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| Re: Stone Age Slaughter IV |
Sat, 27 August 2011 12:15   |
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 Void |
 | Ensign |
Messages: 369
Registered: January 2011
Location: California, GMT -7 | |
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Hi folks,
Good news - we have a universe!
Game files have been zipped up and sent to Ron. I'm in the process of sending each person their initial .M file along with the galaxy's .XY file, so you can start your plotting.
It took a number of iterations to find a galaxy that did not disproportionately reward or penalize any one player. To ease that process, I removed any passwords from the race files you sent, so don't be surprised when you open up your turn file without having to enter a password. Don't worry - I'm being very careful to ensure I send the correct M file to each person. Also, AutoHost sends each player their own upload/download password, so only you can access your files.
For the record, the great Iron and good Germ concentrations are just the luck of the draw. As I reviewed each universe I was focused mainly on ensuring fair starting positions.
As the neutral third party, I assume my duties include randomly checking to ensure game rules are being honored, so I've asked Ron to send turn files to me, also. If that was presumptuous on my part, it's easily undoable, but since the host is playing I figured that was part of the job. Obviously, I will not be discussing this game with anyone - in the game or out - until after its conclusion.
Let me know if I've missed anything. And best of luck to all of you in the game.
Cheers,
Void
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| Re: Stone Age Slaughter IV |
Sun, 28 August 2011 05:25 |
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| BeeKeeper |
 | Officer Cadet 1st Year |
Messages: 214
Registered: December 2007
Location: Devon, UK, GMT | |
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Many thanks to Void for setting up the universe for us. I assume starting positions are random, so player number does not give any indication as to a player's HW?
I will find out soon enough but do we have PPS?
Can I make a small plea to all players to make this a good natured game? Lots of blood and guts in the game but if anyone has any issues about other players I think the best thing is for people to talk to each other and get things out into the open and not bottle up their anger.
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| Re: Stone Age Slaughter IV |
Sun, 28 August 2011 11:08 |
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| Void |
| Ensign |
Messages: 369
Registered: January 2011
Location: California, GMT -7 | |
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| BeeKeeper wrote on Sun, 28 August 2011 02:25 |
Many thanks to Void for setting up the universe for us.
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My pleasure.
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I assume starting positions are random, so player number does not give any indication as to a player's HW?
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Correct. Everything is random - no manual adjustments or artifices have been injected into the game. The only thing screened out, if you will, were galaxies that had skewed starting positions or very large voids around somebody's homeworld.
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I will find out soon enough but do we have PPS?
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No. Per the initial posting, the only settings selected on the game definition page were: Small, normal, distant, SLOW TECH, ACC BBS.
Cheers,
Void
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| Re: Server Down? |
Mon, 29 August 2011 15:36 |
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| BeeKeeper |
| Officer Cadet 1st Year |
Messages: 214
Registered: December 2007
Location: Devon, UK, GMT | |
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Yes, it is now working for me. I don't know what the problem was but perhaps Irene has now passed through. I was the last to submit so I suspect it is about to generate.
a few moments later...it just did.
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| Re: Stone Age Slaughter IV |
Wed, 31 August 2011 08:50 |
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| Void |
| Ensign |
Messages: 369
Registered: January 2011
Location: California, GMT -7 | |
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| Void wrote on Sun, 28 August 2011 08:08 |
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I will find out soon enough but do we have PPS?
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No. Per the initial posting, the only settings selected on the game definition page were: Small, normal, distant, SLOW TECH, ACC BBS.
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Not sure if this registered with anybody, but I generated the game according to the settings defined on the original posting. That is, without checking No Random Events.
I made a point of validating that the restrictions on the original posting reflected all decisions, but failed to validate that of the game settings. Sorry about that, for now you will have the MT.
I leave it to the host to determine the proper course of action. I see three immediate options:
(1) Continue playing with the MT
(2) Continue playing and agree to NOT meet the MT
(3) Restart the game with 'No Random Events'
Apologies for the inconvenience.
Cheers,
Void
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