ACDG5: Index, News & Welcome

vyeh · June 8, 2008, 10:05

Alpha Centauri Democracy Game 5 ("ACDG5") is a SMAC democracy game.

The game ended on November 24, 2008 with a diplomatic victory in MY 2194.

This thread is an index of all threads relating to the game, game news and welcome.

Index

The turn posting thread is for posting game saves.

The Wardroom is for discussion of upcoming game moves.

The Governors' Association is for discussion of strategy.

The Official Narrative is for Mart and me to keep a narrative (CMN) of the game.

The story comment thread is for comments on the official narrative and for stories about the game.

The Unity Cantina is for off-duty roleplaying.

The game organization thread is comments and questions.

The Voting Booth was used for voting when there were more players.

Reference

The Manual of Turnplaying is a guide for the turn player.

The rules and rules discussion thread is a compilation of the rules.

The new units thread discusses the CMN-created units.

vyeh · June 8, 2008, 10:06

News

June 4, 2008 - Final game specifications sent to CMN Mart.

June 10, 2008 - CMN Mart posts game.

June 16, 2008 - MY 2102 begins.

June 24, 2008 - MY 2103 begins.

July 1, 2008 - MY 2104 begins.

July 3, 2008 - MY 2105 begins.

July 4, 2008 - MY 2106 ends.

July 10, 2008 - MY 2107 ends.

July 20, 2008 - MY 2108 ends.

July 24, 2008 - MY 2109 ends.

August 17, 2008 - MY 2110 ends. MY 2111 ends.

August 18, 2008 - MY 2112 ends.

August 19, 2008 - MY 2113 ends.

August 20, 2008 - MY 2114 ends. MY 2115 ends.

Please post your comments and questions in the game organization thread. DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD.

vyeh · June 8, 2008, 10:06

Game Setup

Code:



ACDG5 Unity Command


SMAC game


Faction
Player


Gaians
AI


Hive
AI


University
AI



Morgan
AI

Spartans
AI


Believers
AI


flat
demo players


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CMN
Mart


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Preference
Settings


Map Size
Custom, 30x60


Ocean Coverage
50-70


Erosion Forces
Average


Native Life
Average


Cloud Cover
Average


Difficulty
Transcend


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Transcend
Yes


Conquest
Yes


Diplomatic
Yes


Economic
Yes


Cooperative
Yes


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Do or Die
No


Flexible start
Yes


Tech stagnation
No


Spoils of war
No


Blind research
No


Intense riv
No


No survey
Yes


No scatter
No


No rnd events
No


Time Warp
No


Iron man
No


Rand person
No


Rand social
No

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Beginning Units
3 CP, 3 Scouts, 3 Unity Supply Droids, 3 Unity Former Droids

Notes:
Flat faction is faction without any attributes, e.g. no starting tech, no starting facilities, no SE bonuses or penalties, no aversions.

Please post your comments and questions in the rules & rules discussion thread. DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD.

vyeh · June 8, 2008, 10:07

Rules
(1) Mutual respect. This democracy game is "newbie" friendly. Do not put down players with little experience or players who haven't read every thread in this forum.

(2) Any use of the scenario editor is prohibited.

(3) No repeats of saves to achieve a better battle result, pod popping or any other random result.

(4) No playing alternative moves in the game saves.

(5) No playing beyond current turn in the game saves.

(6) Do not insert stockpile energy after a unit in the base build queue.

(7) Do not make make more than one social engineering change per line, per turn. For instance, one is not permitted to start the turn in wealth, switch to power mid-turn for the extra disbanded minerals, and then switch back to wealth that same turn, getting the refund. Switching only to see results of the change without any played actions is permitted.

(8) Do not perform multiple airdrops in a single turn with the same unit using the right-click menu. Do not make air drops using the right click "air drop to" function, when it is not possible to do so with the "i" button, ie. after already having moved or made a drop.

(9) Do not use the F4 screen when you've infiltrated the AI to change the AI's workers to specialists.

(10) Upgrades anytime allowed, i.e. you may upgrade a unit through the unit workshop and attack during the same turn.

(11) No discovering bases in unexplored terrain by clicking darkened tiles.

(12) Do not attack bases with copters.

(13) Human players must build or conquer the base containing Voice of Planet SP for win by Transcedence.

(14) Do not use build queue manipulation to hurry production at a cost that would be lower than directly hurrying the item that one intends to build.

(15) Do not use build queue manipulation to build something you could not directly add to the build queue.

(16) Do not exploit any other bugs usually prohibited in multiplayer games (e.g. trading a pop 1 base to an AI for a pop 10 base with 3 SP's). PLEASE ask if you're not sure!

(17) The turnplayer will save and post the game immediately prior to hitting the "end turn" button.

Please post your comments and questions in the game organization thread. DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD.

vyeh · June 8, 2008, 10:08

Welcome

Welcome! In March, 2006 ACDG3 concluded. In March, 2007 ACDG4 concluded.

This game is designed for "newbies." We invite veterans to drop by, review the game in the turn posting thread and offer advice in The Wardroom. If you can, stay in character (your rank is commander).

Anyone wishing to join is most welcome: please post in the game organization thread

Please post your comments and questions in the game organization thread.

DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD.

vyeh · June 8, 2008, 10:08

Notes about organization

Which thread should you read?
This thread is intended for the casual reader. An index to all ACDG5 threads and only the most important information can be found here. Only CMN Mart and me should post in this thread.

The turn posting thread is for interested readers who are following the game. Only game saves along with a brief summary (including screen shots) are found here. Only turn players, faction leaders and governors playing their own bases should post in this thread.

The Wardroom is for the demo game players. All role playing and in-game discussion occur here. Readers closely following the game may enjoy this thread. Demo players and SMAC players offering advice may post in this thread.

The Governors' Association is for micromanaging strategy. Some demo player may not be interested in micromanagement and can play the demo game in The Wardroom. Readers very closely following the game may enjoy this thread. Demo players and SMAC players offering advice may post in this thread.

The Unity Cantina is for off-duty roleplaying. It is for demo players and senior Unity officers temporarily out of hibernation.

The Official Narrative is for Mart and me to keep a narrative (CMN) of the game. Only CMN Mart and me should post in this thread.

The story comment thread is for comments on the official narrative and for stories about the game. Anyone may post comments on the narrative or post stories in this thread.

The new units thread discusses the CMN-created units. This is for readers interested in the game's details. Anyone may post questions and comments about the units in this thread.

The rules and rules discussion thread is a compilation of the rules. Anyone may post questions and comments about the rules in this thread.

The game organization thread is for comments, suggestions and questions about the administration of the game. All questions and comments about the game should occur here. Unless you're looking for a response to a question or comment you've posted, this thread is likely to bore you with a lot of administrative trivia. Anyone can make a post related to the game in this thread.

The Voting Booth contains all votes. It was used when there were more players and it may be used again. Only demo players should post in this thread.

Creating a new game thread
At some point, someone will want to post a poll or create a thread related to the game. As a courtesy to the other users of this forum, please attach "ACDG5:" at the beginning of the title of your post.

We'll keep the index in the opening post of this thread up to date.

Please post your comments and questions in the game organization thread.

DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD.

vyeh · November 26, 2008, 18:18

Participants

CMN: Mart

Players (at least one post in The Wardroom):

Bodissey*
dacole
JoeStalin
Nahkrinoth*
Nims
Plan9
timsup2nothin
vyeh*

*finished the game

Please post your comments and questions in the game organization thread. DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD.