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#1
Empire / EMPIRE Game 3 Regenerated
Last post by tmj - May 09, 2025, 07:45:47 PMNormal game EMPIRE3 has been regenerated, it lasts 100 days and expires MON, AUG 18, 2025
High Scores for the previous game are posted at:
http://empire.game-host.org/empire/highscores/empire3.html
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.
High Scores for the previous game are posted at:
http://empire.game-host.org/empire/highscores/empire3.html
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.
#2
Empire / EMPIRE Game 2 Regenerated
Last post by tmj - May 09, 2025, 07:09:58 PMPractice/Learning EMPIRE2 has been regenerated, it lasts 50 days and expires SAT, JUN 28, 2025
To connect, use Telnet or VT to: empire.game-host.org
The log on command is HELLO PLAYER.EMPIRE2
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.
To connect, use Telnet or VT to: empire.game-host.org
The log on command is HELLO PLAYER.EMPIRE2
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.
#3
Suggestions / Re: Recent Items [On/Off]
Last post by TheProgrammingZone - May 03, 2025, 12:16:16 AMFixed was testing something.
#4
Suggestions / Recent Items [On/Off]
Last post by tmj - April 18, 2025, 09:44:02 PMHow does one turn "Recent Items" off?
I'm not interested in pictures of birds or statuary of same.
And it appears on every page, no matter what topic I turn to.
I can't find it in my profile settings.
I'm not interested in pictures of birds or statuary of same.
And it appears on every page, no matter what topic I turn to.
I can't find it in my profile settings.
#5
Empire / EMPIRE Game 1 Regenerated
Last post by tmj - April 18, 2025, 09:36:57 PMNow that empire has a web page again, I've gone back to posting HIGH SCORES, last posted in 2021!
Test/Experimental EMPIRE1 has been regenerated, it lasts 35 days and expires SAT, MAY 24, 2025
High Scores for the previous game are posted at:
http://empire.game-host.org/empire/highscores/empire1.html
To connect, use Telnet or VT to: empire.game-host.org
The log on command is HELLO PLAYER.EMPIRE1
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.
Test/Experimental EMPIRE1 has been regenerated, it lasts 35 days and expires SAT, MAY 24, 2025
High Scores for the previous game are posted at:
http://empire.game-host.org/empire/highscores/empire1.html
To connect, use Telnet or VT to: empire.game-host.org
The log on command is HELLO PLAYER.EMPIRE1
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.
#7
Empire / EMPIRE on the HP3000 Going Dow...
Last post by tmj - October 02, 2024, 06:24:07 PMSorry folks the, EMPIRE game will be going down until January.
This is one of those customer service fiascoes.
All this time the EMPIRE machine has been on my COX home internet. I attempted to switch to T-Mobile for Business.
#1 So I could get a static IP again.
#2 With port forwarding on port 80 so the EMPIRE machine could have a web page again.
Right know I only have #1.
With old COX to get a web page they wanted me to have a business account, which is hundreds of dollars more a month.
With T-Mobile a Business account is only 12 bucks more than a home Consumer account.
To make a long story short, due to miscommunication and misunderstanding the "Customer Support" in based in call centers outside the U.S. they misunderstood what I wanted and set me up as a Consumer account.
So now I have to wait 90 days before I can do a "migration" to a Business account.
(There are more stupid details than this, but this is the nutshell version.)
Currently with COX you can still get to the EMPIRE machine at empire.game-host.org, but rather than pay for TWO internet services at the same time for three months, I'm going to turn COX off. I was hoping to do the transition smoothly.
This will last for 90 days. It will take a few days before I turn COX off so you have a few days to play some of the short term text games like MILLBORN and ADVENT.
This is one of those customer service fiascoes.
All this time the EMPIRE machine has been on my COX home internet. I attempted to switch to T-Mobile for Business.
#1 So I could get a static IP again.
#2 With port forwarding on port 80 so the EMPIRE machine could have a web page again.
Right know I only have #1.
With old COX to get a web page they wanted me to have a business account, which is hundreds of dollars more a month.
With T-Mobile a Business account is only 12 bucks more than a home Consumer account.
To make a long story short, due to miscommunication and misunderstanding the "Customer Support" in based in call centers outside the U.S. they misunderstood what I wanted and set me up as a Consumer account.
So now I have to wait 90 days before I can do a "migration" to a Business account.
(There are more stupid details than this, but this is the nutshell version.)
Currently with COX you can still get to the EMPIRE machine at empire.game-host.org, but rather than pay for TWO internet services at the same time for three months, I'm going to turn COX off. I was hoping to do the transition smoothly.
This will last for 90 days. It will take a few days before I turn COX off so you have a few days to play some of the short term text games like MILLBORN and ADVENT.
#8
Empire / Re: EMPIRE4 Game Regenerated
Last post by tmj - September 16, 2024, 10:57:22 AM #9
Empire / EMPIRE4 Game Regenerated
Last post by tmj - September 16, 2024, 10:43:47 AMTournament game EMPIRE4 has been regenerated, it lasts 125 days and expires SUN, JAN 19, 2025
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.
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.
#10
Empire / EMPIRE4 Starting Soon
Last post by tmj - September 14, 2024, 06:52:30 PMI've delayed starting EMPIRE4 the Tournament game, due to a number of external factors -- one of which is having a job in retirement -- I'll be restarting a new game in a couple of days.
Let's try Midnight (EDT) tommorow.
Also this year the EMPIRE machine has been subject to a number of DDOS and FTP attacks. That's the risk I get for leaving this machine wide open on the internet. Therefore I've been blocking the entire provider range the attack comes from. Such users will get a "connection refused" message. Oddly enough the day of the last presidential debate this week I got a large number of domestic FTP attacks, I presume they were to deface EMPIRE's web page, but my provider doesn't let me have a web page anymore which makes it even funnier. (I need to change my provider again so EMPIRE can have a web page.)
To avoid refusal, use an emulator with NSVT protocol on port 1570. If this is impossible, send me a note and I'll open up your provider's IP range back on telnet. (Of course I'll have to know the your provider's IP range.)
--
Tracy Johnson
Old fashioned text games hosted below:
empire.game-host.org
BT
NNNN
Let's try Midnight (EDT) tommorow.
Also this year the EMPIRE machine has been subject to a number of DDOS and FTP attacks. That's the risk I get for leaving this machine wide open on the internet. Therefore I've been blocking the entire provider range the attack comes from. Such users will get a "connection refused" message. Oddly enough the day of the last presidential debate this week I got a large number of domestic FTP attacks, I presume they were to deface EMPIRE's web page, but my provider doesn't let me have a web page anymore which makes it even funnier. (I need to change my provider again so EMPIRE can have a web page.)
To avoid refusal, use an emulator with NSVT protocol on port 1570. If this is impossible, send me a note and I'll open up your provider's IP range back on telnet. (Of course I'll have to know the your provider's IP range.)
--
Tracy Johnson
Old fashioned text games hosted below:
empire.game-host.org
BT
NNNN