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| Static Flux |
Thu, 11 December 2003 12:50  |
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Lotsa rules and special things....read closely please...
Guys,
It's been awhile since I ran a serious monster sized game so I thought I would destroy any chance at having a real life for the next few months.
Here's the synopsis:
Game Name : Static Flux
1. Two teams of 8 players (Or however many I can get/2)
2. Galaxy will be huge/packed remapped to this image: www.ethersoft.net/flux.gif
2a No Max Mins, PPS On, Random Events On.
2b AFON start will be used. Players start in orbit of a planet with 40 Large Freighters, 40 Privateers with Colo Pods, and 10 SFX. Cargo holds are filled with Pop and G at about a 70/30 mix.
2c AFON start also gives all players at or around tech 8 in all categories.
2d Due to AFON start, AR race is not allowed.
3. Players on Team 1 must set players on Team 2 to enemy and vice-versa.
4. Team 1 will be at bottom of image, Team 2 on top.
5. Ships must always be within 100 light years of a planet - meaning vast empty space is off limits.
6. Violation of #5 will be flogging, beating, maiming, or both.
7. In other words, fight your way up or down.
8. Gating does NOT count for movement, so gate like crazy.
9. VC - Make the other team quit.
10. Depending on player input, 2-3 planets in the center of the vertical chains MAY be stocked with an absurd amount of minerals. This will add to the general "race to the center" paranoia which is so much fun. These planets WILL be made public if this does happen. Absurd is defined as 500,000kt to 1,000,000
11. Host will be playing on one team. Players will be assigned to teams by a neutral 3rd party, Kurt Over (Overworked) from Home world Forums. Hab and PRT will be taken into consideration when Kurt assigns players to a team, so as to not over unbalance a team. Ex - 8 ITs vs 8 HEs or something silly like that.
12. I will be playing as well and setting the game up. The only access I will have to players race files will be name and constructing ships, loading them with cargo and pop.
13. An unpassworded race file is needed to set the game up. A few hints on race design....LSP is a must, and I highly recommend IFE as well, and if you are a long term survuvalist, MA could prove useful.
14. Probably most importantly, this game will last while. Be in it for the long haul. And with that goes the ability to work with your teammates closely to coordinate attacks.
15. Players will probably not know what team they are on until the game starts so I cannot guarantee you being on the same team as your buddies, but sometimes, that is a good thing...
16. Game will be on autohost, 3 turns a week, M-W-F or as needed due to real life issues, holidays, wars, and other assorted BS that life seems to throw at us.
17. A common team password will be set for each team to facilitate information sharing about planet habs, tech sharing, and enemy fleets.
18. There is no 18. Sorry for so many things to tell, but I hope this covers any questions that may arise.
Email non passworded race files to godzilla@csfbl.com
Xdude
ps change godzilla to fish and your email will get through
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| Re: Static Flux |
Sat, 13 December 2003 10:34  |
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7 more players? I've got 7, and need at least 7 more to
fill the game as a minimum.
C'mon people! This game will occupy your time for at least 3-4 months.
Take a chance, you will enjoy this game.
Xdude
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| Re: Static Flux |
Mon, 15 December 2003 07:48 |
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Interested but a few questions ...
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2. Galaxy will be huge/packed remapped to this image: www.ethersoft.net/flux.gif
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But the actual size will still be a huge? (no shrinking?) This will scare away a lot of players, large would be fine, even a medium could work!
Last time I played a huge it took over a year, with almost half of the people dropping out before they were really dead ... 
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2a No Max Mins, PPS On, Random Events On.
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Really? PPS on? Takes out some of the fun but I could live with that.
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2c AFON start also gives all players at or around tech 8 in all categories.
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Around meaning only con and prop at level 8 or really all categories? Just trying to be sure of what to expect.
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3. Players on Team 1 must set players on Team 2 to enemy and vice-versa.
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 This I like!
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5. Ships must always be within 100 light years of a planet - meaning vast empty space is off limits.
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Will anyone check? 
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10. Depending on player input, 2-3 planets in the center of the vertical chains MAY be stocked with an absurd amount of minerals. This will add to the general "race to the center" paranoia which is so much fun. These planets WILL be made public if this does happen. Absurd is defined as 500,000kt to 1,000,000
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Would be a nice bonus and push wars a bit more early.
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11. Host will be playing on one team. Players will be assigned to teams by a neutral 3rd party, Kurt Over (Overworked) from Home world Forums. Hab and PRT will be taken into consideration when Kurt assigns players to a team, so as to not over unbalance a team. Ex - 8 ITs vs 8 HEs or something silly like that.
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Will players be able to fine tune their habs once they are assigned to a team? PRTs? LRTs? Tech costs?
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12. I will be playing as well and setting the game up. The only access I will have to players race files will be name and constructing ships, loading them with cargo and pop.
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IOW you get to see all race designs? Doubtful.
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14. Probably most importantly, this game will last while. Be in it for the long haul. And with that goes the ability to work with your teammates closely to coordinate attacks.
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Possibly a long long time, with all the pain that comes with that. Bigger doesn't mean better ...
What about players dropping (with or without notice)? Will they be replaced? Will teammates play their races?
It might be hard but you could say that once a player dropped the races is set to dead, all in the interest of the VC "Make the other team quit." This could go race per race rather than the entire team at the same time ...
Of course you might never know IF somebody actually dropped because the team doesn't want to lose one of their races.
Some poor teammate will get the burden of playing two races ...
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15. Players will probably not know what team they are on until the game starts so I cannot guarantee you being on the same team as your buddies, but sometimes, that is a good thing...
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Ah, so no talking and changing races then?
Being in a team with somebody else for a change can be a very good thing indeed!
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17. A common team password will be set for each team to facilitate information sharing about planet habs, tech sharing, and enemy fleets.
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This is a must, I can't imagine a team to work without that!
Maybe Ron can set up two private forums again, one for each team.
mch
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| Re: Static Flux |
Mon, 15 December 2003 20:49 |
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-2a No Max Mins, PPS On, Random Events On.
-Really? PPS on? Takes out some of the fun but I could live with that.
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PPS could be turned off for those who truely love the art of MM.
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-2c AFON start also gives all players at or around tech 8 in all categories.
-Around meaning only con and prop at level 8 or really all categories? Just trying to be sure of what to expect.
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Tech 8 in all catagories. Means those with TT have nice tech to start. Good for CA Monsters. SS races seem to get a nice tech bonus though. Can't seem to figure out why.. 
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-5. Ships must always be within 100 light years of a planet - meaning vast empty space is off limits.
-Will anyone check?
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Perhaps Overworked (Kurt Over) will be a neutral race, making maps and patrolling the zones of space. If not, honor and integrity will be the order of the day, not to mention the threat of a size 10 Xdude boot in the posterior.
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-10. Depending on player input, 2-3 planets in the center of the vertical chains MAY be stocked with an absurd amount of minerals. This will add to the general "race to the center" paranoia which is so much fun. These planets WILL be made public if this does happen. Absurd is defined as 500,000kt to 1,000,000
-Would be a nice bonus and push wars a bit more early.
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Hell yeah. Agression and expansion there to control that amount would ensure battles within 50 turns I am sure. He who controls the spice, controls (something or other...I forgot)
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-11. Host will be playing on one team. Players will be assigned to teams by a neutral 3rd party, Kurt Over (Overworked) from Home world Forums. Hab and PRT will be taken into consideration when Kurt assigns players to a team, so as to not over unbalance a team. Ex - 8 ITs vs 8 HEs or something silly like that.
-Will players be able to fine tune their habs once they are assigned to a team? PRTs? LRTs? Tech costs?
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Players will start shotgun style. Assigned to a team and deal with it.
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-12. I will be playing as well and setting the game up. The only access I will have to players race files will be name and constructing ships, loading them with cargo and pop.
-IOW you get to see all race designs? Doubtful.
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Covered above. Checked two, other 5 were checked for non corruptness.
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14. Probably most importantly, this game will last while. Be in it for the long haul. And with that goes the ability to work with your teammates closely to coordinate attacks.
-Possibly a long long time, with all the pain that comes with that. Bigger doesn't mean better ...
-What about players dropping (with or without notice)? Will they be replaced? Will teammates play their races? It might be hard but you could say that once a player dropped the races is set to dead, all in the interest of the VC "Make the other team quit." This could go race per race rather than the entire team at the same time ...
-Of course you might never know IF somebody actually dropped because the team doesn't want to lose one of their races.
Some poor teammate will get the burden of playing two races ...
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We will see about that when it happens. I have a fair supply of replacement players I can call on if needed who will sub for awhile.
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15. Players will probably not know what team they are on until the game starts so I cannot guarantee you being on the same team as your buddies, but sometimes, that is a good thing...
Ah, so no talking and changing races then? Being in a team with somebody else for a change can be a very good thing indeed!
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Many players know my style. I attack late, after building a strong infrastructure. I suck at early wars.
Don't let me get my race steamrolling....
Hope this helps out Micha.
Xdude
ps feel free to email me with any other questions you might have.
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| Re: Static Flux |
Wed, 17 December 2003 15:42 |
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-11. Host will be playing on one team. Players will be assigned to teams by a neutral 3rd party, Kurt Over (Overworked) from Home world Forums. Hab and PRT will be taken into consideration when Kurt assigns players to a team, so as to not over unbalance a team. Ex - 8 ITs vs 8 HEs or something silly like that.
-Will players be able to fine tune their habs once they are assigned to a team? PRTs? LRTs? Tech costs?
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Players will start shotgun style. Assigned to a team and deal with it.
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Ok, that's one way to do it and who joins agrees with that.
This puts quite a responsibility on Kurt, trying to create two equal teams ... fitting PRTs, habs, ... maybe even techs costs, LRTs, economy styles, ... ?
Since nobody knows what anybody else will be the team setups might prove to be very interesting, but also could turn out to be painful (including the impact on RL), like only one team with a CA, giving them a huge advantage, or a team without an IT! In a huge! OUCH!
Everyone might think: no doubt some of the others will play a TT CA, or everyone will pick weap cheap so I'll pick elec cheap and then it turns out nobody has weap cheap!
mch
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Wed, 17 December 2003 16:12 |
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| Micha wrote on Wed, 17 December 2003 15:42 |
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-11. Host will be playing on one team. Players will be assigned to teams by a neutral 3rd party, Kurt Over (Overworked) from Home world Forums. Hab and PRT will be taken into consideration when Kurt assigns players to a team, so as to not over unbalance a team. Ex - 8 ITs vs 8 HEs or something silly like that.
-Will players be able to fine tune their habs once they are assigned to a team? PRTs? LRTs? Tech costs?
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Players will start shotgun style. Assigned to a team and deal with it.
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Ok, that's one way to do it and who joins agrees with that.
This puts quite a responsibility on Kurt, trying to create two equal teams ... fitting PRTs, habs, ... maybe even techs costs, LRTs, economy styles, ... ?
Since nobody knows what anybody else will be the team setups might prove to be very interesting, but also could turn out to be painful (including the impact on RL), like only one team with a CA, giving them a huge advantage, or a team without an IT! In a huge! OUCH!
Everyone might think: no doubt some of the others will play a TT CA, or everyone will pick weap cheap so I'll pick elec cheap and then it turns out nobody has weap cheap!
mch
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Yea. I'm *sooooo* looking forward to that part of sorting this out.
My sole advice to potential players is to realize that you *will* be part of a team. Plan your race accordingly. Downside is that you don't have the ability to discern the exact composition in advance.
General adjustments one generally sees in team games include: limited hab ranges (expecting other races to fill other ranges)
oddball cheap techs (expecting other races to cover expensive tech fields)
a mix of economic and war-fighting races
Of course it's all a bit of a gamble given that you are still developing in a vacuum. Evil Xdude! 
Players should supply information to Xdude relating to Stars experience, team game experience, time zone, and possibly what your preferred (or accessible) chat capability is. From experience having a way to coordinate operations beyond email is very valuable. And, if the information is supplied, I'll try to make some use of it.
- Kurt
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| Re: Static Flux |
Wed, 17 December 2003 19:45 |
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Looking for 5 more players. I talked to two today and they will get me racefiles by sunday.
I've got 7 right now, not really enough for a huge packed.
I sent James McG a note to put a 2nd call for players.
Hopefully he can get that out to the masses.
X(stuck at work)
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| Re: Static Flux |
Thu, 18 December 2003 07:51 |
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| overworked wrote on Wed, 17 December 2003 22:12 |
Yea. I'm *sooooo* looking forward to that part of sorting this out.
My sole advice to potential players is to realize that you *will* be part of a team. Plan your race accordingly. Downside is that you don't have the ability to discern the exact composition in advance.
General adjustments one generally sees in team games include: limited hab ranges (expecting other races to fill other ranges)
oddball cheap techs (expecting other races to cover expensive tech fields)
a mix of economic and war-fighting races
Of course it's all a bit of a gamble given that you are still developing in a vacuum. Evil Xdude!
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The vacuum is a nice concept and hopefully both teams will end up with the same disadvantages. (that's right, I'm not saying "advantages".  )
Especially players in a team with the same hab ranges will hurt, it basicly means one player less for that team ... no CA and no IT are the next things that are going to cause some pain. So everybody now sent in those TT CAs and ITs!! Hehe, making the game end up with nothing but those two PRTs! I'm so curious how the mix will turn out that I'm very close to joining the game!
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Players should supply information to Xdude relating to Stars experience, team game experience, time zone, and possibly what your preferred (or accessible) chat capability is. From experience having a way to coordinate operations beyond email is very valuable. And, if the information is supplied, I'll try to make some use of it.
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 So besides all the other stuff (PRT, hab, tech costs, ...) you're also splitting teams keeping the above (time zone, experience, ...) in mind? You're a very very brave man!  Good luck to you, and I really mean that!
mch
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| Re: Static Flux |
Thu, 18 December 2003 08:38 |
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| Micha wrote on Thu, 18 December 2003 07:51 [/quote |
The vacuum is a nice concept and hopefully both teams will end up with the same disadvantages. (that's right, I'm not saying "advantages". )
Especially players in a team with the same hab ranges will hurt, it basicly means one player less for that team ... no CA and no IT are the next things that are going to cause some pain. So everybody now sent in those TT CAs and ITs!! Hehe, making the game end up with nothing but those two PRTs! I'm so curious how the mix will turn out that I'm very close to joining the game!
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Players should supply information to Xdude relating to Stars experience, team game experience, time zone, and possibly what your preferred (or accessible) chat capability is. From experience having a way to coordinate operations beyond email is very valuable. And, if the information is supplied, I'll try to make some use of it.
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So besides all the other stuff (PRT, hab, tech costs, ...) you're also splitting teams keeping the above (time zone, experience, ...) in mind? You're a very very brave man! Good luck to you, and I really mean that!
mch
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I figure I have a better chance of building *balanced* teams if I know more about the players. I'll try initially to balance the PRTs and hab ranges. The secondary consideration will be to get a balance of experience if possible. Tertiary will be attempting to group time zones a bit to ease communication. (So, person and local buddies all submitting races is *not* a sure thing for getting teamed together.)
If I was trying to balance without any given background then I'd just be guessing. I've been in team games where one team had more experience, had a "leader" player who helped keep things together, had a way to communicate easily out-of-game. These tend to be hallmarks of teams that perform well and have "fun" games.
- Kurt
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| Re: Static Flux |
Thu, 18 December 2003 17:55 |
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Still need at least 5 more players. If any are interested, please contact me via email or PM.
Xdude
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| Re: Static Flux |
Fri, 19 December 2003 02:49 |
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What kind of scanners or scouts will be in the space fleet? Heck what kind of engines will the LF's have? Can you give some more details on 1) fleet composition 2) the "random Planet" it's just any old rock right?) 3) About how far from our real HW's will players be? Like across galaxy far? or what?
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Fri, 19 December 2003 06:49 |
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The 10 SFX you start with act as scanners.
They will have the best scanners availible to your team.
Xdude
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| Re: Static Flux |
Fri, 19 December 2003 09:40 |
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team
planet?
the planet will one picked for you to start at. Not certain of 100% but I try never to start a player at a red.
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Fri, 19 December 2003 13:53 |
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Spread out evenly among the line of stars at the top and bottom of the map.
Each race will have some expansion room to grow before hitting an ally's space.
It's best to get an economy growing and research done then worry about intersettling.
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