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  • Category: Geography
  • Founded: Feb 17, 2002
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It's time to roll out another game of MinuteWar. The target date for game start is September 17, the third Friday in September. The game will be limited to the...
27 Sep 10, 2004
6:47 pm

wls686slw
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On a totally different computer, I'm having the same problems I did before with maps. I can't download the background maps. I got the latest version of the...
9 Sep 8, 2004
8:50 pm

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Well, based on the poll, there are plenty of people interested in playing this next game to make more than 2 people on each team. So can the registrations be...
9 Sep 8, 2004
12:13 am

Mike Frazier
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I am new to this whole thing but I am very interested. I would like to play if I can. Is there anything I should know or any tips you may have for me being a...
2 Aug 20, 2004
1:51 pm

Scout
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... Probably in part because it's a lot of work. I actually stopped the practice for Geodashing for 6-8 months for that reason, but it's back this month by...
1 Jul 6, 2004
4:48 pm

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Just out of curiosity, each month (pretty much), a nice writeup about Geodashing goes out to various lists. How come nothing like this is done for MinuteWar...
1 Jul 6, 2004
2:48 pm

Mike Frazier
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Once again, a single solitary team takes a COMMANDING lead before another team can make a move. Unless the other teams gang up on East quickly, this game will...
6 Jul 6, 2004
4:11 am

Scout
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The latest MinuteWar game settings have shortened the game time tremendously. Game 17 took less than a week to play out. I'm hoping that more players will be...
5 Jul 2, 2004
12:32 pm

Timothy VanVranken
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Congratulations to Team N (kablooey and mmp) for winning Game 17. They jumped out to a quick lead and were never challenged. All four teams made at least one...
5 Jun 25, 2004
5:59 pm

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OK, something doesn't seem right here. Team S captured 13x22, then Team N took 14x24. Team S parried with 13x23. Note this did not capture the adjacent 14x24...
3 Jun 19, 2004
2:12 pm

Scout
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Just out of curiosity. I tried to download a background map in MWC. It shows it downloading, but nothing shows up! The same thing happens with World or USA....
8 Jun 18, 2004
10:58 pm

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Game 17 is underway. Team N has jumped out to a quick lead, with kablooey capturing southeast Australia. That gives Team N the bonus, meaning it's going to get...
8 Jun 18, 2004
1:09 pm

Scout
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So... How do we send team emails? I remember we had that feature with game 15, but I don't see it now. Am I blind, or did it get removed? WheelsMan...
5 Jun 18, 2004
1:07 pm

Scout
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I set out to capture this flag today, and my GPS showed 98.5 meters when I got there, but the game isn't accepting it - it says " Flag was at latitude 55.923,...
4 Jun 16, 2004
8:56 am

Nick Johnson
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BooBear and hitman, this means you. BOB!!...
1 Jun 15, 2004
10:00 pm

BOB!!
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Hi Scout, I just opened MWC and clicked on "Download list" to update the game list and I ended up with no games in the list. Did you change the file MWC looks...
3 Jun 15, 2004
6:28 pm

Perkins, Mark
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Hi, Having recently purchased a GPS and seeing the surprising number of GPS games around, I thought I'd give MinuteWar a go. My only reservation - with only 7...
2 Jun 14, 2004
1:07 pm

Scout
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A new game of MinuteWar is forming. Visit http://MinuteWar.org to sign up. If you haven't played in a long time, come back and reacquaint yourself with the...
13 Jun 14, 2004
2:17 am

Scout
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With less than 5 days to go until the start of Game 17, there are only 5 players signed up. Come on, all you people who are on the fence and can't decide, or...
1 Jun 10, 2004
6:30 pm

Perkins, Mark
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I have an enhancement request for MWC... With Game 15 and now Game 17 which are team games, can MWC have a toggle switch or something so the colors don't...
4 Jun 7, 2004
8:25 pm

Mike Frazier
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My feeling is that, unlike Game 15, it will be a bad idea to miss the beginning of this game. Scout - We could start Game 17 on June 15. And, with a deadline...
1 Jun 2, 2004
11:46 pm

Perkins, Mark
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According to my calculations, E can finish the practice game at 16:01 UTC (a little over 17 hours from now) if they so desire - unless N (the only other team...
3 Jun 2, 2004
11:41 pm

BOB!!
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Welcome to MinuteWar, FireInst12. The practice game is mainly to get familiar with the Web site's user interface and to test out game engine features. We don't...
1 Jun 2, 2004
11:29 pm

Scout
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In the practice game, "initial moves" is set to 2 with the move bank cap set to 3. This is essentially equivalent to Game 15 where a team has one day to make...
1 Jun 2, 2004
5:18 pm

Perkins, Mark
mmpc
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Watch what happens in South America when either S or W captures one of their opponent's flags. The traffic jam will clear up in a hurry. The goal is to keep...
25 Jun 2, 2004
5:06 pm

Perkins, Mark
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... Thanks for noticing that. I set up these parameters a month or so ago and forgot about that one. My intent was to speed up gameplay. First, an explanation...
1 May 29, 2004
3:13 pm

Scout
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I thought some may enjoy reading a dispatch I sent to my teammates back on January 19. The suggested alliance never happened, but it was the way I was thinking...
1 May 29, 2004
3:11 am

Trooper
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Oh no... I didn't count squares closely enough. My latest capture didn't put me back in the lead. Team S still has the bonus. Oh no... -- Scout...
2 May 28, 2004
9:55 pm

Perkins, Mark
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I tried to post this a couple of days ago, but I don't think it ever made it to the list: Imagine a 60x60 board laid out with these flags on the edges: N...
3 May 28, 2004
9:11 pm

Scout
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Here is a proposal for the next stage of MinuteWar, made with the following goals in mind: 0. No changes to the game engine. 1. Games should be relatively...
7 May 28, 2004
8:55 pm

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