Hello people,
looks like our ranks have pretty much filled up by now.
I am still waiting for confirmation emails from Ferendra, Jochen, SirDarwin and ShadeD1. Greg, please send me your email address, too.
So far confirmed are Regul, Galina, greghacke (I need that email!), David Little, spacebas (David), garvoid (Jim), thecyclemania (Tom), and myself.
Well, looks like recruiting is closed now. We are already eight players, 12 with the 'slow ones'

, so this should be enough for a decent game.
My proposal for game settings is much like Regul already posted, except for some small modifications...
Quadrant Type: Midlife (alternative: Cluster or Spiral Arm)
Quadrant Size: Large
General Options: All players planets the same size
Event Frequency: Medium
Maximum Event Severity: Catastrophic
Technology Cost: Medium
Technology Areas Allowed: All
Starting Resources: Medium (20000)
Home Planet Value: Good
Number of Starting Planets: 1
Empire Placement: Evenly distributed through the quadrant
Score display: Player can only view own score
Technology Level for New Player: Low
Racial Points for New Players: Low (2000)
No Computer Players
Maximum number of units allowed per player (in space): 1000
Maximum number of ships allowed per player: 1000
Allow Gifts\Tributes
Allow Technology Gifts\Tributes\Trades
Simultaneous Movement
Autosave Every Turn
Victory Conditions: ? (Please make suggestions, else we have to fight to the Last race standing!)
Game Version: 1.11 (current)
Turn Generation: Daily
If we happen to be less than 12 players we could probably put in some AI players, but with a dozen humans the galaxy will be pretty crowded anyway...
See you soon,
Dime