A couple of years ago, we had a fun 1v1 tournament where Jay hand-created some mirrored maps - @Dysp ended up defeating me in the finals. Jay recently gave me the ability to create galaxies with mirrored maps, so I’d like to see if there is any interest in a tournament. Think of it like a NP March Madness where each player does a face-off against another … with the winners moving on until only one is left.
One issue we had a couple of years ago was that the luck of experimentation could play a significant role. While I think a little bit of randomness is a good thing, I want to de-tune that … plus prevent the game from becoming a weaponfest - i.e. whoever finishes Weapons first, wins.
So mods from default params are:
Weapons start at Level3 plus are Very Expensive
Experimentation is Very Expensive.
Large (32 Star - wish I could do more) Galaxy with Far Distances
HomeStar is 10/10/3 rather than 5/5/1
Open for suggestions on how to create a good/balanced game.
Real-time games favor those who are willing to forgo sleep, so the play is default turn-based;
8 ticks/jump and submit at least once every 24 hours.
I’ve played a couple of team games with mirrored maps and it totally ROCKS!
So holler if you’d be interested in a tournament and maybe we can put one together.
Plus if you want to play-test the format, send me a PM.
So what 'ya think @HipsterFleet, @MurasakiNoKaze, and @SuperDave - should we do a Final-Four tournament (using the parameters above) to see how it plays out?
I bowed out of the first game as I can only do 2 at once since I let my premium account expire (and I’m playing an 8 player game also). Please end the first game yourself HULK (since you are signed into it also and are the last one left) and I can then go to the 2nd game.
Thanks for chiming in Jay (have a great weekend BTW) … and yea, I just tested this and even if I join and game and then leave, it still “saves” the last spot for me.
So yea, if you can give me a workaround for this Jay (i.e. a code hack so that I do NOT have to join a game I’ve created), that would be great - thanks!
Do you just want a screenshot?
If so, check out this game URL
And HEY, if you’d like to do a test-play @MurasakiNoKaze , sign up for the game (same 4-letter/1-number password as the other ones we thought we could play) and see if you can SMASH the HULK!