explorer-games — Galaxy Explorer game announcement list

[Explorer-games] Galaxy explorer, new game

[<st...@ac...>]

Hi!

I have no idea if any of the adresses here are still in use, but let's try :-)

It has been a while since I last arranged or played Galaxy so I think it is about time now. So I will arrange a game for anyone interested to participate.


So anyone interested in playing a nice game of Galaxy explorer, please send me st...@ac... a mail with galaxy in the subject. This is not a binding signup or so, just to see if there is any interest out there and if any of the email-adresses on this list are still alive.

In a week or so I'll send a further mail with information about where the game will run, signup, judge and game-engine emails, the planned schedule for the game and any options used.

The goal is to have at least 16 players, but the more the merrier.

Best regards

/Jan-Olof Flink 

[Explorer-games] OT: Invitation to participate in research project

[Ben A. <ben...@st...>]

Hello there

I would greatly appreciate a small amount of your time to assist with
my doctoral research at The University of Newcastle. The research
concerns open source licensing and we're seeking developers working on
Java projects. The research is supervised, ethics-approved, anonymous
and results will be freely available. Participation will also provide a
custom licensing report for your project. To learn more, please visit:

   http://licensing-research.newcastle.edu.au

Thanks for reading this email, and I hope you'll consider participating.

Best regards
Ben Alex

(My apologies for being off-topic; this list will not be emailed again)

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[Arturo S. <sil...@gm...>]

[Explorer-games] new Galaxy Explorer game Chaeronea forming

[<su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

This messages reaches you because you once expressed interest in playing a
Galaxy Explorer game, or indeed did this once or more times.

The time of awakening is coming again. A new Galaxy Explorer game Chaeronea
will start in early January. The rules are simple and straight, as they were
in the past games of Marathon and Thermopylae: you'll get one home world, you
won't know how many races are out there or what size the galaxy has, and there
will be only one winning criterion: total annihilation of all alien races but
yours.

If you care to join, please reply to this mail, keeping the word
"Chaeronea" in the subject line. Tell me what address you're going to use for
the game and what turn frequency you prefer. The usual plan is to have a week
of 1 turn per day, then three-five weeks of three turns per week, and 
finally 2
turns per week till the end of time.

The Judge will not be playing in this game. In case you want to learn 
more about
Galaxy Explorer, visit http://explorer.sourceforge.net . If you want to know
more about the battle of Chaeronea, go to
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/mil/html/mh_009100_chaeroneabat.htm

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] new Galaxy Explorer game Chaeronea forming

[<su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

This messages reaches you because you once expressed interest in playing a
Galaxy Explorer game, or indeed did this once or more times.

The time of awakening is coming again. A new Galaxy Explorer game Chaeronea
starts forming now. The rules are simple and straight, as they were in the past
games of Marathon and Thermopylae: you'll get one home world, you won't know
how many races are out there or what size the galaxy has, and there will be
only one winning criterion: total annihilation of all alien races but yours.

If you care to join, please reply to this mail, keeping the word "Chaeronea" in
the subject line. Tell me what address you're going to use for the game and
what turn frequency you prefer. The usual plan is to have a week of 1 turn per
day, then three-five weeks of three turns per week, and finally 2 turns per
week till the end of time.

The Judge will not be playing in this game. I'm on the move now and you may see
a delay in my replies, but they will come to confirm your enrollment.

In case you want to learn more about Galaxy Explorer, visit
http://explorer.sourceforge.net .

If you want to know more about the battle of Chaeronea, go to
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/mil/html/mh_009100_chaeroneabat.htm

Best regards.

Alexander

Re: [Explorer-games] Re: Explorer-games digest, Vol 1 #15 - 1 msg

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

New GalaxyNG games are registering on the True Honor server.

http://galaxyng.sourceforge.net/

Chris




On 8/2/05, Dave Newman <ti...@po...> wrote:
> I don't know of any games starting either. I suspect that currently
> no one has the time to invest in running a game. Patience may be
> required.
>=20
> --Dave
>=20
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> >Today's Topics:
> >
> >    1. Any Games Starting? (Michael Mathers)
> >
> >--__--__--
> >
> >Message: 1
> >Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:37:15 -0700
> >From: Michael Mathers <mik...@co...>
> >To:  exp...@li...
> >Subject: [Explorer-games] Any Games Starting?
> >
> >I'm new to the game but I use to play a PBM game quite a bit that was
> >pretty similar over a decade ago.  I am having trouble finding folks
> >still running games.  Probably I just don't know where to look.
> >
> >Michael
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[Explorer-games] Re: Explorer-games digest, Vol 1 #15 - 1 msg

[Dave N. <ti...@po...>]

I don't know of any games starting either. I suspect that currently 
no one has the time to invest in running a game. Patience may be 
required.

--Dave



>Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Any Games Starting? (Michael Mathers)
>
>--__--__--
>
>Message: 1
>Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:37:15 -0700
>From: Michael Mathers <mik...@co...>
>To:  exp...@li...
>Subject: [Explorer-games] Any Games Starting?
>
>I'm new to the game but I use to play a PBM game quite a bit that was
>pretty similar over a decade ago.  I am having trouble finding folks
>still running games.  Probably I just don't know where to look.
>
>Michael

[Explorer-games] Any Games Starting?

[Michael M. <mik...@co...>]

I'm new to the game but I use to play a PBM game quite a bit that was 
pretty similar over a decade ago.  I am having trouble finding folks 
still running games.  Probably I just don't know where to look.


Michael

[Explorer-games] Thermopylae: countdown starts

[Alexander S. <su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

I'm happy to tell you that the countdown to the fierce highlander Galaxy
Explorer game of Thermopylae starts now. We plan to generate the galaxy and
send out the initial turn reports by Friday next week, with the view on
procesing the first turn on Monday, November 15.

If you've not applied for this game yet, you have time till 12:00 GMT of
Wednesday, November 10. After that, all registered players will receive a
confirmation message from the ga...@ne... to their registered game
address, and the signup will be closed.

New engine version 2.10 will be used for running the game.  As announced
earlier, both winning criteria will be switched off, and the galaxy size and
the number of players will be for you to find out. The can only be one
winner.

To make limit guessing difficult, global mail will be switched off, all
players will be assigned random initial names (like Player_XY), and the
initial names of the visible planets will all look like Axy, with A0 being
the respective player's home.

Now it's time to update and check your GalaxyChart installation.  It can be
pumped off the Galaxy Explorer project site at the Source Forge
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/explorer). The engine source code can be
found there as well, but only the judge will need it.

You'll find all the necessary information about the game at the primary
Galaxy Explorer site (http://explorer.sourceforge.net) and links therefrom,
among which I rather immodestly recommend my Explorer page
(http://home.foni.net/~supalov/explorer).

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] Galaxy Explorer game Thermopylae: last call

[Alexander S. <su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

Thermopilae ranks are filling up fast. Please consider signing up if you
want
to participate in this furious highlander game where only one will survive.
If any of you tried to sign up between October 3 and 14 and didn't get any
reply from me yet, please be so kind to resend your application: I had a
strange mail delivery issue that was resolved of late by the ISP.

Just to remind you: this will be an absolutely blind game of the kind of
Marathon. The number of planets and players will be for you to find out. The
size of the galaxy will be kept secret until someone starts seeing the whole
of the map. In addition to this, an extra twist will be trown in: all the
winning
criteria but the total elimination of all other life forms will be switched
off.

In case you want to join, please send a message to su...@fo... with the
word Thermopylae in the subject line (just replying to this message is
fine, too). I'd also like to know your email address in case it's different
from the one the message comes from, and the preferred turn frequency.

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] Galaxy Explorer game Thermopylae

[Alexander S. <su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

The time has come: a new Galaxy Explorer highlander game Thermopylae starts
forming now.

This will be an absolutely blind game of the kind of Marathon: the number of
planets and players will be for you to find out. The size of the galaxy will
be kept secret until someone starts seeing the whole of the map. In addition
to this, I contemplate one extra twist: switching off all the winning
criteria but the total elimination of all other life forms.

In case you want to join, please send a message to su...@fo... with the
word Thermopylae in the subject line (just replying to this message is
fine). I'd also like to know your email address in case it's different from
the one the message comes from, the preferred turn frequency, and your
opinion regarding the aforementioned extra twist.

Best regards.

Alexander

P.S. This is what MS Encarta says about this legendary battle:

Thermopylae, Battle of, battle fought between the Greeks and the Persians at
Thermopylae, in northern Greece, in 480 BC. It was the first major battle
fought during the invasion of Greece that the Persian king, Xerxes, led
between 480 and 479 BC. Although it ended in victory for the Persians, the
battle is noted primarily for the bravery shown by the Greeks and, in
particular, by the Spartans and their king, Leonidas.

As with the earlier Battle of Marathon, modern knowledge of the Battle of
Thermopylae depends almost entirely on the account given by Herodotus, who
described the event approximately 50 years after it took place. Xerxes'
campaign was motivated partly by the desire to avenge the Greeks' defeat of
the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, and partly by ambition for
imperial expansion. Even before the Battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes had
already won over to his cause large parts of Greece (Thessaly, Argos, and
most of central Greece) through both a diplomatic initiative and the threat
of force. The Greeks, under the leadership of Sparta, abandoned the
Thessalian frontier and made a stand instead at the pass of Thermopylae
(meaning "hot gates", a reference to the hot sulphur springs in the
vicinity). With the sea on one side and high cliffs on the other, the pass
was a strategic defence position between northern and southern Greece. To
protect the Greek allies from a possible Persian naval attack, the Greek
fleet positioned itself off Artemision, commanding the straits between the
island of Sciathos and the mainland.

The figures given by Herodotus for the strength of the Persian forces are
quite impossible: for example, he states that 20,000 Libyan charioteers were
but one component of a total force of over 5 million men. Nevertheless, it
is clear that the Persian force (which included a contingent of subject
peoples such as Libyans as well as Greeks) greatly outnumbered the Greeks.
According to Herodotus, the Greeks numbered no more than 5,200. The Spartans
and their allies claimed to be unable to provide further men during the
Carneia (an annual festival) and the festivities that accompanied the
Olympian Games: modern writers have suggested that they may also have been
unwilling, or that they did not sufficiently understand the Persian threat.

The battle took place over three days. Initial attacks upon the Greek
position by Medes and Cissians in the Persian force were easily repulsed.
Xerxes then replaced them with his Immortals (an elite force) under the
command of Hydarnes. Their greater numbers were, however, of no advantage in
the confined space of the pass and their shorter spears made them unable to
engage the Greeks at close quarters. This stalemate was broken only when, on
the second day, a Greek deserter, Ephialtes, advised Xerxes that, by
following a mountain path, the Persians could outflank the Greek force. The
Immortals, numbering perhaps as many as 10,000, set out at night under the
command of Hydarnes. On their way, they encountered a group of 1,000
Phocians whom Leonidas had sent out to guard the path. Imagining that they
were the sole object of the Persian advance, the Phocians retreated to high
ground, prepared to die. The Persians passed by. When Leonidas and the main
force heard the news of the Persian forces' approach, opinion as to the best
course of action was apparently divided. Some of the allies counselled
retreat; some simply decamped. Others, however, including Leonidas and the
Spartans, refused to move. Herodotus records the story that Leonidas
dismissed any allies who were unwilling to remain, keeping a force of only
300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Leonidas was subsequently
killed in fighting in the pass. After the arrival of the Immortals, the
remaining Greeks retreated to a small hillock, where they formed a circle
and were massacred by the Persians.

The reason why Leonidas made his final stand remains unknown. It is possible
that he did so for strategic purposes; perhaps, for example, to hold the
Persian forces back for long enough to allow the other Greeks to retreat. It
would have been in keeping with the Spartan military ethos, however, for
Leonidas to have acted out of a desire for glory. That is the opinion of
Herodotus: an oracle, he records, foretold that either Sparta or one of her
kings would perish; by his death, Leonidas saved his city. The Persians went
on to take Athens but, later in 480 BC, the Greek navy defeated them at the
Battle of Salamis, halting Xerxes' advance on Greece and putting an end to
his imperial ambitions.



"Thermopylae, Battle of," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c)
1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

[Explorer-games] Galaxy Explorer: Marathon is over; Hall of fame update; new game coming soon

[Alexander S. <su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

The outcome of the game of Marathon that ended last Friday upon 55 turns
full of courage and intrigue is reflected in the Galaxy Explorer pages now
(http://explorer.sourceforge.net). This is merely a preliminary write-up,
your input is solicited herewith to add juicy flesh of details to the bare
bones of stats.

The Hall of Fame update resulted in the race of WLs (the winner of Marathon)
securing their 5th place among the immortal. The race of Arachnoids (3rd in
Marathon) stepped over the hapless SpamPeople to take place 11. Last but not
least, a new vibrant race of Eniac (2nd in Marathon) entered the Hall of
Fame at place 20.

Cheers to the winners and all those who fought!

This is not the end of the story. A new game will be announced soon...

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] Marathon starts on Thursday: it's still not too late to join it!

[Alexander S. <su...@fo...>]

Hi,

For your information, I enclose a message that has been sent of late to the
players who've signed up for Marathon. There's still a slot free there - or
more if you care. So, join in!

Best regards.

Alexander

[BEGIN]

Hi everybody,

The prolonged waiting is over: the initial reports of the game of Marathon
will be sent around this Thursday, December 11, 2003.

The game server will run under ga...@ne... , which address will be
enabled as soon as the initial reports hit your mailboxes. Please refrain
from writing messages to this address before that moment, for they will
simply be gobbled up by the system.

The game will have a short startup period (5 turns a week, Mo-Fr) in the
first week (December 15-19). It'll then switch to 3 turns a week (Mo, Wed,
Fri) until turn 23, inclusive. Starting with turn 24, turns will be run on
Tuesdays and Fridays 'till the end of time.

I plan to make the game completely closed. The only information available to
you will be the size of the field, and that only for the sake of viewing.
The number of races, planets, etc. will have to be figured out by you in the
process of exploring the galaxy.

Usual highlander rules will apply, and the only extension switched on will
be the extended turn report format. Global messages will be turned on upon
turn 5. Partial bombing will be allowed with some reasonable conversion
percentages.

Please note that I will be receiving Judge reports to keep an eye on the
developments. We won't have a Xmas pause unless 2/3 of the players vote for
it. All comments and suggestions are welcome under su...@fo... .

Best regards.

Alexander

P.S. For those of you who are new to this wonderful game, more information
on it can be found at http://explorer.sourceforge.net and links therefrom.
In particular, the newest GalaxyChart can be downloaded at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/explorer , while the Planet Production
Calculator and Galaxy HQ frontend (for Linux and Windows), as well as many
useful tips, can be found at http://home.foni.net/~supalov/explorer .

And of course, you can always write me up with your questions, for I won't
be playing in this game and will thus be able to give absolutely untainted
and impartial advice.

[END]

[Explorer-games] Galaxy Explorer game Marathon: two open slots left

[Alexander S. <su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

If you want to join the pending Galaxy Explorer game Marathon, you've got
precious little time to do so: there's only a couple of free slots left, and
the game is about to commence.

This is your absolutely very last chance to wake up to the light of
merciless distant stars. Write me up at su...@fo..., and I'll see what
I can do for you. Please put the word Marathon into the subject line to
ensure quick response.

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] New GE solo game Marathon: the absolutely very last call for participation

[<su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

A new Galaxy Explorer highlander game Marathon is gonna start as soon as the 
new server gets official domain name edorf.net transferred from the old ISP. I 
hope that this will finally happen next week.

If you want to take part in this game, this is your absolutely very last chance to 
apply. Please send a message to su...@fo... mentioning the folowing:

1. Your email address
2. Desired turn frequency
3. Extensions you'd like to have switched on

It's a good idea to put the word Marathon in the subject line to ensure quick 
response. I'm managing the sign-up for this game and will judge it myself.

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] New GE solo game Marathon: last call for participation

[<su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

A new Galaxy Explorer highlander game Marathon is gonna be complete in a week 
from now.

If you want to take part in it, please send a message to su...@fo... 
mentioning the folowing:

1. Your email address
2. Desired turn frequency
3. Extensions you'd like to have switched on

It's a good idea to put the word Marathon in the subject line to ensure quick 
response. I will be managing the sign-up for this game and will judge it myself.

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] So is anyone starting a newbie game of explorer?

[John W. <jwo...@ac...>]

Does anyone have a list of explorer games that are running?

                                                                         
                                          - bfn - JAW

[Explorer-games] new Galaxy Explorer solo game Marathon forming

[<su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

A new Galaxy Explorer highlander game Marathon is forming now.

If you want to take part in it, please send a message to su...@fo... 
mentioning the folowing:

1. Your email address
2. Desired turn frequency
3. Extensions you'd like to have switched on

It's a good idea to put the word Marathon in the subject line to ensure quick 
response. I will be managing the sign-up for this game and will [try to] delegate 
the actual process of judging to one of the fellow game masters.

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] new Galaxy Explorer solo game Marathon forming

[<su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

A new Galaxy Explorer highlander game Marathon is forming now.

If you want to take part in it, please send a message to su...@fo... 
mentioning the folowing:

1. Your email address
2. Desired turn frequency
3. Extensions you'd like to have switched on

It's a good idea to put the word Marathon in the subject line to ensure quick 
response. I will be managing the sign-up for this game and will [try to] delegate 
the actual process of judging to one of the fellow game masters.

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] new Galaxy Explorer solo game Marathon starts forming now

[<su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

A new Galaxy Explorer highlander game Marathon starts forming now.

If you want to take part in it, please send a message to su...@fo... 
mentioning the folowing:

1. Your email address
2. Desired turn frequency
3. Extensions you'd like to have switched on

It's a good idea to put the word Marathon in the subject line to ensure quick 
response. I will be managing the sign-up for this game and will [try to] delegate 
the actual process of judging to one of the fellow game masters.

Best regards.

Alexander

P.S. A brief historical note for the most curious of us:

Marathon, Battle of

(September 490 BC), in the Greco-Persian Wars, decisive battle fought on the 
Marathon plain of northeastern Attica in which the Athenians, in a single afternoon, 
repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece.

Command of the hastily assembled Athenian army was vested in 10 generals, 
each of whom was to hold operational command for one day. The generals were 
evenly divided on whether to await the Persians or to attack them, and the tie was 
broken by a civil official, Callimachus, who decided in favour of an attack. Four of 
the generals then ceded their commands to the Athenian general Miltiades, thus 
effectively making him commander in chief.

The Greeks could not hope to face the Persians' cavalry contingent on the open 
plain, but before dawn one day the Greeks learned that the cavalry were 
temporarily absent from the Persian camp, whereupon Miltiades ordered a general 
attack upon the Persian infantry. In the ensuing battle, Miltiades led his contingent 
of 10,000 Athenians and 1,000 Plataeans to victory over the Persian force of 
15,000 by reinforcing his battle line's flanks and thus decoying the Persians' best 
troops into pushing back his centre, where they were surrounded by the inward-
wheeling Greek wings. On being almost enveloped, the Persian troops broke into 
flight. By the time the routed Persians reached their ships, they had lost 6,400 
men; the Greeks lost 192 men, including Callimachus. The battle proved the 
superiority of the Greek long spear, sword, and armour over the Persians' 
weapons.

According to legend, an Athenian messenger was sent from Marathon to Athens, a 
distance of about 25 miles (40 km), and there he announced the Persian defeat 
before dying of exhaustion. This tale became the basis for the modern marathon 
race. Herodotus, however, relates that a trained runner, Pheidippides (also spelled 
Phidippides, or Philippides), was sent from Athens to Sparta before the battle in 
order to request assistance from the Spartans; he is said to have covered about 
150 miles (240 km) in about two days. 

(C) 2000 Britannica.com Inc.

[Explorer-games] Galaxy Explorer site update; new solo game to be announced shortly

[Alexander S. <su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

I've just updated the main Galaxy Explorer site with the results of the
recently ended fierce team game Crescent. High praises to the team
Triumvirate that exterminated the respected opposition in just 22 turns!

A new solo game is going to be announced once the Judges figure out the
details between themselves. Stay tuned.

Best regards.

Alexander

[Explorer-games] Pulsar and Orion results published; GE Hall of Fame updated

[Alexander S. <su...@fo...>]

Hi everybody,

In response to multiple queries, and feeling terribly sorry for the
delay, I've just published the results of the games of Pulsar and Orion at
the main Galaxy Explorer page (http://explorer.sourceforge.net).

Pulsar results have lead to a historical change at the top part of the Hall
of Fame. Orion did not make it there due to a specific precondition imposed
by the Judge. Detailed game write-ups will be added later.

Best regards.

Alexander

P.S. By the way, there is a growing certainty among the Judges that those
willing to are going be offered another chance of awaking to the light of
merciless stars rather sooner than later. Stay tuned.