SMAX game. 7 players with standard faction from SMAC

[bjarnirafn]

Hihi.

Ivan from Italy (czar?) mentioned on an SMAC fb group that you needed a player to step in.  I would love to join. At least take a test run for 1 month if that's okay.

I've been a fanatic smac fan since release. I'm a 31 year old programmer from Iceland. Spend most of my time in front of a PC so I'm, easily able to commit to a turn per day. It's been a dream of mine to play against humans, with roleplay and real politics involved.

[czar]

Yes, it's me.
Anybody around?

[Kurvivor]

Still here

[bjarnirafn]

I'm eager to start standing watch over human rights on Planet with any means necessary

[Kirov]

I'm here, but it'd be lovely if I'm not the one setting up the game, finding the CMN, etc. Sorry for being a princess, but I'm really busy these days.

[Buster's Uncle]

Y'all need to nag sisko out of CMN retirement...

[czar]

What do you mean with "setting up the game"? Changing the password for funbot? What is a CMN?

Y'all need to nag sisko out of CMN retirement...

[Buster's Uncle]

The other owner - he trained all the CMNs who've been active worth mentioning here as CMNs besides Mart, I think - or at least trained the CMNs who trained them.  -They keep having babies and/or new jobs and dropping out.  I think he's ready to come back if he decided to, though, and a PM inbox full of MPlayers begging for his help would be a start.

Coach Moderator Narrators - because of some bug in SMACX, creates game setups as scenarios with a map and faction placement that ensures a fair game.  They also fill several needed leadership roles, settling disagreements and such, gamers being what they are.  Kirov can hopefully amplify on this explanation...

Command Nexus was humming along at the beginning of last year, but has kinda limped into low-activity sucking since when Mart had his job situation change and Kirov has been unable to find time to do anything but play.  We need sisko back at the wheel - we need someone in charge to encourage players to get their turns in promptly and recruit replacements for the games that recently crashed, and get new games set up and going in a timely fashion and make sure everything's fair and fun...  Things are better in MP when there's someone providing leadership, and it needs to be an MPlayer trained in the arcane arts of doing it...

[Kirov]

What do you mean with "setting up the game"? Changing the password for funbot? What is a CMN?

See, that's what I'm talking about. Usually I knew what's going on with my games, I'd contact people, discuss rules, etc. These days however I have so much more other stuff to do. I could blindly accept any settings (except for the iron set of house rules, i.e. removing the Empath Guild and Cloudbase Academy and nerfing choppers) and just start to play. I have no idea at the moment what remains to be done in order to get our game(s) back on track.

And yep, BU explained it right when it comes to CMN (although I think it starts with Creator). A Game Master if you will. It's either that or we start a random game, and these can be really random, to the point when someone can get eliminated purely due to dumb luck.

[czar]

I could blindly accept any settings (except for the iron set of house rules, i.e. removing the Empath Guild and Cloudbase Academy and nerfing choppers) and just start to play. I have no idea at the moment what remains to be done in order to get our game(s) back on track.

We already agreed on this rules. (And my bad English don't let me grasp all the conversation  )

So what do we miss to start to play again?
Starting a new game?
That bjarnirafn use the funbot password for our current game? In this case Kirov is the next to move.

I'm open to all, let's me know what do you prefer.

[bjarnirafn]

If we can't get a CMN then I'm okay with playing with the old password. I'll just roleplay it and imagine that since I'm playing Lal that all my decisions are made by voting in the General Assembly and in the spirit of transparency everything that goes on in there is broadcasted to the people.

If I was playing Yang on the other hand...

[czar]

Sister Miriam labs are more active than us... 

[Kurvivor]

Ain't that true

[Kirov]

Hi guys, I've just tried to do my turn, but I'm away on holidays and on my laptop the game crashed 3 times, always right after my last move. I tried to change my behaviour, hoping it's some one specific move I make that ends in crashes, but to no avail. I'll push the turn first thing when I get back, on Monday-Tuesday at the latest.

I'm sorry for the delay and my general not caring, but I thought we have to do something arduous to get the game back on the track, and my mind was (and still is) elsewhere. I wasn't even aware that it's my turn now and we have replacement. If it's just doing quick moves, I'll do my best not to delay this game anymore.

For better or worse, this should happen soon, as I'm going to be eliminated by an alien ogre. There is one parked right next to my second base and there's absolutely nothing I can do to stop it from completely destroying everything I have (I don't even have Applied Physics). So there is that, one player will drop out soon.

I'm quite sure that with some of you, I have another game going, also left by funbot, when I was playing Miriam. Could someone care to tell me what's going on with that?

Again, sorry for having treated you like that, I hate when people do this, but SMAC has been low on my priority list recently, due to some serious stuff in RL. I hope to make up for it, but my laptop tells me na-ah and I need to wait until I get back to Warsaw.

Be back with you soon.

[Kirov]

Onwards to our new player. Whoever you are, buddy, welcome aboard! Unless you're already gone, in that case, I'm sorry as it's my fault. :/