Thanks for the heads up. Good luck

haha yea, thought about that. but i live in southern CA, so it rarely goes below 50F here in the winter, and it is next to a big window already. i think half the problem is the fan (sounds like a bearing died) and the other half is definately the PSU. dell only put a 275 watt PSU in this thing, and the form factor is totally proprietary. i refuse to just replace it this will just start happening again soon with only 275 watts.

and i mean, it's a Dell--is it really worth putting more money into?

i'll still probably be haunting the forums; i can use it for an hour or two before i goes out, and i have unrestricted net access at work. i'm already browsing parts on newegg to build my own, so i might be up and running again (with all sorts of new power under the hood) before round 5 gets going anyway.

either way, thanks for the encouragement

this i know!!!

if anyone into assembling PCs would care to offer sage wisdom, advice and recommendations on this current trial of mine, i've got a wishlist in a forum going, here (skip to the bottom, unless you find the longer story interesting). any help would definately be appreciated!

Hi mate, good to hear from you. Your in mate, we are just finishing round 4 today actually so round 5 will start, quite possibly tomorrow. We do sometimes leave it a few days between rounds but things are rolling along nicely and we might just jump into another round.

In any event i will place you into one of the teams very soon. For the next round mate, look for the Metaverse League Round 5 thread, i will have it posted i the next few days..maybe sooner.

We have a heap of threads about the league but the best ones to check out are,

MVL Rule Book thread has the latest rules in the OP and is where any rule changes are discussed.

Metaverse League Round 4 thread is the main point of discussion for the current round (ends in half hour or so), so this is as good as any place to drop in and have a chat with any of the players. This thread lists the current teams in the OP too.

Also we have a discussion ongoing about the MVL's incluion into the AltMeta. It is quite a long read but if you would like to get in on the process check it out, The MVL and the AltMeta.

Glad to have you with us mate, and there is no requirement to join the MVL Empire, though you may choose to of course.

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Though, let me be the first (shamless plug coming here) to invite you to join my empire. The Tyranny of Evil. We are very active and many of the league players are members.
This is our empire page,Tyranny of Evil MV Page and you can check out our empire thread here,
Tyranny of Evil. Though the best place to check us out would be at our own forum, Tyranny of Evil Forum Site.

Sorry to drown you in all that stuff, but i just though i would beat the rest of the guys to the punch.

As i said there is no requirement at all to join an empire mate.

Welcome to the League and i hope you enjoy playing.

Thank you, gentlemen. I put myself in the MVL empire - lol @ Olympic rings! I seem to have some homework ahead of me - will there be a test?   

Peril is going to be my League character - my first foray into the Metaverse while I decide what empire I would like to join for regular gaming.

Thanks for the Tyranny invite - I've seen your thread, you guys are hilarious. The one thing I seriously dislike about playing evil is that once you build the mind control center, you stop being able to flip planets - and I like being able to grab planets that way, esp. the extreme worlds that my "friends" have settled in my backyard. That said, I'm open to anything, just waiting a while for now.

what version are using? lol, if the MCC is actually flipping planets for you, I think you are the FIRST person I've ever come across

He uses Iconians as slaves, not good for anything. His 20 slaves are as good as any one of my Alterian slaves. Iconians breath smells funny.

Hmmm now we're talking....FB run out and get me Silver and Jeff 3 Altarian Fembots, and be quick about it...

Are there still room for another player? I'm somewhat new to GalCiv II, but I consitently win on Challenging (still haven't tried to ramp up) and feel confident enough to attempt and succeed in any victory condition so far.

I have a few questions though.
Are game submissions only done through forum messages?
Am I allowed, or even required, to post the game result on the metaverse?
Where can I find the conditions for the next game consistently without scrolling through a 5 page forum topic? Are they sent per PM to participating players?


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Hello again!

Ok, so let me get this straight: I look in the OP of Round 4 to see what sort of game I am to play, take some screenshots when I win and post it?

My character is named Dalaule. And I was ninja'ed by the Kzinti. But I'm happy to play on whichever team. My favorite race so far is the Altarians, and their goody goody attitude doesn't go too well with the Kzinti I'm afraid...

Since round 4 just ended there will be a thread created for round five that will have the settings. It starts wedneday(US) I believe.

You just start the game as a metaverse game using the round settings and post it as normal when through. Then you just go to the round five thread and either give a screenie of your submission from the character's page or some key details of the game like. years,score,raceused,and submission time. You can also look in the round four thread and see what details people used and how they submitted their game to the league. It's a pretty simple process once you get it down.

And Welcome to the MVL

I think that this will be an interesting thing to participate in I am very much interested in playing with the MVL and would like to join.

My character is GalenEvil

So that new round is gonna start up on Wednesday?

GalenEvil

Yes, I would definitely like to join. I enjoy the challenge that comes with competition

GalenEvil