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New Game: Lobotimized

Tue, 29 July 2003 08:18

Manu-wan

Civilian

Messages: 2
Registered: January 2003
Location: Dortmund, Germany

hi,
just a fun game - no monster races. just to play what you ever wanted but you would never do because you would loose.
map size: small
the turn generation will be rarely - no stress Wink

ps:
a neutral third party will keep all pw just in case....

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Tue, 29 July 2003 08:28

The Taubat

Officer Cadet 3rd Year

Messages: 263
Registered: December 2002

im game, give me a place to send it and Ill send you my race.

Royal Sha'a'kar of the Taubat people

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Wed, 30 July 2003 01:58

Coyote

Lt. Commander

Messages: 906
Registered: November 2002
Location: Pacific NW

How do you define "not a monster race"?

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Wed, 30 July 2003 08:04

Sinla

Warrant Officer

Messages: 132
Registered: February 2003
Location: the Netherlands

ah, Coyote is new to the game I see Smile

I think he means no CA, (NAS) JOAT or any other vulgar economybuilder.
For people who enjoy playing this kind of races (?!), you could try a penaltysystem (CA needs to dock 100 points or something; read an idea somewhere here on the AHF).

<Thinking about joining he muttered>
Now where to send my racefile to, and what are the gamesettings...

If you can't beat me... Run away...

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Wed, 30 July 2003 08:10

Manu-wan

Civilian

Messages: 2
Registered: January 2003
Location: Dortmund, Germany

try uncommon/unusual combinations:
eg:
mizer AND ramscoop
slow growth
expensive techs

something you ever wanted to know how it is to play but you never had the heard to do it

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Wed, 30 July 2003 08:52

Sinla

Warrant Officer

Messages: 132
Registered: February 2003
Location: the Netherlands

I sent in my racefile, tried something I didn't do before.

But now I read this new post... Do I have to do crazy things to my race? I just thought to play something I didn't play before, w/o using monster PRT's...

Mail me if I got it wrong. I can still change my race if need be.

Edit: btw, the phrase 'mizer AND ramscoop' is a bit strange. When you take IFE you get both, then when you take NRSE you loose the mizers. You probably mean NOT take IFE and take NRSE?

Eek

PS Bit strange in the wizard: the IFE-lrt states, you get the mizers... but you also get them if you don't take IFE IIRC... Confused2

[Updated on: Wed, 30 July 2003 09:00]

If you can't beat me... Run away...

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Wed, 30 July 2003 09:50

Ashlyn

Lt. Commander

Messages: 834
Registered: November 2002
Location: Pueblo CO USA

MONSTER RACES:

They aren't HE. They are typically CA, JoAT or IS races with a playing style optimized for their efficient economic settings. You can "monsterize" almost any PRT except perhaps the AR. The Primary Trait isn't so important.

I was always told: you'll know if you're playing one Nod

Quote:

try uncommon/unusual combinations:
eg:
mizer AND ramscoop
slow growth
expensive techs

I'm not sure what this meant either. Do you want people to do this or NOT to do this??? Could you explain further? Very Happy

Ash

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Wed, 30 July 2003 12:05

Sotek

Chief Warrant Officer 2

Messages: 167
Registered: November 2002

It's possible to monsterize *every* PRT.

AR and HE are no exception, although I understand it's a bit harder for them.

So... yes, defining 'not a monster race' would be useful, since the accepted defintion of a monster is any race that can reach 25k resources by 2450.

... so how do you prove a race *can't* do that?

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Wed, 30 July 2003 12:32

mazda

Lieutenant

Messages: 655
Registered: April 2003
Location: Reading, UK

Well you have an upper bound due to growth rate and factory compound rate.
Of course nobody ever gets near the upper bound for their race, except 1WW.

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized - IFE and NRSE

Wed, 30 July 2003 13:14

Micha

Commander

Duel Club Champion 2005

Duel Club Champion 2004

Messages: 2342
Registered: November 2002
Location: Belgium GMT +1

Sinla wrote on Wed, 30 July 2003 14:52

Edit: btw, the phrase 'mizer AND ramscoop' is a bit strange. When you take IFE you get both, then when you take NRSE you loose the mizers. You probably mean NOT take IFE and take NRSE?

PS Bit strange in the wizard: the IFE-lrt states, you get the mizers... but you also get them if you don't take IFE IIRC... Confused2

When you take IFE you get ONE ramscoop: the fuel mizer.
If you do NOT take IFE and DO select NRSE you won't have ramscoops at all.
If you do NOT take IFE and you do NOT take NRSE than you'll have EVERY ramscoop EXCEPT the fuel mizer.

Quote:

You probably mean NOT take IFE and take NRSE?

IFE+NRSE (selecting both) is the most common combination, and if not than you'll probably select neither of them.
So he could mean:
- IFE and NOT NRSE, you'll have a lot of ramscoops, too much choices Wink

-NOT IFE but YES to NRSE, you'll have a slow starting race (if not IT with their high prop tech) and no ramscoops at all
Both very different ways to play and both not the usual ...

mch

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Thu, 31 July 2003 03:48

Coyote

Lt. Commander

Messages: 906
Registered: November 2002
Location: Pacific NW

You can try using Omnivore's handicap system if you want. I can't guarantee that it'll keep anyone from monstering but it'll slow the growth down a bit.

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Tue, 05 August 2003 08:03

Sinla

Warrant Officer

Messages: 132
Registered: February 2003
Location: the Netherlands

So? Are we still playing this game?

If you can't beat me... Run away...

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Tue, 05 August 2003 08:37

The Taubat

Officer Cadet 3rd Year

Messages: 263
Registered: December 2002

I have another person lined up for this game, give me a little while

Royal Sha'a'kar of the Taubat people

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Sun, 31 August 2003 22:08

Dogthinkers

Commander

Messages: 1316
Registered: August 2003
Location: Hiding from Meklar

aiii

I can see this one getting acrimonious - whoever comes first will be accused of monstering, or at least 'not crippling' their race as much as the others... As much as I'd like to try something novel, I'm scared of this one! Crying

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Re: New Game: Lobotimized

Fri, 07 November 2003 09:28

Micha

Commander

Duel Club Champion 2005

Duel Club Champion 2004

Messages: 2342
Registered: November 2002
Location: Belgium GMT +1

Game started (a long time ago Grin

), topic locked.

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