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Old September 30th, 2002, 02:43 PM

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Default Re: "Survivor 2" Round 10 is about to start

I will be back in 3 turns with some additional ships added to the next fleet. Yep Mine sweepers. Fear not I will keep my promise
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Old October 5th, 2002, 07:56 PM
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Hey guys

Is round 1 of game 1 not over?

Like, I mean, a player has missed 5 consecutive turns.

Yet, I recieved notification of a new turn.
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Old October 5th, 2002, 08:48 PM
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Default Re: "Survivor 2" Round 10 is about to start

The first round of game 1 is over!

Game 1, Round 1 officially started on August 22nd for game empires.

The first turn of Round 1 started on August 28th.

This is going to be a long game when one considers:
1) 8 more rounds before Game1 and Game2 join up
2) 19 more rounds to discover the winner.

Let’s see how long:
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He considers taking a course “Using the abacus 101” at the local university but finds it will take a year to complete.

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Figuring 27 more rounds at approximately one and a third months per round, it will take us about three years (October, 2005) to complete the game.

And this is probably an optimistic estimate. In both Games1 and Game2, a player dropped out to end it!

Chances are that it may take as long as 2006 and even beyond.
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Old October 5th, 2002, 08:51 PM
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Yep yep! Round 1 is over. Moncan bailed and missed five turns with no notice. Hopefully he is allright and everything, but the tournamnet will not wait for him.

Congratulations to all who survived round one. Looks like at least game 1 lived up to the promise. Got some really fun stuff going back and forth. Alliances, and enemies. One guy at least got through round 1 by the skin of his teeth, and I am sure he is very eager to meet up with his attackers in round 2.

Yes, should be quite interesting...

Games wiil be put up on PBW shortly and you will have a week to get joined up.

In true Survivor fasion, I am considering some minor changes to the format. Nothing drastic. It shouldn't affect your strategy too much, but stay tuned for more details.

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Old October 5th, 2002, 09:42 PM
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How about if players get assigned to game 1 or game 2 by random draw?
Just an idea.

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Damn it... that screws everything up...
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Quote:
Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Damn it... that screws everything up...
What? My idea or that the round is over?
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