"On air. On sea. On land. Still the Internet's greatest wargame simulation."
"All the news that fits, we print."
September, 1997
Vol. 4, No. 3
In This Edition
Empire Wolfpack Server updated to 4.0.10
Bug fixes, including fleet damage, and added "apropos" to help.Pei 2.9.3
A new official version supporting wolfpack empire changes.Empire Chat Room
See the wolfpack home page for a java-based chat room.Another Empire Who's Who
Thomas Retkowski is building a list of players.Current Games
Several new games have started since the last Empire News.South Pacific Empire
was officially won by nobody.Tanith
was won by New Ayreland.
Mirrorpond Empire
The return of empire on eskimo, this will be a land-based game with the
usual options. Updates will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1:00pm
Pacific Time. Interested players should send the following to
markball@eskimo.com:
Real name
E-mail address
Country name
Country password
Skill level (1-10)
Gargantuan Empire II
Signup for this large-map game by sending email to zemnar@li.net.
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 five 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 Low Key gobblernet.dyndns.com 7776 Resets every month. (204.167.177.201) Tanith atlantis.uwyo.edu 6665 Wolfpack code 4.0.9 (129.72.23.197) Resets 6:00 pm PST Howitzer empire.net 7778 Last 3.1 server developments. (205.164.80.15)"Low Key" Game
On the first of every month, this game with daily updates will reset.
Anyone interested in playing should connect right away, using one of
countries 1 to 10.
Pei 2.9.3 is Available
The Perl empire client has been updated to work with the wolfpack server
by Sam Tetherow. See the Pei Home Page (http://www.nol.org/home/tetherow/pei/).Empire Chat Room
An empire chat room has been set up by Pat Loney. Information is on the
Wolfpack Home Page (http://www.empire.net/~wolfpack/).Another Empire Who's Who
Thomas Retkowski (Council) is compiling a list of empire players with
country names and wins. Send email to tarpan@pitnet.net, and check out the Who's Who Page (http://personal.pitnet.net/tarpan/empire.html).
Wolfpack Server Release 4.0.10
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.
South Pacific Empire
ended with a server keel-over. No winners were declared.sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money Parsing 445 86% 331K 179K 58K 5.8K 75K 101K 6.5K 15K 5.3K 1.1K 660 2.3M Predator 345 100% 326K 146K 82K 5.0K 126K 120K 5.0K 14K 4.6K 740 440 2.1M ... 355 95% 316K 158K 43K 4.4K 45K 77K 5.7K 4.0K 3.0K 1.2K 170 920K Cathouse 295 86% 235K 82K 24K 3.5K 36K 30K 4.0K 18K 5.0K 420 260 425K Ratsnest 250 98% 230K 55K 45K 2.5K 36K 50K 7.8K 11K 4.0K 610 120 1.1M Klingelkn 190 99% 175K 75K 25K 3.6K 22K 50K 2.8K 4.0K 2.3K 600 300 1.1M Minnehaha 175 100% 164K 74K 39K 2.8K 34K 50K 6.7K 6.8K 2.0K 410 130 1.2M Dristonia 115 100% 111K 26K 28K 2.4K 50K 48K 1.8K 3.8K 3.0K 220 100 265K Bozer 85 99% 81K 31K 7.2K 1.0K 7.2K 21K 2.1K 3.0K 460 130 60 1.6M MrRed 150 99% 138K 34K 16K 1.0K 20K 31K 2.1K 4.5K 810 110 60 720K beep 165 83% 116K 36K 18K 1.0K 22K 18K 2.1K 4.3K 1.6K 150 40 235K Park Plac 290 96% 1 22K 19K 985 4.7K 46K 4.6K 12K 1.2K 80 90 965K Vanuatu 55 100% 56K 25K 14K 520 8.9K 22K 1.0K 1.8K 830 50 200 730K int 80 61% 41K 17K 7.5K 1.1K 4.7K 10K 1.0K 2.4K 320 1 40 735K Metallica 60 94% 38K 17K 15K 1.2K 10K 7.5K 1.1K 200 810 190 160 95K Yak 60 67% 39K 6.5K 1.8K 200 3.4K 13K 1.3K 2.4K 140 50 4 15KTanith
was won by New Ayreland.sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money New_Ayrel 793 100% 496K 15K 12K 1.5K 20K 121K 13K 16K 604 55 127 62M 359282.91 CSA 120 99% 76K 6.7K 3.1K 364 18K 28K 3.1K 12K 81 39 24 16K 10799.99 The_Clang 115 91% 57K 3.0K 4.2K 441 245 17K 2.8K 3.9K 51 8 8 103K 5594.47 Castilla 116 93% 55K 3.7K 907 207 3.8K 6.2K 1.6K 1.2K 31 8 22 36K 4044.72
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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