Ladder Game # 1: Rincewind vs eclipse4449

[sisko]

Please post in this thread your preferences and i will update these 2 'tables'.
First one is mainly about the map and factions, the second about the game preferences.
If you can't agree on some of them i will choose the middle way (if possible) or use my own judgement as a tie-breaker.
For the second 'table' use only ON / OFF when stating your preferences to avoid confusions.

Setup	Preferences	Eclipse4449	Rincewind
	Game (SMAC/SMAX) & patches
	Faction choice (faction's slot in turn order)
	Map (random/Chiron/other)
	Size
	Ocean coverage
	Erosive forces
	Native life forms
	Cloud cover
	Difficulty level

Setup	Preferences	Eclipse4449	Rincewind
	Allow Victory by Transcendence
	Allow Victory by Conquest
	Allow Diplomatic Victory
	Allow Economic Victory
	Allow Cooperative Victory
OFF	Do or Die: Don't restart eliminated players	-	-
	Look first: Flexible starting locations
	Tech stagnation: slower rate of research discoveries
	Spoils of war: Steal tech when conquer base
	Blind research: cannot set precise research goals
	Intense Rivalry: Opponents more aggressiv
	No Unity Survey: World Map not visible
	No Unity Scattering: Supply Pods only at landing sites
	Bell Curve: No Random Events
	Time Warp: Accelerated Start (on/off/custom)
ON	Iron Man: Save/Restore restricted to exit	-	-
	Randomize faction leader personalities
	Randomize faction leader social agendas
	Expected turn rate (usually 24h)
	Number of days to wait before turn is 'pushed'

[sisko]

if you don't have any preferences, i can surprise you... 

[Eclipse4449]

I would much rather not have Blind research.  Blind research sucks 
I also kind of Like Random events but this in unimportant compared to Blind Research.

I have no Preference on any other thing, any kind of map or Level

[Eclipse4449]

Rincewind please contact me via email
eclipse4449 at gmail dot com

[Eclipse4449]

Please post in this thread your preferences and i will update these 2 'tables'.
First one is mainly about the map and factions, the second about the game preferences.
If you can't agree on some of them i will choose the middle way (if possible) or use my own judgement as a tie-breaker.
For the second 'table' use only ON / OFF when stating your preferences to avoid confusions.

Setup	Preferences	Eclipse4449	Rincewind
	Game (SMAC/SMAX) & patches
	Faction choice (faction's slot in turn order)
	Map (random/Chiron/other)
	Size
	Ocean coverage
	Erosive forces
	Native life forms
	Cloud cover
	Difficulty level

Setup	Preferences	Eclipse4449	Rincewind

on   

Allow Victory by Transcendence

on   

Allow Victory by Conquest

on   

Allow Diplomatic Victory

on   

Allow Economic Victory

on   

Allow Cooperative Victory
OFF

off   

Do or Die: Don't restart eliminated players	-	-

off   

Look first: Flexible starting locations

off   

Tech stagnation: slower rate of research discoveries

on   

Spoils of war: Steal tech when conquer base

off   

Blind research: cannot set precise research goals

off   

Intense Rivalry: Opponents more aggressiv

on   

No Unity Survey: World Map not visible

off   

No Unity Scattering: Supply Pods only at landing sites

off   

Bell Curve: No Random Events

off   

Time Warp: Accelerated Start (on/off/custom)
ON

on   

Iron Man: Save/Restore restricted to exit	-	-

off   

Randomize faction leader personalities

off   

Randomize faction leader social agendas

agreed   

Expected turn rate (usually 24h)

3?   

Number of days to wait before turn is 'pushed'

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On the map visibility I've never figured out on or off (entire map should be invisible)

[Eclipse4449]

Is there something that needs to be done before we begin?  I would like to get started.
As I said any kind of map and rules is ok I just prefer blind research disabled

[Rincewind]

Yes, lets get started

[sisko]

i was waitig for your reply, Rincewind. the game will be setup according to eclipse4449's preferences.
you can send me your prefered password by PM otherwise i will just assign one to each of you

[bdanv]

Rules:
Rules for the fully patched game (including the unofficial patch):

• A player may not restart a turn without good reason. The player should specify the reason in the game thread if he was not able to avoid reloading the turn. (Obviously, if a player has suffered some sort of crash during a turn, such a reload is unavoidable)
• A player is not permitted to establish contact with another player prior to having met them in-game.
• A player may not use build queue manipulation or other loopholes to hurry production at a cost that would be lower than directly hurrying the item that one intends to build.
• A player may not use build queue manipulation or other loopholes to build something you could not directly add to the build queue.
• A player may not upgrade a particular type of unit using the design workshop, and then attack with that unit in the same turn.
• If a player performs a probe team action other than to infiltrate against another player with whom (s)he is in a truce, treaty or pact, they must inform the probed player what it was they did and what they stole/sabotaged. They must also choose the 'declare vendetta/cancel pact' option when they perform the action.(the game will always send a notice to the agressor instead of the damaged faction)
• A player is not permitted to make more than one social engineering change per line, per turn. For instance, one is not permitted to start the turn in wealth, switch to power mid-turn for the extra disbanded minerals, and then switch back to wealth that same turn, getting the refund.
• Stockpiling in build queue allowed when building units. (of course when building sp/facility too, but it's not needed to do anything to gain those bonuses too)
• Exchanging bases with AI forbidden. (this is obvious exploit cause AI trades everything; lets say I take over base level 2 with probe and then exchange this base for a base level 6 that has SP, more over I exchange it with my enemy's pact-friend so that to liberate this base my enemy would have to mess with his friend).
• Additional move after former build something and his flag is gray is not allowed.
• Council notification - immediate broadcast to all players(Post in the thread and e-mail to all immediately by player who has called elections, citing candidates and votes. After each player's turn, post in the thread the running totals).
• If a player declares vendetta upon another player, either directly or indirectly, they must not accept a pending diplomatic agreement between the two factions in the same turn.

Notes:

• Any other feature is allowed if not specifically foribbden in this set of rules.
• Any feature that you may consider an exploit and which is not forbidden in this set of rules should be agreed before the game.

Important:

• Expected turn rate is 24 hours. This means you should try to play your turn every day. Out-of-town and vacation periods should be properly announced in this thread - the game will be stalled during these periods, unless agreed otherwise.
• The AI is not enhanced. The first base of each AI is already deployed at the start of the game.

The game is launched!
GOOD LUCK!

i would appreciate if one of you, could send me the turns in copy so i can post status reports (power graph pictures). my email address: borcea [_] dan {@} yahoo (.) com

[Rincewind]

first turn done

ps: how often do you want the turns via email? seems kinda useless to send them everytime

[bdanv]

if you keep on posting the turns here, then there's no need to email anymore.

[Eclipse4449]

Gps to Rincewind

I have read and agree with the rules

[Rincewind]

WTF!

i just loaded my turn and something was wrong with it.

i got all the commlinks for all other factions and the map was fully revealed

this is not right, it said something about the map being opend in map editor.

ill post the savegame here so that you can see for yourselves.

my password is: laguna

[bdanv]

i just opened your save and it looks like a normal save to me.
no commlinks no map revealed.
can you send me a screenshoot of the map by email?

[sisko]

what version of the game are you running and what operating system, Rincewind?