m.a@stars wrote on Thu, 07 July 2011 12:43

goober wrote on Thu, 07 July 2011 03:31 If I were being cynical, I know what I'd do with the implied information if I landed next door to a particular race. ... and you might find yourself unpleasantly surprised.

... and I "might" even be cynical

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m.a@stars wrote on Thu, 07 July 2011 13:31

Void wrote on Thu, 07 July 2011 04:56 What makes 40 so special, though? Why not 45 or 50? Not trying to be contrary (my wife tells me it's a gift), just curious... A guaranteed minconc of 50% might prompt some players to redesign their races to take advantage of it...

I would certainly consider doing so.

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The reason for the 40% min conc is it was suggested to me by a player. I considered the ramifications and the impact on the different race types (AR, HP, -f, etc.) I decided that a slight 10% bump up from MINIMUM would help some of the newer players and AR's. The difference like goober? pointed out is tiny. at best an AR might afford an extra pinta or transport. The real reason it helps is when you start ramping up with miners you can perhaps afford one more a year when you wouldn't and it will help a lot then. NO change in any AR race I can conceive will change the slightest with this.

goober wrote on Thu, 07 July 2011 03:31

Now having said that, the most likely explanation, is that it prevents an AR from having a an Ir or G crunch - which since this is supposed to be an AR friendly game makes perfect sense and helps the rest of us with an easier start too.

There is NOTHING short of 80% conc that can prevent an AR from having an iron crunch. I can't think of me ever having a g crunch though so I can ask that only the iron be check on AR worlds if that will make a difference?

But I really think 30 to 40 is hardly any reason to get all excited about or even change a race The impact will be very small even for HP races and it will get the action started slightly sooner.

But if the general mood is that this is for some reason cause for pitchforks/torches/cynicism/race change I will not have is genned like that.

I will though give another week then to get the races done, do some tests with 30% (or lower) and then with 40% and see if the difference is big.

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ForceUser wrote on Thu, 07 July 2011 17:46

<snip> But I really think 30 to 40 is hardly any reason to get all excited about or even change a race The impact will be very small even for HP races and it will get the action started slightly sooner. But if the general mood is that this is for some reason cause for pitchforks/torches/cynicism/race change I will not have is genned like that.

I was just having fun. As I said previously, a min conc 40 for all minerals is fine by me.

Heck, I think I could live with >80 for each mineral if chance should make it so

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Sorry I meant that I've never had that problem, even in test beds The miners is what eat iron up, and very little germ so that's when I run out. I guess if a person is extremely aggressive with colonizing then maybe, but if I even do run out of germ and not iron then I'll pump out as many miners as I can

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You people are getting carried away with the small stuff.
This is Allies and Empires, not The Perfect AReaverse.
If AR has early mineral problems then maybe you need a good ally real close by to pitch in.
Is this a new game announcement or a testbed announcement.
Let's stop procrastinating and make a command decision.
Let's rumble, not ramble... and rant... and speculate...

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ForceUser wrote on Mon, 04 July 2011 03:51

Ok, If everyone can send their race files and passwords for those files to AlexTheGreat we can get it started. There's a lot of players but hopefully we will have everything sent to Alex within the week. @AlexTheGreat If it's possible, can you gen till we have at least 40conc on each HW of each mineral? Dunno if this is gonna take too much time? But it would help us ARs and I'm sure the terrestrial races wouldn't mind About the placing, I'm not sure how far each team should be from the other team or how far they should be from team mates. Let's say they should be twice as far away from the other team as they are from each other. So for example 150ly from each other and 300ly from other team (each player) ITs and PPs can have the distance taken from the middle of the line drawn between their 2 worlds as the center point. Post if you don't have your teamies email but I think the AH PM system should work fine too @XyliGUN You are more than welcome to be an observer! I'll add you to the email list if I can. I'll ask for a private Thread as well so we can discuss stuff there if need be

no poblem re. MCs; min. 40 (or even 50 if u like)it is!

Without running a few tests I do not know what I can do with distamces but I will try for conformity &, before the game, will announce the result. This is the one that might take quite a few regens, not the MCs

So far your (Forceuser) race file is the only one I have received. The rest of you can send me a PM or email but, if it's PM, I need your email address anyway. I also need your race PW. My email is mcdonaldjk at hotmail dot com.

[Updated on: Thu, 07 July 2011 20:11]

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m.a@stars wrote on Mon, 04 July 2011 08:29

ForceUser wrote on Mon, 04 July 2011 14:21 you dont need passwords of the file to set up the game Actually, someone should check the racefiles just in case anyone forgot that CAs are not allowed. Or perhaps they should be allowed but with a point penalty?

I would do that as a matter of cours

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Thanks Alex The 40 will be fine thanks Should start the brawling a little bit faster

Just to make sure everyone knows the gen shedule, the first 10-20 turns will be MTWTF and when people ask for a slow down I'll have it MWF.

We can also slow down as require when it starts getting "interesting"

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Wayne wrote on Sat, 09 July 2011 15:55

I still can't find an address to send the race file to, and to clarify do you want pass words to?

A few posts previously:

"My email is mcdonaldjk at hotmail dot com."

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My race is ready, but I'm still coordinating with my teammate... or trying to.

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Come on peeps

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Race file sent - looking forward to the game.
Allies file should be sent tommorrow.

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Hay all!

Glad to see stuff is going on I have been pretty much cut off from the internet the last week so sorry for the "silent treatment" We are waiting for a couple more people I see, if a team or teammate disappears we can can lower the size of the universe as needed.

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[Updated on: Fri, 15 July 2011 19:07]

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Sorry, our Team is still catching up...

"lueTurbit"?

[Updated on: Fri, 15 July 2011 17:37]

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m.a@stars wrote on Fri, 15 July 2011 17:36

Sorry, our Team is still catching up... "lueTurbit"?

Corrected. My keyboard often misses a character - a PC timing problem I think.

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