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aww, but I want to stay hidden from you lot for as long as possible!! dont you understand that I am by my very nature a shy, secretive and reclusive creature!!

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I will agree with the "creature" part.
Remember, you said it, not me.

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For events. Low Low
No Ai
sprial
warp points anywhere
5000 units ,, ships
complete tech tree.
48 hours turn around
play to game is over.... victory conditions... peace after 5 years for 20 turns or Last empire standing..
ratio of players to systems should be between 1:15
and 1:25
Med tech..
3 planets

5000 points for everyone to test out as much as possible in the test game... next game we can lessen the number

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ooh saucer of milk, near Boston

I have no problem being a creature, I have no problem being a mammal, don't we do it like they do on the discovery channel?

Tesco - I reach consensus with your synopsis

Let battle commence (someone wake up Mac)

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tesco,
With what you propose we would meet each other too quickly way. We need time to get the mechanics down.
I think macs setup is best.

[ 19 March 2002: Message edited by: Gryphin ]</p>

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I'm golden, which means The Noble Tiggas of Growl are just brass, A lotta brass.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gryphin:
I'm golden, which means The Noble Tiggas of Growl are just brass, A lotta brass.<hr></blockquote>

what are you talking about you strange moustachioed liberated north american person?

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Sheesh, Honerable Tigga, you must really be hurting.
"I'm Golden" = I got SEVI Gold, (Last night).
Brass = Less than gold, to have a "lotta brass" is to be Outrageously Agressive.

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Uh oh, not good, almost no post in 18 hours. I smell smoke. I bet they are all practicing and sending private emails discussing alliances and strategys.

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Gryphin... How....

If there are 10 people playing thats between 150 and 250 systems...

The sprial makes the game interesting within 30 turns.

You should meet your neighbour between turn 10 and 15 and your second neighbour soon afterwards...

Forces early roll playing and trading....

This way everyone meets someone by turn 30

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Yeah, and certain English players with a preference for feline nomenclatures get annihilated by turn 30 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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tesco,
I'm not a statistician,
To quote a Civil War general:
"There are lies,
There are damn lies,
and there are Statistics"
I am very experianced at rolling dice.
Your operative word was, "should".
My projection is that some of us would meet neighbors long befor the others would.

GT, Befor turn 30? No Comment.

[ 20 March 2002: Message edited by: Gryphin ]</p>

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My good Growltigga, the Imperialistic Psychotic Scientists of the Tka-chik Empire will be more then willing to trade with the Tigga empire, for a small fee of course http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

I have no problem with Spiral or Cluster, anyone else have any comments.??

so far we have Tesco, Gryphin, Growltigga, Myself, Saxon, not sure on PhoenixD haven't heard from him here on the thread lately, TS what about your 2 friends, they still want in?

Remember this is for fun and Roleplaying enjoyment, therefore I don't mind meeting anyone by turn 30, unless they are of eeevviilll intent, then I must incorporate the "Gryphin Position" weapon that the Tka-chiks researches have been devising, sooo beewwarreee.....

just some ideas helmeted mac

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My perception:
We have 6 confirmed players.
I'd say we go for
Medium Size
Spiral
3 Planets
Medium Tech
No AI
3000 Research Points
No special anti feline weapons: Gryphins are 1/2 Lion.

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I will post a computer virgin how-to-do-it-report as soon as I find some more time.

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"not sure on PhoenixD haven't heard from him here on the thread lately"

Unfortunately I'm going to have to sit this one out. Class just dropped a large load on me.

Phoenix-D

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Gryph, unfortunately not, I do not have a diskette on my machine

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What I do is get the files emailed to me at work, they are pretty small. I then copy them to a floppy and carry them home. There, I run the turn in the comfort of my home, being served G&T Sundowners and having my toenails polished. Once I finish my turn, I copy the new file to the floppy and carry it to work. I then post it to my friends and they do their turns and we start all over again.

If you have an uptight IT manager, you can delete all the old files every few weeks, as they do build up over time.

Regarding the set up, I am game for what ever works. I agree low events, as they take some of the fun out of things.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Saxon:
being served G&T Sundowners and having my toenails polished<hr></blockquote>

You colonialistic imperialistic hedonistic lazy good-for-nothing moose-kissing reprobate http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

getting your toenails polished? yuk!

and you have to carry your own floppy to work? shame

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No floppy? No wonder England lost the Empire…

Still, the files are small and should not hurt your machine too much. Besides, think of all the money you are saving on food now that Mrs. GT is part of the garage foundation. You can spend it Online.

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No floppy? No wonder England lost the Empire&#8230

Yep, we still use gramophones over here - there is also a great new invention called a motor car

Still, the files are small and should not hurt your machine too much. Besides, think of all the money you are saving on food now that Mrs. GT is part of the garage foundation. You can spend it Online.[/QB][/quote]

Yeah, the money I am saving AFTER having to pay hush money to the Claudia Schiffer lookalike down the corridor http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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And what is wrong with kissing a moose anyway? After all, I am single…

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Tigga the game file will grow to 600k over the first 130 turns... and the player files are under 300 k

So you will be ok.... Perhaps a minute to upload your turn and 2 minutes to download it..

Link of the week


http://homepage.smc.edu/nestler_andrew/SimpsonsMath.htm

Yea their in as of Last conversation... I will get them to send the light

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What about a CD burner? If you had a rewriteable at work, you could use that instead. However, I would be surprised if you had one easily available, they are not exactly desk top standard in most offices. Your other option is to by a floppy drive, it should be about 10 quid, and then install it. If nothing else, your adventures in the interior of your PC would make good reading for the rest of us.

Still, I don’t think it will be too big of a problem to use the modem. I just checked the .gam file for a PBEM game I have going and it is .3 of a meg. It keeps getting a bit bigger each time, but that is the size after about 5 or 6 months.

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Tesco,

What are you doing up so early in the morning? Isn’t it about 7 am in Toronto? Anyway, I agree with you, the files will not be that big and Tigga should have no problem.

Have a good day, I am off home for dinner.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Saxon:
And what is wrong with kissing a moose anyway? After all, I am single…<hr></blockquote>

they slobber, even more than girls from Ohio

[ 21 March 2002: Message edited by: Growltigga ]</p>

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GT:
"they slobber, even more than girls from Ohio"
Um, when was the Last time you were kissing a moose or a girl from Ohio? Does Mrs Tigga know about this?

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Well, as to the dexterousness and moistness of the oral cavities of the common or garden Moose, I have the Discovery Channel to thank for that knowledge.

As to girls from Ohio? now that would be telling - you are not the only one with a reputation for being a studley dudley http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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That is the 3rd time you have used the Discovery Channel as an source. You whatch too much TV. Still, I wonder who did the reasearch provided on the Discovery Channel and does their wife / girl friend know?

mac? any Ideas?

Re: Ye Olde Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina
 

slightly incorrect, I have only referred to the Discovery Channel twice, and the other reference was a direct quote from that song by The Blood Hound Gang.

Other than that, I do not actually have access to cable or satellite so am stuck with our UK's 5 tv channels, none of which I watch

I prefer to expand my knowledge and breath of personality by reading

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Phoenix D, pity about that, I was looking forward to locking horns with an Arizonan as revenge for that Lil' Ditty's bar on Phoenix!

Let's start with 5 of us on a medium galaxy - will give us a chance to lock and load a bit first

Question - like most Brits, I do not have broadband - I only have a dial up connection at a bout 45,333 bps and I pay for my calls - is this going to be a huge drain on my phone bill? how big are these files?

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GT,
The games "should" filt on a diskette. Can you upload them from work?

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GrowlTigga,
Responding to your erstwhile comment on the "Disturbing Facts" thread re:
"Ah, a confession at Last - Le Chevalier du Gryphin admits that he has prior experience of the Space Empire series before Le Chat bashing session starts"
With my post in the "How Old Are You Thread"
"While looking for a web site on “Star Fire” the paper Version, I found SE III. "
You must be very tired and maybe preocuppied with worry about someone finding the Avon lady, (who ever is in the garage).
Then again, this could be a feint to make me think your memory is not as rententive as I belive. Well, it isn't working. I know you too well. Cunning GT.

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Dear old Gryphin (emphasising the "old" in that sentence)

As to who is buried under the garage floor, may I quote the great bard on that on 'chop, chop, chop - I am an engine of destruction!' - I have been taking some practical advice from Mac on this.

As to my memory being lacksadaisical, who are you? you should understand that everytime I open my eyes, I see a bright new world!

You should also expect that when one realises that they play SEIV as if it were a great space opera, can thrash the AI on any setting, but then comes across the cold understanding that any human player is going to beat them, dissemination and subterfuge become your only weapons

Put it this way, even my cats are able to beat me on SEIV

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The reason your cats do is because you, "let the wookies / kittys win"

where do the wookies come into it? the cats win because Growltigga Jnr is a superb strategist, Nutmeg is a diva when it comes to ship design and planetary management

the question is: How often to you open your eyes?

My eyes are always open - lawyers, like snakes, never blink

Disseminate as you will. I susspect we of the forum as wise to your tactics

How little do you know, how little do you know, "wheels within wheels, a pattern so grand and complex"

I see you now place value in macs resezarch and advice. A Most interesting change in you

One must respect the aged and frail, besides, Mac has some really good website links following his research

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Of Space Empires and Being Single Again
Filled with sound and fury, signifying nothing.
I have to admit that the time spent playing SE III, (20 plus hours a week), was more a symptom than a cause of what lead gettting ditched by my X. Still it was a very important symptom and if you find yourself doing it, definatly look around and find out why. I am very serious here. Maybe if someone had hit me over the head with the evidence I would still be married and would not have spent the Last 3 years in emotional H***.

That said, I now have a sweetheart that, (among other things), wants to learn Space Empires and will be a formidable opponent.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gryphin:
...the time spent playing SE III, (20 plus hours a week), was more a symptom than a cause of what lead gettting ditched by my X...

...That said, I now have a sweetheart that, (among other things), wants to learn Space Empires and will be a formidable opponent.<hr></blockquote>

Don't underestimate the power of similar interests (or "the force" *sorry*). I know that's the reason my wife and I have put up with each other lo these ten years! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Honerable GrowlTigga&lt;
So, you agree with me. It is ok, a few people in the world do.
The reason your cats do is because you, "let the wookies / kittys win"
the question is: How often to you open your eyes?
Disseminate as you will. I susspect we of the forum as wise to your tactics.
I see you now place value in macs resezarch and advice. A Most interesting change in you.

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Hmm, Sunday morning and I am stuck in the office again http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

Hmm, now suffering from withdrawal symptoms from SEIV and mood swings going up and down like a honeymoon duvet

Hmm, I have never thought I would miss being beaten by the Cue Cappa


Hmm http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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Hmmm, Sunday afternoon and I am still in the office...

How come the Cantina is so quiet over the Last couple of days? have everybody moved on to another bar and not told me?

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I've been trying to help others and teaching my sweetheart how to play SE IV

Re: Ye Olde Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina
 

This is probably a good place to draw attention to the fact that I need some testers & suggesters for P&N v2.6-PBW

AIs will be useless in this mod, but you can still run PBW, or a bunch of turns vs yourself.

Thank you for listening.

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"Those not wearing body armor are hereby advised to keep thier arguments on-topic" ROFL!

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Computer virgin how-to-send-my-game-files instructions:

1.) Choose your shipset, use winzip to pack it into one file and send it as an attachment to me.

2.) Load Space Empires
3.) Start a new game
4.) Choose “Add new”
5.) Make your empire and then click on “create empire”
6.) Choose “Save to file”
7.) Say “no” when asked if you want to save your designs.
8.) Choose “New empire file”
9.) Start Windows Explorer
10.) Go to your Space Empires game folder
11.) If you have no mods installed, search in your \Space Empires IV\Empires folder for your empire file.
12.) If you have a mod installed, look in your \Space Empires IV\*Corresponding MOD Name\Empires folder for your empire file.
13.) Send me this files as an email attachment.

14.) Send me the password you want to use in your game.

Done.

My Email: Heavyload@gmx.de

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tks Mephisto, I'll give it a try later this wk, did you see the msg I left earlier on this thread in regards to possible bugs" any ideas?

I've been real busy at work, so I havn't had time to get on the forum or even play SE4 Gold at home, been putting in a good amt of overtime, hopfully, I should be caught up early this week.

GT after this past week, I intend to indulge myself with a quanity of brewskis here within the catina and to contemplate upon the universe according to the Tka-chik empire. As well as doing some off the cuff research into "Moose Kissing" and what the rewards of this phenomina might one indulge within his/her precepts of life.
Further, is this regulated to only one specific country or more reknown within the scope of the known world at large, and to what extent, could there be an epidemic of this strange custom out there somewhere? I shall conduct some scientific research into this new are and report my findings on this thread after close study.

Gryphin, glad you found a mate that takes an interest within the frame work of our gaming experience of SE4, just let her know to be easy on us lowly personna's when she joins the "posse", look foreward to enlighting her on the endeavors of righteousness discussions within our frame work.

SJ. I am interested in testing, but I don't know if I'll be able to give you the time you need, would this be a game I download and play myself or against other opponents? That would determine if I could help you out. I'm not all that computer literate, sigh,, but learning

just some ideas a verrryy tired helmeted mac

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Hi Mac,
I saw your bug report. There could be several reasons for this. For example the minesweeper could have entered and then left again or one of the ships had a very big component that sucked in all the damage from the small mines without being destroyed.

Regarding connections: 2 friend of mine in my PBEM games are on 56K modems and it is no problem at all. The files I send you tend to be 500kb big, the files you send me are usually around 20kb. Remember, download time is not the limiting factor in a 48 hours game. We are not playing Counter Strike. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Moose kissing is sure to be practiced in Finland, but is probably spiced up with the odd reindeer thrown in for spice. Here in Kenya, the animal of choice is the Gnu, also known as the Bewilderedbeast. I understand that in England, there is a shortage of large animals, so a lot of cat kissing goes on. This may have something to do with repeated losses of SEIV games by some forum members.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>SJ. I am interested in testing, but I don't know if I'll be able to give you the time you need, would this be a game I download and play myself or against other opponents? That would determine if I could help you out. I'm not all that computer literate, sigh, but learning<hr></blockquote>Sounds like you'd be perfect. In addition to the debugging, I need to know whether things make sense, and what needs more explaining.
The mod is so very different from standard SE4, that it is impossible to mod AIs for it. You could play "vs self", and I will probably start a PBW game for testing.
I think I might even make a tutorial for the mod.

I'll send you a PM with a link to the file.
Thanks. Every little bit helps http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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. Here in Kenya, the animal of choice is the Gnu, also known as the Bewilderedbeast

Yuk, that is horrible, moose kissing is one thing but snogging a wildebeest? how gross!

I understand that in England, there is a shortage of large animals, so a lot of cat kissing goes on. This may have something to do with repeated losses of SEIV games by some forum members.

No-one in England kisses cats as cats are far too cool and collected in indulge in anything so sordid as that.

The reason they keep on beating me at SEIV is just down to pure ability, mine being non-existent and theirs being paramount - believe me, until you have had one of your warp points breached by a swarm of whiskas class light cruisers and purina trout'n'salmon nibble class battlecruisers, you dont know what fear really is!

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UGH, I'm in similiar boat as PhoenixD, my hard drive on my home computer crashed Last night, I hope to get a new one sometime this week, a friend has a small spare one so I will try and get that installed next day or so, So I won't be on forum very much until then.

The only good part of this whole mess is that it frees my time up from GOLD to contemplate and research "Moose & Gnu Kissing" and into the unknown but much researched area of "Do cats really purr when they are happy or is this just a myth"... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

just some ideas a frusterated helmeted Mac