Minor rule change. Starting resources will be 100,000, and starting planets will be good. This should give you a small nudge early on and get the games moving a little faster. Could make for some interesting situations for anyone starting close together. Do you ally together, or go for a quick kill?
Round three signups are well underway. Those that have not signed up yet have until Thursday morning EST to do so. We are still waiting on five players to apply to join. And a few that have signed up have not uploaded their empires yet.
We do have an unusual circumstance that I want to make everyone aware of. Askan made a post in the round two game forum that he would be out of town from the 29th to the 13th. I had hoped he would get my message about round 2 ending before he left town, but apparently he didn't. I stated at the begining of the tourney if this happened and I was aware of the absence up front I would make allowance for it. I will be playing Askan's empire for the first few turns. When he returns from vacation he can take it back over. I am not on par with Askan, but I think I can do better than the AI.
Geoschmo
EDIT: Correction. Only waiting on two player to apply for round 3. Forgot we had a few withdraw between round 1 and 2. Total number of players left in the tourney at this point is 28.
[ December 02, 2002, 19:26: Message edited by: geoschmo ]