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Forum: New Game Announcements
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Topic: Test game open for play?
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| Test game open for play? |
Wed, 05 October 2016 21:45 |
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Nmid and I threw together a quick game to test gens on the new server.
We will be running a number of turns... maybe 10.
But when we are done we could let people actually play.
Everyone could see all the race designs, or only their own.
Small packed.
Races: SS, CA, IT, IS, JoaT. Some HG some -F.
Races were not tested, created in minutes, so no guarantees.
Thoughts?
Raindancer.
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Topic: Duel?
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Topic: Anyone for Duel?
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Topic: A new network and a new game for a new year
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 A new network and a new game for a new year |
Wed, 30 December 2009 16:02 |
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| Orca |
 | Chief Warrant Officer 1 |
Messages: 148
Registered: June 2003
Location: Orbiting tower at the L5 ... | |
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The Stars! player's channel has just completed moving from its longtime home of #Stars! on Starlink to ##Stars! on Freenode.
A toast! To Starlink.org, our home for over a decade.
To celebrate a new beginning and a new year, we will be having a blitz on New Year's Day 2010 at 18:00 GMT (10:00am Pacific for USsies).
Blitzes are fast-running games featuring small universes, 5-10 minute timers, and forced generations until 2440 or 2460, depending. Fights tend to start early, and be rather fierce.
We'll be running our usual tiny packed, acc-bbs, public scores universe, with 4 turn gens to 20, 2 to 40, and 1 thereafter, so make sure you're loaded for bear. If you're new to IRC, I suggest coming in early so you can get file transfer issues and whatnot sorted out before the start time.
To join, fire up an IRC client, such as mIRC, Chatzilla, or Trillian, connect to chat.freenode.net and join the channel ##Stars! (note the two hash marks and the exclamation point at the end). People tend to idle here, so responses may take some time, especially if you're between when the USsies arrive home and the Euros wake up.
I hope to see you there!
Jesus saves.
Allah forgives.
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Topic: 2008/9 Duelling Championship
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| 2008/9 Duelling Championship |
Thu, 10 July 2008 21:25 |
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Duelling championship will start soon so if you are interrested here are some Informations for more Informations Visit the Thread in the Forum .
The rules are listed below, changes to 2007 are marked :
1. The tournament is single-elimination .
2. *Official Tournament Rules*
a. Duels will (hopefully) be hosted on Autohost if Ron agrees, and will be arranged by the Duelling Club Administrator as host.
b. Duels must be fought between two players. The draw will be seeded on the GMT of the Players.
c. All Tournament Duels will have the following Conditions: Small, Normal Universe, Acc-BBS, No Random Events, Public Player Scores (after 50 years).
d. Victory is achieved via surrender of opponent or highest score in year 2460.
e.i. Scoring is as follows :-
Seven "target" worlds will be determined by the Duelling Club Administrator (who will not host his own games ).
Each world will have a point value, as follows:
==Your Homeworld: 3 points
==Enemy Homeworld: 3 points
==Each corner & center world: 1 point each
A player must have population on a world to possess it and gain the point value.
e.ii Five of the seven target worlds will be identified to both participants. Those will be, respectively, the four worlds closest to each corner of the map and ths single world closest to the center. The Administrator's decision on which worlds is FINAL and BINDING.
e.iii. The sixth and seventh worlds will be the Duellist's Home Worlds, which will NOT be identified.
e.iv. In the event that both players have the same score (e.g. centre world not colonised), the player with the highest score generated by the Stars PPS will be used as the determinant.
f. All Tournament Duels have a maximum of 2 months to complete. If a duel is unfinished after 2 months, the player ahead in Score at the end of the time period is declared the winner. In the event all duels in a round are completed sooner than 2 months, the subsequent round will begin.
g. Players wishing to play the JoaT or CA PRTs must leave at least 180 points in the race wizard and JoaT could not take NAS. HE -f are banned !!
h. Players may change race design between rounds.
3. The final duels will have details reported on this forum. The Grand Champion must agree to post his or her race design to this forum as well, and hopefully will provide some commentary on his or her run at the championship.
4. Any questions about the championship may be directed to me.
5. Good luck to all entrants!
Thanx for Interrest .
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Topic: Dueling Club Championship 2005
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| Dueling Club Championship 2005 |
Sun, 07 November 2004 14:36 |
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 EDog |
 | Lt. Junior Grade |
Messages: 417
Registered: November 2002
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA | |
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(copied from Dueling Club Announcements)
*FANFARE*
Presenting...the 2005 Stars Duelling Club World Championship!
Think you have what it takes? Think you might be champion material? Can you see yourself on a Wheaties(c) box?
The Stars Dueling Club is pleased to announce the 2005 Championship. The tournament will commence in January. Regular updates will be provided. The rules are listed below:
1. The tournament is single-elimination and will consist of several rounds until a Sweet Sixteen, a Great Eight, and a Final Four are determined. The grand championship will consist of the two duellists that make it furthest in the tourney, and the champion will be declared as the winner of the final duel.
2. The tournament is open to all ranked members of the duelling club. The time between now and January 1 is the "at-large" qualifying period. Any non-ranked player wishing to participate in the championship needs to fight at least one duel between now and then. Qualifying Duels must be completed and reported no later than December 31, 2004.
3. All standard Duelling Club rules are in effect. At-large qualifying duels may be fought to any standards acceptable to both players. See below for official tournament rules.
4. *Official Tournament Rules*
a. Duels must be fought between two players. Opponents will be assigned randomly. There are no limitations to PRT or LRT.
b. All Tournament Duels must have the following Conditions: Small, Packed Universe, Acc-BBS, No Random Events, Public Player Scores.
c. All Tournament Duels must have the following Victory Condition: Highest Score after 50 years.
d. All Tournament Duels have a maximum of 2 months to complete. If a duel is unfinished after 2 months, the player ahead in score at the end of the time period is declared the winner. In the event all duels in a round are completed sooner than 2 months, the subsequent round will begin.
e. All victorious claimants *must* send a screenshot of the score page to me as verification of the victory.
f. Players that advance to subsequent rounds must use the same race name, although they may change race design between rounds. This is for the sake of validity and clarity on the elimination table.
g. Victory by surrender of an opponent must include the screenshot as well as an in-game "I surrender" message. In the event of dropout of an opponent, the victor will be declared at the end of the 2-month period.
5. The final duels will have details reported on this forum. The Grand Champion must agrees to post his or her race design to this forum as well, and hopefully will provide some commentary on his or her run at the championship.
6. Any questions about the championship may be directed to me.
7. Good luck to all entrants!
http://ianthealy.com
Born, grew up, became an adventurer
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Topic: New Stars! Game: Ethereal Distance
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| New Stars! Game: Ethereal Distance |
Sat, 12 April 2003 19:02 |
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I thought I'd try my hand at hosting a game, I'm rather new to this game so I would prefer only beginner to intermediate players. Anyway here are the game stats:
Players: 16
Universe Size: Huge
Density: Sparse
Positions: Distant
x :Public Player Scores
x :Galaxy Clumping
Victory Conditions: Last Man Standing
Rules: No Bug/Features allowed except Chaff and Fleet Dodge.
If interested in joining email pepin162@aol.com an email with the subject title Stars (I most likely won't open anything else...) and attach your passworded race file.
[Updated on: Thu, 30 October 2003 21:56] by Moderator
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Topic: NEW GAME HELL 10
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| NEW GAME HELL 10 |
Wed, 19 February 2003 18:43 |
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Hi people out there .
It is time For HELL 10 .
Here are the Stats for the people who have interrest :
Univers : Large
BBS - Game
Playes : 16
Host is playing
No Cheats expect Shaff
NO CA
Generation : Every day 13 pm
Play at autohost
Winning conditions :
Alliance viktory It could only be 3 Players in an ally and can only set this players to friend .
No Techtrade expect your ally . One time set to friend you can not chance it . So be carfull what you do
will be for ever . If one player is defeated you can take another in your alliance .
For all players who are interrested mail me .
Do not answer at the forum , have not the time to look all the time here 
CCMASTER001@t-online.de
ccmaster , host
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Topic: Notice for posters
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 Notice for posters |
Sun, 12 January 2003 22:32 |
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| Ron |
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Forum Administrator
Stars! AutoHost Administrator |
Messages: 1231
Registered: October 2002
Location: Collegedale, TN | |
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This forum is for announcing new games that are starting.
Ideas for new games, and requests for game idea comments should be posted in The Bar.
Replies to new game annoucements should fit the following conditions:
1. Confirmation that you are interesting in joining the game.
2. Question on game settings/rules.
3. Reply/clarification from game host on game settings/rules.
4. Pre-game announcements by game host.
Any other type of posts are subject to be moved to The Bar.
When the game has started, the game host should request that a moderator post a final message saying that the game has started, and lock the topic.
Thank you for helping to keep a tidy forum.
Ron Miller
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Topic: The Bars of Distance
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| The Bars of Distance |
Thu, 05 December 2002 21:42 |
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| The Taubat |
 | Officer Cadet 3rd Year |
Messages: 263
Registered: December 2002 | |
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ZZZs banned
HE
CA
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LRTs banned
TT
ARM
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LRTs required
RS
IS
CE
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Habitat
1 imune max
15% max
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mines and facs
any on all
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R&D
3 cheap 3 expensive
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Mass packet flinging beyond warp 10 is not allowed
Missiles are also not allowed
Anti-matter Pulverizer is also banned
ABBSP MM will be selected
medium size and packed
3 turns will be generated per day (10:00am 3:00pm 8:00pm) sat. and sun. 2 turns will be generated at 10:00am and 8:00pm
need a volunteer to look at the races cause I want to play too.
need 4-8 people. you will be paired up and your partner will be what that race is linked too and here they are
UFP
Vulcans (taken)
Klingons
Romulans
Species 8472
Hirogen
Cardassian
Jem'Hadar
United Federation of Planets are linked to the Vulcans
Klingons are linked to the Romulans
Species 8472 are linked to the Hirogen
Cardassians are linked the Jem'Hadar
With your names comes the PRT
UFP=JOAT
Vulcans=IS
Klingons=WM
Romulans=SS
Species 8472=AR
Hirogen=IT
Cardassians=SD
Jem'Hadar=HE
note: since United Federation of Planets is too long you can use Starfleet, UFP or Feds
this game is geared towards beginners but experts are allowed to play but you will have to be species 8472, UFP or Jem'Hadar with 12% growth rate.
I will use a Universe editor to create vertical bars of planets (if there are 4 players 3 bars 6 players 3 bars and 8 players 4 bars) Your homeworlds will be side by side causing you to work with you partner.
note: you cannot team up with other teams to beat somebody
game will end for some player or teams it they decide to quit. vote will be at 2750
you can E-mail at cribbage_player_24@softhome.net
[Updated on: Fri, 06 December 2002 11:02]
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Topic: Double Trouble (Still a few players needed)
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| Double Trouble (Still a few players needed) |
Tue, 05 November 2002 13:27 |
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| Alter Ego |
 | Officer Cadet 4th Year |
Messages: 283
Registered: November 2002
Location: Germany | |
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Hi!
Looks goooood! 
And I'll usethe chance right away: I've posted announcements on the old Homeworld Forum and the NG about the new game I'm starting. By now, there are enough people interested to make it two games. But those would still have a few vacant slots. Anybody interested?
Regards
Alter Ego
[Updated on: Sun, 12 January 2003 22:24] by Moderator
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Forum: The Bar
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Topic: Looking for a replacement player
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| Looking for a replacement player |
Thu, 12 May 2022 03:33 |
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| Ludi Magister |
 | Master Chief Petty Officer |
Messages: 103
Registered: April 2019 | |
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Hi all!
One of the players in "The Blues" has to drop out of the game. If there is anybody who would like to jump in, please contact me a ludiUNDERSCOREmagisterATwebDOTde, and I'll let you know details about the race.
Cheers,
Matt
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Topic: Requesting (yet another) replacement for Once More, Into the Breach
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| Requesting (yet another) replacement for Once More, Into the Breach |
Thu, 11 March 2021 02:39 |
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| magic9mushroom |
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Messages: 1361
Registered: May 2008 | |
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A player has requested a replacement in Once More, Into the Breach. This is due to RL trouble; their race is doing fine.
I should note that this is a substantial time commitment; this is a Large Normal game currently at 2509 and running at 2/week, with the end probably many months away (there are still ten races in contention).
PM or email me (same username at gmail) and I will put you in touch with the current player.
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Topic: StarsBox for macOS
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| StarsBox for macOS |
Sun, 03 January 2021 18:22 |
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| raptor |
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Messages: 138
Registered: June 2014 | |
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Hi,
I put together a StarsBox package for macOS Catalina (10.15):
https://github.com/stars-4x/starsbox/releases
This package is dosbox-staging + Windows 3.11 + Stars! all wrapped together in a clickable app. If anyone uses it, please let me know; I'm interested in the performance and any bugs. I do not use macOS normally and had to use a borrowed machine to get this to work.
Note: Normally WINE (32-bit from homebrew) works quite well if you run macOS 10.14 or earlier, but macOS 10.15+ has problems as discussed here:
https://starsautohost.org/sahforum2/index.php?t=msg&th=5 670
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Topic: Discord Server for Stars!
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Topic: Game page not updating
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| Game page not updating |
Tue, 03 November 2020 02:11 |
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| magic9mushroom |
| Commander |
Messages: 1361
Registered: May 2008 | |
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I changed some settings for Once More, Into the Breach a few hours ago (notably, taking the game off hold), but the changes still aren't displayed on the game page. Indeed, said page is displaying the time 10 hours ago, a bit before I made them.
(When I went into the Host Utility to confirm that I'd actually made them, they showed up.)
If Ron could look into this, that'd be nice.
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Topic: Recording battles, new try
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| Recording battles, new try |
Sun, 14 October 2018 19:05 |
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Last topics about recording Stars battles are quite a few years old and didn't really help me.
What would be a good, easy (and if possible open source) software to record Stars battles when Stars runs within a virtual xp?
I tried fraps but got error messages due to too old directx-versions. Since I am one of the few non-programers (just a peaceful wargame despising antiquarian *grin) playing Stars I haven't really a clou wether those can be even updated in a virtual xp nor wether this would really help.
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Topic: Hope for Android...
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Topic: Anyone up for a Quickie?
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| Anyone up for a Quickie? |
Sun, 05 November 2017 16:08 |
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| talkingbologna |
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Messages: 86
Registered: November 2016
Location: 1947 | |
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Now that I've hammered when's when with this job-o-mine, I'd like to start playing again. Would anybody care for a fast game over a Saturday evening?
I was thinking a blitz with standard rules:
-Distant Starts
-Tiny/Packed
-AccBBS
-No Random
-Play every 4 turns till year 40, every 2 till year 60, and every turn thereafter
-10 minutes/turn
No CA
Standard cheat disclaimer:
- Chaff
- Split Fleet Dodge
- Merge Fleets After Gating
- Mine Damage Dodge
Turns filed via GMail or something.
Edit: doesn't have to be a blitz.
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Topic: Replacement needed
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| Replacement needed |
Fri, 22 January 2016 22:43 |
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| vmanuel |
 | Chief Warrant Officer 3 |
Messages: 187
Registered: October 2004
Location: Dallas, TX USA | |
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I need a replacement for a player in the game I'm hosting. Well placed, one ally, many enemies. Who's up for a challenge? Email me at eyityotg at gmail com
Victor.
Editor in Chief of the Kaynan Space News.
All Space, All The Time - Kaynan!
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Topic: Facebook Page
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Topic: New beginner/intermediate game reqd!
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| New beginner/intermediate game reqd! |
Fri, 11 April 2014 22:36 |
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| 1 week counter to show possible players for a new game..[ 3 votes ] |
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I recently sent out an email to a number of Stars! players that I've played over the years for a replacement.
I was very pleasantly surprised to see the number of players who were interested in getting their feet wet once again.
I found my replacement, but I think we could do with a new beginner/intermediate game for returning players.
I find myself missing Altruist's FA series games and I did ask him about FA9 .. so if that's going up, awesome!
If not, then someone should throw up a regular vanilla style, simple alliances type game up.
ps - I am shying away from it myself for now, I know.
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Topic: Replacement Player Needed
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| Replacement Player Needed |
Wed, 25 September 2013 02:45 |
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| neilhoward | 
| Commander |
Messages: 1112
Registered: April 2008
Location: SW3 & 10023 | |
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Email damarae1 at gmail for more details
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Topic: Replacement needed for DD5
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| Replacement needed for DD5 |
Tue, 24 September 2013 18:07 |
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| Eagle of Fire | 
 | Lt. Commander |
Messages: 809
Registered: December 2008
Location: GMT -5 | |
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Greetings.
I am in need for a replacement for the game DD5. I've had so many set backs from schedule problems that I'm not interested in playing this game anymore. Both because this is turning out to be the worse game I've played in this regard so far and because bad involvement is bad both for the game as a whole and my ally.
This is a no diplomacy, 2 players based team game. Because of the nature of the game I'm not open to tell any details about my race so if you are interested to take over and keep the game alive please send me a PM.
Thank you.
-EoF
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Topic: We should try to get Stars! on Good Old Games
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