Game Status:- Game has begun!
Map Size:- Normal, Terra
Speed:- Normal
Options:- All default, except Culture flip after conquest on

MUST BE ABLE TO PLAY DAILY!

Note: Playing times shown below are in GMT. To display current GMT time, please click here -> http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=136

1. Great_Scott (9:00)
Cottus Arci/Cuhteenans (Peter/Russians)
swrday @ hotmail.com

2. cloudraine (12:00)
(Kublai Khan/Mongols)
shawn.kwa @ gmail.com

3. Argh (19:00)
(Elizabeth/English)
james_owen46 @ yahoo.co.uk

4. FatTurtle (21:00)
(Tokugawa/Japanese)
b_falk @ spray.se

5. wolfman1234 (23:00)
(Gandhi/Indians)
Gildor_Calafalas @ hotmail.com

6. Corossol (4:00)
(Cyrus/Persians)
corossol.civ @ gmail.com

7. joethreeblah (04:00)
(Random/Random)
joebrookes @ pbcenters.net

8. Joul_Ironhand (07:00)
(Alexander/Greeks)
joul.civ4 @ gmail.com

Hello! I'm new here, this will be my first PBeM! Hope you guys don't mind? :)

- email address
shawn.kwa@gmail.com
- timezone
GMT +0800
- daily playing time
Unfixed, I'm having my winter vacation!
- preferred civ
Kublai Khan of the Mongols

Count me in for another:

Email - Joul.Civ4@gmail.com
Timezone - GMT
Daily playing time - up until sunday any time is ok, then i'm back in full time work so it will either be the morning (before work) or the evening (when i get back in from work)
Preferred civ - Greeks, Alexander

Hi Great_Scott!

sounds fun, I love Terra maps and I love long games but in my (brief) experience Epic is just too slow for PBEM... would you consider Normal speed?

I am in, you have a pm Great_Scott.

I'll play :) as Cyrus of Persia. PM'ing details.
Re: speed, it says Normal in thread title and Epic in post, which is it going to be?

Thanks!

I'm in! As Japan please, preferred playing time 9pm GMT +0, PM'ed email address...

Hi, can I play?

I have PM'ed you my info

Are we not providing you with passwords as well? What about SMTP info?

(I only ask because theonly other PBEM game I'm in asked for both things.

Well, you should put your own password by ald+D when you take your first savegame. And we could go without that smtp thing, nothing like sending your turn yourself or posting it here.

I'm fine with sending my own turns, it's hardly a chore. But, what is the benefit to the game hoster of setting up the players passwords himself? I saw two or three PBEM games in a row that requested this...:confused:

(As a result of that, I didn't even know you could set your own...doh).

I dont see the point host choosing the pw, besides that no one can start with others civ for seeing his start location.

Hello! I'm new here, this will be my first PBeM! Hope you guys don't mind? :)

- email address
shawn.kwa@gmail.com
- timezone
GMT +0800
- daily playing time
Unfixed, I'm having my winter vacation!
- preferred civ
Kublai Khan of the Mongols

I will need some specific time. Or mornings/noon/afternoon/evening/night etc


And my apologies... it's normal speed, not epic.

Hey, great_scott you've got the wrong details for me on your first post :)

Hey, great_scott you've got the wrong details for me on your first post :)

'Tis fixed.

I will need some specific time. Or mornings/noon/afternoon/evening/night etc



No problem. In that case, I'd say my most preferred playing time is from in between 2000 & 2300, GMT +0800.

If I am unmistaken, that translates to between 1200 & 1500, GMT

No problem. In that case, I'd say my most preferred playing time is from in between 2000 & 2300, GMT +0800.

If I am unmistaken, that translates to between 1200 & 1500, GMT

Correct.. Right! Then we're all set. Game starts when I get home :D :lol:

Correct.. Right! Then we're all set. Game starts when I get home :D :lol:

Excellent! Can't wait :D

Ladies & Gentleman.. the game has begun!

Done!
Passed it forward.. to Argh :)

Done, passed to Fat Turtle.

*Cries at his start position * :eek: :cry: :sad: :sad: :sad:

Passed on to Wolfman...

And on to Joe...

I passed it on. How is this epic with 8 people

Epic is a speed setting in the game.

Well, my first game, the 18-player, huge map, epic-speed is, well.. a PBEM of Epic proportions, so I aptly named the first game (as in, on the begin new game screen) THE FIRST EPIC.

And this game, while it ain't no epic, in terms of game speed of player numbers, I called THE SECOND EPIC... because it will be an EPIC victory for yours truly :lol:

(As Douglas Adams once said...)
Epic is a speed setting in the game.
Oh,
Speed:- Normal
Ah.

:lol: Joul recieved the turn, but thought it was the other game I set up, the epic one... doh, we've lost the momentum! :eek: :rolleyes: :crazyeye: :sad:

I think it was a fair reason to be confused! :p

Anyway, its sent now. First turn done, noted down the order of play. Now the game begins proper...

Joul

You will see with your 18 player game, its impossible someone not taking his turn all days.

I think it was a fair reason to be confused! :p

Anyway, its sent now. First turn done, noted down the order of play. Now the game begins proper...

Joul

Joul, I don't have the turn in my inbox...:confused:

Awesome, we're through the first turn!... *sense of achievement*

I get home in 2 hours, shall play my turn then..

Will be awaiting my turn shortly thereafter! :D

Received, and sent to Argh.

Just to warn you that I won't be able to do my turn till 11pm-12 midnight tonight. (office christmas dinner).

(I did get up early to check for a turn before I left for work, and missed it by about half an hour or so!) :(

Will do it as soon as I get in, even if I'm steaming drunk. In fact, you lot will probably benefit from any silly, drunken turn I take :)

I assume you recieved the turn, Great_Scott...

Joul

That's ok Argh, I also have an office Xmas dinner, so I'll be home at midnight-ish and play then. Luckily I've already made the first (most important) turn sober, so it's not much I can screw up tonight, considering I will be quite, ahum, intoxicated..

Done tunr, passed to Fat Turtle. Spelling error may indicate a slight level of chrsitmas intoxication, and strategic decisiojns may have been affexcted proportionally.

Oh dear, am fairly merry...

:)

Enj oy.

Seems Fat Turtle was taking fun too at the christmas party, he sent me the first turn.:D

I need the second one, the 3950 ac.

40 game years and and untold numbers of wine bottles later, the Japanese have made their second turn! Passed on to wolfman..

Im quite impressed you tried to spell propotionally at this time of night Argh, very impressive...

Anyway, good night for now, not entierly sober myselgf..

Ok, tried sneding it one more time, see if it works out any better.. Bloddy inconveneint turn names anyway, so easy to make a mistake.. anyway, should be ok now

Hehe, fast and clean, turn for Corossol.

Hmmmmm....Corossol? are you alive? :(

Alive and well :)
I sent the 3960 save to joetreeblah yesterday. I'll re-send just in case.

Apologies! I will play my turn within the next 4-5 hours :)

Received, and sent to Argh!

Got it. Should be doing it around 7pm GMT.

DONE, sent to Rotund Shell Dwelling Creature.

Sent on, and on, and on...

Sent to Corossol

Sent to Corossol

*ahem* *taps foot impatiently* :mischief:

*ahem* *taps foot impatiently* :mischief:
Coral sent it to me, and i've sent it to the next guy about 5 hours ago

Had a slight issue to contend with (back up your files Scott!), but I fixed it... back on track, sent to cloudraine... whom I believe got a free tech because his score went up...:sad:

Game played, sent! :D

Just to let you guys know that I'll be travelling most of the day tomorrow (thursday), but I should be back to civilization (har har) in the very early morning hours on Friday (GMT time) and will try to play then. From then onwards I should be able to play as usual though, even though I will have to save the game on a memory stick to transfer to my laptop which takes half an hour to load CIV4, and then back to the comp with internet connection.. But hey, it wouldn't be fun if it wasn't a bit of effort involved, right?

I should be able to play tonights game on time though.

I should be able to do my turn (which is in my inbox) at 7ish as usual. Same for tomorrow, if it comes through.

But Friday I am out till late (if I'm not too worse for wear when I get home, I'll try and do it).

Christmas Eve, I am away for 2, possibly 3 nights. If you get a turn to me Christmas Eve morning-lunchtime (GMT), I might at least be able to do that.

So, if things go well, you can get three more turns out of me before I am unhappily parted from my computer, to travel hundreds of miles to see tons of ungrateful relatives :)

Me wants funds for a laptop :)

Done my turn

Done, to wolfman

Turn for Corossol.

Played... things moving on nicely..:)

Next please! :)

On its way to Mr Turtle.

hi guys
I am afriad that due to unforseen circumstances beoynd my control, it seems like I wont be able to load up any Civ4 game until 4th Jan when im back to my comp...

However, since this seems to be flowing along quite nicely at the moment, I dont want to stall it so I could send my password and instructions for the next few turns to Argh, and let him play my turns until then. As we are still in the ealy stages of the game I recon that will be ok, since all that really needs to be done is to move the scouting units around (everything else is qd up). And since the map isnt centered yet it wont provide him with any extra infomation anyway (apart from the terrain around my capital), and as he proved in his anarchy game he´s more than able to follow instructions :)

I´ll PM my password to argh now, and then he can forward the game on to Wolfman.

Sounds fine by me... I figured surely someone would go awol over Xmas... so this ain't too bad :)

I really don't want to gain any sort of advantage over Turtle, by seeing his starting location this early on. If the majority of players agree, then I say we wait till he gets back. However, if the majority don't want to wait, then I will play Turtle's turns for him.

(Bear in mind that I am away myself for 2 - 3 nights from xmas eve).

Umm... I think obviously one of his friends should play it or some random person from the board here... not another person in the same game :rolleyes:

Umm... I think obviously one of his friends should play it or some random person from the board here... not another person in the same game :rolleyes:

Personally, I think this is ok. Not much is given away, like they said.. he'll be back way before Calendar is discovered, and if anything, he just loses a bit of secrecy in what terrain is around his city.

This early in the game, I'm all for it. Unless anyone is absolutely against it, then I say we continue.

Must we patch the game? I think yes, some of us sure will play multiplayer in the lobby...

I've chatted with Turtle, and I'll play his turns (with my eyes shut).

Must we patch the game? I think yes, some of us sure will play multiplayer in the lobby...

I've patched already... and i'm sure i'm alone here...
:blush:

Argh to play Turtles turns.. :goodjob:

Also, my partners birthday, well.. today (2:00am here).. plus xmas tomorrow.. i guess it goes without saying this game won't go far over the next few days.. but if i'm on, and i see my turn, i'll play.. of course. :)

I'll be a backup player, if anyone wants. I have no bias or advantage to gain.

Fine by me.

And well argh? dont you have to send the turn to me, then?

I hadnt realised it had been agreed, but ok, I'll do it now.

Turn for Corossol.

I just got a turn through, which I have done. I believe Turtle is supposed to be back now, so I have sent the save to him, rather than playing it for him.

If he doesn't respond in a day or so, then I'll play his turn and assume he's still on holiday.

Hey guys, back and rested from the holidays now. I received Arghs turn, will be able to play it in a few hours and pass it on.

Thanks!

Game patched and ready, turn for wolfman!

I sent the savegame to Corossol 3 days ago.....

Who has the turn now?

I sent to Joe on the same day. I just re-sent just in case. Joe, had you played that save?

It might have been me who forgot to send. I resent just in case. :blush:

We're obviously moving again, cos I just got and played and sent a turn :)

sent on to wolfman just now..

Turn sent to Corossol

And on to Argh ......

Consider the parcel passed.

sent on...

Turn for Corossol

Anyone alive? :(

'Ello! ... :D

Sent to Wolfman...

Turn for Corossol.

8 days for a turn! omg :(

We are worse each time! 10 days for a turn! :D

Sent to Corossol, of course.

Sent to Corossol

Ok, we need a replacement for cloudraine, who's laptop has karked it. Any takers?

I'll bite. Do you need my info?

I am sending my turn to joe(malí), seems corossol(persians) has retired.

I am sending my turn to joe(malí), seems corossol(persians) has retired.
Oops! That's correct but I forgot to inform everyone. Sorry.

Cheers

Turn sent to Joe, sorry for the delay.