Abandon planet!

[Gryphin]

Reguarding the "big showdown coming up". I was wondering if a couple of players would like to help Growltigga and me by playing about 50 turns via email. This would give us a "feel" for the PBEM system. The reason for the limited number of turns is to remove the Win/Lose aspect of the trial.
Thanks

[geoschmo]

I'd be happy to host it and process the turns once you get your players together. You guys can just send me your .plr files each turn. You can just pretend I am the PBW server. Although I am not as fast and not Online 24hrs a day.

Geoschmo

[Gryphin]

geoschmo,
Thank you for the offer. Growtigga and I will be doing a Play By Email game. I thought it would be useful if we did a short game against a "Mentor" to get the "feel" of how it would work. Is this viable?

Thanks agin

[geoschmo]

Sure it's viable. And I recomend it.

I can host the game if you'd like. I don't really need to play in it. You two can play each other, and invite others if you want.

First thing you have to decide is game settings. Then you have to create and send me your .emp files. I would then generate the first turn and send it back to you and you would play it. fter each turn you would send me your .plr file and I would send you back the next turns .gam file.

Easy.

Another good way to learn fast is to play a simultaneous turn game by yourself against the AI on your own computer. Then you can play each turn and do the host part and process the next turn with no waiting on anybody else. That's a quick way to learn the differences between sim-turn multiplayer and standard single player turn based SEIV.

THe two major differences are your orders don't happen the secoond you give them, they wait until the host process the turn. And there is no tactical combat, so you have to adjust the way you design ships and the makeup of your fleets.

Geoschmo

[Growltigga]

G, this is extremely decent of you. Please dont worry about your speed and availability, I do not think the game (even the practice) will kick off until later on in February as (for Gryphin's benefit) I am spending the next week and a half overseas for work (taking a laptop so can still surf the forum)and am then in Arizona for a week and then Madrid for a week. The practice game will kick off after then.

Any suggestion that this delay is because I need to work out how to play the game will be fiercely denied and treated as libel

Geo, you are a gent for offering

[Gryphin]

Growltigga,
Enjoy Arizona, I envy you. I will take full advantage of the time to practice the game. I hope you get a chance as well. Ok, I admit, I'm adicted and that is why I'll be playing.
Thanks again geoschmo.

[Growltigga]

Gryphin
Thanks for that - I am really looking forward to Arizona - in no way seeking to offend any Arizonans out there (Alpha Kodiak, Wardad etc), I wasn't looking forward to it at all when I got the wedding invite from my mate - hardly my first choioce of locale - but having bought a rough guide, checked it out and spoken to friends who have been there, I am really excited -there seems an awful lot to see (still shocked about the cost of car hire $300 to hire a Grand Am for one week - robbing swine!!) - Madrid will be cool, I have been before and think it is a great city - Shryka - if you read this, you are a lucky girl indeed to live in Madrid - great place

Just booked my summer holiday as well - two weeks in Bali in September, 1 week in Iclenad in October and looking at 2 weeks in Australia in December - ggod thing about my job is the amount of holiday I get

I too will take full advantage of the time to practice - I have just started a simult game and it is very very different

QUESTION - using the load cargo order, is there any way to limit the amount of cargo your freighter actually picks up (save manually using the transfer cargo order) other than a full load?

Again, Geo, you are a gent and should be entered in the SEIV annals as St Geo the first