1st Masochistic Challenge - Everyone fights, noone quits!

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1st Masochistic challenge started.

(Competition ends in 9 June 2003 24:00 GMT)

Current Rules: (v 1.00)

1) Everyone fights, noone quits!

2) Have fun! That's an order.

3) Download save of the 1st turn. (Sorry direct link to a save is accessible only from Apolyton, make a mirror someone please) http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=87766

Starting conditions was:
Starting picks: War party (+50% HP), +1 Speed, +3 Soldiering, +20% HP
Map: Medium, Scattered, Abudant
AI: 5 Incredible Pure Evil AI
Patch: 1.04.059

4) You must play a game with a patch 1.04.059 and bonuspack 1.07 installed. No mods, no editing or deleting any game files.

5) You must play your own game without the assistance of spoilers and other information that is not available to you as an individual player. Also, don't post AARs before end of competition.

6) 'Hardcore' or (another name) 'Ironman' game - so if you stop playing, you must save. Then you start playing again, must load from latest save. (So, no save-loading is allowed.)

7) Don't use bugs.
For now, i know issue about population growth and almost free techs (second one is perhaps an exploit, also this is not a diplomacy-related one, so any diplomacy trades are fair under current rules). Save game every ~6 turns and keep the saves.

8) Everyone uploads http://apolyton.net/upload archive of a save of a last turn (register on Apolyton forums first to bee able to upload files), so that you need just press 'turn' button and you'll get victory (or defeat) screen. Only one victory/defeat save per player.
Then, reply in this tread and place a link to your save in your reply (In the "View Files" (Upload -> Click "View" button) page there are links to all files you uploaded).

Upload zip archive (winzip can be foud here) containing your save (both GalCiv\Data\SaveGames'SaveGameName'.sav file and GalCiv\Data\SaveGames'SaveGameName' directory, there 'SaveGameName' is a name of your save).

Also, you may upload all intermediate saves too, but posting link to these saves is optional.

Competition ends in 9 June 2003 24:00 GMT, so post your saves before this time.

9) Ranks will be:
Winners - fastest wins first
Other participants - slowest loses first

~SDC~
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Good job Ellestar! I hope I have some time to give it a try! (I really doubt I'll have a chance, but it will be fun). Could you drop me a line at: [email protected] ? I can send you the details for the http://galciv.reallyrules.com website if you want to
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I don't know HTML and other stuff AT ALL. So maybe someone else?

~SDC~
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I don't know HTML and other stuff AT ALL. So maybe someone else?
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Euh. Ok I guess it's better if someone else does it. But I will not be on this forum for a while. So I can send you the info and you can forward it to someone else when there is a Galciv player with html experience. If you think that is a good idea, just send me a message at the address above.

Anyway...thanks for the masochistic challenge :HOT:
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Cool thing... I'll take the competition...
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Ellestar thanks for your mail, but I cannot send you the information :(


Diagnostic-Code: smtp;553 5.3.0 [here was your mail address]... Account is blocked
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But I got to go now (:( I won't be visiting Galciv for a long time. So because I have no other way to give you the details, I will post them here:


Upload to: ftp.web1000.com
User name is: galciv_reallyrules_com
Password is: blan62282
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Your URL to access your site is: http://galciv.reallyrules.com


So if there is anyone who want to update the site with the new challenges (the new masochistic etc.) and some more AAR's feel free to do so. It might be wist to check with Ellestar before doing so.

And one more idea: I think it would be wise to have a sticky 'central' GOTM topic in which there are links to the various Games of the Months. That way people can put one of the topics in their 'watch list' and easily find if there are new challenges. This topic could in its first post have links to the GOTM website (for the general rules, the AAR's etc), the Apolyton website (for uploads) and some general info about how to play a GOTM. The 'sub' topics can have additional rules for that specific game.

Everyone have a great time, and I will be seeing you all in a few months! :CONGRAT:

--maybe a moderator can modify this post after Ellestar has read the details for the website.... just in case ;) --
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Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Ok i changed password there.

~SDC~
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Things going as i expected :p No winners for now. Well, it's a masochistic challenge, not a cakewalk one ;)

~SDC~
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
I won't go so far as to say it is impossible...I can imagine, if, oh, six or seven things had suddenly gone very right for me, I might have been able to hope for the eventuality of some extremely beneficial random events, battleaxes at every asteroid, 25% research at every anomaly, pray for 30 turns to rebuild my military-only economy to viability, and somehow forged at least one profitable alliance, I might have lasted until 2195.

I want to read these AARs...if someone wins.





~SDC~
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
Ok, I acomplished my tiny goal, finally broke 4000,
now I have some big ass computer project(school to
work on, then a couple games on medium with those
settings to practice and I think I can try my best on
the challange on the 8th.



Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top
Defeated in Oct.2188 :( Few mistakes like forgetting to launch colony ship here there, but it didn't look I standed a chance. Drengin were too strong and I lasted as long as I could keep peace with them.