The banners seemed pretty popular for a while; I put up quite a few for both the Gerontocrats and the AltMeta. I'm betting that the need to do all the copy-pasting is the main reason you don't see so many these days.

I still put one in occasionally when a reply or OP seems like a context for recruiting for us or promoting the AltMeta. I was asked to be the MVC rep for "oddball" folks (I never cared about scores until Mumble suckered me into the Council). I prefer the AltMeta to the "official" one b/c it room for us folks who still can't stand the work a conquest win takes.

Re the AltMeta banners, IIRC the graphics are dynamically generated and as long as Kryo keeps the site going, the banners should work. Our empire banner depends on a file at imageshack, so if that ever goes away, all our banners will too.

The games are scored the same, but with the AltMeta, you get full value of every game, regardless of what you have submitted before. Scores on the AltMeta depreciate to 0 over time.

Sentient species taste better...

Double post? What is up with these things, anyway?

Ack, really? I will have to play more, I suppose.

I have been playing a lot of games, in fact, but I've quit more often than I've finished, due to untenable positions. Also, a lot of those games have been Metaverse League ones, which are perhaps not the highest scoring w.r.t. the AltMeta. And now the TotA campaign, which I just finished, which also does not count toward AltMeta.

I'll get working on a new metaverse game right now! Which race is the most fun to play in TotAm, would you say?

As for the empire, yes, if there are any older players here who would like to join a friendly empire, please feel free to post here or message me privately. We will take anyone who is older than 30, though no proof is required. If you act like you're mature and friendly, we will take you!

I never liked Drengin that much; that super ability of theirs is more annoying than it is useful.

I agree about the MCC. Though I usually play evil, prioritizing that was never a major consideration for me. Then again, scoring really high was never a priority, either.

Good luck with your empire, Ghostwes. May you never have trouble with getting out of the bathtube.  

Hi KseAlis... I have just added you to the empire. Thanks for joining us!

Welcome KseAlis.

KseAlis, swell to see a top-ten AltMeta player join us. Ten more like you and we might be able to overtake those Vong folks

Question for all active Gerontocrats: is anyone trying a TA Metaverse game yet?

I've started a few, got going with one that I thought I'd try finishing, but my casual reading around here now has me worried that the scoring might still be wonky (or at least "low" compared to DL and DA) and that research might come to a grinding halt on account of the apparent steady growth of tech costs.

@KseAlis: You should appear today in the AltMeta list; the A/M updates I believe twice a day (though it seemed to drop down to once a day in the past two months).

Now just remember to get your games done in time to watch Matlock

GW, I have submitted two TA games so far. Not great scores, but then they never are for me.

Universal = huge, gigantic, & immense maps.
Galactic = large & medium maps.
Solar = small & tiny maps.

Civ = any non-conquest victories.
Mil = military victories.

There is no seperate Mil/Universal category. Those games are incorporated into the All/Universal.

Sentient species taste better...

Welcome to the Metaverse KseAlis. I've got at least one person in my empire who is in their 60's, and I know there are a few other players on the forums in their 70's.

Sentient species taste better...