old geezer finds opponent for first time PBEM

[bradfordkay]

I've been here a long time and have never played by e-mail. One reason is my life schedule - there will be times that work or other interests mean that I can't play for a week or more, and that appears to be unacceptable to most PBEMers.

However, I feel that I'm not getting enough challenge from the AI anymore, no matter how badly I handicap myself. Thus I am ready to explore the idea of PBEM. If my dialup can handle passing the files, I will be in this for the long haul (I'm still here on the forum after all this time, right?).

I'd like to play the allies in either CHS or CHS - experimental.

My reason for playing the allies is that I have never yet even looked at the game from the Japanese side, so this would be a nice advantage to my opponent. I have no idea as to the exact capabilities of the Japanese OOB, nor its arrival times.

I play a very historical style of play. Some examples of how I've been doing this are as follows:
No replacements until TFs arrive from the US/Aden.
The only a/c that can relocate and fly missions on the same day are those whose relocation takes four hours or less at cruise speed.
No more than 2 subs per AS can leave Manila each day.
No replenishing SCTFs at ports under size 3.
No replenishing BBs/CVs at ports under size 6.


These are not proposed house rules, but rather an example of my style of play. In general, if it seems impossible IRL, I don't do it.

I would probably be able to average 3-4 turns per week. Again, there will be time periods where I can't process any turns for a while, but this doesn't mean that I've lost interest. I live at GMT + 8 (US west coast), if that matters.

The only hangup might be if a WITP turn crashes my e-mail. How large do those files get after the game has progressed a long time?

Is there anyone out there who might be interested?

[DuckofTindalos]

Turn files don't increase in size as the game progresses.

[goodboyladdie]

My turn files have. In April 43 they are about 1.6 mb so I can't imagine they'll ever get too big for my e-mail account BUT if they do I'll use my g-mail account instead. All you need to do to get one is have somebody invite you to join.

[DuckofTindalos]

Seriously? Damn... I stand humbly corrected...[X(]

[Speedysteve]

They certainly do increase.
 
They start at about 1.1MB. I'm upto 6/44 and they are upto 1.8MB now.

[DuckofTindalos]

Guess that comes from never having a PBEM last longer than about 6 months before my opponents evaporate...[:(]

[bradfordkay]

It's not so much that they'll be too big for my e-mail account, but that they'll be so large that at the 28.8 kbps at which I connect they'll stall the download. This happened with BoTR, but my newer OS and web browser/e-mail program have been handling larger files better than the one I had back then.

Thus I'll need to test it by receiving and sending a game turn to see if it will work.

Anyone interested?

[ChezDaJez]

Hi Brad,

I might be up for that. The only catch is that my schedule is like yours. There are times I'll be able to do 3-4 turns in one day and then times (like during finals week) I'll need a few days to study. Plus I work on Friday and Saturday nights so it won't interfere with any partying that you might have planned.

I too play a historical game. I tend to follow what the Japanese did IRL but not necessarily the same timeline. I don't mess with Russia and I don't go for an all out offensive in China (doesn't mean I won't fight there though). I also don't try to conquer India and I don't get overly ambitious with production. In other words, I try to do what I think Japan could have done in real life.

We can discuss house rules and the like via PM. I would not be able to send the first turn back until a week from Sunday
We are in the same time zone (in fact I only live 20 miles south of you) so that should ease any turn coordination.

I haven't played CHS yet, only stock so it will help level the playing ground somewhat. Let me know what you think.

Chez

[bradfordkay]

Hi Chez,

I'm sending a PM to discuss this further. The first step will be to test my e-mail to see if a turn can get through... No sense in you spending the time to setup a Japanese first turn if I can't receive the turns, eh?

Shall we call this the Battle of the Skookumchuck?

EDIT: test files sent, barely handled (very slow dialup connection!). Opponent found, thread closed.

Thanks for stopping by...

[denisonh]

Look forward to the AAR.......

[ChezDaJez]

Shall we call this the Battle of the Skookumchuck?

Yep, standby for the flood! [:D]

This will be my first venture into a mod game so I'm looking forward to it with a bit of trepidation.

Chez