Apolyton Knitting Circle - Page 3

Scouse Gits · November 1, 2000, 20:10

Sorry guys - I have no more information than is in the Web-page - can I have the save games and history files please...

DaveV can you post an update on players?

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"

DaveV · November 1, 2000, 22:17

4000BC-3050BC (20 turns) Scouse Gits (Player 1)
3000BC-2050BC (20 turns) SilverDragon (Player 2)
2000BC-1050BC (20 turns) Taurus (Player 3)
1000BC-525BC (20 turns) DaveV (Player 4)
500BC-25BC (20 turns) Muad'Dib (Player 5)
AD1-AD280 (15 turns) johnmcd (Player 6)
AD300-AD580 (15 turns) skrobism (Player 7)
AD600-AD880 (15 turns) Saganaga Canoer (Player 8)
AD900-AD1180 (15 turns) Dr_Strangelove (Player 9)
AD1200-AD1480 (15 turns) HsFB (Player 10)
AD1500-AD1600 (10 turns) Player 1
AD1600-AD1700 (10 turns) Player 2
AD1700-AD1758 (10 turns) Player 3
AD1760-AD1778 (10 turns) Player 4
AD1780-AD1798 (10 turns) Player 5
AD1800-AD1818 (10 turns) Player 6
AD1820-AD1838 (10 turns) Player 7
AD1840-AD1854 (10 turns) Player 8
AD1855-AD1864 (10 turns) Player 9

Ten turn/ten year intervals continue until the end of the game.

Note: This assumes that HsFB is still in the rotation, but needs some time to straighten out his install.

P.S. I have sent the save file to Muad'Dib.

November 2, 2000, 09:21

BTW, I need you to enclose and original copy of the rules.txt and units.gif with the sav... I'm sorry, I lost them after edition.

N35t0r · November 2, 2000, 09:32

yeah, i'm still in.

Thanks for moving me.

I'm now degaussing the rules.

I might be able to extract them from some scenarios, esp. @cosmic.

I did mess up with the rules badly, esp. naval units. (introduced a Man of War, and moved back frigate to caravel time)

Saganaga Canoer · November 3, 2000, 01:46

Maud'Dib, why can't you download the file from the site? The full address of the saved file is http://www.stusdomain.org.uk/Succession/Succession/Knitting_Circle/Imported_Files /akc500b.sav ; is there some reason why you can't get the file off the internet?

[edit]Never mind, I didn't notice that DaveV had already emailed the file to you. Still wondering why you couldn't get it from the site, though.
[This message has been edited by Saganaga Canoer (edited November 02, 2000).]

November 3, 2000, 05:02

Yes, I did get the save from the e-mail.

As to WHY I couldn't get it from the site. Haven't got the foggiest.

Every time I tried, my screen would just fill up in the upper left-hand corner with these little boxes in some form of undecypherable code.

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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

Muad'Dib · November 3, 2000, 05:45

Hmmmm....I never noticed until just recently that I have misspelled my handle until now.

Thanks SG for bring it to my attention.

Hehehehe, now you must go back to your Website and make the necessary changes.

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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."
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Scouse Gits · November 3, 2000, 06:24

Oh no - I think we shall stick with Maud

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"

N35t0r · November 3, 2000, 15:09

A round of applause for Muad'Dib (or is it Maud

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Saganaga Canoer · November 4, 2000, 02:19

Ah. Sounds like your browser was trying to open the .SAV file, instead of downloading it. Perhaps you are using Netscape?

In any case, you can probably get around this by, instead of left clicking on the link to the file, right click on it, and then choose the "Save Target As" (or Netscape equivalent) to force the browser to download save the file instead of trying to open it in the browser window.

That's my guess as to what was happening, anyway. The reason you'd be seeing weird boxes is because SAV files are binary (non-text) files.

I had thought that "Maud'dib" didn't look quite right, but I guess I was too lazy to go back to my old copy of Dune and check it out.

Muad'Dib · November 4, 2000, 04:01

That's strange.

Look at my two posts above.

The old one has my location as Minneapolis, Minnesota. I actually live in Pennsylvania.
It should read--Of the Known Universe.

Hmmm... how the hell did that happen???

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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

Muad'Dib · November 4, 2000, 04:04

SC, yep, I do have Netscape.

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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

Scouse Gits · November 5, 2000, 21:06

OK - where is the game?
who's got it?
what's happening?
I can only post on the web-site the information that I get from you guys - when that information is non-existant - there is not a lot I can do

frustrated web-master

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'."

Muad'Dib · November 6, 2000, 03:48

I have it and just finished my turn.
Sending file to SG and next player on list.

Story to follow shortly.

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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

Muad'Dib · November 6, 2000, 03:50

I have it and just finished my turn.
Sending file to SG and next player on list.

Story to follow shortly.

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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

Scouse Gits · November 6, 2000, 04:24

Save game received - I'm busy tonight - going to the theatre with extended family - will update site tuesday
good civin'

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'."

Daddy-O · November 6, 2000, 12:12

I know that I haven't posted in awhile but I've been watching the progress and am still interested in playing. johnmcd, when you are done please email the file to me. I think I'm next on the list. I tried to following the link posted above to the .sav file but my browsers try to read the file instead of downloading it.

skrobism@address.com

Saganaga Canoer · November 6, 2000, 17:04

skrobism, this is a Netscape issue. As I mentioned above, don't left click on the file. Instead, right click on the file and choose "Save Link As" to save the file to your hard drive.

Either do that, or swith to IE, which has no problem knowing that this type of file should automatically be downloaded and not opened.

Daddy-O · November 6, 2000, 17:13

hey thanks. Sorry that I missed that previous post.

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johnmcd · November 7, 2000, 07:21

Is it my turn now? sweet!
I'll do it tonight, expect the save game tommorrow!

N35t0r · November 7, 2000, 10:14

quote:

Originally posted by Muad'Dib on 11-04-2000 03:01 AM
That's strange.

Look at my two posts above.

The old one has my location as Minneapolis, Minnesota. I actually live in Pennsylvania.
It should read--Of the Known Universe.

Hmmm... how the hell did that happen???

Check the post avobe it...

it happens when changing usernames.

someone once got one of the custom titles

kcbob · November 7, 2000, 10:27

quote:

Originally posted by HsFB on 11-07-2000 09:14 AM

Check the post avobe it...

it happens when changing usernames.

someone once got one of the custom titles

Avobe it???

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Frodo lives!

November 7, 2000, 14:53

I am sorry, kc... bob, but I must apologise for HsFB lack of knowledge of the English Language. You see he has the brains and wit of a rather small, brown, dead slug and his progress in class is comparable to the distance travelled by an asthmatic ant with a heavy shopping bag.

kcbob · November 7, 2000, 15:19

quote:

Originally posted by Dr_Strangelove on 11-07-2000 01:53 PM
I am sorry, kc... bob, but I must apologise for HsFB lack of knowledge of the English Language. You see he has the brains and wit of a rather small, brown, dead slug and his progress in class is comparable to the distance travelled by an asthmatic ant with a heavy shopping bag.

LOL!!

And here I thought it was a simple case of lysdexic typing.

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Frodo lives!
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November 7, 2000, 16:07

Oh, and I see that you, kc... bob, are also strangely connected with the verminous species that HsFB descends from, ah?

johnmcd · November 8, 2000, 05:16

Can someone send me the save if its my shot? I didn't seem to have it when I tried to play last night. You can send to any, or preferably all of these three. I have checked the web site but I thinks the Gits have still been too busy.

johnmcdiarmid@newscientist.net
john.mcdiarmid@rbs.co.uk
biggestjohn@hotmail.com
john.gooch@bigfoot.com

kcbob · November 8, 2000, 08:56

quote:

Originally posted by Dr_Strangelove on 11-07-2000 03:07 PM
Oh, and I see that you, kc... bob, are also strangely connected with the verminous species that HsFB descends from, ah?

Verminous? I'm a vegetarian.

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Frodo lives!

Scouse Gits · November 8, 2000, 11:21

John McD, Muad'Dib, everyone - sorry about the unholy c*ckup! Muad'Dib's forename is Paul and so he signed his e-mail and brainless chump here trying to do everything too quickly thought it was Paul vdb and therefore not current. Sorry again - save game now sent to all four of johnmcd's three e-mail addresses.

Grovel, grovel

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven
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johnmcd · November 8, 2000, 11:34

Thank you Gits, I now have the save.

Whist I acknowledge the above is a typo, you will note that one of the addresses is John Gooch's who I will be seeing after work and where I will actually be executing the game from in order to keep things moving as I won't be home till much later.
I can hardly wait

kcbob · November 8, 2000, 11:48

I don't know how many of you noticed but the first succession game has reached it's conclusion. It was a great victory for Apolyton and the most fun I've had in ages. I do have a suggestion for future games, though.

At some point, I'm not sure where, the number of moves might want to be reduced to around 5 per turn. I would suggest two reasons for this. The first is that in my last turn, I only took 8 moves before passing it on. I was absolutely running amok amongst the AI and was actually accomplishing too much on my watch.

The second reason is that for those of us prone to verbositiveness in our recaps, 5 moves would be much easier upon which to espouse.

Any thoughts?

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Frodo lives!