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Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game

Fri, 09 July 2004 21:16

Micha

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SnakeChomp wrote on Sat, 10 July 2004 02:58

Besides, the order of events in a stars game allows production before fleet battles. Even if you have a first strike fleet in orbit around an overseer planet, the planet would be able to build a new starbase and launch a "nuclear missle" before the fleet in orbit could destroy the starbase.

Only if the fleet in orbit didn't already destroy the base. Wink

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A minor detail, would it be better for the player to email the overseer race notifying them of the targets they wish to strike, or sending an in game email. Using the in game option delays the strike by a year allowing the enemy another year to contest control for nuclear football fleets thereby preventing the nuclear launch from hapenning. Using in game email does not reflect the actual process of using the nuclear football and launching a nuclear attack, which takes only 5-10 minutes. I'm thinking email is the best option.

If a player makes a request through email you might not be online anymore before the gen to do so. He might be counting on it and have plans that would get ruined ...
For an ingame message you could say that the order is valid if the player indeed controlled the nuclear football in the turn he wrote the message, even if he is no longer in control the turn you receive the message. Or it might just as well require the second year of control.
Of course the situation might be different in the turn you receive the ingame message and the player might want to target a different planet, this would require email since an ingame message will come too late ...

It's up to you as the host to decide what you want ...

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Another minor detail: Should nuclear football fleets that have "just" arrived in orbit of a planet with a starbase be able to launch a nuclear attack immediately? Or should they forced to remain in orbit around the planet in uncontested control before being able to launch an attack?

I thought the idea that a player would have uncontested control over the fleet? The moment he has that and is in range of a starbase (10ly?) he can give the launch order ...

mch

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		New game idea - The nuclear football game (Updated with poll) By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 03:23
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 09 July 2004 06:38
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: multilis on Fri, 09 July 2004 11:59
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 09 July 2004 17:30
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 14:56
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: vonKreedon on Fri, 09 July 2004 15:31
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Shadow Whist on Fri, 09 July 2004 15:50
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 16:07
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 09 July 2004 17:34
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: craebild on Fri, 09 July 2004 16:34
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 09 July 2004 17:26
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 18:19
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 09 July 2004 20:56
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 21:08
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 09 July 2004 18:15
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: perece on Wed, 28 July 2004 16:57
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Wed, 28 July 2004 21:25
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 15:43
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: True-Chaos on Fri, 09 July 2004 16:09
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 16:22
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 09 July 2004 18:05
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 18:29
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 18:41
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 19:43
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: vonKreedon on Fri, 09 July 2004 20:18
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 20:58
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 09 July 2004 21:16
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 21:39
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: LEit on Fri, 09 July 2004 21:51
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Fri, 09 July 2004 22:12
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Sat, 10 July 2004 06:22
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Sat, 10 July 2004 16:16
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Sat, 10 July 2004 06:36
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Sat, 10 July 2004 17:11
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 13 July 2004 01:52
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Sun, 25 July 2004 20:12
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: multilis on Sun, 25 July 2004 22:27
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Sinla on Mon, 26 July 2004 07:33
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: vonKreedon on Mon, 26 July 2004 10:45
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Tue, 27 July 2004 01:38
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: mlaub on Tue, 27 July 2004 10:30
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: multilis on Tue, 27 July 2004 10:43
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: perece on Thu, 29 July 2004 03:24
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Thu, 29 July 2004 14:43
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: mlaub on Mon, 26 July 2004 14:05
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 09 July 2004 21:05
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: perece on Wed, 28 July 2004 16:49
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Wed, 28 July 2004 21:30
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Wed, 28 July 2004 23:18
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: multilis on Thu, 29 July 2004 00:18
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: SnakeChomp on Thu, 29 July 2004 15:01
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: perece on Fri, 30 July 2004 02:38
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Kotk on Fri, 30 July 2004 08:51
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game By: Micha on Fri, 30 July 2004 09:42
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game (Updated with poll) By: Hooga on Thu, 29 July 2004 16:00
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game (Updated with poll) By: SnakeChomp on Thu, 29 July 2004 20:49
		Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game (Updated with poll) By: SnakeChomp on Tue, 17 August 2004 02:53

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