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I like Random Events. A lot!

But ccmaster is right, they can ruin a game. Get some race an unbalancing advantage over its neighbors and half the fun is over.

(still thinking about my race design)

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slimdrag00n wrote on Fri, 13 January 2012 07:49

I never played a medium map before except against AI YEARS ago and that was massive to me. Will probably take two years to finish a game at 3 turns a week in the later years. I'm going to have to back out of this after really thinking about it. Id love to play the same game but in a small Universe.

you should try a huge

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Ashlyn wrote on Fri, 13 January 2012 06:46

nmid.. how come you think m.a aint playin?

I zust zout zat ma@ztarz didn't have ze time to play.

ze more ze merrier !

neilhoward wrote on Sat, 14 January 2012 12:49

I have had my HW struck by comet in early years more than once and I live random events.

I've had both bad and good experiences with WHs, hate comets too and seem to never catch a good MT... but I still want random events on.
Hopefully, some day the tide will turn in my favor

Deadline is my bday !!

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Random events!

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Ashlyn wrote on Fri, 13 January 2012 06:39

ccmaster.. the only thing checked in this game is ACC BBS.. we like random events, we occasionally catch the MT with much excitement.

repeating self.... the only thing checked in this game is ACC BBS. nuf said.

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Big comet strike on a red near my HW and a decade later the Alien Miner. In that game I felt the Jeffs smiling upon me!

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I hope that when generating the universe, both HW average distance, and sigma(deviation from standard distribution) planets within 20867 lY^2 (1 w9 hop) will be taken into account.

In a medium with 12 players the average HW has 1 neighbour at ~312 ly and another ~340-360, but 1/3 of the universes leave a player with no neighbours within 400 lY.

In a packed medium universe approx 71% HWs will have 7.825 stars within a single w9 hop. I think a 6.6-8.9 spread is reasonable; anything more than a 15% deviation could severely unbalance things from the start. Nearly 1 in 5 medium packed games with 12 players can have a HW with 19+ planets within a single w9 jump or the sucker that gets <15 planets within 2 w9 hops.

When I make games I use two batch files. The first to gen the unis fast, and the second to open all the turns. This lets me look at several dozen games in about 20 minutes (including writing the batch). I hope this helps.

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neilhoward wrote on Sun, 15 January 2012 02:47

I hope that when generating the universe, both HW average distance, and sigma(deviation from standard distribution) planets within 20867 lY^2 (1 w9 hop) will be taken into account. In a medium with 12 players the average HW has 1 neighbour at ~312 ly and another ~340-360, but 1/3 of the universes leave a player with no neighbours within 400 lY. In a packed medium universe approx 71% HWs will have 7.825 stars within a single w9 hop. I think a 6.6-8.9 spread is reasonable; anything more than a 15% deviation could severely unbalance things from the start. Nearly 1 in 5 medium packed games with 12 players can have a HW with 19+ planets within a single w9 jump or the sucker that gets <15 planets within 2 w9 hops. When I make games I use two batch files. The first to gen the unis fast, and the second to open all the turns. This lets me look at several dozen games in about 20 minutes (including writing the batch). I hope this helps.

Sweeeeet !!!
I thought I was the only one addicted enough to feel that was critical for a good game setup.
Just did that for StoneAge Slog, but it was more of an intuitive nature rather than checking sigma planets

Edit ps - I created 2 sets of batch files too

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neilhoward wrote on Sat, 14 January 2012 22:17

I hope that when generating the universe, both HW average distance, and sigma(deviation from standard distribution) planets within 20867 lY^2 (1 w9 hop) will be taken into account.

Why, yes, they often are. That's why the IFE LRT exists and many races take it. Because distances matter!

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Braindead wrote on Sat, 14 January 2012 22:21

when I host a game, I usually generate a number of universes and let people veto the ones that suck for them and vote on the rest. It takes a few extra days, but guarantees that nobody suffers from day 0.

That looks like a nice idea.

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m.a@stars[/email] wrote on Sun, 15 January 2012 06:39] Braindead wrote on Sat, 14 January 2012 22:21 when I host a game, I usually generate a number of universes and let people veto the ones that suck for them and vote on the rest. It takes a few extra days, but guarantees that nobody suffers from day 0. That looks like a nice idea.

so what are y'all sayin?

i smell trouble a brewin.. like you all are gonna agree to one.

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never mind, Ron.. i got a notice on nmid's post.

(and i sent him a PM too) geeze.

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