BlueTurbit wrote on Mon, 25 July 2011 16:06

Yes, same game. Players #4 and #5 used cost 3 mines. Me too. Don't know about the others. Some didn't release their files for public viewing at the game end. I think grabbing the most planets is what made #1 the strongest. He had plenty minerals to surpass everybody by end game.

I'm firmly in curiosity mode now...what was the tenor of this game? Was it filled with serious warfighting throughout, or was it more a race for nubians?

I've never played in a large game and I'm wondering if I ought to. I'd like to get a little better before I do, so pardon the elementary questions...

Cheers,
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Race for nubians? What kind of Stars! games have you been playing in?

Well, the name of the game was "There can only be one," and at the time of the victory there were 3 deceased races (zero planets and ships left).

In the last year, player #11 in 4th place lost 1403 amp nubians to the leader in a battle.

What do you think?

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BlueTurbit wrote on Tue, 26 July 2011 11:49

Race for nubians? What kind of Stars! games have you been playing in?

A sufficiently uncrowded game can have no serious conflict before battleships, and a very uncrowded one can be late enough in the BB era that most or all players are rushing for nubians by the time conflict starts.

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Diadochi Wars used a specially remapped universe. Not quite a standard game, I'd say.

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magic9mushroom wrote on Tue, 26 July 2011 10:57

A sufficiently uncrowded game can have no serious conflict before battleships, and a very uncrowded one can be late enough in the BB era that most or all players are rushing for nubians by the time conflict starts.

2 years ago I found myself fielding BBs against a shadow alliance of 2 ITs with Nubs and an IS who soon got them, while I faced a long slog of researching the last 8 Const levels with the leftovers from massive defensive shipbuilding.

It was a Huge/Normal with 13 players, several of which were defeated early, so no particularly crowded.

There was a race all right. And there were a lot of battles in what I called the BB era (but already was the Nub era for my enemies). There was a lot of conflict in the FF and CC eras too, but I wasn't involved in that.

All in all, an amazing game, with just enough epicness to make it worthwile despite the unfortunate lack of a final showdown.

I think sheer size made it possible, plus the fact that no-one surrendered without a fight.

Note: the Alien Miner helped several races to build their big fleets.

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m.a@stars wrote on Tue, 26 July 2011 16:35

Note: the Alien Miner helped several races to build their big fleets.

Sounds like the Alien Miner is quite a find for the late game. It also sounds pretty unbalancing, but I suppose it's that kind of randomness that adds spice to things.

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Void wrote on Wed, 27 July 2011 16:14

Sounds like the Alien Miner is quite a find for the late game.

It wasn't late. We hadn't yet reached turn 100, most planets still had good minerals, and Nubs were still a novelty (or a dream).

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It also sounds pretty unbalancing, but I suppose it's that kind of randomness that adds spice to things.

That's why most players don't walk but run to meet every single MT they can!

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m.a@stars wrote on Wed, 27 July 2011 11:18

It wasn't late. We hadn't yet reached turn 100, most planets still had good minerals, and Nubs were still a novelty (or a dream).

Sounds like I need to get out more...

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That's why most players don't walk but run to meet every single MT they can!

Understandable! So far, my luck hasn't been very good in that respect.

Cheers,
Void

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