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Tournament game EMPIRE4 has been regenerated, it lasts 125 days and expires SUN, MAY 07, 2023

To connect, use Telnet or VT to:  empire.game-host.org
The log on command is HELLO PLAYER.EMPIRE4

Game parameters are:
- 599x599 sector grid
- 99 islands, starting island is random
- build and movement points accumulate every 60 minutes
- 0 starting time units
- ship movement is updated every 6 hours
- 255 Player limit
- Player identification is created on first log on
- Game is always open, no sign ups required
- Maximum information hiding

This message generated by a batch job on the Empire machine.

Normal game EMPIRE3 has been regenerated, it lasts 100 days and expires MON, FEB 20, 2023

To connect, use Telnet or VT to:  empire.game-host.org
The log on command is HELLO PLAYER.EMPIRE3

Game parameters are:
- 499x499 sector grid.
- 40 islands, starting island is random.
- build and movement points accumulate every 14.4 minutes.
- 99 starting time units.
- ship movement is updated every 4 hours.
- 255 Player limit
- Player identification is created on first log on
- Game is always open, no sign ups required
- Normal information hiding

This message generated by a batch job on the Empire machine.

Anyone know what happened to user much_guest? (Includes the underscore.)

Practice/Learning EMPIRE2 has been regenerated, it lasts 50 days and expires THU, NOV 24, 2022

Start is random island, No EDEN.

To connect, use Telnet or VT to:  empire.game-host.org
The log on command is HELLO PLAYER.EMPIRE2

Note the web-site (but not the game) is down.

Game parameters are:
- 399x399 sector grid
- 20 islands, starting island is random
- build and movement points accumulate every 14.4 minutes
- 99 starting time units
- ship movement is updated every 2 hours
- 255 Player limit
- Player identification is created on first log on
- Game is always open, no sign ups required
- Normal information hiding

This message generated by a batch job on the Empire machine.

Test/Experimental EMPIRE1 has been regenerated, it lasts 35 days and expires TUE, NOV 08, 2022.
 
To connect, use Telnet or VT to:  empire.game-host.org
The log on command is HELLO PLAYER.EMPIRE1

Note the web-site (but not the game) is down.  A tar.gz file of game instruction html offline webpages can be sent on request.
 
Game parameters are:
- 299x299 sector grid
- 10 islands, everyone starts at EDEN
- build and movement points accumulate every minute
- 99/255 starting time units
- ship movement is updated every hour
- 255 Player limit
- Player identification is created on first log on
- Game is always open, no sign ups required
- Normal information hiding
 
This message generated by a batch job on the Empire machine.

Due to agreement by all Players, they have conceded the game to HORSIA and declared HORSIA the winner.

High scores below:

Power Report

Rank Isl Sects  Populatn Materiel    Power Name
---- --- ----- --------- -------- -------- -----------------------------
  1. 240 66278 134866909 46527670 70870550 HORSIA[3]
  2.  44 10043  20681500 12279628 16277997 SCOTTLAND[2]
  3.  22  3182   5432730  1942790  2948168 SYZYGY[5]
  4.  31  1973   1896468   749784  1147104 SCHMUCK[1]
  5.   1     1     19997        0     2099 EISENHOWER[4]

It has been a couple of years since I discontinued the Yahoo group simply because Yahoo turned to crap.  I found a site called groups.io that behaves just like the old Yahoo groups, even older, it was designed by the guy that made onelist, the group service that got bought by Yahoo.  You'll find it at the site called empire@groups.io.

The domain name for Empire is back, you no longer have to use direct IP addressing:

http://invent3k.openmpe.com/empire/

Is there any room here for a migration of 300 or so users from a dissatisfied Yahoo group?

They're mainly looking to e-mail, and to be able to share their gaming files.

Anyone try plaing Empire with zaTelnet on the iPhone?

BT
Tracy Johnson
Ye olde fashioned text games at: 198.212.189.111








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Since "texting" on hand held devices are all the rage now.  Does this mean users can play Empire on a hand held device?  Does 'telnet' protocol even work on a hand held device?

(Or are the islands too big to display?)

Or is this thought too much like Floogle?

Mark Klein's GNU tools have been installed on this machine.