06-04-2004 04:20									#1
	PBEM... my first... yeah... Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Alrightey, I have no clue what kind of connection is required, so if it's larger than 21 kbps, i can't host it.

OK here's the settings and stuff......

Map: Large random, 30%-50% of surface is water, weak erosion, rare lifesorms, dense clouds. (hopefully there's going to be lots of land)

Rules: Victory by conquest
Diplomatic victory
Cooperative victory
Flexible starting locations
Steal tech when ya conquer a base
World map not visible

Difficulty: Hopefully, nothing too difficult

Well, let's get this thang started!

Last edited by Zerokal on 06-04-2004 at 07:22

	06-04-2004 05:09									#2
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Oh, by the way, I'll play as Spartans + =

Oh, and another thing, we can all do this TCP/IP is ya want. I never check my email much anyway.

	06-04-2004 14:26									#3
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I'll play the UN Peacekeepers. Name will be Arcainite at Arcainite@aol.com
Everybody will need to get a password from the CMN (I think it's called) to ensure fairplay.

	07-04-2004 02:35									#4
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ur connection would make for 1 laggy game if IP is used, and as for saying you dont check your emails much thats a rather bad sign ppl like to think you check them everyday for a turn

	07-04-2004 03:23									#5
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My bad, i meant that by not checking my email much, that I don't get many emails.

	07-04-2004 05:13									#6
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who is doing the CMN? I think Obstructor wanted Uni, which left me with Gaia.

	07-04-2004 10:24									#7
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One thing... Now that we have your problem fixed, Zerkai, can you play SMAX?

	07-04-2004 12:28									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Ouro_827 who is doing the CMN? I think Obstructor wanted Uni, which left me with Gaia.

Seems it's me. ha.

Will get on it as of Wednesday (april 7)

	07-04-2004 23:14									#9
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Is is SMAX or SMAC then?

	07-04-2004 23:51									#10
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If it is SMAC then i'll play as the Hive... Even though i'm a complete newb ... Email is scorpi40000@hotmail.com. Name is Scorpi

	08-04-2004 00:19									#11
	SMAC or SMAX Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

That is the question. I think what's going to happen is we will play SMAX if everyone has it, but most of us are playing original factions. With SMAX you can play with mixed old and new factions.
Also I have no problems with lots of players but it WILL slow the game down, just so you all know, because it has to be received, played, and sent out...by each player. Lots of players does make for a more fun game, but it also makes for a long game. If we're going to do it, we might want to start off with the TCP/IP method and then after 50 turns or so, save it, thank everybody for coming, and continue it PBEM. Shouldn't take more than 2 hours live so everybody in the different time zones can get some sleep. I'm in the eastern United States. (EST)
Arcainite
PS - Also, Frankychan and obstructor we still need your e-mails and who you're going to play as. And Ouro, can you PLEASE cut down your signature? It takes up a lot of space and we can get the point with a lot less lines of binary code.

	08-04-2004 01:25									#12
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Fine! But it was so fun..... If you guys want to do TCP/IP, then count me out... I don't have internet at home, and our school is loaded with Macintoshs that don't run my SMAX, and even if I had a Windows up here, it still is firewalled in. The reason SMAX factions haven't been chosen, I assume, is because we thought we were going to have to use SMAC... I would think some people would change factions... never know though..

	08-04-2004 02:50									#13
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SMAX works(I's prefer SMAC though). The problem with TCP/IP games are that my connection is really slow and the game would end up lagging lots and lots. We can try TCP/IP though, I'm free everyday after 4:00 PM (-7 GMT) and Friday night to 2 AM. On Saturday, from whenever i get up(around 9:00 to 11:00) to 2 am, and most of the day Sunday.

But since Ouro can't do TCP/IP we should go ahead and do PBEM.... who really cares if it takes a long time, we're just here to have fun eh?

Last edited by Zerokal on 08-04-2004 at 02:56

	08-04-2004 03:08									#14
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I don't have SMAX...

	08-04-2004 03:10									#15
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Ok, in that case it looks like we'll be playing SMAC.

	08-04-2004 06:49									#16
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OK, SMAC, and I'm -9

	08-04-2004 08:48									#17
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Alright let's get me organized here. Is the below correct? Please fill in the blanks.

The version is SMAC v5.0.

code:

LIST OF PLAYERS
NAME          FACTION              EMAIL                                GMT  PASSWORD
Zerokal       Spartan Federation   xxILIKETOPLAYCOMPUTERGAMES@msn.comxx -7   submitted
Arcainite     Peacekeeping Forces  xxarcainite@aol.comxx                -5   submitted
Ouro_827      Gaia's Stepdaughters xxGodschild_827@yahoo.comxx          -9   submitted
Scorpi40000   Human Hive           xxscorpi40000@hotmail.comxx               submitted
Obstructor    University of Planet xxobstructor@inet.hrxx                    submitted     
RalPA         Lord's Believers     xxralpa7@yahoo.comxx                 +1   submitted

Last edited by Barinthus on 10-04-2004 at 10:12

	08-04-2004 09:06									#18
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Please submit your setting preferences.

NP = No Preferences

code:

Preference	| Zerokal Arcainite Ouro  Scorpi Obstructor RalPA

Map size	| Large   Large     Large Large  Large
Ocean		| 30-50   30-50     30-50 50-70  NP
Erosion		| Weak	  Weak            Weak   NP
Life		| Rare    Rare            Rare   Aver
Clouds		| Dense   Dense           Dense  NP
Difficulty	|         Libra     Tal   Transc

Transcend	| No      No        Yes   No     Yes
Diplomatic	| Yes     Yes       Yes   Yes    Yes
Economic	| No      No        No    No     Yes
Cooperative	| Yes     Yes             Yes    Yes
Do or Die	| 	            Yes          NP
Flexible start	| Yes     Yes             Yes    NP
Tech stag	| 	                         NP
Spoils of war	| Yes     Yes       Yes   Yes    No
Blind research	|                         No     NP
Intense riv	|                                NP
No survey	| Yes     Yes       Yes   Yes    Yes
No scatter	|                         Yes
No rnd events	|                         Yes 
Time Warp	|                         No
Iron man	|
Rand person	|
Rand social	|

Last edited by Barinthus on 10-04-2004 at 10:13

	08-04-2004 13:35									#19
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DataAeolus: Shall i just PM you with a password?

	08-04-2004 16:00									#20
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Hi everyone, I'm also a smac beginer. Can I play as Believers? (this would be my first PBEM game ) My email is XXralpa7@yahoo.comXX

	08-04-2004 21:47									#21
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Large, 30-50, Diplomatic, Economic, and Transcentdent, Do or Die, Steal, and no survey. Godschild_827@yahoo.com

	08-04-2004 22:11									#22
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Sent PM, adress used in my profile (obstructor@inet.hr).

	08-04-2004 22:44									#23
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Hello, folks. Please check the preferences and player list above.

I'm sure you all are anxious to start so once I get Zerokal's email and Ouro's password I pretty much plan to get started on the scenairo.

That means I might will have to make some assumpations re: game settings so if you feel strongly about something, please make sure I know how you feel.

One concern - two players stated their difficult levels. One person wanted Transcend and other one wanted 'something low.' I've noticed most of players tend to want Transcend for PBEMs, shall I assume the same for you guys?

As for your GMT, it's entirely up to you. I was planning to set the turn order in order of GMT because in my experience that is the best way to make sure turns get passed around faster.

	08-04-2004 22:49									#24
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Hello RalPA! It's always great to see new people joining our forum community especially if they're interested in playing.

I don't have any problem with you joining this PBEM but it's not really up to me. Some players prefer to keep the number of participants low to help speed up the game.

So this is up to those guys who will be playing. Should they decide they prefer not to accept new players, please don't despair. New PBEMs pop up all the time and you can even open a thread yourself expressing your interest in having a PBEM and I'm sure you will find other interested players pretty quickly.

Again, welcome!

	08-04-2004 22:54									#25
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Thank you DataAeolus

	08-04-2004 23:08									#26
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I was just quoting Zerokal...But that's ok with me obviously. For difficulty, harder is indeed better. What's the difficulty right below Transcend? That's probably what we want for this game. That way it's a happy medium. We don't want to make it too easy with so many actual players in the game. If you set it too low, it automatically disables certain game functions too, like with the cities, giving some factions (like the Hive for instance) a huge advantage.
-Arcainite (UN Peacekeeper)
PS - My GMT is -5 I think (EST).

	08-04-2004 23:21									#27
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Sorry if I misunderstood you, Arcainite but seems it's ok anyway

The level right below Transcend is Thinker.

As for GMT - you can find out by going to control panel, then to edit options... look under 'time offset' - there's your GMT which will be correct as long you did set it to your time zone

-5 GMT sounds right although, I'm in PST and I know I'm at -8.

	09-04-2004 03:01									#28
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Difficulty for me would by librarian..... not too difficult i hope. lol My email is: xxILIKETOPLAYCOMPUTERGAMES@msn.com
(case sensitive)
My GMT is -7

	09-04-2004 03:18									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Arcainite I was just quoting Zerokal...But that's ok with me obviously. For difficulty, harder is indeed better. What's the difficulty right below Transcend? That's probably what we want for this game. That way it's a happy medium. We don't want to make it too easy with so many actual players in the game. If you set it too low, it automatically disables certain game functions too, like with the cities, giving some factions (like the Hive for instance) a huge advantage. -Arcainite (UN Peacekeeper) PS - My GMT is -5 I think (EST).

Arcainite - would Librarian be acceptable to you? It's two steps below Transcend.

Also I haven't heard from any of you regarding RalPA. If I don't hear an objection he's in. He has already gave me all information I need so he's good to go. So please speak up or hold your peace

	09-04-2004 03:20									#30
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Go ahead and include him, it's fine with me. :-)