; Turns 180.
*98. Chlg 98 Dimytes def. TheBirdMan; Started Jun-2004 -- Finished Jul-2004; Turns 164.


AGAIN! Please put the challenge number on the results SO I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK IT UP LINE BY LINE!! Thanks

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	14-07-2004 23:27									#679
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I still need EPW's and Blackgyffin's BAID and NATION in order for me to enter their challenge matches and place them on the ladder.

	14-07-2004 23:31									#680
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Deity and USA

	14-07-2004 23:35									#681
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my baid and nation ??? oh ...

i'm not sure for the baid we are playing with grandpa troll : king or emperor

i play as japanese and grandpa troll as american ... but this is my first PBEM hum ... is that what u want to know ?

	14-07-2004 23:38									#682
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yippieh ! second player to get a two-digit win number

	14-07-2004 23:41									#683
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no, quinns really meant your nation of residence/heritage (france, aint it ? ) and the Best AI difficulty you have Defeated.

	14-07-2004 23:41									#684
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lololololololoololol ok ...

i rule both for france and ireland : make your choice it doesn't matter ...

and my best ai defeat : emperor

	14-07-2004 23:44									#685
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quote: Originally posted by blackgryffin my baid and nation ??? oh ... i'm not sure for the baid we are playing with grandpa troll : king or emperor i play as japanese and grandpa troll as american ... but this is my first PBEM hum ... is that what u want to know ?

Hi blackgryffin,
Please read the Notes on the first post of this thread. It may help clarify your confusion.
BAID stands for Best Artificial Intelligence Defeat, and NATION is the nation in which you presently reside.

	14-07-2004 23:47									#686
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quote: Originally posted by quinns NATION is the nation in which you presently reside.

And do NOT write EU - that is not a nation!

	14-07-2004 23:50									#687
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quote: Originally posted by TheBirdMan And do NOT write EU - that is not a nation!

not yet.

	14-07-2004 23:53									#688
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damned ... i was so sure EU was (almost) a nation ...

emperor and france

	17-07-2004 01:32									#689
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108. Chlg 108 Grandpa Troll vs. EPW; Started Jul-2004 -- In progress.
109. Chlg 109 Grandpa Troll vs. blackgryffin; Started Jul-2004 -- In progress.

EPW and blackgryffin added to the ladder. Welcome!

	17-07-2004 04:06									#690
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cool. the ladder is growing.
btw, im not saying drop the inactive guys. but i am saying the 'challenge 3 upward' rule should skip those clearly inactive players. (just had a look at the new players' positions and thought about His Inactiveness Mieciofok)