All in favor of ganging up on APRICOT say "AYE"

AYE

My explorer is bug-ridden from all the jungle he's passing through.. not very encouraging.

Is this set to hot world ?

Well, this is what Arrogant proposed:

Also please post your game preferences. Here's mine:

World size: Standard
Barbarian activity: Roaming
Land mass: Random
Water coverage: Random
Climate: Random
Temperature: Random
Age: 4 Billion
Difficulty: Monarch

And if I recall correctly, we all agreed to it. So who knows what the game generated for us.

Yes, the settings are as above. It's a cruel, dark, unknown, frightening world.

:mischief:

@ Apricorn: Not to bring you down any, but this early in the game, score really doesn't mean much. That, and I did inherit this game, and am still trying to change it "my" way of playing.

@Dogboy: Ohh, my first ever Monarch level game, not that it really matters since all we have are human players. And Roaming Barbs - Whoops, shouldn't have sent that lone workers out to explore . . .

Well, I did just graduate from Warlord level, I am now on Regent Level.

Edit: I am really hoping this is Archipelago, and that I can have my own little island away from all those evil warmongers . . .

I like Apricorn's antics :D

Goober - the level does matter in that there are less citizens born content so city growth becomes a bit trickier..

Yes, this is a fairly humorous thread. Less Content Citizens, eh? Meh, just means I gotta get more luxuries, or use my Religious Ability to build Cultural buildings faster, and make my citizens happier.

I am gonna read up on Monarch level . . .

Originally posted by RealGoober
I am really hoping this is Archipelago, and that I can have my own little island away from all those evil warmongers . . .

My people are not warmongers! Let's just say they are importunate culture enforcers. :D

Originally posted by Arrogant
My people are not warmongers! Let's just say they are importunate culture enforcers.

I completely agree with you. Enforcing Culture is very important, although NOT through Military Force, but through getting your borders to expand . . .

I am not a Warmongerer, but when the situation permit, I may have to undertake a bit of "Decisive Military Enforcement" of my own, and "Teach the Infidels a couple lessons" . . .

Originally posted by RealGoober
@ Apricorn: Not to bring you down any, but this early in the game, score really doesn't mean much.


:eek: :eek: :cry:
Im devastaed, I thought I had the game won already!
Oh well, back to the drawing board;)

My people r not warmongers either, we just like 2 fight :)

Originally posted by Apricorn
Im devastaed, I thought I had the game won already!
Oh well, back to the drawing board

Ya, unfortunately the score counts by the year 2050AD, and we have yet to go into AD, heck, we are a LONG ways off. Who has the Game Save, by the way . . . ?

I just sent the save to Louis Wu.

For the Benefit of our Americanadian friends across the pond ;)


Irony
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Dramatic irony.
Socratic irony.

Sent to RealGoober at 15:00 GMT

Got it. Played it. Sent it @ 9:17 GMT-8 to Apricorn. Still have yet to figure out time zones.

And Apricorn, I'm not quite sure if that was targeted at me, am I the only Canadian here? Maybe because it feels early in the morning, but I don't get it . . .

Originally posted by RealGoober
Got it. Played it. Sent it @ 9:17 GMT-8 to Apricorn. Still have yet to figure out time zones.

Since you are GMT-8, you add 8 hours to your time to find GMT time. So, 9:17 + 8 = 17:17 GMT. Consequently: I sent it to you around 15:00 GMT, you played and sent it 2 hours later, around 17:00 GMT.

Hey, I remember learning this way back in like Science Grade 9 or so . . . never truly understood it, but I think I understand it now . . . Thanks!!!

Goober - here's a simple chart that shows the time zones for the world, as you can see Greenwich (England) is set to noon, and then you just step forth or back and count the difference.. (GMT is for Greenwich Mean Time). One thing to keep in mind is that GMT does not change with daylight savings, so you may find you move an hour compared to GMT when you switch daylight savings on and off.

http://www.epm.com/timezone.htm

Right, Greenwich Mean Time, and here I was thinking that GMT meant General Mountain Time - I tend to be fairly Naive at times . . .

Sent to RealGoober at 08:00 GMT

Got it. Played it. Sent it to Apricorn @ 16:09 GMT

Oh dear, just unleashed a horde of barbarians from a goody hut. Serves me right for getting cocky!:crazyeye:

It's odd.. when I load this game I always get those little green and blue dots that show how much shield and food is on each tile, but I don't have that in my other games.. How can I turn it off?

Originally posted by ironduck
It's odd.. when I load this game I always get those little green and blue dots that show how much shield and food is on each tile, but I don't have that in my other games.. How can I turn it off?

In the Preferences, it is called "Showing Food and Shields on the Map" or something related. I have it turned on, but my settings should not affect your Settings - I think . . .

I like seeing the Food and Shields, I find it useful . . .

Ahh.. I guess the person sending to me (Apricorn) has it set on and then the settings are saved like that.. I'll try to turn it off though, but if that's it then it'll reappear because he has it on..

Nope - I dont have that option turned on and they dont appear on my map.

Strange.

I have it turned on, along with several Mods, and other Options. You should be able to turn it off though, because I remember turning it on . . .

If it's not showing for Apricorn then it should be .sav independent so I guess I should be able to turn it off.. I'll let you know when I get my turn again.

little green and blue dots


i get the same thing, have tried turning it off, but always seems 2 magically reappear

About the dots, do we all have 1.15 ? No dots for me.

Sent to Realgoober at 18:30 GMT

I have 1.15. It's odd, I'm in another pbem and no dots there.. gonna check the settings when I get my turn..

Methinks Ironbutt has been indulging in a little too much of that weedy stuff he must have found growing near his capital city. :smoke: :smoke: :smoke:

He'll be complaining about an invasion of psychadelic-colored duck-billed platypusses next ! ;)

Got it. Played it. Sent it @ 10:30 GMT. Woulda sent it earlier, but I did not receive it this morning (I think My Internet Server was acting up . . . )

Hey Bubbabelly, dontcha say no nuttin bad 'bout our platypusses!

Sent to RealGoober at 18:30 GMT

We seem to be stuck - not received a turn for two days

My records show me sending Turn 18 to Dogboy on Tuesday at 19:00 Pacific Standard Time. He has not been sending back a "got it" for the last 10 turns (which is mildly annoying---and causes these breakdowns, by the way).

Unless someone is on turn 19 and it is further down the chain, I will resend it to him again just in case.

It is me slowing things down. I got a Viral Infection in my Intestine, feeling slightly under the weather. I will send it soon, hopefully . . .

Sorry for not sending a "got it". I had been doing that I thought and was told to quit doing it because you put a return receipt on it. If that was another PBEM I'm playing and not this one, disregard.

Get well soon Goober..

Got it. Played it. Sent it to Apricorn at 10:30 GMT

Originally posted by ironduck
Get well soon Goober..

Actually I'm feeling MUCH better now that I know I do NOT have appendicitis.

It is nice to actually be able to keep down food . . .

Yes Get well soon Goober

Sent to RealGoober at 15:30 GMT.

Hope you're feeling better RG :)

Got it. Played it. Sent it to Apricorn @ 16:08 GMT

And I am feeling well enough to go to school, thanks for all the support

Now, I assume that being well enough to go to school is a good thing . . .

may / may not have limited availability Sunday / Monday, ISP issues

Originally posted by predesad
ISP issues

Incumbent Spouse Pact ? :D

Originally posted by Arrogant


Incumbent Spouse Pact ? :D

:rolleyes: Oh man! I've got one of those! :rolleyes:

Incumbent Spouse Pact

More like Indefinite Spouse Possession

3000 BC sent to RealGoober around 16:00 GMT

[party] :jump: :band: :thumbsup: [dance]
We made it 1000 years. It's a miracle considering how slowly the first 5 turns went!

We made it 1000 years. It's a miracle considering how slowly the first 5 turns went!

yes

:goodjob: to all, we r moving nicely now, i have 4 player games & even a 2 player game which are moving slower than this 8 player

Originally posted by predesad
i have 4 player games & even a 2 player game which are moving slower than this 8 player

It seems that my policy of dispatching e-mails with death threats to those who delay is paying dividends after all.

Got it. Played it. Sent it to Apricorn @ 17:07 GMT. This is going fairly fast, mainly because we have the time zones all set up. Good Job Everyone!

Got it, played it, sent it too.

Happy 3000 BC everyone!:beer:

Heres to another 1000 years of peace :goodjob:

Happy 3000.. kind of ;) - first I get a strain of disease and then my poor warrior scout gets attacked by barbarians :(

1000 years of peace is nothing, I want 1000 TURNS of peace, especially with my lack-of-skill, and my starting location.

Originally posted by RealGoober
1000 years of peace is nothing, I want 1000 TURNS of peace, especially with my lack-of-skill, and my starting location.

Uhhhh....Well, at least 540 turns! ;) And if you don't like your starting location, try taking over one of your neighbors!*

*Provisio - as long as that neighbor isn't me! (besides - you wouldn't want mine unless you like lots of jungle.

Hmm.. yes, judging from the scores I can't be the only one with a disease infested town.. it's hard to hurry anything with a total population count of one ;)

Well, my 2 cities have a bit of plains/grasslands surrounding them, then Jungle/Marsh as far as the eye can see . . .

BTW, did not receive my turn this morning, are we stuck, or is someone away, or . . .

I haven't seen the turn either. Don't know who it's stuck on.

I usually get my turn, play it, and send it before I go to another day of torture - er - Grade 12 of course . . .

This has shattered my precious morning routine . . .

I'm pretty sure it's not stuck on me, but I just cleaned up my mailbox so I don't remember if I got a 'check' from predesad.. don't even remember when I played my turn, nothing happens in my game anyway except my population dies and my warriors get assaulted by barbies ;)

I opened it up, pressed enter, and sent it yesterday morning, I have enverything doing as it should, I think . . .

My last record of it was Turn 20 - sent to Dogboy way last Saturday. Predasad "might" be the holdup. He's been awfully quiet lately. I hope he's not having complications from his surgery or medication problems. :eek:

He mentioned likely ISP issues sunday and monday.. might be that.

I got it from RJ and sent it to Louis Wu shortly thereafter.

I played 21 and I *think* I sent it to predesad, but can't confirm since I cleaned up my mailbox.. I'll just resend in case I forgot to.

Well, RJ is right about Predesad saying his ISP was going to be down. He wasn't online at all yesterday so the game might be stuck with him. Of course, sending it again won't hurt.

Ya, I know a bit too much about ISP troubles. Mine is just a POS in the best of time, EXTREMELY unreliable. It does make for a great excuse, however . . .

Personally I'm not buying the ISP excuse. I think his wife hit him upside the head with a frying pan when she found him playing Civ at 3 o'clock in the morning.:spank:
Naturally, this did wonders for his healing neck! :ack:

That's why I haven't married yet, I couldn't possibly stand a wife who's not a Civ player.

Hehehe, what a requirement - "Must be able to support Husband's Civ addiction" - hehehe

Good luck with that ;)

Originally posted by RealGoober
"Must be able to support Husband's Civ addiction"

Support it ? Not at all. Rather share it :D

Originally posted by Rubberjello
Personally I'm not buying the ISP excuse. I think his wife hit him upside the head with a frying pan when she found him playing Civ at 3 o'clock in the morning.:spank:
Naturally, this did wonders for his healing neck! :ack:

my wife would never hit me upside the head w/ a frying pan over civ ... she'd hit me where it really hurts :eek: :eek: :eek:


Support it ? Not at all. Rather share it

that wouldnt b good, then i'd have to share the game, less time for me to play, besides, she'd decide my strategy was all wrong & start taking my turns for me.

im back now, tuen sent to rubberjello

and passed to LouisWu

I hope that I shall receive it tomorrow morning . . .

2950 BC sent to RealGoober around 21:00 GMT

Sent it 10 minutes after it was sent to me... am I fast, or what ? :D

Ohh, that is good. Now, unfortunately, I was in my second Block of Physics then . . .

I will play it soon, I just have an appointment first . . .

Got it. Found time to Play it. Played it. Sent it to Apricorn at 16:12 GMT.

2900 BC sent to RealGoober around 14:00 GMT

Hi, my Internet is deciding to not function, so I am going to be able to play my turn today. Everything is connected, another computer on the same networks has internet, I cannot seem to locate the problem. Any suggestions would be eargerly accepted.

I blame everything on Micro$oft (I think one of their "security patches" may have caused this, everything worked fine before, not nothing works . . . ), and my internet provider . . .

That's really weird that it's not working, considering you are able to post here. Maybe you are on a friend's computer and are able to post here. If that is the case, then Arrogant can post the game here, or send it to your friend's e-mail if you post it here. Then you can save the file to a floppy, play it, save it on the floppy, and either load it up here or send it from your friend's house. Would this work for you?

I can post the game here but I don't think I need to. RealGoober's e-mail is on Hotmail, so he can get the game from any computer.

Ya, I will try to open the game on this computer, save it to a floppy, take it to my computer, play it, put it on a floppy, and send the game save through this computer. It will be a hassle, but meh.

@DogBoy; Yes, I am on my Parents Computer, which seems to be able to have Internet Access. The only thing stopping me from Installing C3C on this computer is the fact that this thing is a POS.

I shall see if I can find a floppy . . . those things are a bit like dinosaurs, extinct, nowadays . . .

Goober, i can help you out, just send me the log in information to your hotmail account, send me your password to your game, and i'll play your turn, after of course i send a few emails to anyone who happens to be in your hotmail address book, peruse all your personal information, change your password ...

Ohh, this sounds like it will solve all my problems . . .

I am still trying to track down a Floppy - stupid things are hiding - but I think the problem is my stupid NetWork card. Might be unplugged or something.

This whole thing as taught be me how addicted I am to the Internet . . .

Rg, you sound like me! Sometimes I can't see the forest because the trees and are in the way and I overlook the simplest things. :lol: Hope you get it working.

2850 BC sent to RealGoober around 23:00 GMT

Got it. Played it. Sent it to Apricorn @ 15:04GMT. I usually don't get the save during the day like this . . .

And ya, I think I may have had some kinda of a virus, and it is still kinda here. Things are still shaky around here . . .

Hey - no sending virus infected files around!

Originally posted by RealGoober
Got it. Played it. Sent it to Apricorn @ 15:04GMT. I usually don't get the save during the day like this . . .

And ya, I think I may have had some kinda of a virus, and it is still kinda here. Things are still shaky around here . . .

Notice the enlarged sections. Trust me, I have 2 firewalls, the chanes of me getting a virus is VERY slim. I am just guessing here, I hope . . .

Hotmail should catch most viruses... besides, I haven't heard of any *.sav infecting viruses :)

Goober - actually, a firewall will not prevent you from being infected with a virus. Firewalls monitor traffic, but virii attaches themselves to approved traffic, so they slip right through. You need a virus checker to monitor files that are transferred to your computer.

You can scan your computer for free through this website - http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Arrogant - many link virii will attach themselves to all kinds of files, .sav files would not necessarily be excluded from this..

That said, I'm running Norton and it hasn't picked up anything.

I was *very* briefly affected by the Welchia virus this last weekend. But Norton picked up on it right away and I cleaned my system. I made sure I didn't play any games, nor uploaded anything while I was infected. (I think my kids may have accidentally downloaded a patch for another game that included it.) We had our firewall running the whole time.

I am not the most knowledgable person about computers / internet, but I thought firewalls were mostly just to prevent people from hacking into your computer. I guess in that way it could prevent someone from planting a virus on your computer, but an infected file would slide right in without a virus scan to protect. I like using my yahoo account because I feel doubly protected, yahoo scans with Norton and I have McAfee running constantly.

Well, I have been constantly checking my computer with Norton AntiVirus for the past few days (am all my outgoing and incoming attachments are checked), and I haven't heard of anybody I have sent attachments to getting viruses, so I think the danger, if there ever was any, has passed.

Righto then . . .

2800 BC sent to RealGoober around 20:30 GMT

I can't believe my rotten luck! Everytime my population increases past 1 disease immediately strikes! Living on a flood plain just ain't all it's cracked up to be. Neither are warrior-killing barbies..

I know, it sucks :(

But the good thing with floodplain is that you can catch up pretty fast :)

About 20 turns ago I thought that might be possible, but it appears I'm doomed to stay at population 1 ;) .. grr.. if I could just get a single settler out, that's all I'm asking for! Or a settler in a goodie hut!

Well, now that I have undone what was previously done by salts_pikey, I am discovering lots of bloody jungle and marsh (yuck), but little desert which is good. I just went south and found some flooplain, and plains, so things are looking up for me.

@ironduck That really sucks. So you have your capital city at size 1, and can't produce settlers. Ya, that really sucks. And I have only EVER gotten 1 free city, and 2 settlers out of goody huts in all the time I have been playing Civ 3. They are rare, unless you are are expansionist . . .

Yeah, I don't count on getting any settlers from huts.. So far I just lost my warrior and got a useless 'map of region'.. At some point this disease has to stop, I just hope there's still some land left for me by then ;)

You do not want my Jungle/Marsh filled land, with some desert thrown in for good measure. Speaking of which, I should play the game, and send it . . .

for some reason i have found when disease strikes early from flooplains it always seems to do what it is doing to you ironduck, it keeps hitting several times. one game i had a size three city reduced to size one in two turns and then lost like 2-3 more citizens everytime it grew, just like you said. well, i would love to help you out, send me all your gold and technologies plus a couple workers and i'll gift you sanitation ... once i discover it in a couple thousand years or more

Dang, I didn't get the game this morning. I do enjoy a good PBEM or 5 before school. Oh well . . .

Lately we need almost 2 days for a turn. I hope that we don't have distractions like new girlfriends, new kids, pressing jobs etc :D

Ack, sounds like I'm victim of a software bug.. fun fun.

2750 BC sent to RealGoober around 19:45 GMT

Does RealGoober still have the turn?
This game seems to be slowly grinding to a halt, which is a shame as it was going pretty well.

Originally posted by Apricorn
Does RealGoober still have the turn?

If you don't have it, where else can it be ?

Are those Celts cursed or something ?:rolleyes:

My game hasn't gotten started yet, what with all my people dying all the time ;)

Originally posted by Arrogant


If you don't have it, where else can it be ?

Are those Celts cursed or something ?:rolleyes:

These Celts seem to be cursed by a *&^&*%&&*ing ISP. Dang thing wouldn't send the game save last night.

I am probably the one that has been slowing this game down. I am sorry for that . . . will try to change that . . .

Sorry for the DP, but I sent the Game Save to Apricorn @ 17:52 GMT

Received, played and sent.

Originally posted by RealGoober
I am probably the one that has been slowing this game down. I am sorry for that . . . will try to change that . . .

I'm sure you'll do fine... just stay away from GIRLS! :D

Originally posted by Arrogant


I'm sure you'll do fine... just stay away from GIRLS! :D

Hehe, I have gotta stay away from my Computer first, FAR more addictive then girls are. Heck, let's just say stay away from CFC . . .

2700 BC sent to RealGoober around 10:00 GMT

Ok, where is it now ?

Haven't seen it yet

havent seen it since the 21st so judging from above messages its been with realgoober for the last two days.

Methinks the poor chap is struggling from the strain of too many PBEMs and too much homework.

I also have not seen the game since the 21st.

Methinks the Celts are just cursed in this game ;)

Actually, i find my homework load I can deal with, I am having trouble dealing with stupid University/Scholarship applications. Those are getting me down. And you cannot blame THIS one on me. I last received it 2/19, sent it to Apricorn last 2/21. Now, unless my friggen ISP is dying, it ain't my fault!!!

*escapes blame*

Originally posted by RealGoober
I last received it 2/19, sent it to Apricorn last 2/21. Now, unless my friggen ISP is dying, it ain't my fault!!!

Errrrr.... after that, I sent you another one.... look above, on the 22nd. It is still in my sent items folder, and since we both use hotmail I don't see how you could have missed it.

Anyway, I think it will be better for me to post your saves here from now on. Since the Celts don't have a password, I'll be posting a password protected zip file and I'll pm you the password. Here is 2700BC again:

Ummm . . . ok. I never got that E-mail, somehow . . . my hotmail account wasn't full either, I keep it nice and empty. I completely blame my ISP, and yes, it is more reliable in this thread, kinda. I assume you used the correct e-mail . . .

Ya, sure put the saves in here. Makes it more complicated, but meh. And my Hotmail is through my Outlook Express, so i guess i can blame Micro$oft as well . . .

these celt have done nothing but cause us problems, despite the removal of a former leader, perhaps we should all collectively agree to remove them from the game, by in game means : D

Sent (finaly!!!). I accept all blame, my bad that it was delayed . . .

Sorry.

Originally posted by predesad
perhaps we should all collectively agree to remove them from the game, by in game means

Just wait until I meet them :D

Just follow the desert or jungle, then you shall see me . . .

I hate to say it but the turn I received was a turn Id already played and sent. Nevertheless, Ive replayed and sent it.

By the way Im on a fairly small island, not sure how I feel about that!

Originally posted by Apricorn
I hate to say it but the turn I received was a turn Id already played and sent. Nevertheless, Ive replayed and sent it.

What do you mean ? Wasn't it the 2700 BC ?

Originally posted by Apricorn
I hate to say it but the turn I received was a turn Id already played and sent. Nevertheless, Ive replayed and sent it.

By the way Im on a fairly small island, not sure how I feel about that!

Craickery, I DID send the wrong turn. Bloody heck. I will send you the right turn. These Celts indeed are cursed!!! I could have sworn I sent the right one . . . grr!!!

You sent 2750BC again!
The current turn should be 2700BC

We will get there in the end!

RG, I sent you the last turn 6 days ago. If you can't play, just say it.

Ack!!! Ok, I think I finally got this solved. I have sent Apricorn the 2700BC turn. I had issues unzipping it, apparently my WinZip refused to function, it expired or something. That, and my computer is acting up. Murphy's Law does not like the Celts in this game . . .

I truly am sorry for holding this up. I can play, but my computer . . .

2670 BC for RealGoober:

you might have already done this, arrogant, but would it not also be a good idea to send goober an email letting him know his turn is over here, if he can even get the email

Actually I think that from now on I'll be both sending the save and posting it here. You never know... :)

We've done 3 turns in 11 days - pretty poor going....

Ack!!! Ok, I know my ISP is a beatch, and unreliable, but could you please send me the save via E-mail? That would help a lot. I just realized that my WinZip expired, and I haveta go get it back. And ya, Apricorn, I hear ya. My bad, sorry. 'Tis the curse of the Celts . . .

goober, what type of connection do yu have, do you really need it zipped? if not just advise arrogant to send the turn w/out zipping

ADSL, I don't need it zipped. Good point. Arrogant, if you sent it over this thread, it might be convenient if you do not zip it. I spend a fair amount of time already on this site so it might be more convenient then e-mail, and I have this thread subscribed. I am going to play and send it soon . . .

There, played it. Will send very soon. And wow, a DVD Rom drive can read regular CDs, which means I have have my PTW CD in my Regular CD Drive, and my C3C CD in my DVD-Rom drive!!!

AFAIK, Winzip doesn't 'expire' in a non-functional way. It just displays a nag box reminding you to register but you can still use it. DVDs could always read CDs :)

Anyway, the reason I was zipping it was to protect it with a password since the Celts don't have one. I will keep posting it this way here and I will also send it unzipped via e-mail. Unless you don't care whether anyone else has the chance to see your save. If you receive the notification for the subscribed thread you should also get the save.

Winzip doesn't 'expire' in a non-functional way. It just displays a nag box reminding you to register but you can still use it

yeah, you're right, it never "really" expires, i forgot about the whole password issue.

goober, what's the issue? if you can download it here from the thread no problem, couldn't you also go get a free email (yahoo?) and start using that if your ISP is causing your email problems or maybe i totally misunderstand the problem

Originally posted by predesad
if you can download it here from the thread no problem, couldn't you also go get a free email (yahoo?) and start using that if your ISP is causing your email problems

He has a Hotmail account, this is where I've been sending the game. But he didn't get one save so I figured I should also post it here just in case...

i am really :confused: :confused: :confused: i thought he said it was something to do with his ISP, how would his ISP interfere with his hotmail?

goober, what's the real problem, your mommy wont let you on the computer :D :D

seriously, im just trying to figure out how to keep this going without all of us deciding to eliminate you from the game via world war just to eliminate all these delays. what is the exact problem. you seem to have no trouble getting on the message boards, but you just dont get your emails, your winzip isnt doing what its supposed to do or something, give us some details.

I understand, I realize how annoying it is when people hold up games such as this. No predesad, this is MY computer, mommy has her own computer. And about my ISP, it probably doesn't have anything to do with Hotmail, but I swear I have gotten E-mails later then when I should. Maybe just me . . .

And I just realized that the "password" that WinZip needs to open the Zip was the password that arrogant assigned me for the Celts. Hehe, oh, well, that will make it slightly easier to unZip the saves . . . I have finished some major projects for school, I should have more time for PBEMs. I found it most convenient when I got the save in the morning. Ya, with the state of my "kingdom", it wouldn't take much to eliminate me, just follow the Jungle . . .

I think there is jungle everwhere on THIS map. So your agony should be delayed for quite a while. ;)

Originally posted by Rubberjello
I think there is jungle everwhere on THIS map. So your agony should be delayed for quite a while. ;)

Theres actually no jungle on my little island.
That said its still a pretty barren place that even Tom Hanks would have trouble surviving in.

Turn sent

Originally posted by Rubberjello
I think there is jungle everwhere on THIS map. So your agony should be delayed for quite a while.

Oh yay, we have a nice Jungle-infected Map. Time to crank out workers. Why couldn't salts have chosen an industrial Civ? Sheesh, us lazy Celts will actually have to work.

*prepares for state of delayed and tortuous agony . . . *

I honestly don't remember what my land looks like. Haven't seen the turn since....:confused:

Originally posted by DogBoy
I honestly don't remember what my land looks like. Haven't seen the turn since....

Well, Apricorn said he played it last, so whomever is after Apricorn, should have it. Can't blame this on me, blame it on the Curse of the Celts . . .

I understand, I realize how annoying it is when people hold up games such as this. No predesad, this is MY computer, mommy has her own computer. And about my ISP, it probably doesn't have anything to do with Hotmail, but I swear I have gotten E-mails later then when I should. Maybe just me . . .

im just giving yuo a hard time goober, but thought maybe someone here could help you out with your problem. i have had same problem getting late emails w/ yahoo, but it is always the same person sending it. i'll have a mesage that i have a new email, but it is not in my inbox in my first 25 messages, most recent, then i'll look through all my messages and there it will be in with a bunch of othr mail i got 2 weeks ago (my account automatically sorts by date sent)

I honestly don't remember what my land looks like

i remember what my land looks like, i just dont remember if i have any ongoing deals, i keep thinking, "did i agree to peace with so and so yet?" then i gotta dig out my civ3 notebook, find the page for this game and realize i just violated some condition of the peace agreement, oops.

I also don't remember... am I supposed to attack that city or not ? Ah well, I guess that whatever I do he won't remember it the next time he receives the turn :D

2630 BC sent to RealGoober around 15:00 GMT. It's also here:

Well, I have finally cleaned out my Inbox, which always feels nice. I mostly just complain about my ISP, just because it is so much fun!!! It does get slow, and randomly decide to non-functon, so I like to blame them anyway.

Anyway, enough of that ramble, I sent it to Apricorn @ 15:55GMT. I like getting the game saves in the morning, I have a nice routine all worked out . . .

Sometimes, I think PBEM games are more a test of your patience and memory skills than your Civ III playing skills*. ;)

*Especially if you are playing in 10 different PBEM games, 3 Succession Games, and usually 2 or 3 of your own solo games.

Originally posted by Rubberjello
Sometimes, I think PBEM games are more a test of your patience and memory skills than your Civ III playing skills*. ;)

*Especially if you are playing in 10 different PBEM games, 3 Succession Games, and usually 2 or 3 of your own solo games.

Especially if you have Grade 12, have a full course load, and have plenty of extra-curricular activities, and are addicted to CFC. I have the patience, and I seem to be able to spare the minutes or so it takes to play them, which is a good thing. Wow, you have a lot of games going on. I have had no time for C3C in about a month.

Oh, and add the stress of universities, money, scholarships, a weekend job, and parents into the mess. I should stop complaining though . . .

Oh, and add the stress of universities, money, scholarships, a weekend job, and parents into the mess. I should stop complaining though . . .

and particularly you should stop complaining about your parents, we parents have a hard job

Originally posted by predesad
and particularly you should stop complaining about your parents, we parents have a hard job

I will respond to this a bit more *thoroughly* later, I have a meeting to go to now. I might have time for homework tonight!!!

Uhmmmm...I hate to burst your self-pitying bubble here. But compared to my life now, I look fondly back on my 12'th grade and college years as the most free time I've ever had (and I was busy then!).

Just wait until you have a salaried position where you get paid 40 hours a week but you have to work 55 hours per week plus be on-call at nights and weekends, a house mortgage, 2 car loans, a spouse, several ungratefull kneebiters of your own and all of their activities to attend to...
:rolleyes:

Yeah. Here's the smallest violin in the world playing for you buddy!

Originally posted by Rubberjello
Uhmmmm...I hate to burst your self-pitying bubble here. But compared to my life now, I look fondly back on my 12'th grade and college years as the most free time I've ever had (and I was busy then!).

Just wait until you have a salaried position where you get paid 40 hours a week but you have to work 55 hours per week plus be on-call at nights and weekends, a house mortgage, 2 car loans, a spouse, several ungratefull kneebiters of your own and all of their activities to attend to...
:rolleyes:

Yeah. Here's the smallest violin in the world playing for you buddy!

Ya, I suppose you are right. I will have to be burdened with all that and more in my later years, although at the present time I have no real intention of marrying, or having kids, but we will see how long that lasts!!! Ok, ok, I complain, but meh.

Dang, can't think of a real response to that . . .

I know we keep talking about this...but where is the save? It has been four days since I got it last, and it looks like everybody is posting here. I'm so confused :crazyeye:

I just sent it to you 2 minutes ago.

Got it, talk about perfect timing!

2590 BC sent to RealGoober around 09:30 GMT. It's also here:

Got the E-mail. Played the E-mail Save. Sent the 2 for 1 E-mail to Apricorn @ 15:46 GMT. I am gonna rebuild my reputation here, especially if these come nice and early in the morning . . .

I will be out of town this weekend. I will play my turn Friday night before I leave, and I will be back Sunday night. So basically I will only miss Saturday night. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Originally posted by DogBoy
I will be out of town this weekend. I will play my turn Friday night before I leave, and I will be back Sunday night. So basically I will only miss Saturday night. Sorry for the inconvenience.

No problem.

2550 BC sent to RealGoober around 09:00 GMT. It's also here:

I am gonna rebuild my reputation here, especially if these come nice and early in the morning . . .

Goober, i think everyone has times when they cant play as fast as they would like or others would like for them too. right now i am not the fast player i used to be, although i dont feel i am really holding games up, i still manage to play turns within about 6 hours from when i get them, but circumstances change. the biggest issue is the celts have already wearied us because of past ownership. i know i have especially picked on you at times and i certainly did not mean for these comment to be taken seriouisly as i am seldom a serious person.

Don't worry, I wasn't taking your comments that seriously, predesad. I know the Celts have had a neglectful owner in the past, but I shall prove my abilities, or something. I just like getting them in the morning because I usually have 30-45 min. in which I have nothing to do, and I do not do homework in the morning, I get my PBEMs and morning e-mails out of the way. I usually play them, then, about 2 minutes from when I get them, in the morning. Hehe, I treat everything I read with a grain of salt (ok, several grains of salt. I like salt. Mmmm . . . salt . . . ).

Sent it to Apricorn @ 15:50 GMT

but I shall prove my abilities, or something

my guess is the "or something" part

Originally posted by predesad
my guess is the "or something" part

Ya, that is fairly accurate. My abilities current rest in keeping my homework to manageable levels, dealing with scholarships, universities, and other stresses I have right now. I just need to wait for a few more months, then SUMMER!!!

Yes, in answer to your question . . .

Who's the bad boy now ?

Who's the bad boy now ?

I believe something is wrong with DogBoy. He went away last weekend, army related training, and got home Sunday afternoon and played a few turns I know. He and I are in several PBEM's together, all of which seem to be stalled. Also, he and I have a 2 player game which we usually get 3-4 turns / day and he always plays one turn before work in the morning. I got no turn at all yesterday and no turn this morning. In addition there is a diplomacy mail unanswered. It is very unusual for him not to play turns, maybe his computer crashed or ISP or maybe goober passed whatever problems he had on to DogBoy, hopefully it is not a real personal problem.

EDIT:

I just received word from DoyBoy, his cable modem is down, cableman coming to look at it tomorrow. I think he is going to save some turns on a disk at work, play them at home, then can send them the next day from work, but i cannot guarantee that. He can't post here because this site has the word "fanatic" and his web at work has banned sites with words like that.

Hehe, "Fanatic" being a word on the "bad" list . . .

And YES!!! It is not my fault this time!!!

I have a complicated plan for getting a settler out of my eternal 1 pop city.. maybe it'll succeed before we hit the ADs.. ;)

After further discussion with DogBoy he says as long as this problem continues he will play each turn everyday by downloading it from his mail at work, taking it home at night to play, then mailing it from work the next day. But the delay in this game is not his fault, he does not have the turn.

That leaves Apricorn or Rubberjello, since obviously predesad doesn't have it either. Hmmm.... strange....

rubberjello does not have it because he is after me & i have not received it yet to send it to him

I don't have it, sent the last one to predesad and got an 'ok'

I don't have it, sent the last one to predesad and got an 'ok'

yeah, wasn't that like 3 years ago?

Probably.. I have a hard time keeping track of that game because nothing whatsoever happens in my 1-pop empire ;)

Ok, I'm back online! I live in a new subdivision and houses are still being built. The construction workers hit the cable line, but the cable people came today and fixed it. Hopefully they don't hit it again.

BTW, i don't have the save.

The simple way to go about this is everybody check their saved game directory to see what turn number they have. I played turn 30 on March 4'th, and I am 90 % sure that Dogboy replied back that he played it and sent it on. I'll confirm with him.

It is not me. I received it from Arrogant on 3/6/2004, at 1:06 AM (my time), and sent it to Apricorn on 3/5/2004 at 7:46 PM (my time).

If Aprocirn did not receive it, I expect him to holler and yell at me, until I wake up and send it. I did attach the attachment btw, first thing I checked . . .

I don't have it. The last save I got was on March 4. I played and sent it. I know LouisWu got it because people are talking about receiving a turn on March 6.

Originally posted by RealGoober
It is not me. I received it from Arrogant on 3/6/2004, at 1:06 AM (my time), and sent it to Apricorn on 3/5/2004 at 7:46 PM (my time).

what i want to know goober is how you could have received the turn on the 6th and sent it a day earlier on the 5th?

that's really irrelevant, because i am the goat. rubber says the last turn he got was 30 on the 4th, i have 31 which i thought i sent a couple days ago. i thought i had sent him 2 games in one email, guess i forgot to attach both turns. when he replied back, i assumed he had got both turns. turn sent to rubber.

Typo, thanks for noticing that. I mean to have the first 6 be a 5. In any case, I do not have it (I have a nice, clean Inbox right now!!!).

2510 BC sent to RealGoober around 18:30 GMT. It's also here:

Got it, played it, sent it. Interesting how my E-mail account radonmly does not accept E-mails from certain people, and yet does from others . . .

I have had that problem once. In one PBEM I am playing the guy before me would send the turn on his somthing AT whatever.eu.ai or something like that. I would never get the turn. But when he would send me the turn on his hotmail account from the same computer, I would get the turn everytime. Somethings are the way they are, just because of the way they are I guess.

Most likely his mails got trapped in the spam filter of your mail service.. sometimes they filter entire domains, very annoying.

Originally posted by DogBoy
Somethings are the way they are, just because of the way they are I guess.

Most profound thing Ive heard all week!:D

I will not be here for a couple of days, until Tuesday, so I will be stalling this thing. Ahh, I shall be on a well-deserved vacation . . .

Cheers, all!!!

2470 BC sent to RealGoober around 12:30 GMT. It's also here:

Dreafully sorry for the delay, I was cleaning my InBox, and found the E-mail. One would think that I would be able to organize myself over Spring Break, eh? I have just sent it to Apricorn, btw.

2430 BC sent to RealGoober around 12:30 GMT. It's also here:

Got it, played it, sent it. I THINK I sent the right one.

Where can it be now... Apricorn, did you get it ? Did you sent it ?

Don't you just love a good puzzle? ;)

I know for sure that I do not have it, I sent it to Apricorn last for sure, but I MAY have sent the wrong was, had some VERY early mornings recently . . .

If everone sent confirmations upon receipt we wouldn't have this problem..

Originally posted by ironduck
If everone sent confirmations upon receipt we wouldn't have this problem..

Yes, we would know who to blame, but would the game be faster ? :D I think that if someone bothers to check his mail and send a confirmation e-mail he could as well spend 1 more minute and play his turn...

RealGoober why don't you send it to Apricorn again just in case...

Probably not, these 8 player games seem to be outside the scope of a random assembly, probably have to handpick people you know will be able to take their turn quickly..

Oh, btw I still only have a one pop city ;)

I resent it.

Apricorn might be on Vacation or something . . .

i just got it & sent 2 rubberjello

I hate to use the forum for such a trivial use, but if it helps....
Turn 34 send along to Dogboy at 11:00 a.m. PST. March 24.

Hmm, someone has mixed up the saves ... :confused:
Just received the same save as I did 5 days ago. We´re currently 2430 BC, but I received 2470 BC. 2 players in line before I played already said either that´s the one they received or sent (Dogboy and RJ).

Oh dear.. it would be alot easier if people would use the turn save name instead. E.g. 33a or 34c.. then we know exactly the round and the position, and there's no confusion counting 'backwards' in the BCs..

I think this is my fault. Let me dig up the save, and re-play it, and see if that solves things. Good idea about the naming system, i shall try to do that.

I resent 3430 BC to Apricorn.

Sorry Guys - wont be at home to play the turn until saturday morning

Played and sent

2390 BC sent to RealGoober around 09:00 GMT. It's also here:

Got it. Played it. Sent it. You don't need to put them up here anymore, my E-mail has been working well.

2350 BC sent to RealGoober around 16:30 GMT

i had to patch because of other games, if everone else is not ready to patch i will agree to let someone else replace me temporarily until everyone is ready

I think I sent this. I did, didn't I? I am fairly sure . . .

And which patch? Are we still on 1.15? that is what i have . . .

patch version 1.20

Originally posted by RealGoober
I think I sent this. I did, didn't I? I am fairly sure . . .

Why is it that every time you say that it turns out that you didn't send it after all ?

As for the patch, I've downloaded it and I'm ready to install it, but reports about multiplayer problems make me reluctant... Anyone had problems with normal multiplayer (not PBEM) ?

No, I definitely sent it. I got it 3/31/04 at 7:04ish AM, and sent it to Apricorm on 3/31/04 at 8:10 PM.

I don't have it, and I have a terrible memory, and I usually forget what I send and don't send, very annoying . . .

I don't mind patching, just let me know!!! I am afraid I haven't be paying much attention to the C3 section of this site mugh, and haven't been paying much attention to what is going on with the patches.

I just patched up, so I'm ready to receive :)

Oh, so we are patching. Ok, give me a coupld minutes . . .

2310 BC sent to RealGoober around 10:00 GMT.

I'll be away from Friday 12:00 GMT to Monday 20:00 GMT. I'd love to play one more turn before I leave :rolleyes:

Guys, Due to the fact that Im not living at home at the moment, Im not going to be able to play a turn for a while. Im going to try and get Civ installed on the computer where Im at now, but dont know whether this will be in a few days or a week or two.

If you would like to get a temporary replacement in during this period, I'll understand.

hey, just email me your password and I'l take both your turn and mine ... you didn't like that idea did you? btw, I emailed you just awhile ago and naturally assumed you would get your email where you are at now, if not and you have a new email please send it to me either pm or email, thanx.

Apricorn, I mailed you too about some ingame stuff, could you let me know as well?

Umm, it won't work for me. I think it has to do with the versions. I am still on 1.15, what am I supposed to be on? I hate to say this, but until we have cleared this up, we are stuck. Sorry, I have been too busy to keep up with the upgrades and updates.

Originally posted by RealGoober
Umm, it won't work for me. I think it has to do with the versions. I am still on 1.15, what am I supposed to be on? I hate to say this, but until we have cleared this up, we are stuck. Sorry, I have been too busy to keep up with the upgrades and updates.

you are supposed to be on 1.20, i hope.

Ok, I shall update to 1.2 quickly, then. Didn't realize that, sorry.

Just be careful about updating to 1.20, not 1.22. I have a bad feeling about these updates...

Well, I'll guess I'll have to find a stand-in. Ah, cherchez la femme :love:

I know this game is probably doomed, but what is the status right now?

Last I saw it was on April 3. I hate to be a mean guy, but it seems like one person is holding up the game. Even when they think it's not them, they finally realize that it is them. Maybe the game host needs to "trim the fat" and get this game going?

Maybe the game host needs to "trim the fat" and get this game going?

or maybe we should just trim the whole game

But why trim the whole game when you can just eliminate one person. Then the game moves ahead at a good pace.

What person are you talking about? As far as I can tell the game has been delayed by various people at various times..

Maybe we should find who has it now and then proceed accordingly. I think that with one replacement (which we coulld get pretty easily), the game should flow along nicely again. Can I assume that Apricorn hasn't sent it to Predesad ?

hmm, Apricorn could have it. He said he would be out of town for a while and we could find a replacement for him. He's not the one that usually holds up the game but he might be this time. I say we find a temporary replacement for him and when he comes back he can have his game back. What we should do is the person that sent the game to Apricorn needs to send it to the game host, find a replacement, the game host can issue a new password, and we can get this thing rolling again.

I'll look for a replacement. I'll also ask Aggie for Apricorn's password.

need a replacement?

Wait, I am still here, no need to replace me . . . I think that is what we are talking about, right?

Maybe not. Never mind then, I think . . . I am on 1.20 though . . .

Originally posted by RealGoober
Wait, I am still here, no need to replace me . . . I think that is what we are talking about, right?

No, we won't replace you, the replacement is for Apricorn. We have already decided we will punish you with in-game means :D

Meanwhile, can you send again the turn to Rocinante ? (jmot AT sprynet DOT com) ? You'll be sending it over there for the time being.

Rocinante, thanks for chiming in. I'll pm you Apricorn's password.

Originally posted by Arrogant
Maybe we should find who has it now and then proceed accordingly. I think that with one replacement (which we coulld get pretty easily), the game should flow along nicely again. Can I assume that Apricorn hasn't sent it to Predesad ?

No apricorn did not send it to me.

Meanwhile, can you send again the turn to Rocinante ? (jmot AT sprynet DOT com) ? You'll be sending it over there for the time being.

welcome to the game, temporarily, Rocinante