New Civ IV PitBoss Game - ***GAME RESTARTED 4/21*** 10 Players

spleen1015 · 04-09-2007, 11:09 AM

I will be taking over the hosting for the Civ IV PitBoss game that WVUFan was running.

I am looking for new players. So, we're going to start this over. If you are interested, please reply to the thread that you are. Let me know if you prefer Vanilla or Warlords. I am fine playing either.

I would like to get between 8-12 players if possible.

I am looking to start the game Friday evening.

WVUFAN · 04-09-2007, 12:10 PM

I want to play.

I'm fine with either vanilla or Warlords.

Yossarian · 04-09-2007, 01:54 PM

Ditto

Mr. Wednesday · 04-10-2007, 03:37 PM

I was in the old game and would like to join the new one. As of right now, I only have vanilla, not Warlords.

mrkilla22 · 04-10-2007, 03:40 PM

I would like to join. I only have vanilla though. I have never played multiplayer and have been wanting to try it out.

spleen1015 · 04-10-2007, 03:46 PM

We'll mostly likely go with Vanilla to get more folks in the game.

FrogMan · 04-10-2007, 05:20 PM

okay, somebody remind what a pitboxx game implies again.

Some sort of always on game that I log to to play my turn and there's a set amount of time to play my turn, right? And if everybody has played his turn, we move on, right?

I'm still playing Warlords about every evening nowadays and getting together with a bunch of FOFCers could be cool...

FM

spleen1015 · 04-10-2007, 05:47 PM

I will have a game pretty much running continuously on my computer. When you have a turn to take, you log in and take it. When everyone has taken their turns, the game moves to the next one. We will have a 24 hours time limit. Once 24 hours is over, the game will automatically advance.

I will get the game hooked up with civstats.com so that everyone will be e-mail when the new turn starts.

Passacaglia · 04-10-2007, 06:45 PM

I'd like to play -- I only have vanilla.

FrogMan · 04-11-2007, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

I will have a game pretty much running continuously on my computer. When you have a turn to take, you log in and take it. When everyone has taken their turns, the game moves to the next one. We will have a 24 hours time limit. Once 24 hours is over, the game will automatically advance.

I will get the game hooked up with civstats.com so that everyone will be e-mail when the new turn starts.

sounds cool, just what I thought it was. Sign me up for a spot.

Either Vanilla or Warlords is fine with me although it seems that Vanilla would be less restrictive in terms of participation...

FM

Bonegavel · 04-11-2007, 08:03 AM

I won't have a gaming rig for about another month or so.

I can try and install Civ IV on my temp machine. I def want in.

MartinD · 04-11-2007, 08:54 AM

I'd be interested in joining up (for either vanilla Civ or Warlords) if you're willing to let someone from outside the US play...

Martin

WVUFAN · 04-12-2007, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

okay, somebody remind what a pitboxx game implies again.

Some sort of always on game that I log to to play my turn and there's a set amount of time to play my turn, right? And if everybody has played his turn, we move on, right?

I'm still playing Warlords about every evening nowadays and getting together with a bunch of FOFCers could be cool...

FM

Pitboss stands for Persistant Turn Based Server --> PTBS, or Pitboss.

It's all of what is nice about Play-By-Email without the headaches. Spleen (the "Pitboss") has a small program running continously on his system that maintains an active game at all times, and sets a time limit(usually 24 hours) that everyone has to take their turns. Most PTBS games are set to "simultaneous turns", ie you don't have to take them in order. This is a big negative for PBEM games, since 1 single person can in essense destroy a game when they don't take their turn. In PTBS games, if you don't take your turn in the Time Limit, you get skipped. Any queued moves happen, but the game moves to the next turn.

This way, every player is guaranteed a turn every 24 hours (or however long the Timer is set to).

The players need nothing special other than a legal game of Civ4 on their system. Spleen handles most other things. The game is passworded, and each Civ is passworded (and the PTBS does not have access to the civ passwords, so he can play without bias).

I'm running two Pitboss games on my system (Spleen's in one of them), and they're a great way to play multiplayer CivIV. If you haven't tried it, especially if you have limited time for gaming, this is for you.

And let's not mentioned the fantastic CivStats website, that lets you get up-to-date info on your Pitboss game at any time. Here's an example of the game I'm running that Spleen is in:

http://www.civstats.com/viewgame.php?gameid=334

FrogMan · 04-12-2007, 10:04 PM

thanks for the great explanation WVUFAN, looks real interesting. Sounds a lot like a risk game on denizengames, except, well, it's civ

Spleen, as I said, save me a spot if there's one left.

FM

spleen1015 · 04-12-2007, 11:42 PM

I will get the game setup tomorrow night.

Right now we have 9. I'm going to see if there are a couple of other folks that want to join tomorrow.

chesapeake · 04-13-2007, 12:24 PM

If there's still room, I'd love to join. I can play either flavor of Civ.

spleen1015 · 04-13-2007, 04:09 PM

It looks like my wife has made plans for the evening without my input. I will get the game game ASAP. I don't know if that will be tonight or some time tomorrow.

Mr. Wednesday · 04-13-2007, 04:23 PM

I may not have immediate availability, but I should be able to join tomorrow night at the latest (assuming it's up by then).

spleen1015 · 04-13-2007, 10:41 PM

I have the game up.

Name - Civilized Trout
IP - 74.132.165.174
Password - fofc

For those who haven't player via PitBoss before....

1. Start the game and select Multiplayer...Direct IP Connection
2. On this screen, enter the IP address and password. You should get connected to the game.
3. The first time in, you have to claim a civ. When you do it will ask you to enter a password for that civ.

There are 10 spots in the game. Bonegavel, I counted you as 1 of the 10 just in case. If you can't play, let me know and I will find someone for the spot.

Let me know if there are any issues.

Mr. Wednesday · 04-14-2007, 12:27 AM

What's the info I need to add the game to my game list at Civstats?

spleen1015 · 04-14-2007, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Wednesday

What's the info I need to add the game to my game list at Civstats?

I will get the game added to civstats sometime today.

spleen1015 · 04-14-2007, 09:09 AM

The game has been added to Civstats.

The game id is 431 and all registration passwords are fofc

mrkilla22 · 04-14-2007, 11:12 AM

I've signed up with the Aztecs. Let me know if I didn't correctly sign up.

MartinD · 04-14-2007, 11:33 AM

I need to put in an apology - am away for the weekend, and won't have access to my Civ-playing PC until about this time tomorrow. Sorry for any problems this causes...

Martin

Passacaglia · 04-14-2007, 12:27 PM

I'm in as Louis XIV. mrkilla, i see you in for the aztecs. Wednesday, spleen, and Eric are in as well.

mrkilla22 · 04-14-2007, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I'm in as Louis XIV. mrkilla, i see you in for the aztecs. Wednesday, spleen, and Eric are in as well.

Ok, cool. Thanks.

spleen1015 · 04-14-2007, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MartinD

I need to put in an apology - am away for the weekend, and won't have access to my Civ-playing PC until about this time tomorrow. Sorry for any problems this causes...

Martin

Your first turn will be run by the AI then.

FrogMan · 04-14-2007, 02:09 PM

and I'm in as Mansa Musa

Kinda funny, this is my first ever Civ game in which I actually pick a leader and don't simply go with a random pick...

FM

WVUFAN · 04-14-2007, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I'm in as Louis XIV. mrkilla, i see you in for the aztecs. Wednesday, spleen, and Eric are in as well.

FWIW, I'm Eric in the game.

MartinD · 04-14-2007, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Your first turn will be run by the AI then.

No worries - just as long as I'm not holding things up...

Martin

spleen1015 · 04-14-2007, 04:17 PM

We've had 6 folks take turn 1 so far. Martin D will be on tomorrow. Bonegavel may not play, so we are waiting for chesapeake and Yossarian.

If turns aren't taken for those 3 by Monday, I will find us replacements.

mrkilla22 · 04-14-2007, 08:01 PM

Can you tell if I have taken my turn? I think I have, but I'm not sure if I did it right. I've never played multiplayer, so I don't exactly know how it works. You just move like normal and then see the effects of the move on the following turn, right?

spleen1015 · 04-14-2007, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrkilla22

Can you tell if I have taken my turn? I think I have, but I'm not sure if I did it right. I've never played multiplayer, so I don't exactly know how it works. You just move like normal and then see the effects of the move on the following turn, right?

Yes. Did you hit enter after you made your moves?

spleen1015 · 04-14-2007, 08:04 PM

It doesn't look like you finished your turn.

Log back in and hit enter. Make sure you always hit enter when you are done with your turn.

The message at the bottom will change to 'Waiting for other civilizations...' or something to that effect.

chesapeake · 04-14-2007, 09:02 PM

I'm in as Elizabeth. Oddly, it says "waiting for other civilizations" on the bottom of the screen, but I have no 'end turn' button where it is supposed to be, and it doesn't show that I finished my turn on civstats. That seems odd.

mrkilla22 · 04-15-2007, 01:10 AM

Mine says "waiting for other civilizations" also. There is no end turn button.

spleen1015 · 04-15-2007, 03:04 PM

I think there is a problem with the game. It is not progressing past the first turn for some reason.

MartinD · 04-15-2007, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

I think there is a problem with the game. It is not progressing past the first turn for some reason.

That's good (in a way...) - was wondering what I'd been doing wrong!

Martin

spleen1015 · 04-15-2007, 06:56 PM

I am going to have to restart the game. I made a mistake with some of the options that require me to restart.

I will have the game back up tonight.

spleen1015 · 04-15-2007, 07:37 PM

The new game is up.

The ip address is the same and the password is the same.

The name of this game is 'FOFC Civ Bowl I'.

There are only 8 players in this game since that is how many folks joined the last one.

Let me know if there are any issues.

FrogMan · 04-15-2007, 08:08 PM

I'm back in as the Incas, no Malinese

Let us know when you put it back on civstats.

FM

chesapeake · 04-15-2007, 09:03 PM

In as the Aztecs.

spleen1015 · 04-15-2007, 09:05 PM

Civstats is back. Game #433

mrkilla22 · 04-15-2007, 09:45 PM

I'm in as the Germans this time.

MartinD · 04-16-2007, 03:04 AM

I'm in - went with the Spanish, and no problems on the first turn.

Martin

WVUFAN · 04-16-2007, 03:18 AM

In as the Chinese.

spleen1015 · 04-16-2007, 07:04 AM

Thanks to WVUFan for getting me sorted out. I think the game is ready to go now.

Things should be smooth from now on.

Mr. Wednesday · 04-16-2007, 09:52 AM

I think we're still missing one person.

spleen1015 · 04-16-2007, 10:14 AM

Passacaglia hasn't joined yet.

Passacaglia · 04-16-2007, 10:17 AM

What? I really thought I had. As Louis XIV? It said Waiting for Civilizations...

04-09-2007, 12:10 PM	#2
WVUFAN College Starter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Huntington, WV	I want to play. I'm fine with either vanilla or Warlords. __________________

04-10-2007, 05:20 PM	#7
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	okay, somebody remind what a pitboxx game implies again. Some sort of always on game that I log to to play my turn and there's a set amount of time to play my turn, right? And if everybody has played his turn, we move on, right? I'm still playing Warlords about every evening nowadays and getting together with a bunch of FOFCers could be cool... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

04-10-2007, 06:45 PM	#9
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	I'd like to play -- I only have vanilla. __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

04-11-2007, 08:03 AM	#11
Bonegavel Awaiting Further Instructions... Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Macungie, PA	I won't have a gaming rig for about another month or so. I can try and install Civ IV on my temp machine. I def want in. __________________

04-12-2007, 10:04 PM	#14
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	thanks for the great explanation WVUFAN, looks real interesting. Sounds a lot like a risk game on denizengames, except, well, it's civ Spleen, as I said, save me a spot if there's one left. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

04-09-2007, 01:54 PM	#3
Yossarian High School Varsity Join Date: Jul 2003	Ditto

04-10-2007, 03:37 PM	#4
Mr. Wednesday Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Bend, IN	I was in the old game and would like to join the new one. As of right now, I only have vanilla, not Warlords. __________________ Hattrick - Brays Bayou FC (70854) / USA III.4 Hockey Arena - Houston Aeros / USA II.1 Thanks to my FOFC Hattrick supporters - Blackout, Brillig, kingfc22, RPI-fan, Rich1033, antbacker, One_to7, ur_land, KevinNU7, and TonyR (PM me if you support me and I've missed you)

04-10-2007, 03:40 PM	#5
mrkilla22 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2003	I would like to join. I only have vanilla though. I have never played multiplayer and have been wanting to try it out.

04-10-2007, 03:46 PM	#6
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	We'll mostly likely go with Vanilla to get more folks in the game.

04-10-2007, 05:47 PM	#8
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	I will have a game pretty much running continuously on my computer. When you have a turn to take, you log in and take it. When everyone has taken their turns, the game moves to the next one. We will have a 24 hours time limit. Once 24 hours is over, the game will automatically advance. I will get the game hooked up with civstats.com so that everyone will be e-mail when the new turn starts.

04-11-2007, 08:54 AM	#12
MartinD High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: East Lothian, Scotland	I'd be interested in joining up (for either vanilla Civ or Warlords) if you're willing to let someone from outside the US play... Martin

04-12-2007, 11:42 PM	#15
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	I will get the game setup tomorrow night. Right now we have 9. I'm going to see if there are a couple of other folks that want to join tomorrow.

04-13-2007, 12:24 PM	#16
chesapeake College Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arlington, VA	If there's still room, I'd love to join. I can play either flavor of Civ.

04-13-2007, 04:09 PM	#17
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	It looks like my wife has made plans for the evening without my input. I will get the game game ASAP. I don't know if that will be tonight or some time tomorrow.

04-13-2007, 04:23 PM	#18
Mr. Wednesday Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Bend, IN	I may not have immediate availability, but I should be able to join tomorrow night at the latest (assuming it's up by then). __________________ Hattrick - Brays Bayou FC (70854) / USA III.4 Hockey Arena - Houston Aeros / USA II.1 Thanks to my FOFC Hattrick supporters - Blackout, Brillig, kingfc22, RPI-fan, Rich1033, antbacker, One_to7, ur_land, KevinNU7, and TonyR (PM me if you support me and I've missed you)

04-13-2007, 10:41 PM	#19
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	I have the game up. Name - Civilized Trout IP - 74.132.165.174 Password - fofc For those who haven't player via PitBoss before.... 1. Start the game and select Multiplayer...Direct IP Connection 2. On this screen, enter the IP address and password. You should get connected to the game. 3. The first time in, you have to claim a civ. When you do it will ask you to enter a password for that civ. There are 10 spots in the game. Bonegavel, I counted you as 1 of the 10 just in case. If you can't play, let me know and I will find someone for the spot. Let me know if there are any issues.

04-14-2007, 12:27 AM	#20
Mr. Wednesday Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Bend, IN	What's the info I need to add the game to my game list at Civstats? __________________ Hattrick - Brays Bayou FC (70854) / USA III.4 Hockey Arena - Houston Aeros / USA II.1 Thanks to my FOFC Hattrick supporters - Blackout, Brillig, kingfc22, RPI-fan, Rich1033, antbacker, One_to7, ur_land, KevinNU7, and TonyR (PM me if you support me and I've missed you)

04-14-2007, 09:09 AM	#22
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	The game has been added to Civstats. The game id is 431 and all registration passwords are fofc

04-14-2007, 11:12 AM	#23
mrkilla22 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2003	I've signed up with the Aztecs. Let me know if I didn't correctly sign up. Last edited by mrkilla22 : 04-14-2007 at 11:30 AM.

04-14-2007, 11:33 AM	#24
MartinD High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: East Lothian, Scotland	I need to put in an apology - am away for the weekend, and won't have access to my Civ-playing PC until about this time tomorrow. Sorry for any problems this causes... Martin

04-14-2007, 12:27 PM	#25
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	I'm in as Louis XIV. mrkilla, i see you in for the aztecs. Wednesday, spleen, and Eric are in as well. __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

04-14-2007, 02:09 PM	#28
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	and I'm in as Mansa Musa Kinda funny, this is my first ever Civ game in which I actually pick a leader and don't simply go with a random pick... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

04-14-2007, 04:17 PM	#31
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	We've had 6 folks take turn 1 so far. Martin D will be on tomorrow. Bonegavel may not play, so we are waiting for chesapeake and Yossarian. If turns aren't taken for those 3 by Monday, I will find us replacements.

04-14-2007, 08:01 PM	#32
mrkilla22 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2003	Can you tell if I have taken my turn? I think I have, but I'm not sure if I did it right. I've never played multiplayer, so I don't exactly know how it works. You just move like normal and then see the effects of the move on the following turn, right?

04-14-2007, 08:04 PM	#34
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	It doesn't look like you finished your turn. Log back in and hit enter. Make sure you always hit enter when you are done with your turn. The message at the bottom will change to 'Waiting for other civilizations...' or something to that effect.

04-14-2007, 09:02 PM	#35
chesapeake College Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arlington, VA	I'm in as Elizabeth. Oddly, it says "waiting for other civilizations" on the bottom of the screen, but I have no 'end turn' button where it is supposed to be, and it doesn't show that I finished my turn on civstats. That seems odd. Last edited by chesapeake : 04-14-2007 at 10:00 PM.

04-15-2007, 01:10 AM	#36
mrkilla22 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2003	Mine says "waiting for other civilizations" also. There is no end turn button.

04-15-2007, 03:04 PM	#37
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	I think there is a problem with the game. It is not progressing past the first turn for some reason.

04-15-2007, 06:56 PM	#39
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	I am going to have to restart the game. I made a mistake with some of the options that require me to restart. I will have the game back up tonight.

04-15-2007, 07:37 PM	#40
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	The new game is up. The ip address is the same and the password is the same. The name of this game is 'FOFC Civ Bowl I'. There are only 8 players in this game since that is how many folks joined the last one. Let me know if there are any issues.

04-15-2007, 08:08 PM	#41
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	I'm back in as the Incas, no Malinese Let us know when you put it back on civstats. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

04-15-2007, 09:03 PM	#42
chesapeake College Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arlington, VA	In as the Aztecs.

04-15-2007, 09:05 PM	#43
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Civstats is back. Game #433

04-15-2007, 09:45 PM	#44
mrkilla22 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2003	I'm in as the Germans this time.

04-16-2007, 03:04 AM	#45
MartinD High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: East Lothian, Scotland	I'm in - went with the Spanish, and no problems on the first turn. Martin