ACDG Over -- Join the next one!

Method · April 18, 2003, 22:20

the first SMAC democracy game has concluded. We ended up winning a diplomatic victory in 2286. Plans have already started for the next game. Sign up here, and eventually we'll put together a master list or something. There are people who are a lot more coordinated than me to do these things

anyways, if you don't know just how a democracy game works, there's a FAQ and many other useful threads, including the constitution (the rules) in the AC-Democracy Game forum. if we do it PBEM style, it'll be slightly different, but that will give you a basic idea.

anyways, since we havn't made any major decisions at all regarding the next game, feel free to come and help set it up

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TKG
GeneralTacticus
Static Universe
flash9286
Archaic
Maniac
Frankychan
Taz
Xian
Hercules
DeathByTheSword
Drogue
War of Art
MrWhereItsAt
FlameFlash
Bookwyrm
BigFree
Alexnm (?)
YNCS(SS)

GeneralTacticus · April 18, 2003, 22:31

Well, obviously I intend to sign up...

Alinestra Covelia · April 19, 2003, 00:56

I'd do it but my SE settings just won't allow me

Static Universe · April 19, 2003, 03:56

I'm interested but don't have a lot of free time for the next month or so during weekdays. Can I play in mostly "observer" status?

flash9286 · April 19, 2003, 09:23

ill sign up, just to see how masters play it

Archaic · April 19, 2003, 10:00

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Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
I'd do it but my SE settings just won't allow me

I *do* believe we'll probably have a Yang faction available for players.....

Quote:

Originally posted by Static Universe
I'm interested but don't have a lot of free time for the next month or so during weekdays. Can I play in mostly "observer" status?

Yes, however you'll need to pick a team anyway.

Maniac · April 19, 2003, 15:23

I've posted a similar thread in CGN. I hope this will draw some more people to participate here.

Edit1: And Alinestra, all kinds of people and ideologies have participated in the previous AC democracy game. I'm sure you'll find a few likeminded people.

Edit2: And Static Universe, if you're worried about exams and school in the next couple of months, don't worry. The first few months, there probably won't be much gameplay action to miss anyway.

flash9286 · April 19, 2003, 15:58

i can only play if its only smac, i cant find the expansion pack

Maniac · April 19, 2003, 16:30

Btw, could all people posting here please also vote in this SMAC/SMAX survey thread?

Frankychan · April 19, 2003, 16:52

I wouldn't mind joining, but I haven't played PBEM so I don't know how it's done.

That, and my time is somewhat limited.....I'll what I can do. so long as there's a Yang faction, I'll probably enlist there.

Frankychan · April 19, 2003, 16:54

Oh yeah, I don't have the expansion so if you all want SMAX....I don't think I'll be able to participate.

spartak · April 19, 2003, 17:07

UI'm game (if crap) and most likely not very likely to be active...

Static Universe · April 19, 2003, 18:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Maniac

Edit2: And Static Universe, if you're worried about exams and school in the next couple of months, don't worry. The first few months, there probably won't be much gameplay action to miss anyway.

Nah, my (formal) education is long behind me.

Having never done this before, I don't want to make a lot of promises on committing my time that I won't be able to keep.

Quote:

Originally posted by Archaic

Quote:

quote:
Originally posted by Static Universe
I'm interested but don't have a lot of free time for the next month or so during weekdays. Can I play in mostly "observer" status?

Yes, however you'll need to pick a team anyway.

That's good, how does one go about joining a team?

Maniac · April 19, 2003, 18:37

Btw, shouldn't we play with SMAC after all? Some time ago only a minority of the voters in my survey didn't have SMAX, but now the percentage of non-SMAX'ers has already increased to 38%!

Maniac · April 19, 2003, 18:38

Quote:

Originally posted by Static Universe
That's good, how does one go about joining a team?

We haven't figured that out yet.

It'll take a bit of MarkG sucking up I guess, to get something like the Civ3 PtW demo game.

Xian · April 19, 2003, 19:24

i'm down

Kassiopeia · April 19, 2003, 21:29

I'll sign up here, but I don't think I want to start to fiddle and muck about with some Civ3-ptw-demogame sort of mess.

Static Universe · April 19, 2003, 22:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Maniac
Btw, shouldn't we play with SMAC after all? Some time ago only a minority of the voters in my survey didn't have SMAX, but now the percentage of non-SMAX'ers has already increased to 38%!

Given how difficult/expensive it is to find the expansion, I doubt many newer players will have it.

Method · April 19, 2003, 22:29

it's quite cheap to buy, just very difficult to find. i got it for ~$10, and that was hard enough to find 2 years ago

Bookwyrm · April 19, 2003, 22:50

I'm interested in joining up. I'd prefer using the expansion, but I'm willing to limit the game to the original for the sake of those less fortunate than I.

BigFree · April 20, 2003, 05:05

Can I be a mind worm?

Sign me up to this puppy, sounds like fun!

Alex · April 20, 2003, 11:13

I would only join if it would be with original SMAC. I don't own SMAX.

Method · April 20, 2003, 11:25

if you don't have SMAX, you can still play, but just probably not hold a position where you'd need to physically play the turn. you can still help out with voting and decision making

Archaic · April 20, 2003, 11:41

I played almost the entire first game without ever opening the turns. Don't worry if you don't have the game, you can still contribute.

Maniac · April 20, 2003, 13:18

To everyone not visiting the ACDG forum regularly, please have a look at these threads:
Official: What faction do you want to play as?
Official: PBEM or Regular?

Hercules · April 20, 2003, 16:05

Yes well I 'll be there of course. What ever the SMAC or SMAX.

All can contribute, there is always someone who can actually play the turn.

YNCS(SS) · April 20, 2003, 16:15

I'll sign up, but you have to understand that I'm new to this type of game (but not to SMAC).

Method · April 20, 2003, 17:53

that's fine. it's not too difficult to learn. this thread explains the rules we used in the last game. PBEM style will be different though, and even those of us who played the first time aren't sure how it'll work out

Method · April 28, 2003, 15:18

*bump*

Maniac · April 28, 2003, 15:27

Summary: we've already decided it will be a SMAX PBEM DG. Currently we're discussing what will be the human-played factions and some game mechanics. After that will come the AI-played factions I guess. Left then is the map we play on, the rules we will use, asking MarkG for seperate team forums... Did I miss anything?