| To many Stars! not enough games. |
Thu, 15 May 2003 11:36  |
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 Abaddon |
 | Crewman 1st Class |
Messages: 25
Registered: May 2003
Location: London, England | |
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I have been playing stars for a while, but am new to hosting, so here goes my first attempt.
Any Intrested parties, notify me at Abaddon001@Yahoo.com , You have one week.
Player type: Newbie's & Novices
Universe size: Medium
Player distance: Farther
Accelerated BBS enabled
No public scores
No cheats or mods.
Victory conditions: Own 60% of all stars, or exceed next player score by 100%
And while I am at it, can someone please explain "Chaff" ?
-Toby
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| Re: To many Stars! not enough games. |
Thu, 15 May 2003 11:51  |
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| Chee |
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Messages: 91
Registered: November 2002
Location: Cincinnati, OH | |
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| Abaddon wrote on Thu, 15 May 2003 11:36 |
And while I am at it, can someone please explain "Chaff" ?
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Taken from the Starsfaq (A great resource for finding out more information about Stars! which can be found at http://www.starsfaq.com/ )
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Chaff:
The game mechanics will cap the kills inflicted by missiles to the number of missiles fired (i.e. one missile = one kill). Also the targeting algorithm favours weakly armoured targets (in relation to cost in res and bor). These two facts can be taken advantage of. The cheapest armed ship you can build is a scout or frigate with an x-ray laser and QJ5 engine. If you build 1000's of these, the enemy's missiles will target these first. The problem is that the targeting algorithm doesn't take into consideration the fact that to kill a frigate with an Armageddon missile is actually wasting 1005 points of damage in overkill. So with enough chaff you can effectively nullify the enemies missile firepower. But note that the "one missile = one kill rule" doesn't apply to beams, so beamers will eat through chaff very quickly.
See Art Lathrops article for a more in-depth description of chaff and the various tactics associated with it. Though most players consider this a perfectly legitimate and very useful tactic, there are an odd few players who consider this cheating, and so you will find the occasional game which bans chaff, though be very careful to get an exact definition (including ship designs) as to what is consider chaff from the host if it is banned (well before it becomes an issue), as the line between chaff and a cheap sweeper is very thin.
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I'd also suggest posting the turn generation requirements, and check out the "Some Tips for NEW Hosts" thread in the Hosting Forum on this website.
http://library.southern.edu/sahforum/index.php?t=msg&th= 503&start=0&rid=41&S=3edd4843ff444d597eb3518a53c 54068
Dan
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| Re: To many Stars! not enough games. |
Thu, 15 May 2003 12:22 |
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| the noble atreides |
| Crewman 1st Class |
Messages: 34
Registered: April 2003
Location: Bristol | |
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I'd like to play. I've only just started my first MP game. Can't send my race file yet as my other computer is down temporarily.
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| Re: To many Stars! not enough games. |
Wed, 28 May 2003 05:07 |
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| Abaddon |
| Crewman 1st Class |
Messages: 25
Registered: May 2003
Location: London, England | |
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Umm, mate it seems either you've missed a couple of E-mails or your missus has deleted them.  (Does she like the stars! thing?) I sent you a confirmation e-mail saying thanx for your race file and to tell you the game is starting soon, and another one two days later with the game file and your turn file.
Don't worry about it mate, I have re-sent you the appropriate files. You are the only player still out for the first turn but because of the cock up, I don't mind waiting. 
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| Re: To many Stars! not enough games. |
Wed, 28 May 2003 05:25 |
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| Abaddon |
| Crewman 1st Class |
Messages: 25
Registered: May 2003
Location: London, England | |
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To the NOBLE ATEIDES!
Got the race file.... And you now have the game files (Nearly a week ago!)
Any chance of your turn file please mate?
Note to everyone else playing... For the first week I will wait for everyones turn files, after that the turns are done every working day. If I don't have your race files you WILL MISS YOUR TURN!
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| Re: good2go |
Sat, 31 May 2003 00:02 |
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Is this game going to start? im just finishing up a email game of Age of Wonders..am ready to play.
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