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Please report any questions or problems with the AltMeta here.

The intent of this thread is to provide a single place for the reporting of any and all AltMeta problems. The usual disclaimers apply. The AltMeta is Kryo's personal part time project that is neither supported or endorsed by Stardock.

All AltMeta problems will be dealt with in a timely manner however everyone must realize that there are hundreds of us and only one Kryo. From my own personal experience support will almost always be quicker than anyone has a right to expect, however on the off chance that it isn't please be patient. There's no need to repeat a request. Every request will be noticed. No request will be forgotten. You may not receive acknowledgement that the issue is being worked. You may not even receive notice that the issue has been corrected. But you can be absolutely assured that the issue will be corrected.

Thank you for your support.

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The new AltMeta has moved.

All sig banners and links will be automatically forwarded so this change should be totally transparent. However, there is one aspect of this move that will result in a change.

Previously, all characters that were in the top 100 official MV empires were automatically included in the AltMeta as long as they had any submitted games. This meant that any characters not in an empire or in an empire not in the top 100 have previously been excluded from the AltMeta. This was done primarily for bandwidth considerations. This wasn't a very big limitation since any character not in an empire could form their own empire and being in the top 100 official metaverse empires only required a total score of about 32K.

With the move to new hosting this is changed. To be included in the AltMeta will still require membership in an empire, but only those empires currently listed in the AltMeta will be automatically included. Any new empires will need to be manually added to the update list. All that's required is for any member of the empire to ask to be included. To ensure the quickest response it's best to make such a request to this thread, but this isn't absolutely required. All requests to be included in the ALtMeta will be honored regardless of where they're made. All in all this is an improvement since it removes any score requirement on the inclusion of new empires in the AltMeta.
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Reply #26 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Another new empire to add if you please Kryo, Tyranny of Evil.

Thankyou kindly.
Reply #27 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Added.
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Reply #28 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Help! I'm trying to create a character, but it keeps saying that the name is invalid. Help me out here!!!
Reply #29 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Help! I'm trying to create a character, but it keeps saying that the name is invalid. Help me out here!!!

Well, for one thing special characters are not allowed and that includes periods. Also the name can't match a name already in use. Finally IIRC you have to put in your serial number to create a character.
Reply #31 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yeah, but I followed those things (only A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _, ., -) and it still won't work.


What web browser are you using? That might also have an effect if it's an older one not fully supported by the wbesite.
Reply #32 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Kryo can you please add another new empire, Drittes Reich Gestiegen.
I left a post on the other thread. Should have read this fist.
Almost in 100 currently No. 107.
Thanks, You're doing a great job.
Reply #33 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Umm, what's with the Nazi theme, cliff1066?
Reply #34 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
We don't need another nazi empire in the world.
Reply #35 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I was playing as Evil, and what was more evil than the Nazi's.
AAlso at the time could not think of a better theme.
Reply #36 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I was playing as Evil, and what was more evil than the Nazi's.
AAlso at the time could not think of a better theme.

If it's a matter of spending a slight bit of effort to think of a better theme then I would suggest that it might be best if you took a moment and gave it a little bit of thought.

There are, to say the very least, a few folks that have taken extreme offense to the "theme" of your empire. While it's true that nazi's may be representative of evil, there are a fair amount of folks that really don't appreciate the reference regardless of whether it's meant as a joke or not.

I also know that a number of people have taken offense to this and have made official complaint to Stardock about it.

If your intent was indeed not insidious then you would be wise to make the change quickly. Failing to do so would most likely indicate that your true intent all along was to cause offense.
Reply #37 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I personaly dont take offense, but I would think of something completely different so as not to offend some of the people here. How about the new Axis as Bush puts it, or just simply the Canadians as Southpark will have you believe   
Reply #38 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sure I would be willing to change, Can I chang the name and the characters without loosing the games/rank. If anyone has suggestions pleas feel free to make suggestions. I did not mean to offend anyone.
Reply #39 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sure I would be willing to change, Can I chang the name and the characters without loosing the games/rank. If anyone has suggestions pleas feel free to make suggestions. I did not mean to offend anyone.


The Huns or the Romans, Margaret Thatcher (Dont Falk with me Argentina) Just a few   
Reply #40 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well I've changed to The Dalek Empire.
In the past I have played war games as the Germans and carried the theme across. No intention of offending anyone. Now a space related theme, Evil Daleks from Doctor Who TV series. Thanks for your suggestions.
Reply #41 from GalCiv2 Forums Top


Too many have started a Nazi themed empire and have really only had the intent of starting a flame war or the shock factor on their mind.

Kudos to you for not being one of them and i hope you enjoy your Metaverse experiance.


Reply #42 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Daleks have been added and should appear after the altmeta runs its next update.
Reply #43 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well I've changed to The Dalek Empire.
In the past I have played war games as the Germans and carried the theme across. No intention of offending anyone.

That's good to see. Thanks.
Reply #44 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Please add the Kzinti Empire to the AltMeta. We hope to find interesting prey here.

Sentient species taste better... Sentient species taste better...

Reply #45 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Congrats to the two new joining empires

And I am glad to see the issue resolved constructively with benifit to both sides
Reply #46 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
My opinion on the whole Nazi issue is that yes it can be offensive to have an empire based on that regime, but in an open & free society the solution is not to censor such things, for not only does it go against the very values of such a society, suppression only lends power, and generates interest, in the very thing you are trying to censor. If it was a powerless idea/image/idealogy, theoretically there would be no need to suppress it. In trying so stridently to avoid offending anyone, we tend to want to avoid speaking of evil things that have happened in human history, but to sweep it under the rug or ignore it usually has the opposite effect. The best way to avoid similar things happening in the future is to study and confront such evil.

Back to the original issue about the empire... To put things in context a little bit. My ancestry is half Polish, and the Nazis took a very heavy toll on that country. I know that some of my more distant relatives perished during WWII under their yoke, so I do have some personal investment in the question. I would not find the existence of a Nazi Empire in the metaverse to be too offensive to let it exist, partially because its a game and people play evil empires all the time, albeit fictional ones. But I would never join such an empire, nor encourage anyone else to do so. If someone really wanted to form one then I'd let them be, but they better be prepared to take a lot of crap from many people.

Sentient species taste better... Sentient species taste better...
Reply #47 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Please accept the empire "MV League" into altmeta. I would really hate to lose my 1st place (in a lousy category, but still). Thank you!
Reply #48 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Please accept the empire "MV League" into altmeta. I would really hate to lose my 1st place (in a lousy category, but still). Thank you!
There are no lousy categories. Certainly one of many points that the AltMeta was meant to address is that all games have value and that even though people that play the MV tend to be score oriented they can also realize that score isn't everything.

Certainly that's also been a part of the Metaverse League as well. The value of any game from smallest to largest is only in how much fun you get from playing it. You could score a million points in a game and if you didn't have fun doing it then it's worthless.
Reply #49 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The AltMeta seems to be having a problem with my Plebor Pyrate Character. I couldn't find him in any list or in The Tyranny of Evil which he is a member. I used the search and it found the character, but it doesn't display the name or Avatar, nor shows him in an Empire. I grabbed a pic, but imageshack is acting all messed up at the moment. It's easy to find with just a search for the name Plebor though.

Edit:Correction, it just shows him #1 in empire, suggesting the AltMeta is reading the charcter as being in it's own empire or something.
Reply #50 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Very weird. For some reason it was simply not adding that character (and a few others) into the roster table. Fiddled around with it a bit, deleted the empires' roster a few times and rebuilt it, and it started working, even though I hadn't changed the code....