Only change I’d recommend is assuming we get players that can submit on a timely basis, 6-tick jumps play better than 8-tick jumps. Otherwise, same setup as before with the following mods from default params:
Weapons start at Level3 and are LOCKED (whoever gets W4 first has a too-big-of advantage)
Experimentation is LOCKED at Level1 and Manufacturing is Expensive to Research
EPIC (64 stars/player) Galaxy with Far Distances
HomeStar is 20/20/4 rather than 5/5/1
Starting Cash is $2000 (don’t spend it all at once!)
You start with ONE star that has 50 ships
The Map is MIRRORED … so you each have IDENTICAL starting positions.
Real-time games favor those who are willing to forgo sleep, so the play is turn-based … and per mutual agreement, we’ll do SIX tick jumps … and a round-robin tournament!
Please reply here if you’d like to join in on the carnage (and can commit to keep the games moving along) and I’ll setup the tournament!
Do any of you clever types want to setup a team game as well? There was talk of it…
I’m currently participating in a depressing game of Proteus, I won’t go into the details in public, but safe to say I’m itching to get into some serious action!
I’m gonna have to pass on this one, classes are in full swing and taking up most of my time. I’ll definitely be looking to get in a tourney around the holidays though!
I’ve updated the first post with the game params - two questions for ya:
Do you want to play 6 or 8 tick jumps? Assuming we can be timely in our submits, I’d recommend the former - I think @Karmadrome will agree based on our game it just plays out better.
Do you want to do a single elimination tournament or round-robin?
OK - we’ll plys 6 ticks jump round-robin (everyone will play each other). For round #1, how about we do: @HULK vs @BelSon - game link (cool map!) @Karmadrome vs @Affordable_Desk - game link #1 or #2 (good maps too)
Let me know if that works for you guys and we’ll begin. Sending passwords via PM.
Ooops … I forgot to change time to submit from the default 24 hours to 48 hours. Ideally you wouldn’t need the extra time (and I can pause the game I’m in, so not a big deal there) … but let me know @Karmadrome and @Affordable_Desk if you want me to regenerate games for 'ya with that change.
Meant to add above - please double check the params to make sure I didn’t miss something else.
I’ve jumped into map 1 and rattled off my turn now @Karmadrome, good luck to all and huge thanks @HULK for setting up another one of these I know how fiddly the game creation can get when you have to set up so many.
Thanks @Affordable_Desk … and yea, it can sometimes be difficult to get a decent looking map … although in this case, I was pleasantly surprised how good the first couple creations looked … and then I was DARN, did all the params right, but forgot to change time-to-submit. Again, hope it’s not an issue … and good luck in your games (except against me!) and have some fun!
I’m thinking for round #2, we’ll put the winner of #1 against the loser of #2 and vice-versa … and then for round #3, it will be the final pairings.