27-06-2001 21:58									#1
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Since there is limited response to calls for an MP game, how about a succession game for ToT?

Probable settings are: Random Large Map, Romans (Livia), Diety, 7-Civs, Restless Tribes, 20-turns to start.

If we can get at least 4 or 5 people interested I'll start the game. Sign up by posting a response and hopefully there will be enough to get started.

Players:

• MBloomIII
  
• JoeK
  
• Mercator
  

Last edited by MBloomIII on 02-07-2001 at 01:12

	27-06-2001 22:42									#2
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I'd like to try a succession game... although I've never played at diety level before (I'm not that brave yet).

I don't sit in front of my computer all day playing, so I'm not constantly available... but for 20 turns a piece I'm sure I could do that.

As for telling the story of the succession game, I think I could be good at that. I started once a Diary of a Civilization that I have yet to finish.

Thanks for considering me,
Joe.

	28-06-2001 00:33									#3
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quote: Originally posted by JoeK I'd like to try a succession game... although I've never played at diety level before (I'm not that brave yet). I don't sit in front of my computer all day playing, so I'm not constantly available... but for 20 turns a piece I'm sure I could do that. As for telling the story of the succession game, I think I could be good at that. I started once a Diary of a Civilization that I have yet to finish. Thanks for considering me, Joe.

With a succession you don't have to be on-line. Someone starts the game and after 20 turns attaches the save file and the next person downloads the file and plays their 20 turns, etc..

Once you're done with the turn then you post an 'account' of your time as ruler. It's pretty fun to take over a Civ and see the way others play the game.

I'll consider you as signed-up.

	30-06-2001 09:24									#4
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C'mon people... doesn't anyone else want to play?

Joe.

	01-07-2001 02:19									#5
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If you don´t mind having a screw-up among you... It´s been quite a while since I played Civ2, I only got ToT a couple days ago (for $5.20/€6.10), and only installed ToT today. Apart from that, I´m only a Prince level player.

	02-07-2001 01:10									#6
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OK. Now we are getting somewhere. Another brave adventurer. That takes us up to 3. So far you guys have expressed trepidation at attempting a Diety level game. We certainly don't have to. We could play at King level or Prince if that is what you guys want. Nothing is set in stone yet. See if we can attract another player and we'll get this game rolling.

	03-07-2001 07:02									#7
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OK... I'll give it a shot! Add me to the list if you still need players.

Never played a succession game, and be warned, if you want to play deity, you'll probably find a _lot_ of extra cities after my turn... I can only handle (?) deity with an ICS style



STYOM

Oh yeah, almost forgot, if you're new to ToT then don't forget to download the patch... or you won't be able to build spaceships, I think.

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	03-07-2001 15:22									#8
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Oh, one more thing, I guess everone´s supposed to take only a day or two before passing it on? If so, please start after 10 July.

	04-07-2001 21:06									#9
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perhpas i should get a copy of ToT just so i can join this !!

	09-07-2001 05:14									#10
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quote: Originally posted by JoeK C'mon people... doesn't anyone else want to play? Joe.

I'll give it a bash

Deity or Emperor are fine by me, though I'd prefer to avoid ICS it turns the late game into a logistical nightmare. (and it's unesthetic....

	09-07-2001 18:56									#11
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All right! STYOM & Thoth gives us 5 which will give us a good start. I should get the game up and running around Wednesday the 11th.

Thoth, I'm not a big fan of ICS either, but that is the neat thing about succession games. You only have 20 turns and then you pass it on. You can continue or change the game you receive.

Here are the players so far:

MBloomIII
JoeK
Mercator
STYOM
Thoth
makka
Hydey

Last edited by MBloomIII on 12-07-2001 at 00:58

	10-07-2001 00:51									#12
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Cool by me... what settings are we playing on? Same as in your original post, MBloomIII?

Re ICS: what end game? heheh... a horde of dragoons tends to shorten the game. Anyway, I'm cool with it either way, ICS or not. I won't sell all your improvements when it's my turn


STYOM

	10-07-2001 18:15									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man Cool by me... what settings are we playing on? Same as in your original post, MBloomIII? Re ICS: what end game? heheh... a horde of dragoons tends to shorten the game. Anyway, I'm cool with it either way, ICS or not. I won't sell all your improvements when it's my turn STYOM

LOL. Thanks for the assurance. It's happened before in succession games.

This should be fun.

	10-07-2001 19:12									#14
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Is there room for one more hapless wouldbe leader with little TOT experience? I do have a lot of CivII experience and an expansionist attitude.

	11-07-2001 03:11									#15
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Any chance of squeezing Hydey in this game.

	12-07-2001 01:01									#16
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Welcome makka and Hydey. The more the merrier.

Will hopefully get game up and running tonight. The stars do not appear properly aligned for this to happen yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

	12-07-2001 19:52									#17
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We await the founding of a glorious empire! (which we then get to muck up....)

	13-07-2001 05:55									#18
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quote: Originally posted by makka We await the founding of a glorious empire! (which we then get to muck up....)

That's part of the fun of sucession games.

Are we going for conquest? or AC?

If we're going to AC, shall we play Extended Original?

And do both.

	13-07-2001 19:54									#19
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We have run into a small problem.

I've played the first 20 turns but the file is too large to attach and I don't have a Zip utility here at home. The file is 161 KB and the largest size allowed for posting is 150 KB. I can e-mail what I have to the next person or e-mail it to someone with a Zip feature and they can attach it. Let me know how you guys want to proceed. In the meantime I'm going to post in the Apolyton Community forum and seek a remedy.

	13-07-2001 21:11									#20
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You can just email it to me (joek@joek.com), I don't mind... but what about the next person after me? (I've got Zip... speaking of which, you can get a free zip demo at http://www.winzip.com/)

Question: When do we stop the 20 turns? Do we leave one unit with no orders at the end of the 20th turn? Or do we stop playing at the beginning of the 20th turn (skipping past all those city production complete messages)?

Joe.

	13-07-2001 23:43									#21
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OK. I've sent the file to JoeK and will be starting a new thread for the commentary on this game. We'll do 20 turns until around 1750AD or maybe after everyone has played twice.

I've used up my WinZip demos downloading scenerios. Too cheap to actually pay for it.

	14-07-2001 07:50									#22
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I'm done... next. (see Commentary thread for zip file).

Joe.

	14-07-2001 20:32									#23
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I´ve just downloaded the file. You´ll probably see my results tomorrow "morning".

	15-07-2001 02:21									#24
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I was a little quicker than I thought... Next (again, ZIP in the Commentary thread).

	15-07-2001 14:18									#25
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Can I play?Please?Just add me to the list.I'm pretty good,I play at King/Diety level normally.

	15-07-2001 21:37									#26
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I'll add you to the list. Seems to be a strong contingent of Floridians joining this game. Check the "Commentary" thread for the master list.

	16-07-2001 06:30									#27
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OK, got the file... seems to be OK and I should get my turns played tomorrow night!

STYOM

	17-07-2001 07:21									#28
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A (hopefully little) problem has materialized. And no, it's not just my Deity playing skills.

About 3 turns into my shift as leader, the Spanish landed near one of our cities. That's not the problem. The problem is, they landed out of a ship that looks like a Colonist (from the 'Extended Game') and is labeled 'Spanish Extra Ship'.

I've never seen this bug in my ToT games - I do recall the Ultrastring Theory bug, but I fixed that with the 1.1 patch. Do we all have the patch installed? Can one of you guys d/l the game, play a few turns and see if the same thing happens? I tried playing through it, but the damn things kept coming back, much like triremes, and they're too unbalancing to play through.

Sorry guys... I don't think it's my ToT, but someone better check to be sure. I'm attaching my save file from the turn it happened.

STYOM

Attachment: sc_b950.sav
This has been downloaded 3 time(s).

	17-07-2001 23:34									#29
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Yikes, I get it too. And I do have the patch installed... No idea what could cause this.

	18-07-2001 06:54									#30
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I'm bummed. I tried unzipping the file into a different folder than 'Original' (since I note the zipped file comes in zipped folders: Mps/Civ2ToT/ExtendedOriginal) but still, the same problem arises.

Mercator, was this game started as an Original, or Extended Original? Maybe that has something to do with it.

Anyone else have any ideas or insights into what might be going on here? MBloomIII, JoeK?

STYOM