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Thanks for the answer Slynky, I hadn't thought of these other traits.

(No, this is not a shameless bump, but merely an attempt at luring more people into checking this thread before it falls into oblivion, and... Well...)

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Now most my games finished, I would play.
About settings and tournament format, I have not special preferences.

[ March 20, 2004, 15:50: Message edited by: Master Belisarius ]

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I wouldn't mind an "IROC" tournament where all players get the same exact setup.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's what I had in mind, but we seem to be in the minority. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's what I had in mind, but we seem to be in the minority. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">"IROC" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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That sounds limiting.

Re: Ratings Bash 2?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's what I had in mind, but we seem to be in the minority. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I would agree to that. It would mean that you won because you were the better player, with luck on your side, rather than a poor Empire Designer.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">International Race Of Champions. It's a type of car race. I am not a huge Race fan so I don't know all the ins and outs, but basically IROC is a race where all the cars are exactly, or nearly so, the same. Same style, engine, etc. This is as opposed to your regular profesional care race where you have vehicles form different manufacturers. It's supposed to be a test of skill of the drivers and crews as opposed to which team has teh best designer, or the most money to get the highest tech vehicle.

[ March 22, 2004, 01:44: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

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Thanks for the explanation, Geo. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I'm not necessarily against this sort of play...which is the reason I suggested an alternative: nothing below average. However, I feel it's a bit, hmmmmm, hypocritcal (kind of a rough word but I couldn't think another one) to readily accept ship design a trait of a good player yet, seemingly, declare empire design ability as something that gives an unfair advantage. I just think that both those traits/abilities contribute to determining a good player. If people want to use vanila empires (perhaps because they wonder sometimes if someone's empire design played an important role in beating them), then why not also require ship designs to be vanila...everyone use a standard set of predetermined ship designs? I don't see much difference (except for the logistics of defining ship designs to use for all the different tech levels...but you, hopefully, get my drift).

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I guess my Last post killed this thread http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif .