Alpha Centauri PBEM club

[oatish]

Umm, the normal is fine with me as all of my creative juices have collected down in my feet today.

[FunnyB]

Maybe we should all have our faction leader's name changed to our usernames? What do you all think?

[arienette]

I have the distinct feeling I'm going to get owned.

[IDtenT]

I have the distinct feeling I'm going to get owned.

Don't worry, so am I. Which is why I'm thinking the hardest difficulty might not be so pleasing when you consider all the mindworms - but then again its a PBEM game, so you can't fuck up in a single turn (as you can just replay it).

[riadsala]

Don't worry, so am I. Which is why I'm thinking the hardest difficulty might not be so pleasing when you consider all the mindworms - but then again its a PBEM game, so you can't fuck up in a single turn (as you can just replay it).

Would that not count as cheating?

[IDtenT]

Would that not count as cheating?

Impossible to monitor.

[riadsala]

Impossible to monitor.

True. I guess you're all gentlemen though and above such shady tactics :)

[Jiiiiim]

(actually the game does monitor it and tells you if the person before you replayed their turn)

[IDtenT]

(actually the game does monitor it and tells you if the person before you replayed their turn)

That can't be very strong though. I can think of various ways to circumvent such a measure. Recopying save file, editing some config file or god forbid a re-installation.

[Vandelay]

Name as username sounds like a fine plan to me. Don't know if we are doing write ups or not (happy doing that for my faction,) but it will be easier for other forumites to follow if they can easily see who is who.

How does a PBEM game actually work? Make a turn, save and pass file to next person? Never actually played one before.

[IDtenT]

How does a PBEM game actually work? Make a turn, save and pass file to next person? Never actually played one before.

Exactly like that.

[FunnyB]

So, has everyone responded yet? When can we get this show on the road? :D

[Liqourish]

I'm confused, are we allowed to replay our turns? That hardly seems fair, given the random nature of AC combat - you could just redo things until they turn out right for you.

[IDtenT]

I'm confused, are we allowed to replay our turns? That hardly seems fair, given the random nature of AC combat - you could just redo things until they turn out right for you.

That is true. So then, a gentleman's agreement that we won't replay turns as far as possible?

[oatish]

I can gentlemanly agree to no replaysies.

[FunnyB]

Agreed! :D

[ConcreteOtter]

Is everybody waiting on me to set up the game or is IDtenT going to send it to me? I ready to tame some mindworms!

[Vandelay]

With a doth of my gentlemanly hat I do concur.

[IDtenT]

I'll send the game on to ConcreteOtter tomorrow.

[Cooper]

Consider me confirmed.

And replaying is for the weak. Embrace your overlord mindworms as they crush your puny units...