"All the news that fits, we print."
May, 1997
Vol. 4, No. 2
In This Edition
Empire Wolfpack Server updated to 4.0.9
Timestamp and dump commands for those whiz-bang clients we're waiting for!Current Games
One new long term game is due to start up this month.Renaissance II Empire
was won by Cathouse, Frumple and Park Place.Newbie Empire
was won by Subway.
South Pacific Empire starts mid May
Another Pat Loney production, the game's name should suggest what's to come. Fixed tech, strong carriers and planes, small island.
Current Long-Term Games (http://www.empire.net/~wolfpack/whereplay.html)
Several games came and went since the last Empire News.Current Blitzes (http://www.empire.net/~wolfpack/whereplay.html)
For the most up-to-date information on available blitzes, see the Empire
page above. Here are the three blitzes confirmed operational at press
time:Blitz Name Host Port Comments Vampire 149.84.128.9 6667 Wolfpack code 4.0.9 (149.84.128.9) Resets 6:00 am EST Cheetah empire.net 6667 Wolfpack code 4.0.9 (205.164.80.15) Resets 6:00 pm EST Howitzer empire.net 7778 Last 3.1 server developments. (205.164.80.15) Low Key gobblernet.dyndns.com 7776 Resets every third month. (204.167.177.201)"Low Key" Game
One the first of every third month, this game with daily updates will
reset. Anyone interested in playing should connect right away, using one
of countries 1 to 10.
More Empire Client Binaries Available
Empclient 2.6 is the basic client released by the Wolfpack Server Team.
Source, as well as binaries for several platforms, is available from the
Wolfpack Home Page (http://www.empire.net/~wolfpack/).
Wolfpack Server Release 4.0.9
The as-yet unnamed members of the Wolfpack Empire Server Team made available a new release, available from the Wolfpack Server Home Page at empire.net (http://www.empire.net/~wolfpack/). Inquiries, bug-reports and comments can also be sent to "wolfpack@empire.net". For a complete run-down of changes from the 3.x generation server, connect to one of the blitzes (http://www.empire.net/~wolfpack/whereplay.html) and enter "info Empire4". Or, point your browser to the wolfpack Change Log (http://www.empire.net/~wolfpack/ChangeLog.txt).How to Run a Game
(http://www.empire.net/~children/ftp/deity/docs/how_to_run_a_game.txt) Before making a game announcement to rec.games.empire, please read and heed this document.
Renaissance II
was won by Cathouse, Frumple and Park Place. The two power leaders both withdrew from contention when threatened with world-wide alliances against them.sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money Pinky&the 300 100% 295K 11K 6.7K 1.7K 30K 55K 8.0K 26K 620 40 110 265K Mithrilie 280 99% 263K 18K 5.9K 1.2K 12K 74K 10K 31K 530 30 100 260K Cathouse 310 99% 296K 26K 7.8K 2.3K 20K 52K 7.4K 39K 570 40 1 415K Frumple 295 92% 197K 14K 5.0K 340 18K 30K 6.4K 18K 450 50 90 235K Dristonia 60 97% 53K 1.8K 2.8K 880 8.0K 11K 1.4K 14K 590 20 40 145K Park Plac 175 77% 105K 4.8K 5.1K 665 3.4K 32K 4.0K 14K 490 120 50 215K15 Cathouse 272.80 0.00 16.43 14.29 -16,20 17 Pinky&theBrain 375.23 0.00 18.89 0.00 44,-6 20 Mithrilien 365.21 0.00 24.19 0.00 -37,9 22 Frumple 333.20 0.00 22.34 5.57 -35,-25 23 Park Place 332.39 0.00 20.83 7.20 29,17 25 Dristonia 322.15 0.00 28.36 0.00 4,26Newbie Empire
was won by Subway.sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money Subway 375 94% 229K 8.1K 8.9K 1.5K 7.5K 64K 4.4K 14K 168 146 68 27K 39568.10 Blam 240 85% 170K 6.4K 7.3K 883 14K 61K 4.4K 18K 76 75 35 2.1K 26526.50 Scourge 143 88% 104K 3.8K 3.2K 656 16K 35K 2.0K 3.1K 51 27 36 15K 16649.88 Palmyra 166 90% 108K 5.2K 5.9K 231 13K 57K 1.2K 1.5K 0 22 15 67K 13278.17# name tech research education happiness cap-location 6 Scourge 304.96 2.92 26.13 12.37 -49,3 11 Palmyra 295.61 15.55 36.99 18.42 36,18 15 Subway 295.40 2.99 35.42 0.00 20,-20 16 Blam 301.67 2.52 28.72 0.00 -20,-20
Mark Ballinger is responsible for the Empire News and the Empire FAQ. If you have suggestions, corrections or announcements, please email me at
uesugi@empire.net.Mark Ballinger (Uesugi)
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