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New Game: First Contact

Fri, 05 December 2003 08:05

Henning is currently offline

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New Game: First Contact

Experience Level: beginner
J-patch (rc3/4) registered
Host will be playing
Players: 8
Universe: medium normal
Player Positions: distant
Acc BBS
No Public Player Scores
Chaff allowed
Split fleets allowed
All other cheats banned
No pre-arranged teams
Victory conditions:-
all checked with default values
winner must meet 4 conditions
at least 60 years before victory

Hopefully using AutoHost
1 turn per day until year 2440
1 turn per two days from the year 2441

All race files to have a password
If players miss 6 turns (without explanation) they will be set to inactive

This game is for multiplayer first-timers, like myself. Also, it is the first time I host a game, so please be patient on me, if any problems occur. (Also be patient on my English and feel free to correct me...) Very Happy

Very Happy

Post here if interested...

[Updated on: Sat, 06 December 2003 10:56]

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Fri, 05 December 2003 08:31

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Greetings Henning,
I am interested in participating in your game.
A couple of suggestions, if I may:
You might like to expand on what you mean by cheating e.g. chaff split fleets etc.
Also, are all PRT allowed?

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Fri, 05 December 2003 08:34

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I'm interested as well, any special rules, like PRT bans, Chaff, etc?

[Updated on: Fri, 05 December 2003 08:35]

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Fri, 05 December 2003 09:03

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True-Chaos wrote on Fri, 05 December 2003 14:34

I'm interested as well, any special rules, like PRT bans, Chaff, etc?

To PRT bans:
I've seen it is common to ban CAs (because of their superiority?)
Anyway I'd like to allow every PRT, because this game is - for my part - not only for winning, but for getting expierence with Non-Als...

To Chaff and Cheats:

I'm still not shure about allowing Chaff and/or Splitting fleets. I will post my desicion later. Any other cheats will be banned anyway.

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Fri, 05 December 2003 10:49

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Henning wrote on Fri, 05 December 2003 15:03

To PRT bans:
I've seen it is common to ban CAs (because of their superiority?)
Anyway I'd like to allow every PRT, because this game is - for my part - not only for winning, but for getting expierence with Non-Als...

To Chaff and Cheats:

I'm still not shure about allowing Chaff and/or Splitting fleets. I will post my desicion later. Any other cheats will be banned anyway.

There are not many games that disallow chaff, so if you want this game to be a good experience for the beginners towards future games it might be better to allow it.
As for split fleet dodge since it is a beginner game most players wouldn't even know how to abuse it ... and disallowing it might make it too complicated.

mch

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Fri, 05 December 2003 22:28

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I'd be interested in joining this game when it gets up and running.

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Sat, 06 December 2003 10:15

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Micha wrote on Fri, 05 December 2003 16:49

There are not many games that disallow chaff, so if you want this game to be a good experience for the beginners towards future games it might be better to allow it.
As for split fleet dodge since it is a beginner game most players wouldn't even know how to abuse it ... and disallowing it might make it too complicated.

mch

Good arguments...
So here's my decision:
Chaff and Split fleet dodge are allowed, all other cheats banned.

All those who wants further information on Chaff and Split fleet dodge may want to take a look at this site:

http://starsv.sphosting.com/

Selcect "Beginner Info" from the menu, check "Known bugs and features", lower middle of the site... (Player Explotable Bugs / "Features")

Cheers, Henning

[Updated on: Sat, 06 December 2003 10:24]

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Sat, 06 December 2003 10:40

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Henning wrote on Sat, 06 December 2003 10:15

Chaff and Split fleet dodge are allowed, all other cheats banned.

I would suggest that you disallow split fleet dodge abuse: which is mainly using it on the attack. However, there doesn't seem to be a good way to spell that out, you have to look at each situation and make a decision.

overworked Sun, 24 August 2003 16:58

Standard cheat disclaimer. Chaff allowed, split fleet allowed (be
reasonable please folks). All other cheats/abuses are not allowed. [see Stars! FAQ for a sample list]

http://www.starsfaq.com/ also has a list of bugs and lots of other stuff.

- LEit

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Sat, 06 December 2003 10:54

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LEit wrote on Sat, 06 December 2003 16:40

I would suggest that you disallow split fleet dodge abuse: which is mainly using it on the attack. However, there doesn't seem to be a good way to spell that out, you have to look at each situation and make a decision.

I will NOT allow Split fleet dodge the one moment, and disallow it right in the next... (Think about my credibility as a host... Very Happy

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But thank you for the link...

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Sat, 06 December 2003 12:57

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You can count me in. Let me know when and where to send my race file.

-Peter, Lord of the Big Furry Things

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Sun, 07 December 2003 05:18

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So here are the players joining the game.

Axel
azRazz
Oblivion
Stephan (r1-file not in yet)
True-Chaos
Scott (r1-file not in yet)
Darqwan
Henning (myself)

I will send my request to Ron, as soon as I got all the race files and as soon as I got used to the DEF-File-thing.

Cheers, Henning

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Sun, 07 December 2003 17:52

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Henning wrote on Sat, 06 December 2003 16:15

http://starsv.sphosting.com/

Selcect "Beginner Info" from the menu, check "Known bugs and features", lower middle of the site... (Player Explotable Bugs / "Features")

Next to the Stars!FAQ as LEit mentioned there is also the Known Bugs (JRC3) sticky in the Academy of this forum or just click here. It's more up to date than the Stars!FAQ bug/feature list.

mch

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Wed, 10 December 2003 07:19

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Whats up? Is the game going to start soon, or just wait till early Jan. after christmas?

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Wed, 10 December 2003 07:33

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There is still one race file missing. I've set a limit for the relevant player to turn his file in to Thursday afternoon (GMT+1).
I will have you informed how things proceed...

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Wed, 10 December 2003 19:57

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If it is possible, I would like to join your game.

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Thu, 11 December 2003 14:12

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Hi

I would be interrested to join this game, am I in or is it too late?

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Mon, 22 December 2003 08:01

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Hi!

I am interested to take part in "First contact".

Orphan [Grig].

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Thu, 01 January 2004 04:04

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status of game?? did it ever start???

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Sun, 04 January 2004 19:17

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Never started, Host disappeared, I'm guess this one is dead

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Re: New Game: First Contact

Fri, 09 January 2004 13:34

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okay, thanks Smile

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