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Old July 21st, 2001, 09:35 AM
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Creating an Empire for PBW is easy......just create an .emp file like normal for a game (points depend on how much the PBW game is using, 2,3,or5000 racial points) and then save the .emp file. Join a game, get approved and then hit the 'upload empire' or some such button, browse till you find the .emp file you made, upload it.

Then play!
For turns just download the turn (or get it from your email) and unzip into your savegame files, load savegame, select your empire and enter your .emp password (if you forgot it like I do sometimes, just hit enter), take your turn, then upload the turn to the PBW site in the game you are in (just the XXXX#.plr file, the # being which player you are. Simple even for me. And damn enjoyable. Kudo's/Props/etc to Admiral and team for creating a fun/easy system, it's much appreciated!

Creating a game is a little harder, but not much as I have done it!(feels like being a DM in my old D&D days!)

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Old July 21st, 2001, 09:54 AM
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Sounds good DS. I just hope I can get into the next game with all of you guys.

Email me when you guys start setting it up.

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Old July 21st, 2001, 10:06 AM
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No problem.....I was thinking about starting another game this week anyhow (geez, how many am I playing , my own, two of Pukes, Sardines, and just got eliminated from Geo's tourney but lookin for a re-match!).

Will probally get it going (at least the set up of it) around Mon/Tues. Might even try a Cluster map this time......any preferences??(I used to love a med tech start, but after playing much low starts it seems to add much more balance, and more strat....the first turn/rp points spent can decide the whole game!).

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My kids got me Europa Universalis for my birthday, so I've been kicking that around, but I still play SE4 every sunday, hotseat with a number of my friends. I just don't have much time lately, but I start vacation so I'll be playing more. I also still check the Boards every day. When you play the same game for months, sometimes its better to take short break and then come back. Since SE4 is so good, a dedicated player will always come back to it and usually with a fresher outlook. Also any modders think about creating a race like the bugs and/or Thebeans from In Deaths Ground? The bug race with their xenophobic traits would definitly liven things up..

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so far for the members its S_J by a landslide (mostly due to his pirates mod <that and he's so darn friendly!> )
Thanks.
But even I've not had much SE4 playing lately. But that's only cause my computer's in the shop for the third time this month.
First it was video drivers, then the motherboard, now my CD-rom only reads the disk if you boot up with it in the drive. (Open & close the drive, and the disk is blank).
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Send me a map, and give me a detailed description of the scenario, and I'll create it for you.
I'll need to know the game style (sim, hotseat, etc), and what mod it will be run under.
I can even give each of your players a single super-high tech flagship if you want, with anything that can be designed under the mod, even racial techs. The player will have to decide whether to analyse it, or fight with it.
Playing with an Irreplacable ship or facility can be really interesting.

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That and alot of the 'old ' posters that were so prominant are hardly ever here (when is the Last time White Hojo or Lion of High Park, or even Captn Spoogy posted? Or even the TDM guys, you only really hear from them after each patch.)


QUOFF! Captain Spoogy has been regularly posting since March. In fact, proportionately (based on days joined), I made almost as many Posts as you have!

As well, have you not seen IOC sucks? I started that - over 130 Posts! PBW "Newbie Game", involved in that - and the recent "I enjoy Space Empires because..." that's quickly becoming I am a Canadian Space Empires player...

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Oops, sorry Cap, momentary brain fart, was just thinking of the 'old' regulars and your name just popped into the brain. And yes I have been skimming the 'IOC sucks' thread, nothing much to add as most of my points have been already made.(kinda like reading the Boards over at DC comics, with the 'death' of one of their major black characters, too many points of view, with reality just being somewhere out there....)

Puke, will have to get back to you on the 'House Wars' stuff, was just in the 'hazy' stage right now, basicly wanted everyone to be a ruler of a 'minor' house (read:race, using a 'human type' shipset) in a succession war scenario, wanted everyone to be differnet but 'balanced'(ie, someone starts with Cap missile V, and someone else with cruiser, someone else with Religious Tech 4 etc.)<but that starting ship sounds incredible, might just go for that instead>. They would fight among themselves for a 'successor' to the throne. Had some other stuff in mind but will refrain from posting(don't want to spoil too much .)

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