Gryphin, I believe Mephisto or PhoenixD said they would host earlier but I'm not sure. How about the following until everyone has time to play around with Gold.
Everybody how about
Version 1.49 until we all have the Gold
Play until 30 days after the Last post that the Last of us has received his gold Version
Med Size (depending on number of players)
No AI's
all current rules, techs, weapons, ect.
3-5000 racial points or whatever is decided
3 starting planets
all warp points connected
all starting planets same size
Midlife, Spirol or Cluster??
5000 space
5000 units
low or no Castrophic activity
pick your planet type and atmosphere
Med start Tech
what else
GT, I plan on Lasting at least 5 or 6 turns
A helmeted Mac desperatly digging bomb shelters
and stocking up on various brewskis and cutting back on certain ah, ahem, certain research endeavors, but not stopping altogether
research must go foreward afterall