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Medium Game for intermediates(or advanced) that are busy in real life Sat, 07 January 2006 01:08 Go to previous message
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Registered: November 2003
Location: New Zealand
 This is a (mostly) vanilla game for players that are a little busy real life, but would like a game. In particular, this game might suit people who are less available during weekends and public holidays.

Aiming for about 8-10 players

Level: Intermediate (although advanced players welcome with some sort of small penalty)

Game version: jrc4

Universe setup:
Medium Normal (assuming 8-10 players, may tinker to give about 30 stars/player)
Maximum minerals: off
Slow tech: off
Acc BBS: off (note: most games are Acc BBS, this one isn't - I don't like Acc BBS)
No random events: off
Public player scores: off
Galaxy Clumping: off
(Any of the last three can be changed if there is close to a consensus amoungst players that they want them changed).
No computer players.

Race restrictions:
* All races allowed
* CA must _not_ have TT, and must have 200 points left over in the race wizard.
* JoaT must either not take NAS, or must have 100 points left over in the race wizard.

Victory conditions: Last man standing (no alliance victories), although there are no restrictions on alliances during the game. Alternatively, if someone gets 60% of the stars or exceeds second place score by 200%, they win.

Pre game alliances are strictly prohibited, and if there is clear evidence of this (or other deliberate cheating), the offending players will be banned.

Host is _not_ playing, but don't send me passwords, as I may sometimes be filling in for one of the players (Mike)

Schedule (this is the important part):
* Use the setting that allows extra turns to run if everyone gets turns in early.
* Start with 1 turn/day.
* Switching to 3 turns/week when:
- 50% of players request it any time,
- 25% of players request it year 20 or after,
- or when 1 player requests it year 30 or after,
whichever comes earlier.
* Switching to 2 turns/week when:
- 50% of players request it any time,
- 25% of players request it year 50 or after,
- or when 1 player requests if year 80 or after,
whichever comes earier.
* Holiday option:
If anyone wants to hold the game on any weekend or public holiday (any country, please specify holiday), please specify at least 1 week in advance (late requests will not be considered), and the game will be put on hold. A timetable of this will be on the main page. The game will not be put on hold during normal weekdays.

Players are set inactive after missing four (unexplained) turns, but will be set active again when they submit a turn. If anyone has to drop, please try to find a replacement first, and let me know you are dropping rather than just stopping submitting turns.

Generation time: let me know what time zone you are in when registering for the game, and what times suit, and I'll try to pick a time that suits the most people.

Cheats:
Read http://starsautohost.org/sahforum/index.php?t=msg&th=238 7
Chaff and Split fleet dodge are allowed, the other cheats are not (note that this includes the new bug meaning don't set battle orders to 'attack everyone', or 'attack particular player' if there is a starbase present).

For people at the low end of intermediate, I would strongly suggest that as an absolute minimum, you should be able to get 25K resources by 2450 in an Acc BBS testbed, although not necessarily with the race you are playing (should I require evidence of this? or is that a little too much 'Big Brother'), _and_ have had some experience against other people.

If you want to play, please send contact me, and I will send you the email of a neutral person to send:
* Your race
* Your password (and resend your password any time you change it) * What time zone you are in
* What your preferred gen times are (specify local time or GMT). or whether it doesn't matter.
* Some indication of how much you are likely to need the holiday schedule option (if there are several people that will often be away weekends, we simply won't gen on weekends).

My email (it's temporary to set up this game, when you contact me I'll send you a more permanent one, and the email of the neutral person) is roy_dunedin@hotmail.com

Game start: when I get enough races (or definite intentions to play) I will request a slot on Autohost, and give people 2-3 days to get me the races.

This is my first time hosting, so I hope I haven't missed anything else important.

Update: I now have 11 players which is about as many as I want, so anyone else who wants to join will go on a waiting list in case someone drops before the game starts.

Players are:
Strannik
Multilis (depending on how busy he is)
FurFuznel
Wayne
Orange
Vince
Kado
Roman
Steve
Andrea
Mike


[Updated on: Tue, 17 January 2006 07:21]

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