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This is the Pioneer PBEM Administration thread, for such chores as announcing next player, etc.

If you are an observer who wants to follow the game through screenshots, stories and other events reports, please go to the "We Were Pioneers" Events Thread elsewhere in this Forum.

Thanks,

R.III

haha sounds good, next game dont forget to include me!

Interesting, RIII, I always supspected you like to play dress-up! ;) :lol:

Were those names you posted in order? Because if they were...Sultan you are up! Sultans online now, I'm positive, so RIII you should find him. I hope we can get several turns in today.

Oh, and RIII, a reminder: when posting screenshots, make sure to cut off the minimap, or else we will know where you are! :mischief:

CG

Originally posted by cgannon64
Interesting, RIII, I always supspected you like to play dress-up! ;) :lol:

Were those names you posted in order? Because if they were...Sultan you are up! Sultan's online now, I'm positive, so RIII you should find him. I hope we can get several turns in today.

Oh, and RIII, a reminder: when posting screenshots, make sure to cut off the minimap, or else we will know where you are! :mischief:

CG

No, I do NOT like to play dress up.
No, I do NOT like to play dress up.
No, I do NOT...

The names are in order. I just heard from Sultan, and he's at work (an outrage!) but thinks he can get a turn in at 1:30-2:00pmish and start from there, so you'll just have to have a nap to pass the time.

Re: minimaps, that is in fact how I screwed up; I was painting over the minimap, had forgotten to save the pic, and suddenly found I'd done more damage with the paint than I could undo.

Anyway, please get that worker of yours ready, since he's already scheduled to do some maintenance work on my road system :D.

R.III

Originally posted by Richard III

Anyway, please get that worker of yours ready, since he's already scheduled to do some maintenance work on my road system :D.

R.III

I refuse the deal in advance! Oh, and I just realized, this thread is going to be miles long: at this rate, we'll have about 2000 posts by the end! :eek:

Just wondering, is this the place for 'official' diplomatic negotiations? Or do you want to do it by PM, email, etc?

CG

Woo-hoo! [dance] Here we go!

I will be back from work around 2-3pm (Central US), and I'm off til' Monday. :D

"God Save the Queen!" :D

Hey maybe I'll be able to get in a turn or two before I have to leave at 3:30 CT, talk about conflicting schedules. Don't worry i'll be home before 5, and if anyone is on the comp I'll just have to knock them unconscious. Other than that I am unemployed and have no friends:( ;) so i will be open most of the time. Say it with me class "PBEM before real life!"

Guys I am sick to my stomach. I have been trying to attach the game and send it to Joespaniel for an hour, but it crashes my system. I tried hotmail, it crashed. I tried my wife's .edu adress, it crashed. I tried zipping it, it crashed. I cannot do attachments for some reason, a total horror.

I am going to run a virus scan to see if this is a viral problem and otherwise you will have to pioneer without me or have RIII (whose name does come up as RichardIII in the game, by the way) play my turns till I can get in there...

Originally posted by Sultan Bhargash
Guys I am sick to my stomach. I have been trying to attach the game and send it to Joespaniel for an hour, but it crashes my system. I tried hotmail, it crashed. I tried my wife's .edu adress, it crashed. I tried zipping it, it crashed. I cannot do attachments for some reason, a total horror.

I am going to run a virus scan to see if this is a viral problem and otherwise you will have to pioneer without me or have RIII (whose name does come up as RichardIII in the game, by the way) play my turns till I can get in there...

Sultan: Why don't you post it? You could trust the others here not to download it, we'll know if someone did anyway...or you could PM it to Joespaniel.

Something HAS to work...

CG

Here comes my first reply, which I am writing to say that I will try to post it here, you know it doesnt actually matter if anyone else downloads it since my turn is password protected and so what if they did play it out?

I can't post on PM, they dont allow attachments.

I will try to attach it to the next post, I want to post this in case it crashes again when I do the next attachment. If you don't see another message pop up here right away with the attachment it means that I crashed again and it really is a virus in my computer and not some ploy to get me to buy more hotmail space...

Well, guess what? I cant attach to the forum either without my computer crashing. I am now pretty sure that means it is a virus since not only the SAV file but photos dont post either. I am going to do a complete virus scan and see what comes up. If you guys are eager to start, Richard why don't you make a new game with me out of the loop and mail directly to Joe. If you guys can wait another hour for a further report, it takes a while for me to do virus scans.

This really, really, really, really, really sucks. How long will I be denied multiplayer fun of every kind?

We've already waited for a couple of days, a few more hours isn't that big of a deal.

Well, sh***y. I have yet to hear from Wildfire either. Let me run an errand, and I will get back by 4:00pm or so. If by then I haven't heard of any change, then I will restart without either Wildfire or Sultan :( , and maybe they can stir up a second game tonight.

(what if I'm the source of the virus? oh well, keep your scanners on...)

Cgcannon, re: negotiations, I would follow the same policy used in AH diplomacy games: anything goes. If you want to negotiate here where we can all see it, that's fine by me :D.

R.III

(Nick, shhhhhh!)

For future reference: wildfire4848@yahoo.com (NO SPAM)

Sorry, but i already have a good game going with my two brothers (hotseat), so maybe in a week or two i'll try. Or i'll see you in the republic game if it gets started *chieftess*

With wildfire and sultan(maybe) out maybe we could include werd hertz. I'll PM him.

If you guys need another body I'll jump in. I haven't played a lot of Civ3 but I used to play Civ 1 and 2 quite a bit and I've played tons of Warlords 3 and AoW1/2 PBEM style.

Now with PTW I'm ready to give Civ3 MP a serious look. :)

Well, as you can see above, Wildfire is in. I will e-mail Sultan and see if we can't figure out what the trouble is, but I will warm up a new game just in case.

R.III

I dont know what you guys status is so far, but I am about to try and email the file to Joe again. It said there was no virus, and I cleaned up my disk to make some room, so hopefully it will go through...

@ R III - Look at wildfire's post again, it sounds like he has dropped out. :(
I am led to believe we can set his civ back to AI control, but I'm not sure.

@ SB - Post the saved game here, I will d/l it.

Start a new game without me. I am officially dropping out. Something is wrong with my computer it will not do attachments and gives me a blue error screen every time I try and has to be ctrl-alt-delete rebooted to get out of it. If anyone has ever heard of such a problem let me know: norton antivirus and scan disk did not pick up anything, but this computer crashes every time it tries to do attachments. Most awful.

Sorry gang. If I get the attacher back I will pass this old game on to Joe (so call your next game Pioneer2 or something) and y'all can play two games at once, otherwise my weekend is sunk in customer service calls.

:( Miss yas, Sultan

Ah crap. :crazyeye:

I dont know what to tell you SB, I've never had that problem nor anything similar. I would bet it has something to do with PTW though. It does NOT sound like a virus at all.

OK, Richard. Command decision time.

Wrong command decision. I sent a NEW game, with Wildfire's name on it, obviously missing his post somehow in the chaos. :lol:

Okay, Joe, it's yours, and if someone can just find a player willing to play Persia under Wildfire's name, get the e-mail to us, and so forth, we're underway. Werdhertz?

(anyone?)

R.III

PS this game is also called Pioneer. :lol:

I have the save, lets hope it works... <crosses fingers>

Edit: It worked! :mwaha:

cgannon - Check your e-mail. ;)

I have a decent starting position, but had to spend my first turn moving the settler 1 tile over.

So far, so good. :)

I will take Persia under Wildfire's name if you all still need a sub. Post back here or e-mail me at mauiduck@maui.net. GL all...

Originally posted by mauiduck
I will take Persia under Wildfire's name if you all still need a sub. Post back here or e-mail me at mauiduck@maui.net. GL all...

YAY!!!! [dance]

Welcome on-board Mauiduck!

Got it, played, and sent it to you Nick. I decided to start on my original spot, it wasn't bad, although I have more mountains around then I'd like. Of course, this could be a good thing, some Iron to fuel my Gallic war machine!!!

Anyways, Nick, check your mail!

CG

Mauiduck check your e-mail. Had to move, and it was somewhat of a weed oh well.

Originally posted by Richard III
Wrong command decision. I sent a NEW game, with Wildfire's name on it, obviously missing his post somehow in the chaos. :lol:

Okay, Joe, it's yours, and if someone can just find a player willing to play Persia under Wildfire's name, get the e-mail to us, and so forth, we're underway. Werdhertz?

(anyone?)

R.III

Heh, already said I would but it looks like you have a sub. :( Maybe next game.

This is moving fast, excellent! :mwaha:

Sorry King, I was going to pm you but you were offline (according to who's online) and Mauiduck responded first.

Sorry KingSponge, we are doing this by the seat of our pants. :crazyeye:

I am going to start another PBEM with all "new" civs. You are welcome to join that one.:)

Look for the "New Tribes" PBEM thread. ;)

All players in the Pioneer thread will be given preference first.

Originally posted by joespaniel
Sorry KingSponge, we are doing this by the seat of our pants. :crazyeye:

I am going to start another PBEM with all "new" civs. You are welcome to join that one.:)

Look for the "New Tribes" PBEM thread. ;)

All players in the Pioneer thread will be given preference first.

Two at once? Crazy, crazy!

Mauiduck, do you have my e-mail? I'll send it to you shortly. Looking forward to moving that scout again. And btw, all, I'm here all night if you are :goodjob: he he. Opened a fresh bottle of whiskey for the occasion and everything. Girlfriend is safely packed in front of the TV, and my scout is eager to get to work.

Anyone who wants a luxury cheap, I should have one for you in about 10 turns :lol:

R.III

I am going to be here all night (as soon as my dad gets off the comp)

Anyone who wants a luxury cheap, I should have one for you in about 10 turns

I just happen to have 10 gold lying around that i can give you for it;)

you guys have no idea how bad this sucks, seeing these posts and knowing it should have been me!!! I had a great starting position with a hut right there.

Yeah, well I don't think this is PTW based problem - we can't attach photos to our emails and I can't attach anything to civfanatics. I scan disked, nortoned, downloaded upgrades for windows ME, and upgraded to internet explorer 6 - all to no avail.

I have ordered extra memory and put a request for help into dell.

Enjoy yourselves. I am watching nature programs with my wife while defragging. Wish you were me?:rolleyes:

I am ready for an all nighter as well.

One problem: mauiduck doesnt seem to be with us. I sent him a friendly PM to inform him its his turn, but I guess he didnt see it.

Seems these PBEM games might work better with fewer people, who want to play all night. ;)

I am now rethinking doing 8 people in a PBEM. It could be horribly, horribly slow...

Anyway, what do we want to do for tonight? Start a new one with 4 players (Rich, cg, GMN and me)?

I'm here...sorry for the delay I diodn't know how fast your response would be. Anyway I need e-mail address for save. Maybe we should just post the sav here. I am here all night as well.

I saw Maui online AFTER I emailed, apparently he isn't very interested. I second that notion, JoeSpaniel, I'd be able to go until about 10pm (I have a high school entrance exam tomorrow, so no all-nighter for me), but on Saturday it'll be a long night for me....:D

CG

Hold on, he's in the forum.

mauiduck - are you up for an allnighter? :groucho:

OK...Might as well be real pioneers. Game is at http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads2/PioneerPBEM.sav. Maybe this is quicker?

yea I am hip. Have richard see if he can download from link if not need e-mail. Thanks for your patience all...:)

WOO_HOO! [dance]

E-mail is actually faster for me. Richard should send you (maui) his e-mail address, since he's after you.

Well, thats it. IM MAKING COFFEE!!!!!!! :D :D :D

OK everyone,

I just got the master list e-mail with everyone's address..I just forwarded game to him and will refresh here for communications from you guys...Maui

And it's here! Playing the turn now!

We are in for an ALL-NIGHT PIONEER!

Time to get a book out for the breaks...

R.III

Cool. :D

I have nothing but time this WHOLE weekend... :D

cgannon says he can only play until 10pm. :(
wuss!
;)

So, I guess no all-nighter...:cry:

It's only 4:00PM here so I defintely have time...:)

Alright, if we all get our act together, we could get off a turn every 5 minutes or so. Until I have to go to bed (with that damn test tomorrow), thats alot of turns!

Before I hit the sack, I'll try to get my turn as last, so you can play all the way up to me. And I'll be free most afternoons/nights this weekend. Hopefully in this SG we can get a huge amount of turns on the weekends to make up for the drag weekdays will be.

@joespaniel: Maybe it can be an all-nighter. We'll see how long I can go unnoticed from my mother...

CG

Hate to dissapoint guys, but my mom is cracking down, making me go to bed at 9:30!!! That is insane; the test tomorrow is at 12:30, have to be up by 9! Thats twelve hours of sleep!

Oh well, maybe if we hurry up I can get my turn in, and then thats about 6 more!

CG

@cgannon: Don't worry about entrance exams civ3 is much more important than high school. Besides maybe you can bedazzle them with your playing abilities.

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
@cgannon: Don't worry about entrance exams civ3 is much more important than high school. Besides maybe you can bedazzle them with your playing abilities.

:lol: Yeah, its only a free scholarship high school, one of the top Catholic ones in NYC. Who needs it? ;) :D

CG

I graduated from college but Civ3 has been much more advantagous to my career than fours of higher ed. (You should put in your entrance letter "am involved in testing the newest simulation and 3-D technologies via the Internet"...LOL

I work like a dog during the week, but should be available all weekend for a PBEM game. It might even be a good idea to have two games going (send one -- one way, and the other, the other way, different size maps, etc). That way, later on in the game, each person is only waiting 1/2 of the time they would otherwise wait to make any kind of move. ... I sure this has been said before, but this is all a way of saying I am available starting tonight (give me 1/2 an hour to get home) through the weekend.

I will be offline until then.

Looking forward to it....


Edgar Newt
enewt@earthlink.net

I got it. Back in 5.

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Ok I think that i have this worked out. Cgannon, when your mom gos to sleep sneek into her room and give her a high dose of chloriform. Then you will get at least two more hours of undisturbed civing.

I just e-mailed to cgannon.

I had a malfunction too, but redirected from my draft.

Hope its not the "Sultan Barghash Syndrome". :eek:

For all neutral observers.

I have attached a Top Secret map showing English positions (edited for public consumption), in part to show an apparent graphic bug (see map).

My second turn is going ok, for reasons I am not permitted to disclose for reasons of national security. I finished the turn after this shot, and built a new city - London.

R.III

I was thinking maybe we should zip files to avoid possible corruption as it travels the net through all those UNIX boxes...:)

Ugh! I hope THAT goes away right quick.

Looks like London's sewage treatment tile. ;)

Right. Anyway, the city of Berlin has been founded. We seem to have lots of wheat (can you say "weissbier" :D ) and some game. No need for a granary here.

Our worker was set to road build last turn, so nothing much else to report.

We started researching... er, nevermind. :mischief:

Originally posted by joespaniel
Looks like London's sewage treatment tile. ;)

10,000 people, and already they're filling up miles of land with their s***.

I AM making my mark on the planet!

R.III

Looks like a couple of active late-night PBEM games. Good luck guys! :goodjob:

Hey! I managed to sneak in a turn; mom's asleep on the couch. I can't guarentee I make it to round three though, expect me to disappear from this board without notice. Nick, I sent it.

Edit: My report: Started worker work on a mine, started building a top secret unit, and started researching on top-secret tech. Is that revealing enough? ;)

CG

Thanks chieftess. :D

I edited my above post.

Has nick sent yet? (chewing nails, developing alcoholism, shouting at the dog...)

While you are all waiting for your turn, I would like to take this opportunity to present a public service announcement from Chancellor Bismarck:


You shall all die like dogs!
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads2/Bismarck_lg.gif

Thank you. Have a good turn. :D

Ah that was nice. I feel like a crack addict getting his fix:)

oh yeah i sent it to ya maui

:rotfl:

This, the late-night PBEM sessions, is where REAL civfanatics are born! Lets keep this rolling!

CG

Ok industrious, friendly and soon to be rich Persia has it... :) ....Seriously, I have it and will be back in 5 after sending it on.

Originally posted by cgannon64
:rotfl:

This, the late-night PBEM sessions, is where REAL civfanatics are born! Lets keep this rolling!

CG

And no trolling or flaming. ;)

I'm having fun watching this. :D

For my turn I did something with my worker. I may have built a city. I may have used shields to build somthing. I may have use gold to research something. Oh and it turns out that my first turn wasn't a weed at all:)

Just be glad you dont look like THIS: :eek:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads2/Catherine_lg.gif
Catherine

You can tell you're addicted to PBEMs when you sit in the Multi forum, pressing refresh every 30 seconds....:D :D :D

Oh, a public service announcement: Give in! The Gallic War Machine shall tear through your homeland! Surrender and be spared!
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.
.
I think joespaniel just invented a new part of PBEMs: propaganda!

CG

Whats trolling?

Originally posted by cgannon64
You can tell you're addicted to PBEMs when you sit in the Multi forum, pressing refresh every 30 seconds....:D :D :D


That's what a few of us did on this really small forum about 5 years ago. :) (every night at 8:00). 5-10 regulars.

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
Whats trolling?

;) :) Its insulting/dissing your adversary, I believe, or insulting various systems/consoles/games/companies on overall boards.

Chieftess: Don't even bother checking this thread for spam. You know its going to be full of propaganda, wasted posts, and dreadfully long negotiations!

CG

Chieftess was only kidding.

Trolling is making inflamatory statements to provoke others.

spam?

Ok, I sent it to the Brits aka Richard. The Bank of Persia would like to let all nations know that we have the lowest interest rates of any civ in town...just ask Sid... :) ..

me?

In reply to Chancellor Bismark, King Richard III has only one thing to say.

"Help me get all of this off, dammit! It's time for my milk bath!"

never!!!

Chieftess was only kidding.

Trolling is making inflamatory statements to provoke others.

Thus the ;).

Wow, this thread is zipping by quickly! :D

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
me?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I tell you, PBEMs are one hell of a way to raise your post count! Come on, RIII, if you and joespaniel go quickly, I could get in one last turn before bed! Race against the clock!

CG

I should have picked an expansionist civ.

My next three turns will consist of: Load. End turn. Save. E-mail. Repeat.

;)

no...Sid Meir... :)

Sultan Bhargash (if you are still around): Thank you a thousand times for making this accelated production. I think ALL PBEMs from now on must have AP on; without, it will be extremely dull.

CG

something isn't right here, i pressed refresh and there were no new post!!!

its getting late, no mo tim for corected jrammer

Alright guys, lets go easy on the spammy posts.

We dont want to get banned on our very first night. ;)

I played another great turn. Expansionist = MOVEMENT!

Still no contact with inferior races, however.

Does anyone have a clue how I can make the process of opening the game more efficient? Is there some way I can keep Civ3 running in a window so I don't have to reload the whole game each time?

R.III

Not possible R.

I got it.

Hurry up, joe, my mom just woke up! :p I want to get in one more turn before bed, so you can all play another round....!!!!

CG

You can't do a window but you can press alt tab to move in between the internet and civ.

Originally posted by joespaniel
Alright guys, lets go easy on the spammy posts.

We dont want to get banned on our very first night. ;)

:lol:

(notices the comment on getting ones post count up... ;))

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
You can't do a window but you can press alt tab to move in between the internet and civ.

Good enough for me.


(can't let chieftess get the last word in, can I?)

EDIT: cgcannon, do you trust the former president of CFC's democracy game enough to turn your password over to her for a few hours? perhaps she'd like to act as regent for the evening...

;)

I was just thinking about R's alcoholism comment and began wondering how old everyone is. I'm 18 and a senior

Originally posted by Richard III
Does anyone have a clue how I can make the process of opening the game more efficient? Is there some way I can keep Civ3 running in a window so I don't have to reload the whole game each time?

R.III

Civ2 ran in a window, allowing you to do other things. Civ3 takes up the whole display.

Here's an idea though. In the rocket-ship screen, you could call up the task bar by hitting the windows key, and try opening your browser.

I'm going to try it now.

I'm 34. I'm like an old man or something... :)

@Nick: 13, 8th grade. Of course, you probably figured this out by my various posts mentioning high school entrance exams.

Turn done, file sent. Sorry guys, I'm outta here. I stretched this as long as possible, you can play all the way up to me.

CG

cgannon - did you see that post about allowing chieftess to play for you?

I'm 33, a bartender. ;)

I am also posting with Civ3 running in the background. :D

If you stay in the main screen (rocket), install the save, then load it, it should work. I'll try it on my next turn.

Writing is tiny though...

I don't have PTW yet, though....

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
I was just thinking about R's alcoholism comment and began wondering how old everyone is.

And wot exactly is THAT supposed to mean!?? :lol:

I'm 31 and a retired political hack trying to remake myself as a writer of historical books. I have a palatial home office chock full of wood cabinets, fake 1930s furniture, with a fake 1928 phone and a slew of 1930s posters. My booze is kept in an genuine(1936) radio cabinet to my left. I've switched to beer for a minute, and the bottle looks great under the light of my twin blue bankers lamps.

In other words, old before my time.

Joespaniel is, if I'm not mistaken, a year or so older than me, and Cgcannon is obviously in the 16-19 range. Dunno about our other guests.

R.III

Game sent

Now I know I have to find wine so I can ply the Brits with it... :) ...

Originally posted by Chieftess
I don't have PTW yet, though....

oops, nevermind...

So, I'm starved for info. I assume no one has seen anyone yet?


EDIT: maui, if that's too difficult, Kahlua will do. I'm sure it's a standard resource...

@ mauiduck - :lol:

I have wheat, and will dangle bottles of whiskey before the Queen of England. ;)

I've got a cow that will soon be in water up to its ankles.

I have it and we have gems to help make the Bank of Persia a strong leader in world financial markets forever or until the Hunt Brothers are born and corner the market...:) .. back in one sec..

I'm getting "server busy" warnings... :(

off to you Richard..

I always get server busy warnings.

I've sent it to Joe. Another good turn. Claimed a vast new territory for His Majesty. Surprisingly, no contact with inferior races, despite a wide search pattern. I guess you all are just running from civilization as fast as you can. I understand: you're afraid, is all.

We should now start to consider when we're restarting in the morrow. I figure Sunday will be the day we make real progress, but between 1:00pm and 5:00ish tomorrow we should be able to get a few turns in, eh? When is that exam of Cannon's?

I will take the final turn, since cgannon is gone til tomorow.

The "new tribes" game can start, if anyone still wants to play tonight.

Hi to any "Firaxians" viewing this forum. ;)

I'm quite happy :D :D :D to play in another game this evening. In some ways, happy that it will have fewer players, too, since that will zip along quite nicely. See you in that thread, all, and see your sorry warriors tomorrow.

R.III

OK, turn 4 done. Were closed until tomorow. ;)
cgannon has the save.

btw, I renamed my worker. :D
Thats another cool new feature.

Anyone wants to play, see me in the other thread.

OK..I can make Richard's time tommorrow if you all can. Just keep me in the loop on this thread. I will see you all over at the the other thread... :)

he has to go there at 12:30 so I say that we return here at 2 eastern time and try to get a few turns in.

Goodnight, all. Seems the consensus is 2:00pm eastern US time tommorrow. Cgcannon, you have the ball.

R.III

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
Sorry King, I was going to pm you but you were offline (according to who's online) and Mauiduck responded first.

It's quite alright. I'll get in a game sooner or later. :)

Hey guys, its 9:12 AM here in NY, I'm sneaking in my turn before that test. The test is 12:30-2, I believe, so I'll be free all afternoon/all evening. Hopefully tonight we can make huge progress.

Oh, and I played and sent it to you, Nick.

CG

sweet, I knew it was a good idea to wake up early:)

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
sweet, I knew it was a good idea to wake up early:)

Nick, whats your email, I seem to have lost it!

CG

NIck_r_420@yahoo.com

Thanks. Its sent. I have to go take a shower, and then I'm off for this insane test (rumor has it that the first section is 60 questions in 15 minutes!!!). I'll be back later. Bye.

CG

Good luck on your test CGannon! :)

Thanks! Oh, and I'd just like to say that I noticed my name in the game is cgcannon, and RIII had been calling me that for sometime. But, hey, its better than Queen Richard!!! :D :p

CG

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Change of plans for me. The test ends at 3, but its in Manhattan, so I'll be home around 4:30. I'll also have to leave here at 7:30, because I'm seeing Antigone in modern Greek at some place in Manhattan. So, sorry once again, no all-nighter. I'll be free from 4:30-7:30, though, so we could get alot done in 3 hours!

I'd like to 'officially' announce that I'll be accepting nominations for Vice-President of the Celts, so, in my absence, the VP can take control of the Celtic War Machine. Trip and all the others who demanded playing time in that other PBEM, you could fill in for me, because there will probably be alot of nights where all of you guys want to go all-night and I can't. Just post here, its going to be first come, first serve. And don't let your ego get in the way; you'll probably have as much playing time as me.

CG

Keep in mind that, as noted last night, I'm out of commission from about 5:00pm eastern as well for a fundraiser. Will be fully committed for Sunday.

Odds are good that mauiduck won't be getting the game to me for awhile; he's in maui - and not likely to be up at 7:00am for civ.

R.III

...ugh, is it morning already...??? http://216.40.249.192/mysmilies/contrib/tweetz/spock.gif

Just wondering what time zone everyone is in. I'm Central.

Central. Joe should be one behind central if he's in Milwaukee (or that could just be where he SAYS he is). Dunno about the rest.

Wish I could put some coffee on for Mauiduck... the game is warmed up and ready to go here.

I'll go and have a half-hour prep nap, dreaming of what "first contact" with a human race will be like. :rocket:

R.III

EDIT: whoops, did I say Central? No, THAT was five years ago. Eastern, eastern. Damn am I tired.

Well, I solved the problem after trying just about everything. Do you know what finally worked? Switching over to Netscape!!! I thought it might be a devilish Microsoft plot - they want you to buy more hotmail space, so they make your Explorere browser not work properly to send attachments. Damn them!

Do those of you who were in on the original PBEM want me to start sending it through the rounds?

Well, maybe - especially since it's 2:03 on my clock and still no sign of the game!!!

Just make sure you get the order right when/if you send it, and name it as something completely different like "Netscapegame" or something.

R.III

Do those of you who were in on the original PBEM want me to start sending it through the rounds?

Sounds good to me. Damn you Bill Gates!!!

Who should we get to replace wildfire?

I'm here.... :) ...sorry but the forum wouldn't let me in for a while ...

what time is it in your area maui?

I didn't lknow that RIII had sent me game until a sec ago ... got save will be right back...hold the fort... :)

It's about 9:30 AM....coffee going..loading save now...am here alllll day.. :)

OK Game ON!!!!!!! I just sent it to RIII...Thanks again for all your patience guys...I scrwewed up on the hour conversions. You can Trust however, that this doesn't happen with the Bank of Persia often. If this goody hut is a goody then you all get a free toaster with every 10 gold deposit...:)

I just sent the Original PBEM (renamed OriginalPBEM.SAV to joespaniel, so I think a game will be countercirculating with joe, cgannon, wildfire?, rIII and me.

And my wife just went to the laundromat with three giant loads so we should be able to make quick progress...

And it's en route to the krauts now.

R.III

From now on these notices will go by e-mail, since CFC is obviously going to be as tempermental as my computer suddenly is until that RAM upgrade thunderfall mentioned.

Oh, and I have a very exciting screenshot coming...

R.III

I am in for wildfire in the Pioneer game, so I don't know if you need me to cover him in the Original one as well...Anyway keep me posted...

I just sent the Original PBEM (renamed OriginalPBEM.SAV to joespaniel, so I think a game will be countercirculating with joe, cgannon, wildfire?, rIII and me.

Dont' forget me!

Sorry Grandmasta. I've been so buisy frantically messing with my hardrive I forgot alot about what was going on.

It's all good

As you can see, the process of discovery is proceeding well.

This past year, the King called the first parliament's first session to order. One member was elected to represent the 10,000 residents of London, and one member elected to represent the 10,000 peons working outside it.

Three resolutions were passed.

Government Business Order #1 - The House resolved to research XXXXXXXX by a vote of 2-0 (in camera session)

Government Business Order #2 - The House laid claim to any territories discovered on the expedition of Sir James Cook, except where those territories are already found to be inhabited by civilized races, by a vote of 1 with 1 abstaining.

Government Business Order #3 - The House resolved to pass the Military Levies Act by a vote of 2-0 to provide for the burgeoning armed forces, which some suspect is the largest in the civilized world at this time.

Signed and enacted hereby, HRH, R.III

(appended was the following map of Sir James' most recent discoveries)

Joe is not in the forum; has anyone heard from him since around 2:45?

R.III

EDIT - To answer your question below without a new post, Nick, they're our current score...

So we know who to gang up on when the time comes. IF it comes.

What fo those numbers by our names mean anyways?

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
What fo those numbers by our names mean anyways?
Histograph score. :)

I am here, taking my turn now (pioneer). :)

I am confused as to which games are still going though.
Pioneer - ok
Original - thought it was dead ???
New Tribes - thought it was dead ???

Could we clear this up please? :D

Original - only dead if you want it to be. I couldnt export my turn until I got Netscape. We can now play it, at any pace, if you like. If you don't want to, since you are the holder, you can hold it up...

save e-mailed to cgannon

I now have a fearsome warrior! So you all better be nice to me. :p :lol:

OK but I think we might have lost RIII, he thought you got booted off the net...BTW I am up for resserrecting New Tribes or Original as a sub.

Ok, read my e-mail, all, please.

From now on we need to commit that no one shuts this game down and starts another six every time there is a break. If we don't, there will be chaos every time somebody goes to the bathroom.

I, for one, have another hour until I have to put the monkey suit on, so let's keep moving. My girlfriend keeps checking her e-mail for a note; that's the only reason I go offline.

R.III

I would GREATLY prefer to have one game per thread, otherwise its cluttered and confusing.
Pioneer only in this thread, agreed? :)

I say scrap the original, and lets go ahead with a new one with Sultan Bargash and whomever signs on right away. I will play in the new one, who is starting it?

I appreciate the idea of keeping the original game going, thank you for doing that.

I had been going to start a tiny world map game just to get a chance to play, but I think I will wait and see what happens. If I do get recruits I will start it I will email you Mauiduck and start a thread called "Tiny Hellions" or some such.

By the way, has anyone gone back and tried MP?

Whoops, okay now I see that Joe. Okay, I am going to make a new tiny one in a new thread. Maui duck has claimed Germany for that. We can scrap original, that is fine.

Look for the new thread called tiny hellions in three minutes.

OK, from here on out, all posts should be about Pioneer PBEM game, no others.

cganonon has the save, but is not on-line.

I'm back! 298 questions, 6 hours later, I am back! Damn that test was long---although not that hard, just long.

Welcome back, SB, glad to see your problem fixed. BTW, I agree with Joe, lets keep this thread limited to the game that is in its 5th turn, start a new thread for the "Original". I'm confused already. I should be around until 7ish, then I have to go to a play.

CG

roster

"Queen" Richard III of England
Chancellor JoeSpaniel of Germany
King Cgcannon64 of the Celts
Grandmasta Nick of the Egyptians
mauiduck (Emperor Wildfire444) of the Persians.

OK, Nick, I sent it. For your viewing, here is a nice (extremely edited) shot of the Celtic start. The editing is annoying: I have to edit out the map, my current units, what I am producing, how fast I am growing, the size of my city, what I am researching, my income, my current gold, and my lux/science/money ratio. Thats alot of blanks!

Here:

CG

Check your e-mail Maui

That was an exciting round, open save exit. Oh boy i can't wait till it comes around again:)

It will get interesting tonight, GM.

First contacts should be soon. :)

OK, I'm done ...Richard the Pale-Skinned ...jk.. :) .... is up next

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
That was an exciting round, open save exit. Oh boy i can't wait till it comes around again:)

Ha! I have a (edited for security purposes) to explore with! In your face! ;)

CG

Edit: A quick question, I'll post it here b/c I know it will get read quickly: where is the .bix file in the PTW folder? I have to edit something for the next patch, get recognized...:D

:lol: Richards dream has come true! He gets in ONE LAST TURN before leaving...
:lol:

Originally posted by joespaniel
:lol: Richards dream has come true! He gets in ONE LAST TURN before leaving...
:lol:

I think RIII already left...:(...I'll guess we'll just have to wait until tonight, and I'll be out of action until 10pm...

CG

:eek: Just realized that it is still light out. Being on the computer must slow down time.

I will be here tonight. Perhaps we can all meet for some good late-night PBEM-ing?

I think we will all start to make contact finally.

We have the rythem down now too, turns are going much more smoothly. :)

I'll be here tonight also. Anyone not here tonight will be branded a traitor and secretly ganged up on by all the other players, even the AI:)

Sounds like its a go! :)

I'm going to the play. Be back tonight around 10.

CG

Thats a roger. :)

9pm my time (central). See ya then.

I'm here. Watching.. ;)

Anybody doesn't show up in this game tonight, feel free to send it my way!

Enjoy.

I'm back and just checking in...:)...it's 10 til 5 my time

Anybody doesn't show up in this game tonight, feel free to send it my way!

You are not getting my turns you vulture;) I am here and ready for the civball.

joespaniel reporting for duty.

Checking in, still waiting for RIII and CG.

I'll be on the couch with the fritos.

Now it is beer time...:)

Originally posted by Chieftess
I'm here. Watching.. ;)

Pfft! Perv.


;)

Joe get off the couch with the fritos and get the next turn of the T.H. game off to me!!!

Once they reactivate the avatars, I am thinking of using this:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads2/avatar-kinigit4.gif

Originally posted by Sultan Bhargash
Joe get off the couch with the fritos and get the next turn of the T.H. game off to me!!!
Sah! Yes Sah! Right!

I'm on it, but have to finish something else first (dinner).

Ah yes, fritos the dinner of champions:)

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
Ah yes, fritos the dinner of champions:)

You beat me to it!:p

:D

We're just a RIII short now, y?

cgannon isn't here either.

dohhhh... :0

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
Ah yes, fritos the dinner of champions:)

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads2/avatar-kinigit4.gif

Joe why are you posting here when I have been waiting forty minutes to continue the other game?

I told you, dinner.

Okay I got the game, thanks, sorry for badgering you. I am so bummed that I missed the massive Pioneer game, I just got over fired up watching everyone queu up here.

Now it looks like the Tiny game will be able to speed ahead and beat this one to tha finish....

(I wont spam this thread anymore either, sorry gang)

MISSING: His (her?) Royal Magesty, The Queen of England

DoR: 11-02-02 10pm-ish

Dscrp: Tall, regal, wearing a crown and women's cloths.

If you see this individual, do not attempt to apprehend him (her?) yourselves. Call for pioneers who will use lethal force if necessary.

Alright, I'm back. Too bad RIII is AWL, we could have used him, especially since it is his turn. And when I go through all of the trouble of making a caffenated drink (ice tea for me, the teen), convincing my mom its Saturday and I can stay up late...(sigh).

In case you'd like to now, Antigone wasn't bad. Pretty depressing though, all of the major characters commit suicide.

RIII is in England, right? So, thats a few hours ahead, right, so its like 4AM there? :(

CG

RIII is on the east coast i beleive.

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
RIII is on the east coast i beleive.

Then this is uncalled for! I am indignant! :p

I'm going to bed in about half-an-hour if RIII doesn't show up....just letting you all know in advance.

CG

R III is in Toronto, Canada. EST I believe.

Just keep checking back every 10 minutes or so, believe me, he will show. ;)

GIVE ME YOUR SPOT IF YOU GO TO BED AND RIII SHOWS UP! I PROMISE YOU GLORY BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS!!!!

Where is that pale one...late for her milkbath I gues... :)...I think he lives in Victoria BC....

R III must have been scared off by my prowess.

He went to a black-tie affair with his lady.

I am sure he is just as anxious to get here. ;)

Hey Cgannon, if you are going to leave in a half why don't you give your turn to Sultan. It would suck if R III came back minutes after you left and we still couldn't play. If that happened i would have to start a chieften game just to get some frustration out:);)

I will vouch for Sultan, he is a stand up guy (no, not a comedian). :D

Yes, I will not trade away too many of your cities ;), you can PM me your research goals, and if it comes to warfare I will stop right there and let you pick it up tommorow...

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
Hey Cgannon, if you are going to leave in a half why don't you give your turn to Sultan. It would suck if R III came back minutes after you left and we still couldn't play. If that happened i would have to start a chieften game just to get some frustration out:);)

Don't worry, I won't leave. I'm going to do some hotseat w/ my brother while we wait, alt-tab back here to see if RIII ever shows up...:rolleyes:

CG

Wow 210 post and we are only on turn 6. Talk about spam:nospam:

Bah. We filled two entire threads with the 1st German SG. :D

Alright guys, I'm going to bed. Its 12:18 here, and I'm not waiting any longer for RIII. Don't blame me, he's probably still out at his fundraiser or whatever. I should be free tomorrow afternoon/evening/late night. Hopefully RIII can come and you can play up to me.

CG

We will see everyone tomorow then.

I am going to do some reading.
-g'night

Hello! Jesus! I don't recall saying I'd be free at 10, did I?

Yes, I was dreaming of my next move the whole time. But the food was good, unlike any other fundraiser I've been to in some time. Free oysters and everything.

I'll play the turn now, and be up early in the morning to take hits from all of you until the game stops in maui again..

;)

R.III

We all just assumed that you would be here.:)

Have fun on your turn I am going to go read a book now so good night.

Originally posted by GrandMasta Nick
We all just assumed that you would be here.:)

Well, christ, I did say I was gone after five, why did you think I was in such a panic to get turns done from 2:00pm!!!!???

Anyway, we should be able to make some headway tomorrow.

R.III

:lol: Yeah, you were having some serious withdrawal symptoms there.

We'll get rolling on Sunday. :)

Just to let you guys know, one of the settings on my computer is that the internet shuts down after 12:30. (My mom set this, and I can't change it). So thats my personal limit on all-nighters, although until 12:30 is still a LONG time.

CG

Originally posted by cgannon64
Just to let you guys know, one of the settings on my computer is that the internet shuts down after 12:30. (My mom set this, and I can't change it). So thats my personal limit on all-nighters, although until 12:30 is still a LONG time.

CG

Can't you hack your way through? ;)

Originally posted by cgannon64
Just to let you guys know, one of the settings on my computer is that the internet shuts down after 12:30. (My mom set this, and I can't change it). So thats my personal limit on all-nighters, although until 12:30 is still a LONG time.

CG

Your mother is a (edited for better word) DESPOT!!!
:hammer:

(Sorry, I didn't mean to diss your mom, just her computer policy - and a bloody outrageous policy it is! What would she rather you do, spend all your time drinking and eating at black-tie fundraisers? No foresight among parents these days...)

Originally posted by Richard III


Your mother is a (edited for better word) DESPOT!!!
:hammer:

(Sorry, I didn't mean to diss your mom, just her computer policy - and a bloody outrageous policy it is! What would she rather you do, spend all your time drinking and eating at black-tie fundraisers? No foresight among parents these days...)

:lol: Alright guys, I'll be back around 2 or 2:30. I have a flag football game to go to, but unfortunately the marathon forms a direct square around our house! We're trapped! ;)

CG

Sorry you guys about not playing this one but i have a good game going on hotseat and believe or not, it has only crashed once......

GO MAUIDUCK

Just so you all can be sure I was focused on the game, I downloaded some of the pics from the evening, and sure enough, the digital camera captured my thoughts at about the same time Cgannon's parental unit was laying in the jackboot....

LOL!!!

joe, is the Hellions game resting with you? I could take a turn and we'll see where Maui duck is...

cgannon - pioneer6 is in your mailbox, your turn. :)

Mauiduck check email.

Nick, I would have posted here telling you to check your mail, but the forum was busy again. I wonder, is everyone here? Hopefully we can get in alot of turns.

My updated status for tonight: around 7-9/10 I have to go. Its my mother's birthday, and we are eating out. Sorry if I'm postponing, but I've had a full weekend guys. All three events (Test, play, birthday) come before Civ. So I'll be free to play until around 7, and then from about 10-11.

CG

Why does this always happen? I'm just about to go out for dinner for a couple of hours and yet the game is lurching my way... I agreed to it in part because it looked like NOTHING would happen for the rest of the day.

The main reason I am going, of course, is to seek counsel, since I am profoundly disturbed by the eerie fact that I have somehow become a bartending veteran in Milwaukee. Quite unexpected :D

I'll post here when I return. Watch your mail, Joe.

R.III

HaHa(Realizes that R III not playing impacts me also) DOH!

Just got a turn in - thanks, Maui! It's in Joe's box. I know it's slow now, but from where I am sitting, this is looking like a hell of an interesting challenge...

R.III

OK great....I'm here like I said now that net is working...oh BTW...tried live mulkti-player last night and what a joke.... ;) ... I could host a game but not join one. And even when I hosted the graphics were soooo slow and jerky it reminded me of DonkeyKong circa 1988.......so tahty confirms all the talk that they have a lot to do so it looks like PBEM is the only way to go long distance until the next patch come sout (it will allow non GameSpy hook up svia the Net)...:)

OK great....I'm here like I said now that net is working...oh BTW...tried live mulkti-player last night and what a joke.... ;) ... I could host a game but not join one. And even when I hosted the graphics were soooo slow and jerky it reminded me of DonkeyKong circa 1988.......so that confirms all the talk that they have a lot to do. It looks like PBEM is the only way to go long distance until the next patch comes out (it will allow non GameSpy hook ups via the Net)...:)

You dont have to repeat yourself all the time. :mischief:

Hey! Cgannon! Its in your mailbox. :D

I am moving my warriors around, s l o w l y , as warriors do. Nothing to report yet.

ps - yay! I can post again! :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Richard III
The main reason I am going, of course, is to seek counsel, since I am profoundly disturbed by the eerie fact that I have somehow become a bartending veteran in Milwaukee. Quite unexpected :D

R.III
Quite SCARY if you ask me. :p

I have to admit I was like http://216.40.249.192/mysmilies/cwm/cwm/eek7.gif when I saw that.

:D :D :D

Anyway, I await your next e-mail.

And I will leave you all with this thought:

"YOUR MOTHER WAS A HAMPSTER!

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads2/avatar-kinigit4.gif

Nick! Check your mail. :D

You know, playing PBEMs really makes you micromanage and think heavily about each decision, knowing you have 5 minutes for every turn. Although, playing PBEMs really makes you hate moving in the wrong direction. I just built my second warrior (screw it! I'll tell you!) for exploration, and I moved him where I realized afterwards that I shouldn't have moved him. Now I have to wait an eternity to move him in the direction I want him to go, thinking about it the whole time while I wait. Torture! ;)

Remember guys, I have to do homework now, but I'll check in every once and a while until my mom's birthday dinner.

CG

PBEM also encourages you to name every unit and rename every city and consult with every advisor every turn because lawd knows you might not see the game again for days!

(And I'm so glad that I didn't hung up in this Pioneer game after all - Covered wagons is more like it!!!)

I blame cgannon and the Queen of England. :p

Nick left? :cry: It doesn't matter too much, I'm leaving soon as well. I'll be back tonight.

I have just discovered the beauty of playing Civ and alt-tabbing between it and the forum. I have a great challanging Monarch game going with Carthage on an archipelago. I can only fit four cities in my homeland, and I'm getting ready to start one of many invasions of the other islands. Without Iron, the Numidian Mercenary RULES!!! Anyway, who's after Nick? Maui? I hope both of them come on tonight, or else we'll probably be on turn seven for the whole week...:rolleyes:

CG

Nick has it...Still waiting on 7

Maui its heading your way. One more thing to add. I accidentaly got a peek at cgannons save. The good news for cgannon is that i already forgot most of what I saw. It seems that if you open the game from ANY other game it will show the last players turn. I had already heard somthing like this in the bug report but it said you had to load the same PBEM twice in a row. Sorry cgannon, won't happen again. And don't get any ideas maui:)

I'll be here tonight. The reason that I left was that the game had died a while ago so i started playing my personal game. This is my first attempt at emperor and I kind of got drawn in and lost track of time. No real loss, though as R III isn't even here.

Hey Richard, I seem to have lost your email address. Could you send it to me buy PM or email?

#7 off to RIII...

SERVER BUSY! SERVER BUSY! :hammer: :cry:

man, this sucks... :(

I'll be back at 9Central. I think that is when cgannon is coming back also.

I'll check in then too. Guess its time for dinner. :p ;)

I'm back, but apparently, RIII, the ever-missing Queen, is not. I'll be using my dad's laptop while watching a movie, so expect me to pop in from time to time.

CG