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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Fri, 20 July 2012 17:55

LaserBeard

Crewman 1st Class

Messages: 27
Registered: April 2012
Location: Canada

I'm cool with that, only concern is that since it's a team of two victory that one person may end up without an ally in the game.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Fri, 20 July 2012 23:43

Orange

Officer Cadet 1st Year

Messages: 215
Registered: November 2005
Location: TO, ONT, CA

LaserBeard wrote on Fri, 20 July 2012 17:55

I'm cool with that, only concern is that since it's a team of two victory that one person may end up without an ally in the game.

In SAS 5, the 8 races quickly became 7 by 2437 Wink

Ok with 7 start, but I am on vacation for next 2 weeks.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Fri, 20 July 2012 23:52

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

Quote:

Ok with 7 start, but I am on vacation for next 2 weeks.

Well we might as well wait a little while for an 8th player then. If you can, send your racefile in to our racefile checker before you go.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Sun, 22 July 2012 21:44

Marduk

Ensign

Messages: 345
Registered: January 2003
Location: Dayton, OH

A second race is in and checked and if the PayPal charge clears ( my 2 cents

), will be certified valid. The email address has what appears to be a persons actual name, so I am not sure who it is. Probably Orange, from context.

Edit: Not Orange, Little Eddie.

Edit again: A third race in and checked and valid, this time it really is from Orange.

[Updated on: Wed, 25 July 2012 21:39]

One out of five dentists recommends occasional random executions to keep the peasants cowed and servile.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Thu, 26 July 2012 17:58

LaserBeard

Crewman 1st Class

Messages: 27
Registered: April 2012
Location: Canada

Hey sorry guys I'm going to have to pass on this game, RL is getting busy. Have fun!

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Thu, 26 July 2012 19:07

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

Well that means we are down to 6. If we can't get 2 more players soon, maybe we can go with sparse universe instead and 6 players.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Thu, 26 July 2012 22:32

LittleEddie

Lieutenant
Helped track down one or more Stars bugs

Messages: 517
Registered: February 2011
Location: Delaware

I think there are 7 now

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Fri, 27 July 2012 13:16

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

Here are the players so far:

Host, ManicLurch
rolfverberg
Orange
Magister Ludi
jennyhotchic
Coyote

We had two drop out, so unless I am missing something we have 6. We need 2 more.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Wed, 01 August 2012 03:30

Mac1

Chief Warrant Officer 2

Messages: 159
Registered: November 2008

Hi
I might be interested in joining. But i'am a bit affraid about banning torps totally.
Have you come to any agreement about this rule or does it stay as posted at start ?

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Wed, 01 August 2012 13:40

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

Quote:

I might be interested in joining. But i'am a bit affraid about banning torps totally.
Have you come to any agreement about this rule or does it stay as posted at start ?

We do intend to ban torps. There was a good suggestion to just ban alpha and beta torps, I was going to have the players vote on this when we had all the players. It is a good suggestion that still allows some torp use and also avoids the majority of the issues from the min damage bug.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Wed, 01 August 2012 16:45

Mac1

Chief Warrant Officer 2

Messages: 159
Registered: November 2008

Or maybe make some limitations:
Like max 100 alphas and betas in use per race, or sth like this.
I dont know exactly the bug so 100 is just a guess, you can surely think out a reasonable amount

and btw. why ban it on starbases ?

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Wed, 01 August 2012 21:11

LittleEddie

Lieutenant
Helped track down one or more Stars bugs

Messages: 517
Registered: February 2011
Location: Delaware

I'm in, race file send

Little Eddie

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Thu, 02 August 2012 13:17

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

Quote:

Or maybe make some limitations:
Like max 100 alphas and betas in use per race, or sth like this.
I dont know exactly the bug so 100 is just a guess, you can surely think out a reasonable amount

Allowing 100 torps would be more than enough to exploit the min damage bug. And it would be something harder to police.

Quote:

and btw. why ban it on starbases

Hmm, I would consider allowing them on starbases.

But we definitely are banning alpha and beta torps for this game. We can vote on allowing them on starbases. If you feel comfortable with these rules, you would be our 8th player and we can get started Smile

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Thu, 02 August 2012 13:19

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

The players in this game, please vote on the following:

Banning all torps verses banning just alpha and beta torps.

Allowing the banned torps on starbases.

My vote is just banning alpha and beta torps and allowing torps on starbases.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Thu, 02 August 2012 17:03

Coyote

Lt. Commander

Messages: 906
Registered: November 2002
Location: Pacific NW

ManicLurch wrote on Thu, 02 August 2012 10:19

My vote is just banning alpha and beta torps and allowing torps on starbases.

So is mine. It tackles the perceived issue effectively with the least amount of disruption.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Thu, 02 August 2012 18:54

LittleEddie

Lieutenant
Helped track down one or more Stars bugs

Messages: 517
Registered: February 2011
Location: Delaware

ManicLurch wrote on Thu, 02 August 2012 13:19

The players in this game, please vote on the following:

Banning all torps verses banning just alpha and beta torps.

Allowing the banned torps on starbases.

My vote is just banning alpha and beta torps and allowing torps on starbases.

That sounds easy enough to police so I vote 'no Alpha or Beta torps except on starbases'

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Mon, 06 August 2012 14:55

rolfverberg

Master Chief Petty Officer

Messages: 103
Registered: March 2006
Location: Ithaca, NY, USA

Me too. Banning alpha/beta torps on ships, but allowing them on starbases. Sounds easy enough to police and should avoid the worst of the abuse.

Cheers, Rolf.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Mon, 06 August 2012 15:01

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

Ok, we have 4 votes for banning alpha and beta torps and allowing all torps on starbases.

That will be added to our final rules.

We have also been waiting a while for the 8th and final player. We will wait until this weekend. If we don't get the final player, we will start the game with 7 players.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Mon, 06 August 2012 15:02

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

So Mac1, do you want to be our 8th player with these final rules?

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Tue, 07 August 2012 03:10

Mac1

Chief Warrant Officer 2

Messages: 159
Registered: November 2008

Yes i'm in.
But i thought i'm the 7th Smile

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Tue, 07 August 2012 10:26

Orange

Officer Cadet 1st Year

Messages: 215
Registered: November 2005
Location: TO, ONT, CA

ManicLurch wrote on Thu, 02 August 2012 13:17

Hmm, I would consider allowing them on starbases.

But we definitely are banning alpha and beta torps for this game. We can vote on allowing them on starbases.

Sorry, I just got back from vacation. I would vote NO as it is alot of work to test chaff to handle Starbase fire (not that my vote will change the outcome). I may have to change my race design however - it is a much more defensive game with this change.

I do have a question: Is it ok to have 2 or 3 alpha/beta torps per wpn slot on Starbases? or do we have to fill up a slot first before putting alpha/beta torps on the next slot?

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Tue, 07 August 2012 12:38

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

Quote:

I do have a question: Is it ok to have 2 or 3 alpha/beta torps per wpn slot on Starbases? or do we have to fill up a slot first before putting alpha/beta torps on the next slot?

To keep in the spirit of not utilizing the min damage rule, I would say that you have to fill up a slot on the starbase with torps before adding any more torps. Otherwise the starbase could amount to 8% per turn, which is significant.

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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7

Tue, 07 August 2012 12:41

ManicLurch

Lt. Junior Grade

Messages: 462
Registered: May 2009

Quote:

But i thought i'm the 7th

Our player list:

Host, ManicLurch
rolfverberg
Orange
Magister Ludi
jennyhotchic
Coyote
LittleEddie
Mac1

8 players, so we are ready to start. We also have final rules. No alpha or beta torps on any ship, they are allowed on starbases. You must fill up a slot of torps on the starbase before adding any more torps.

If you have any questions, be sure to ask before we get started.

Now that we have all our players, lets work on getting race files in:-)

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