
Hi Owen, and welcome to Civfanatics!
Here's a brief primer on how to look at the save:
Open the game into DirectIP, under the multiplayer menu.
Under Name, write:
owenbevt [mad scientist]
Under Network Address, write:
daveshack.dyndns.org:2057
there is no password
Once you connect to the server, choose the Mad Scientists. Our password is
number5
Then you'll be in the game
When you're ready to leave the game, hit esc (or bring up the in-game menu) and choose
Exit to Main Menu. If you alt-tab or something, the connection to the server might hang, which is bad.
VERY IMPORTANT: Do not do anything that can't be undone. For instance, don't move any units. Don't accept trade offers. Don't declare war on anyone. Do not END TURN!
What you may do:
Anything that's reversible.
If you want to play with a city's citizens and specialists, to see how many hammers or food you can get, that's fine. But make sure to REVERT everything to the state it was when you first opened the save. Every one of our cities is being maximized for the task at hand - one mis-placed citizen for a turn could mean we'll lose a turn on a tech or a settler!
You can look around on the map, check out the adviser screens, etc.
I think that pretty much covers it....
Most of all, get to know our place in the world - the more of us who are familiar with what's going on, the more productive our discussions will be.
Oh, yes - all discussions take place right here. There is a thread to discuss what to do with each upcoming turn, and individual threads to handle dipomacy with the other teams.