| Beginner/Advanced Beginner Game - To the MAX |
Tue, 24 January 2012 22:56  |
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Ok.. time to host a beginner game.
Host is not playing.
Small, packed, distant.
6-8 players
Max Minerals
Accellerated BBS
Galaxy Clumping
No CAs
Victory conditions: High score at 2500 or player consensus.
26 hour turns to start... will increase to 48 hours with player consensus.
Beginners have only played AIs before or have gotten trashed by real players. Advanced beginners have not won a game without being in an alliance (with a better player).
Designing your racefile help is available...just ask and i'll talk one of these experts to be your mentor.
GAME CLOSED
Current players:
Hussell (racefile received)
Amadeus (racefile received)
Lqdtr (racefile received)
Beekeeper (racefile received)
Loucipher (racefile received)
Owteufel (racefile received)
[Updated on: Sat, 11 February 2012 09:21] Report message to a moderator
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| Re: Beginner Game - To the MAX |
Wed, 25 January 2012 14:53  |
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| Hussell |
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I'm interested. I'm returning to the game after a long hiatus. I think I played two games against human players many years ago, and got crushed both times.
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| Re: Beginner Game - To the MAX |
Sat, 28 January 2012 09:31 |
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| Hussell |
| Crewman 2nd Class |
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Do beginners' games usually get filled quite fast then? I'm beginning to worry a little that this game won't get started due to lack of interested beginners.
The setup seems oriented towards a very fast-paced game. Is that the best setup for a beginners' game?
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| Re: Beginner Game - To the MAX |
Sat, 28 January 2012 10:05 |
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 BeeKeeper |
 | Officer Cadet 1st Year |
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Registered: December 2007
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| Hussell wrote on Sat, 28 January 2012 14:31 |
Do beginners' games usually get filled quite fast then? I'm beginning to worry a little that this game won't get started due to lack of interested beginners.
The setup seems oriented towards a very fast-paced game. Is that the best setup for a beginners' game?
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I suspect it may just be a timing issue. I would probably have gone for this game but I went for Vanilla 2012 instead, which recently started, plus there is the Stone Age Slog game which also started recently.
There is a British saying about waiting all day for a bus and then 3 come along at the same time. Seems to be a bit like that with new games at the moment.
I am not sure what you mean by a fast-paced game. Most games start at one turn every 24 hours or so and then slow down to say 3 turns a week later. I have not found this fast-paced as turns in the early years are pretty simple if for no reason other than the player does not have many ships or planets to play with.
My advice, if you haven't already done this, would be to set up games against the AI while you are waiting fo the game to start. These games should be as close as possible to the real game in the sense of being in the same sized universe with the same number of opponents. Then just try different approaches so you know the order you are going to do research, how many scouts etc. I think you only need to go as far as about 2420 as beyond that the human game is likely to be so very different to a game against the AIs.
[Updated on: Sat, 28 January 2012 10:07] Report message to a moderator
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| Re: Beginner Game - To the MAX |
Sat, 28 January 2012 10:24 |
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| Hussell |
| Crewman 2nd Class |
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| BeeKeeper wrote on Sat, 28 January 2012 10:05 |
I am not sure what you mean by a fast-paced game. Most games start at one turn every 24 hours or so and then slow down to say 3 turns a week later. I have not found this fast-paced as turns in the early years are pretty simple if for no reason other than the player does not have many ships or planets to play with.
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I was referring to the high density, relatively small universe for the number of suggested players, and AccBBS start. Players are going to be running into each other early, and ending up with relatively large, difficult-to-manage (for beginners) populations quite quickly. On the one hand, the game will likely be over quickly. On the other, the players are going to have to make more decisions per turn, which might not be such a good idea for a beginner's game.
I would have thought a game in a medium universe with normal density and no AccBBS (the defaults, basically) would be easier (and more familiar) to most beginners.
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| Re: Beginner Game - To the MAX |
Tue, 31 January 2012 15:34 |
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| Hussell |
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It's been a week, and only two players (and maybe a third) have expressed interest. So, here's a proposal, solely to see if it pulls in any more potential players. Have the game settings be entirely default: small, normal density, moderately distant positions, no special options, 3 or 4 players. Yes, it will be a slower, longer game, and thus require a longer time commitment, but it will also give beginners more time to think about their actions, and more time to recover from any mistakes. Classic Stars!, if you will.
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| Re: Beginner Game - To the MAX |
Wed, 01 February 2012 09:34 |
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| BeeKeeper |
| Officer Cadet 1st Year |
Messages: 214
Registered: December 2007
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| Ashlyn wrote on Wed, 01 February 2012 13:45 |
maybe if I raise it to Advanced Beginners too...
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Or "Players who do badly against humans". That would include me! I am an Advanced Loser.
[Updated on: Wed, 01 February 2012 11:20] Report message to a moderator
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