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PE-CH-Announce [Moderator]: Congrats NBH; Restart Time!
Date:Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:30:10 +0000

Announcement from the Moderator to All Leaders:

Congratulations to the Nations Breathing Helium!  They have met the
conditions to force a New Era of this Universe.  (See
http://www.powersedge.net/?Page=guide for the rules details.)

As I see it, the timing of this could not be better, since we all have
the holiday break ahead.  I'll be giving some thought to the shape of
the New Era - suggestions are welcome!  The basic rules of the Code of
Honor Universe (limited, update-synchronized diplomacy in particular)
will be kept, but it might be fun to make a few changes.  At a
minimum, everyone will get to create a new Leader with a new character
in a new nation!

There is a new "region crisis" system that I'm now debugging, which
eliminates the need for the justly-hated Rescalings.  The new idea is
that all regions are vulnerable to having crises from time to time
(randomly as far as the Universe is concerned).  If the Universe gets
overpopulated, the worst crises can force regions to be abandoned or
merged (not so different from how regions are merged in a Rescaling,
but one at a time instead of all at once).  Occasional crises
afflicting individual regions are not so unrealistic (floods,
hurricanes, famines etc. in our world, for instance) and they can then
keep the size of the universe under control without requiring cosmic
cataclysms like Rescalings. Larger nations will have more crises as a
matter of probability, and managing them well will be one of the
challenges that the top nations will have to face.  I was thinking of
trying the system out in a Development Zone universe, but I think it's
simple enough that it would be do-able in the main Power's Edge
universes, and I'd love to try it out.  Perhaps the best thing is to
restart Code of Honor as two new Universes, one with Crises and one
without either Crises or Rescalings...

-- Power's Edge, http://www.powersedge.net/ 




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PE-CH-Diplo [CH-Independents]: End-of-Game Discussions
Date:Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:14:13 +0000

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Hi everyone - 

Thinking that folks might like to have some end-of-game discussions, I
adjusted the Code of Honor settings to allow everyone to send
"immediate" messages now that the Universe is heading into a New Era. 
To make use of this feature, go to:
    http://www.powersedge.net

Then click on "Send Diplomatic Messages", and then enter your Leader's
name and password.  If you've lost your password, you can find it by
doing a "view source" on your Nation's latest Newspaper, and searching
for the string "password".  Your actual password should be soon after
that string.  

Once you've logged in, you can send both Leader-to-Leader messages and
Global Announcements.

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Moderator



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PE-CH-Diplo [Childe Roland]: End of an Era
Date:Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:14:32 +0000

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Tooe bad there wasn't more of a challenge to NBH's ascendancy, and
oure ultimate victory.  But all worldes must move on, and so oures
has, at laste.  Woulde that this ende provides the champions with
utmost glory at this time of yearre.  Ande let itts losres breathe a
sigh of relief that they may yet live again, and strive to be as
greatte. 


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PE-CH-Diplo [Clann]: End of the world as we know it
Date:Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:47:45 +0000

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Greetings all.

While I have been mostly silent for the 64 turns in which I
participated, the end of this universe prompts me out of my shell. I
wanted to spend this, my first game, in relative anonimity to get a
feel for the game play, keeping a rigid neutrality through it all.
When my nation was insidiously attacked and nearly overrun, I felt let
down. Yet again, this was a game where "might means right". I was
pleasantly surprised to discover that this was not so, as other,
larger nations, threw their weight behind me and helped me restore my
nation. Here, then, I have found a home.

The old universe is dead, long live the new one!...
Good thing too, 'cause I was running out of MacNames!

Clann


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PE-CH-Diplo [Twins Rule]: Twins Rule no more
Date:Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:05:36 +0000

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First of all, I would like to thank The Bob for this nice idea to
allow us free loaders a chance to say some last words in this Code of
Honor game.
Second, congratulations to the Nations Breathing Helium [NBH] alliance
for winning the game.
Third, like Childe Roland, I to wish that there were more of a
challenge to NBH. It's not like the alliance surprised everyone. When
the secret messages were leaked, I made up my mind to go after Honest
Abe regardless. The game had become stale and predictable. Like Clann,
I was only in the game for a short time, so other older nations were
apparently just happy with the game fading away. But, unlike Clann, I
was a tad vocal towards the end. And I still managed to enjoy the game
all the way through my 59 turns.
Fourth, I warmly thank JACK SQUAT for joining the BoP alliance.
Fifth, don't look for Don Quixote de la Mancha as my character in any
new game.  What would I name my regions?
Sixth, thanks go out to The Bob for a truly unique and interesting
game.
Seventh, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.


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PE-CH-Diplo [CH-Independents]: Final Maps and Fun Stats
Date:Sun, 04 Jan 2004 01:45:37 +0000

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Happy New Year, everyone - 

Many thanks for the good comments!  I'm really glad to see that
Power's Edge has found a following.  My New Year's Resolution is to
get the next version out at last, and then work to create a true
player community.

Here are some final numbers from Code of Honor: 

* The Universe lasted for over 22 months!  The first update was
February 2, 2002
and the 165th was December 17, 2003.  CH was the longest-running
Universe to date!

* A grand total of 172 Leaders and Nations stepped into the Code of
Honor Universe.  This makes CH the most successful Power's Edge
Universe to date!  

* As fate has it, the Updater keeps one map for each nation (the final
map that nation received).  They're stored by the ID number of the
Nation rather than the name of the leader, so it's not easy to find
anyone in particular (which is why it's my policy not to re-send
them).  But, by request and in the interest of those Historians who
want to take a look, I've placed ALL of the final maps into the online
Historical Archives. If any of the NBH members would like to see their
final maps enshrined as the graphic on our web site (to take turns
with the old Roman Empire map), please send it to me, and I'll have
that image change randomly each time someone visits the site.

Finally, I'm going to the Universe as-is (open for discussion) until
the Crisis of Integrity universe gets started in 2 weeks.

-- Bob



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PE-CH-Diplo [Sergeant]: Press Release
Date:Sat, 17 Jan 2004 00:36:48 +0000

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Fellow Leaders:

It regrets me to inform you that I will not be joining the new game at
its inception.

However, I do reserve the right to return in any capacity at any time
that is permittable by rule.

Good fortunes to all!



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PE-CH-Diplo [Sergeant]: Whoops
Date:Sat, 17 Jan 2004 02:59:00 +0000

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Let's try this again.

I hate to vacillate so quickly, but I realized the importance of
entering the game on the first turn, so I shall indeed be joining you
all for another go at it.

And just so it is known: I hold no affinities or grudges from one game
to the next. Former enemies and allies alike, I first look to work
with you.