Give me 18, but not on Earth - new PBEM
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Espírito
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Wow, I've never put studying before C-IV.
Eclipse4449
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It is bjarkekr's turn
ParadigmShifter
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Hey guys..... it hurts for me to say this... but I won't be able to continue playing this PBEM with you guys. Other events in life came up and I will no longer be available. I don't know when I'll come back to civfanatics (if ever), but I hope you guys will continue to have fun in this without me. Again, I'm sorry to do this, but life decides to throw a curveball at me.
Nighthawk419
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I'm sorry to hear it for your sake... you will be missing out!
Most importantly though, do you have a password for your civ? If so can you PM or email it to me so we can slide a replacement in there for you? Thanks
bathsheba666
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I guess if he doesn't know if he will ever be back to CivFanatics,
then better to send him an email to ask for his password....
Nice to let us know though... many people just disappear without a backwards glance.
then better to send him an email to ask for his password....
Nice to let us know though... many people just disappear without a backwards glance.
D!CK_VII
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hmmm wow crazy curve ball to not be able play a game for 10 min tops every 3 days. GOOD LUCK w/ fielding that one.
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I did email him and he let me know his password so we will be fine. Just like last time I will take his turns should they arrive and work on getting a replacement player. I was super busy with work today but I should be able to get on tonight and work on a replacement. I don't expect any sort of slow-down with the game due to this, we have more than enough interest and its still very early in the game. I kinda expected a few bumps like this, everything is all good.
and King Dick - the turn is on you...
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Ok, I have sent out PM's to our replacement players, so hopefully someone can fill the timeslot and jump right in before Ormylar's turn even hits again. I do have his password so we should be able to continue smoothly. My main priority as always is going to be filling the timeslot FIRST in order to try and keep the game moving as best as possible. I will update this site and PBEM tracker as necessary.
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Ok folks, we officially have a replacement - I'd like to welcome Ruff_Hi to the game taking Ormylar's place as the leader of Ethiopia. He slides into the GMT 2100-0100 time slot nicely and will take his turn starting this next round.
He will not be using PBEM tracker however I am after him and expect that we will continue to move smoothly.
I will be sending out a revised game detail spreadsheet by email including ruff's info shortly.
He will not be using PBEM tracker however I am after him and expect that we will continue to move smoothly.
I will be sending out a revised game detail spreadsheet by email including ruff's info shortly.
bathsheba666
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I am familiar with Ruffs reliable throughput.
However, I am also familiar with the slippery slope....
First a few reliable people no longer use pbemtracker, then they no longer post gps in the thread, then one of them misses a turn because of a dodgy spam filter and you don't know who to ping.... days go by...
Here endeth the curmudgeon...
ruff_hi
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Hi guys - looking forward to it. However, I was a little bummed out when I noticed that this game is an advanced start. Stuff that up and you could stuff your whole civ. My own fault for not getting in at the start
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I see your point - I don't have a problem with trackers; the website you mentioned or my pbem emailer. I think that one or the other (or something else similar) should be used.
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I understand your thought process, however I hope my work so far as the turn police help to alleviate your concerns! Most games dont have a sheriff like myself watching over the game... a few players have already felt my wrath!
This game may be slow, but it also hasnt gone more than 6-8 hours or so without a turn moving on or at least me knowing whats going on and posting in this thread! Believe me, I am keeping well aware of where the turn is and making sure it doesnt get lost and I have a commitment to excellence in this regard!Just remember all that when you have me in your scope as a target though... if i get killed I can't guarantee I will stay on top of policing the game!! haha... I will gladly be a 1-city vassal to a power civ though!
ruff_hi
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Done! I will contact your in-game to execute it.
BTW - I have started to write 'reports' on my pbem games (you have to do something while waiting for the turns to arrive). I was thinking on writing a report for my civ4 website (not on a discussion forum) for this game (it depends on my civ status when I see it) and holding back all reports until they are old (ie the game is 50+ turns ahead of my report) or completely over. Any objections from the other players?
Also, can someone point me to the 'rules' for this game? Things like 'out of game contact', 'spies', 'elephants', etc.
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Elephants? Don't think I could win a war without elephants.
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The only rules are that there are no rules!!
No seriously - tech trading is disabled completely, so there will be no teching pacts/cliques. The entire game is made up on humans, so diplomacy is only limited to your imagination and anything the game itself limits you to. Anything allowable by the game settings and BTS are part of the game, including spies and yes, even elephants. I'm sure its possible that we could have a few of the "power players" in the game gang up to wipe the less experienced players from the game... but the reverse could also happen, if you act like a dick to the lesser players they may combine forces and take you out 6 on 1. I have had multiple players mention to me that they would have no problem organizing smaller civs and ganging up on a power civ if they are being a bully...
and of course SOMEONE needs to win the game, which means eventually SOMEONE is going to be launching a ship or becoming too powerful or too cultured... which I would expect means the rest of us would work to stop them in order to advance our own causes and delay so WE could win. I expect the end game will be CRAZY.
As for out of game contact - I would say generally its discouraged if you havent actually made contact in the game yet, but really theres no way I can enforce it, so being realistic it is probably happening in some form. The only good news is even if I decide to team up with someone who's halfway across the world, theres not much we can do to help each other short of talking about the map... so I'm not too worried about it. Plenty of people have already been dropping huge hints about who is around them with their PBEM tracker messages, so you can begin to see what groupings we have already in terms of neighborhoods.
In a similar note, I am also playing "Narrator" in this game along with turn police and the American Indians... I will be randomly sending some PM's and talking to folks about the game, trying to get some info for a public story of some sort to post. This will be for no other reason other than to keep interest in the game at its peak. Also it can be useful to help some understand that the game can be won in other ways and potentially try to alert folks about someone heading towards a victory condition giving us all plenty of time to figure out a way to slow them down/stop them. Generally though, the point is only to entertain everyone and help make "out of game contact" more and more useless.
Speaking of which, we are coming up on the end of 10 turns of peace... a perfect time to take a survey about military strength!
Also there is the "role-play optional" side of the game... some are participating, most are not. But since it takes so long between turns and the game moves so slowly, writing stories are encouraged and will help keep the game interesting! I also try to stay "in character" when I am talking to folks within the game.
All that being said - I have no problem with you writing reports about the game 50 turns after the fact... in fact I'd be fine with you writing reports about the game as its in progress! As long as you are fine with the public information, go for it. Of course giving away state secrets of a neighbor or mentioning something about a neighbor that said neighbor might not have wanted public would probably be frowned upon and you'd have to deal with the consquences! Ideally you should get permission if writing about others' civs...
Hope this helps! The point of this game is to make it as most like real life as possible, so your only bounds are your imagination!
ruff_hi
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Ok, all noted (and as expected too 
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).I will be applying the 'out of game' contact rule to my dealings.
Espírito
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@Nighthawk: you don't mention re-loading at all. I assumed it wasn't allowed to reload if for instance you lose a battle (whereas reloading because you clicked the wrong thing, is different - I often accidentally declare war on first meeting the AI in single player).
Am I right, or is reloading a valid strategy?
I realise it's unenforceable, but we're all here for a fun and challenging game. If re-loading is explicitly permitted though I don't want to be playing with one hand tied behind my back
Am I right, or is reloading a valid strategy?
I realise it's unenforceable, but we're all here for a fun and challenging game. If re-loading is explicitly permitted though I don't want to be playing with one hand tied behind my back
ParadigmShifter
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I'm not happy with reloading, unless it's for something like worker mismanagement or wrong tech/wrong slider cock ups.
I know it's not enforceable (but suspicion can be raised from unusual combat logs), but aren't we all gentlemen?
Power scouting is also unenforceable but I frown upon it. (By that I mean, move units in all directions via reloads). I hope we all are men or wimminz of honour.
I know it's not enforceable (but suspicion can be raised from unusual combat logs), but aren't we all gentlemen?
Power scouting is also unenforceable but I frown upon it. (By that I mean, move units in all directions via reloads). I hope we all are men or wimminz of honour.
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