Duelling tournament - Round 2

Great game Hulk, I now know how Loki must have felt after your encounter in Avengers. :wink:

I wonder if a bigger galaxy and starting all techs further along would make for closer games. Early on there are a few techs where if you get to level 2 first you could have a significant advantage that can last days. It seemed to work starting weapons at 3, why not all the other techs?

Also, it would be nice if the minimum distance between stars could be increased. It wouldnā€™t have been an issue in real time games, but even with 6h turns I ran into the situation that ultimately lost me the game which was I knew attacks would come but could not see which star the attacks were targeting until 6h into their travel, meaning i would not have enough time to send ships to respond. Increasing the space between stars would minimize this potential for indefensible attacks.

Or we could go hardcore with a real-time tournament. :wink:

That said it has been fun and I donā€™t want to take anything from Hulkā€™s victory, he definitely earned it.

Yeah, it was the same for me. I was trying to use it aggressively against golden ace at the start of the game, but at one point I guessed wrong, he guessed right, and everything went bad for me.

Good comments kexsel ā€¦ although I wouldnā€™t increase the level of the other techs. I.e. instead, Iā€™d use those simple earlier suggestions I made which effectively lengthens the game to balance things out. It also gives you a chance to recover from ā€œyou guessing wrong, your opponent guessing right ā€¦ and all downhill from thereā€ as Jay pointed out.

Or at least I think so ā€¦ weā€™d have to try some game play to see how it works.

Having said that, there is something to be said for just close-in fighting ā€¦ itā€™s a nail-biter!

Iā€™d rather go for 24 stars a player, but keep things close. We want fast and nasty!

Iā€™m cool with that too - itā€™s brutal in tight quarters.

Ross: if Jay will create a game for us (and with LDGā€™s blessing), want to go up against the Big Green Guy in the semi-finals?!?

Iā€™m ready for you if you are ready for me ā€¦

Im sure Iā€™ll see you in the final! :slight_smile:

I know your keen hulk but Itā€™s random.org all the way :slight_smile:

@Unicycle247 is your game finished yet?

@LDG It seems that @Unicycle247 just went AFK couple of hours ago. I hope everything is ok for him.

What do the tournament rules say about this situation?

Donā€™t mind really.

You win!

Iā€™m going to bed, will draw next round during my lunch break tomorrow :slight_smile:

Semi finals here we come! Who has the mettle to make it to the final round?