Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

The primary purpose in destroying this final ship is so I can finally claim that I've played at least one complete start to finish game of SE:IV in 4 years. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

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Thanks a lot for the time you've spent on this. And keeping KOTH going for all of us http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif . Looks like I'm just waiting for an opponent...hopefully I can do a little better this time http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

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Asmala,

I'm officially dead "at the turn 98" as Master Belisarius would say.

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Great read Geo, but I'm afraid what you found is only a poor Ferengi copy. The real rusty (yet pointy) spear is unbreakable http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Guess I too will be back some day, but not yet. Still having too much fun (and profit) playing poker. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon22.gif[/img] http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gif [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon20.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon21.gif[/img]
GL to everyone.

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Heh, don't count on a rematch just yet. Goz is tough, and I'm pretty rusty. Although, if he dispatches me and then you I guess we could get our rematch at the base of the hill. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Hail Primitive! Poker?!? Bah, you can't tell us that a mere card game gets your blood moving the way this game does. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Koth page updated.

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

I'm looking for a preferably low skilled player to challenge me to a match at the bottom of the hill. I'm open to using mods and various game settings.

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

Now that I am back from the dead (almost literally), I'd like to get back in please.

Man, I missed this place!

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Um...'Almost literally?' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

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Yeah I was busted up in a car wreck. I'm more or less better now and have way too much time on my hands because I'm out of work.

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Good that your better now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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Hope you're feeling better Nodachi. Glad to see you back http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Welcome back, Nodachi! Sure did notice when you were gone. I still remember you being enthusiastic and having great sportsmanship. Maybe you and Kwok will get together in a KOTH match.

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what a disaster. I started with ancient race trait and saw where Ragnarok's planets were right away.

I forgot to turn off "ships stop when encountering enemy ships/colonies" in the empire options, so my ship arrived at his homeworld one turn too late and got annihilated by his weapons platforms.

Then I plugged the warp point with satellites thinking I was safe, but Rag went into the warp point with his missile frigate, and guess what the sats were armed with DUC I so they didn't have the range to fire on the frigate.

He annihilated a colony and is on the verge of annihilating my homeworld. I can't build any weapons platforms myself, because guess what, I emergency built on all my homeworlds and have a ton of colonizers so I'm -3k rads a turn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once he kills the homeworld I'm conceding. Must be the shortest KOTH game ever. Three small mistakes, and they cost me the game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif I would continue, but since Rag kills a homeworld I don't see any point, and this being a competitive game Rag killing a homeworld means I can't be competitive in the long run so I'm just wasting his time. GG Rag lol. (We were both Online at the same time, so this entire thing happened in a couple of hours lol).

Brian

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

Actually, there have been two Koth games that ended on turn 6, and one on turn 13. But yours is definetly up there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Oh yeah Geo. Before the game started we agreed this would be a rated game.

So I'm 0 - 1 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

Brian

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

Looks like I'm going to be going up against Rags then http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Yep. Me versus you Kwok ;-)

Brian

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Ok. Looks like it will be a Rye High Vs UofT grudge match then. My game stipulations are no intel and no talisman. I'm also open to a mod or other silly rules like picking 2 racial traits (i.e. temporal + religious) with 0 racial points.

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Heh heh so serious. Okay, no intel no talisman. Don't need other rules if you don't want them =D.

Brian

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Koth page updated.

Welcome back Nodachi!

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Parabolize vs Slynky - 2409.3

Well, looks like it's time to call it a game. Thought I'd give a "riot run" a try but having 2 of the 3 "riot" fleets whacked without hardly any damage to Parabolize's fleet has left my empire open for a run and even though he doesn't have any panels on his fleet, I only have 10 systems to run through while he has about 23 for my fleet to run through (and even though I have panels in my fleet, it's not enough and it is losing more fuel than it's gaining). Besides, he probably has another fleet waiting for my remaining fleet.

Out-teched in almost everything (except panels...LOL), including another colony tech, and not being able to touch his fleet...seems time to find a towel and throw it in.

Hope you don't think I prolonged the game when, in your eyes, I didn't have a chance. I thought I had a small chance. And Lasted 93 turns from a "locked-in" start.

Good game, my friend! One more win and you're in line to see if that throne fits your butt (wink).

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Brian, how many points did you use for your empire file?

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"Hope you don't think I prolonged the game when, in your eyes, I didn't have a chance. I thought I had a small chance. And Lasted 93 turns from a "locked-in" start."

No I don't. Actually up to about turn 70 I thought you had a good chance to win. You were in 1st you know. When I started this game I told myself I wasn't going to do anything silly, just kill you with the pure economic might I have made in the past. So what did I do? Everything but build a big empire. Around turn 70 I started to build like mad. 90k to 350k resources in about 20 turns. Why I didn't do it sooner I just don't know.

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Well Ragnarok, do you have any preferences for settings for our game??

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2k.

Brian

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Up to around turn 85, I never had more than 35K in research. Left me with DUCs the whole game (surprised to see that on your ships by turn 93). When I launched my assault in 3 different locations, I had 129 ships, which were slow to build because I couldn't afford retro-fitting. Also, something weird in the Balance Mod I never noticed...all asteroid fields are 300% but the first time you mine one, it drops to 250% (and then a single percent after that). Strange.

It was an exciting game despite the game's inability to place people equally spaced over the galaxy (one of the biggest problems with the game, in my opinion, because it tends to detract from playability more than other problems that still remain).

I'll get to the site tonight and we'll see how many points you snatched http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/Injured.gif.

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

Thanks Parabolize! I will recall you when I make my speech after taking the lead of the Ratings. True enough, it is slightly odd that I should be second when I have been beaten quite soundly by some other players, but who am I to complain? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Slynky, the bug you mention was brought up a few days ago by Q, so it is not something related to the Balance mod. Asteroid fields with a value of 300% seems to drop to 250% at once, because of Some Glitch. I guess it is linked to having 300% as the maximum value for resources, as 299% fields do not have this problem.

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Koth page updated.

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I'll upload my empire file in the morning!

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No rush Kwok. Take your time. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

Brian

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

Would someone be available to make a custom map for my game with Rambie? If wished, I would do the same for the future games of this mapmaker (Slynky?).

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

Not sure what you mean by "custom" but I'd be glad to try and set you guys up in a fair starting position on FQM, Balanced, or standard map.

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Custom would mean "with the customary three Sphereworlds in my home system". Well, custom was indeed a silly adjective to say "a fairly balanced map".

It would be a standard map, without any specific setting. Feel free to ask me if you need the same sort of map for your game with Nodachi.

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Not necessary with Nodachi...he's probably rusty. Just let me know any map specifics (size, kind, ruins, etc.).

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The default settings I guess; a small Spiral Arm map, without any ruin.

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

OK, small spiral arm with 2 balanced starting points. Do I just need to send it to Asmala for a game start?

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I think so.

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Ok. Well I've uploaded my empire file - albeit a little late. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Asmala, I guess just a typical spiral galaxy should suffice.

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Brian, did you want this to be a rated game?

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

Sure Kwok, rated game, I'm 0-1 in probably one of the shortest rated/KOTH games ever (someone mentioned 6 and 13 turns, mine ended at 11) so its time to make that up lol.

Brian

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Well Slynky and I just knocked out 16 or 17 turns and I'm shocked to say, I'm still alive! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

We've started extremely close to each other and have had two combats so far. I've done more damage than he has, but only because I don't count my destroyed ships as "damaged"! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Looks like this'll be a fun one!

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Yep, the turns go fast in the beginning!

And, looks like another game where I started on the fringe and had someone placed to my inside. Thinking that wouldn't be happening to me AGAIN, I didn't go for mines right away and was hampered in dealing with it. Now that I have them, I feel much better http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif.

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Brianeyci - are you ever going to play the first turn? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

Yep. As soon as my internet comes back on Monday that is. The only game I've been playing for the past week has been Osshod, would have been a hassle to run all my games that way (burning to cd, going to an internet cafe/skule and uploading).

Brian

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2405.7 - Unable to halt the ruthless aggression of his neighborhttp://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif, Nodachi surrenders to Slynky.

I should have surrendered a few turns ago but got carried away watching and waiting to see what Slynky would do next, sorry.

This was a fun game. Slynky utterly and completely kicked my butt! Thanks for the game!

Asmala, who shall I propel up the hill next? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

NO!

I didn't utterly kick your butt. Twice you held my assualt off on your homeworld. I was building for a 3rd one.

It's tough playing a game within 2 systems away...it takes a bit of skill and correct guessing. By correct guessing, I mean a bit of luck. But you predicted my fighters correctly and wiped 200 of them on my assualt.

I think you need a bit of "training" in the way of expansion (I had a stealth ship or two roaming around and saw that you only had one more system colonized.

It's a hard game close to each other...I know...I've lost to Rex twice that way.

And, as always, you're a good player to play with...fast turns, letting me know when you are done for the night, and a great sport! More people should be like that!

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Goz Vs Geo is over. Goz put up a valiant fight, but in the end it was futile. Move me up a spot Asmala. Looks like maybe a rematch against Slynky? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi
 

Well Kwok, I forgot to use the initial research bonus lol. Looks like I'm going to be a little behind =D.

Still, the Duros will prevail. One way or another.

Brian

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Asmala must be busy...he's usually faster about matches. Maybe packing his bags for the military? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif