 New Game: Nowhere to Run |
Thu, 06 April 2006 20:07  |
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I am planning to host a new Stars game on Autohost. I have hosted many games on a different forum and all of the games were continued until a winner was declared. Although I am an avid Stars player, I do not play in the games that I host. This gives me a chance to be an unbiased moderator.
Since I am not playing in the game, parameters will be open to discussion and agreement by the majority of players. Question marks signify items to be agreed upon.
Game Parameters:
1.Independent Host (I will not be playing in the game)
2.Players should use registered version 2.6JRC4 or 2.7JRC3
3.Players are to provide their password to the host (me). This must be updated whenever it is changed.
This is for two reasons. (1) To allow me to occasionally monitor the game to insure that no rules have been broken and (2) To allow me to get a replacement player for viable races if and when players disappear without notice.
4.Host will attempt to replace missing players if their race is deemed playable.
5.No Preexisting alliances.
6.No collaboration in race design. No disclosure of PRT, LRT
or other race statistics is to other players prior to the start of the game.
7.Anonymous Players (No public announcement on who is which race. During the game when races meet each other in space, they can feel free to disclose such information).
8.Turns to be run earlier of 24 hours after the last turn or whenever all players have submitted. Based on majority vote this could be changed to be less frequent and/or provide for a 24 hour delay for a major holiday.
9.Chaff & Split Fleet avoidance allowed. No “cheats” allowed.
10.Universe Definition subject to majority vote. These issues will be decided early enough for players to have this information for race design.
• 8 to 16 players (depending on turnout)
• Size of Universe and Density subject to vote by majority of players (Example Medium Universe, Normal density, player positions farther)
• Slower Tech Advances: No?
• Number of Computer Players: 0?
• Accelerated BBS: Yes?
• Galaxy Clumping: No?
• Public Score: No?
• No Other boxes Checked?
• Winning Condition: One Winner: Exceeds other score by 120% or everyone agrees to a winner? (Is the winner only one player or is it the top team?)
11.Restrictions on Races? I would like to open the discussion on this. The decision on this would be subject to majority vote. The purpose of such restrictions would be to limit the game so we wouldn’t have mostly factory-less CAs, regular CAs & JOAT races. Some of the possible restrictions could be (A) No factory-less CAs, (B) No CAs at all, (C) JOATs must not select NAS, or some combination of these restrictions. Another possibility would be requiring CAs or CAs and JOATs to have a minimum number of race “advantage points” left over.
12.Alliance Restrictions: None?
Any alliance restrictions subject to discussion and vote.
13.Accelerated Start: No?
I hosted several games where the first few turns were double turns. In other words all players received turns 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 (sometimes up to turn 20). Of course everyone gets the message that they missed one turn and they would have to plan each turn to accommodate moves during the missed turns. A lot of things can happen in the missed turns including occasional attacks, but the advantage is that the game is jump started. After 10 to 20 turns the turns reverted to single turns. I don’t think initial double turns can be done easily with autohost. I would probably have to do it manually or just set autohost for turns every 12 hours for the first turns. Unless this is an option that interests a majority of players, the default choice will be no for accelerated start.
Please Email me if you want to play. Please post comments and suggestions on game parameters on this thread.
The Universe is usually not fair.
That would be too easy.Report message to a moderator
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