12-12-1999 21:28									#121
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Your computer must be faster than mine because it took me 20 minutes and you needed only 12 to play your turn.

	13-12-1999 00:53									#122
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yes, i bought an civilization-accelerator-card to get my machine fit for this pbem-stuff

	13-12-1999 03:02									#123
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HAH! How's this for response time.

turn 42 to BlueMax.

I've ran into BlueMax! What do you guys suggest I do? He's avoided my offer of alliance. Let it beknown that anyone who rejects my offer of alliance shall be deem by me the Great Monkey of having suspicious ulterior motives!!!

Vote for what I should do with Blue Max of the Greeks (Note, I reserve the right to perform whatever i want regardless of the result of this vote :P )

1) Send in hordes of phalanxes and pillage

2) Send in the slavers

3)Pester him with alliances offer until he gives in.

4)Offer alliance with the intention of going to war if he rejects.

5) Leave him alone for now.


I'm exercising a no cross border treaty with him right now. He hasn't officaily accepted but if he crosses that border I'm gonna crush Blue Max like a bug...MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! (Sorry blue Max nothing personal... )


BTW what other stuff would you guys like to see in the newsletter? For instance are you guys alright about me talking crap about my week? Any suggestions?
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	13-12-1999 08:53									#124
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I'm just going to do 1&2 to lung, forget the diplomacy crap

Turn 42 to DeadMeat

	13-12-1999 18:09									#125
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Turn 42 to Paul

Deadmeat, eh? Big words, man, but what about action?!! You gotta find me first, then fulfill your pathetic promises. Couldn't even save yor team pbem partner! Pretty pissweak if you ask me.

Bring 'em on, dude!!!!!

	13-12-1999 21:10									#126
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Turn 42 to Zaphod.

	14-12-1999 10:17									#127
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...enslave 'em - crush his bones into the ground.

Don/Lung
I'm in a bit of a dilemma now - who to cheer for in the upcoming war between you two in this game.

1. I could cheer for Don because he was able to get his system setup to work for my game - however now he is a potential enemy in my game, so cheering for him here might cause me to go schitzo... Of course if we manage to become allies in some way, then I have to cheer for you here too

2. Or I can cheer for Lung, since I won't have any animosity for him. I know that he did try to get the setup to work and was very gracious in death. All are invited to the funeral and can eulogize the reign of the shortest-lived ruler in the history of the CTP universe.

3. Or I can just cheer for the one who proves to be the wittiest and most sarcastic...

	13-12-1999 23:29									#128
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turn 42 to steve

hex, cheer for the winner, thats always the best afterwards. so cheer for the russians!(me)

	14-12-1999 03:43									#129
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Alright I'm taking bets now... the matchup of the century, DON the Canadian Beaver Vs Lung the Downunderer... live only on MonkeySports.

You guys better not disappoint me...

Turn 43 to blue max.

	14-12-1999 04:09									#130
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i bet 1 world-empire (yet to build) that both will be mere history as soon as the one and only russian people will have conquered the world

	14-12-1999 10:33									#131
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I can't help it if you can't operate your own computer.

Its obvious that only DON the Canadian Beaver is going to be the supreme ruler in these lands.

Turn passed on

	14-12-1999 18:23									#132
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Turn 43 to Paul

Y'all just wait until i discover....DOMESTICATION!!! Then you'll really be in trouble

	14-12-1999 20:27									#133
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Turn 43 to Zaphod

	15-12-1999 10:32									#134
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turn 43 to steve

	15-12-1999 06:09									#135
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I don't believe my eyes! Can it be true??!?

Did we just play an entire turn in just 24 hours?!?!!

SHOCK!! HORROR!!!!

Finally, we're getting our **** together. Keep up the good work, dudes!!!

	15-12-1999 06:16									#136
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Is Steve still playing? He never posts to this board, but Zaphod keeps posting his turns as going to Steve.

Steve is in another pbem that i'm in, but i can't find him, or at least get a response. Perhaps i have the wrong e-mail address.

Can anyone tell me Steve's current e-mail address??

	15-12-1999 06:57									#137
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hey lung here's steve's email. as for this turn being played in 24 hours don't count on it...I havent got my turn from steve yet.

steve@pbunn.screaming.net

At least I hope this is the right one, I've got a couple of email addresses under his name and I've forgotten which one is his current one. Hey Steve if you are reading this can you give us a big thumbs up?

	15-12-1999 11:12									#138
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Monkey, i meant yesterday's turn. Check out the postings. I _thought_ i received turns for the same game on consecutive days:-)

	15-12-1999 15:21									#139
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monkey, at least that is the adress i send the turns to.

	15-12-1999 18:48									#140
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Hi everyone, I'm sorry to say that Monkey News will be a little late this week.

BTW thanks Zaph for confirming Steve's email.

	16-12-1999 05:28									#141
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Steve seems to have gone AWOL. Do we apply the 24 hour rule and attach an AI to him? Every day that nothing happens in this game is another day we have to play on the wrong side of 2002

Do it, Zaphod, do it now!

	16-12-1999 05:31									#142
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Stupid bloody slow postings. It made me double-post. I HATE that!
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	16-12-1999 06:50									#143
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Ok I'll make a new thread for the Monkey games when the number of posts reaches 150. How about that? That way I don't have too many of my threads lying in the forum.

And as for setting Steve to an AI I guess I'll leave Zaphod with the call. Just remember to send Steve and email.

I get the feeling some people are not happy with being set to an AI at all. I've been participating in a civ2 PBEM game and the host for that game has a novel approach for solving the late turns problem.

A person(player A) playing the turn sends the game out to two other players, the player(player B) after him and the player after the player he sends to(player C). If player B goes missing then player C plays player B's turn and his own turn and send the game onwards. The only disadvantage of this method is that you get to know where your opponent is. This has been done in my civ2 PBEM game because there is no AI attachment in civ2. Anyway I'll bring it up in a future email or the next Monkey News.

	16-12-1999 10:45									#144
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I have a better idea (i always do ).

How about having a neutral player for each game i.e. someone from a different pbem game? They can play anyone's turn, so if you have a nominated neutral player, instead of attaching an AI to them, you simply send the turn to the neutral player, who forwards it on as per usual. This way you don't have your settlers building cities in polar mountains because of some goddamned ruby.

I'm not in Monkey1, so Monkey, if you're after a neutral player for AI turns, i volunteer Also. i promise not to inadvertently destroy Don's civ!

	17-12-1999 09:48									#145
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Wow..He actually came up with a good idea.

	17-12-1999 16:25									#146
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turn 4? to monkey,
sorry i slept so long

btw, will the most of you spend christmas at your computer? i myself will leave on dec 23 to my family, where i have no internet-access for a bit more than a week. i know that means becoming an ai. but if this should happen to become a game with more ais than actual players for the christmas time, i would suggest to give a pause to the game instead

	17-12-1999 18:05									#147
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Zaph, i hope you sent an email to Steve already.

Yeah it looks like I'll be spending Christmas by myself this year since I won't be going home for the first time. Luckily I've got my all my computer games and my home business to keep me company... I think. BTW I just noticed the christmas smilies... I usually surf with my graphics turned off but once in a while I switch on the graphics.... very nice touch Markos

Anyway I think I'll bring up an email to inform players on what they want to do for the christmas season and who will be present still to play. That way maybe we could implement Lung's idea (that will depend on how many players are available) or come up with other arrangements. I would also like to add that this was NOT the first good idea Lung has come up with... his first good idea was obviously picking a fight with the Canadian Beaver from Hell!!!!

Almost forgot... turn 44 to Blue Max
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	18-12-1999 05:07									#148
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I want to play over christmas, as i will actually have more time than usual. Swissy is a good sport, so maybe he would play reserve? I can't see any reason why he can't play multiple turns unless the civs he's playing run into each other, in which case he just sets the latter to AI and tries again next turn (he may not have that conflict in the next turn).

Is Steve set to AI? He should be, as he is incapacitated internet-wise at the moment. Perhaps Swissy should play for Steve from his next turn on, assuming of course that he is prepared to do so. We can give him others as the need arises

Oh, and merry christmas too, dudes!

	18-12-1999 07:32									#149
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I should be able to play my turns over the holidays.

Turn 44 to Lung

	18-12-1999 09:41									#150
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Hi all,

I have a player who is interested in joining either one of my Monkey Games. Now I'm being democratic and asking everyone here whether they would like an extra player on board.

Also I know that Confuzer has been set to an AI and right now I'm just assuming that he has dropped out and doesn't want to play any more. Does anyone know if he plays in any other PBEM games and can you confirm with me that he definitely will not be taking his spot anymore? If he's not playing anymore then I will be reassigning that spot.
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