Ideas for two new PBW games

[Quikngruvn]

Well, I just joined another 24-hour game, so I probably should just quit my bellyaching.... (This makes eight games I'm in! Am I a glutton for punishment, or just a hopeless addict?)

Quikngruvn

[Dragonlord]

Yep, we are in the Ancient game together, 24 hour turns. Will be my first time in an ancient galaxy.

All: we now have the full set of 9 players for the W&D game. We still need 3 players for the "Isolation Breakout" game though.
I guess that one takes a special kind of player to appreciate

[Dragonlord]

We are almost ready to start with the War & Diplomacy game. Do you think I should create a discussion thread for the game here on Shrapnel?
That worked great for the Newbie games, but response to the Spiralus thread has been so-so.. guess it depends on the players.

[Quikngruvn]

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Originally posted by Dragonlord:
Do you think I should create a discussion thread for the game here on Shrapnel?

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I'd say it depends on whether anyone outside the game would be interested in reading the thread. If so, keep it here. If not, use the Game Forum on PBW.

As for IB: I think it'd be fun, but I don't think I quite have the strategic and diplomatic know-how to succeed in that one. 'Sides, I got enough to keep me occupied!

Quikngruvn

[Dragonlord]

Guys,
I am waiting to get started with both games, but two people are very slow in sending in their empire files. I have emailed them, and if they don't respond soon I'll kick them.
Start looking for a replacement player just in case :-)

[Dragonlord]

All,
There was one player in both of my games who had the chance for three days to upload his empire, but didn't, and did not respond to my emails. I have kicked him. "War and Diplomacy" and "Isolation Breakout" are back on the list of open games on PBW, for both games we just need one more player, everybody else has already sent in their empire files, so please join and we can get started !

[Gorgo]

Hi everyone,
I'm the latest one to join "War and diplomacy". Please notice that I use a non-default shipset.

Btw, I have TDM-modpack 1.75, couldn't find 1.72 anymore. I hope this won't be a problem, as there's no AI involved.

Hope we'll be able to start ASAP!

[Shoujo]

Isolation Breakout -
I just finished my most recent turn and noticed that the system/planet names had disappeared. My colony ships had orders like Colonize *blank* VII, Colonize *blank* IIA. Anybody else have this problem or is it just me?

[Dragonlord]

Shoujo, it is a known problem and it is my fault. It appears that when I generated the map, my systemnames.txt file did not contain enough names for a galaxy this size...
odd though cause I had added names to it specifically to avoid this, and at first look it seemed I would have made up enough names. Oh well. You can still rename planets, the only annoying thing will be when your chokepoint system turns out to have no name and you have to negotiate with your neighbor about it.
I'm ancient race, and count about 10 systems in total in the IB game without names. (and more or less the same in "War & Diplomacy" ).

It's annoying, but I did not think it was serious enough to warrant a re-start.
Right?


EDIT: correction to that, I double checked and am not ancient race in the IB game. I have one unnamed system in my area. In the W&D game, which has slightly less systems it appears, I counted a total of 4 unnamed systems across the galaxy.

[This message has been edited by Dragonlord (edited 04 August 2001).]

[Shoujo]

Ah I see. Haven't heard anyone else complain so it must not be much of a problem. I don't think a restart'll be necessary.