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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Wed, 31 January 2007 13:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
alric

 
Crewman 1st Class

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Had a last minute invite - if my race is in time, I'm in - if not - enjoy.

Oh, since I'm not ranked, I should probably put myself in as "Low Intemediate" of the 2 choices - returning oldbie - way old - skills (did I have any) will be way rusty Embarassed


[Updated on: Wed, 31 January 2007 13:52]

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Wed, 31 January 2007 23:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Iconian is currently offline Iconian

 
Officer Cadet 2nd Year

Messages: 233
Registered: January 2006
Location: Nevada, USA
Alright, we are just about ready. There was a power out here today so things got a bit slowed on my end, but I doubt anyone noticed much.

Player List:
1. Iconian
2. Ptolemy
3. craebild
4. Mikey
5. Kwik
6. Crappicus
7. cyph34r

8. ken-reed
9. Martin
10. q974739
11. alric

And yes alric, you did make it in time Very Happy


[Updated on: Wed, 31 January 2007 23:29]




Yeah, bread too.

Don't Let the Stars! Fade Away

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 03:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
m.a@stars is currently offline m.a@stars

 
Commander

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Heh, won't that be a nice shooting fish in a barrel. Twisted Evil Too cramped for me, sorry. Whip


So many Stars, so few Missiles!

In space no one can hear you scheme! Deal

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 05:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
alric

 
Crewman 1st Class

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So what are the skill levels of the players?

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 07:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Micha

 

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alric wrote on Thu, 01 February 2007 11:48

So what are the skill levels of the players?

Well from the game announcement:
Quote:

Player skill level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert—all skill levels.


Seeing the race files ... not sure if I should tell ...

mch

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 07:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
alric

 
Crewman 1st Class

Messages: 38
Registered: September 2003
Micha wrote on Thu, 01 February 2007 07:07

alric wrote on Thu, 01 February 2007 11:48

So what are the skill levels of the players?

Well from the game announcement:
Quote:

Player skill level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert—all skill levels.


Seeing the race files ... not sure if I should tell ...

mch


Being ranked, I'd assumed everyone would have ranked themselves. Looking at the Rankings list, only Ptolemy is there as IL, so the others have to be B or IL. Razz

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 12:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Iconian is currently offline Iconian

 
Officer Cadet 2nd Year

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Quote:

Heh, won't that be a nice shooting fish in a barrel. Too cramped for me, sorry.


Yeah, I should have made the map Large Laughing As it is though, everyone should get around 49 planets on average. Or 38.6, if you count the AI's.



Everyone's turned in except Martin and craebild. craebild said he sent his file in though, so I'm not sure what's up. Beginning soon though . . .


[Updated on: Thu, 01 February 2007 14:01]




Yeah, bread too.

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 12:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
q974739 is currently offline q974739

 
Crewman 1st Class

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Believe it or not, I sent miche a race file posts ago, via the PM system.

Have sent Iconian my race with password - am not worried about security, will change it on first turn and inform Miche of new one.

(And no, I'm not worried about revealing my race. Its hardly going to stay a secret long).

Just use the new version please?

Martin

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 13:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Iconian is currently offline Iconian

 
Officer Cadet 2nd Year

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Shocked Shocked

Ooooh . . . and here I was think that q974739 and Martin were two separate people.

Ok, new player list:

Player List:
1. Iconian
2. Ptolemy

3. craebild
4. Mikey
5. Kwik
6. Crappicus
7. cyph34r
8. ken-reed
9. Martin
10. alric


OK craebild, Micha says he hasn't gotten your file yet, so you'll need to resend it.



Yeah, bread too.

Don't Let the Stars! Fade Away

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 13:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
q974739 is currently offline q974739

 
Crewman 1st Class

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Opps...sorry Smile

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 14:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cyph34r is currently offline cyph34r

 
Petty Officer 2nd Class

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With this many people you're still putting AIs in? Those HE and PP AIs can get seriously annoying in the early game, I think ten people is good for this universe size, anybody else agree, or have a comment on this?

[Updated on: Thu, 01 February 2007 14:54]

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 15:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Iconian is currently offline Iconian

 
Officer Cadet 2nd Year

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Do we want AI's?[ 6 votes ]
1. NO AI's whatsoever 5 / 83%
2. AI's are OK 1 / 17%

Quote:

With this many people you're still putting AIs in? Those HE and PP AIs can get seriously annoying in the early game, I think ten people is good for this universe size, anybody else agree, or have a comment on this?


Hmm . . . well, I said at the very beginning that if half the players vote for it, we can take the AI's out. At this point I'm just waiting on Micha. Once he comes online and sends me the files I'll generate. In the meantime though, sure, we can have a vote. If at least half the people playing (5) don't want the AI's, we won't have any Smile

There will only be four though, so I figure they'll probably get overwhelmed pretty early. Just take out their bases Wink And, consider that there are six different races they could be. Chances are pretty good there won't be any PP or HE AI's . . . AR's can be nasty too though.

There probably won't be much time for voting, but I'll put it up anyway.

EDIT: I'm going to work in about an hour and will be gone for four hours, so it might be five or more hours before I generate.


[Updated on: Thu, 01 February 2007 16:00]




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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 16:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
q974739 is currently offline q974739

 
Crewman 1st Class

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I'm voting against.

If I run into a nearby AI, I may be stuck.

Players are bribable...

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 16:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Micha

 

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q974739 wrote

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Martin

Aah!! Smile
That explains a lot. Smile

Using the second version.

mch

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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Thu, 01 February 2007 19:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cyph34r is currently offline cyph34r

 
Petty Officer 2nd Class

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The AI poll seems to be sliding in the favor of no AIs, I know we're only at three, but so far nobody has voted to keep them, other than you (I'm assuming) Iconian, hopefully we'll get some more feedback before we gen.

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Game Has Been Generated Thu, 01 February 2007 23:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Iconian is currently offline Iconian

 
Officer Cadet 2nd Year

Messages: 233
Registered: January 2006
Location: Nevada, USA
Hi everyone,
So, good news: everyone got their files turned in, and I sent the game to Ron. Now all we need to do is wait until he's gotten everything set up. Very Happy

Reminders
1. If you change your password at some point, make sure you tell Micha what you changed it to.
2. Please also send Micha your .h file every five years. This is your history file and any replacement player will need it.
3. If you do drop out for any reason, please try to get a replacement in The Bar. Just start a thread and ask if anyone would like to take over for you.
4. Kwik and Crappicus: I can't seem to find ranks for either of you. It's not urgent, but please try to get your ranks to me so I can send Donjon the information. I have the ranks for everyone else.

Last Minute AI Poll Results
Now, when I generated the game I checked the poll for AI's and it was 3 against 1 for (yes, I voted for). The poll didn't get the full 5 players needed to ban AI's, BUT, it seemed the poll was probably going that. So, I settled on two AI's, random/random. I doubt they'll be much trouble except really early--if anything, once they're gone they'll leave a nice vacuum for other players. Everyone remember though: diplomacy won't help at all with players 11 and 12. If you see them, go ahead and kill them. Twisted Evil

Parameters
Here are the game parameters again:
Universe: Medium/Packed.
Player Positions: Distant.
Options: Public player scores, ABBS, galaxy clumping checked; no others checked.
Victory: “Owns 65% of planets” and “At least 80 years must pass before a winner is declared” are the only victory conditions set in game. Anyone who can do that is the winner, but otherwise, any unopposed alliance or single player can win the game after 2480.

Private Forum
And finally, here's the Private Forum for Hardheads once this thread is locked. I'll provide everyone with the password shortly.

Time to go out and have a great game!



Yeah, bread too.

Don't Let the Stars! Fade Away

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Re: Game Has Been Generated Thu, 01 February 2007 23:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ptolemy is currently offline Ptolemy

 
Commander

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Quote:

Kwik and Crappicus: I can't seem to find ranks for either of you. It's not urgent, but please try to get your ranks to me so I can send Donjon the information. I have the ranks for everyone else.


I don't recall when DonJon put me in the ranking list - but then again, I don't play ranked games. Can't remember any game I did play that was ranked. Razz


Ptolemy





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Re: -<HARDHEADS>- Sun, 04 February 2007 23:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Iconian is currently offline Iconian

 
Officer Cadet 2nd Year

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Registered: January 2006
Location: Nevada, USA
I've generated the game and sent it to Ron, so any moderator who sees this can go ahead and lock the thread.


Yeah, bread too.

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Topic locked (Re: -<HARDHEADS>-) Mon, 05 February 2007 03:34 Go to previous message
Micha

 

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Iconian wrote on Mon, 05 February 2007 05:20

I've generated the game and sent it to Ron, so any moderator who sees this can go ahead and lock the thread.

Thanks for the notice. Topic locked,

mch,
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