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Get rated.

Two new games starting. SE4 Ratings Game II and III. Both are 2 player games. Game settings to be agreed upon by the players. Only condition is players must be currently listed in Slynky's Rating system, or be willing to join, and agree to use this game for rating purposes.

I will be playing in game II, game III needs 2 players.

THis is going to be an ongoing series of games. If anyone wants me to throw up a rating game for more then 2 players I will do so.

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Count me in for game III. I haven't done a one-on-one game before, so this should be very interesting. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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I am interested, but I know I suck so I will have to think about it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Great Idea though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Count me in for the next available spot. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Baron G, Geo's got everything set up on PBW. All you need to do is join "SE4 Rating Game III," and we'll be all set. Looking forward to seeing you there.

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I'm interested in playing. I'm not a programmer/modder but I've been playing and doing well in the TDM mod set as me against 19 AIs.

Never played other people before.

Cheers
Glenn

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Anyone interested need only go to PBW and apply to join one of the games.

GO HERE to join Ratings Game III. This is a two player game. Chronon has already joined.

GO HERE to play in Ratings Game IV. This is a four player game.

GO HERE to join Ratings Game V. This is a two player game.

All the games are settings optional. Whatever you and your opponents can agree on. The only stipulation is you all have to be in Slynky's rating system or be willing to join and agree to use the game for Ratings purposes.

I will keep adding games as these fill up. If it get's monotonous I might change teh naming scheme, but if they are Ratings games they will be clearly labeled in the game info screen.

If someone has a particular size game or particular type of game or set of game settings they want to try, let me know and I can set that up for you too.

Geoschmo

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Cool Idea....as soon as I get killed in one (some) of my on going PBW count me in http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Hmm, since no one seems to want to play a 1-on-1 modded game with me and I don't have an opponent for KOTH yet http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif I guess I'm signing in here.

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Good luck Chronon.
Small Galaxy, 1 or 3 planet start.
Any other settings you want, 'should' be fine with me.

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Thanks Baron Grazic, good luck to you as well.

Why don't we go with small quadrant, one planet start, no intel (one of the few major weaknesses in this game is the intel system), everything else default.

Geo, could you set that up for us? Thanks alot for hosting. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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going into game 5
happy to play any game setings but i would like a balanced map.

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Chronon, I uploaded a 2000 point Empire, I am assuming you did to?
If so, let the games commence. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

PS. Thanks Geo...

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Yes, I did too. See you in the galaxy...

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Parabolize:

Wanna try a modded game?

Otherwise, I guess it's back to vanilla KOTH settings. *Sigh* Fine with me, but I prefer 1 planet starts as opposed to 3 planet starts.

Balanced map? Maybe we could try a tesco map?

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Deccan:
as in devnull? i like the devnull mod.
no i dont want to play a koth game (i have one already)
will the tesco map work with the devnull mod?

[ September 09, 2003, 06:44: Message edited by: parabolize ]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Devnull is okay with me. Say Devnull Mod Gold ver. 1.70? I don't see why one of tesco's KOTH maps won't work with Devnull, it's just a map after all.

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ya 1.7
tesco map
no events
medium tech cost
no intel
1 good home planet
low tech start
3000 racial points

sound good?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fine with me. Geo, can you please set up the game?

And how approximately how big is a Tesco map anyway? How many systems?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yep, as soon as you both upload empires.

Tesco maps vary widely in size and style. The only common point is that the empire placement is evenly distributed. If you have a particular type you want let me know, otherwise I'll just pick one randomly.

Geoschmo

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geoschmo: medium spiral

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Er, geo, I'm not seeing any warp points here...

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sounds like a tough game! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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i see the way out on the galactic map but where is it in the system? as i said i dont know if the map will work http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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Okay, so tesco maps don't seem to work with Devnull for some reason. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif I'm getting error Messages too and I'm pretty sure it's not my copy of Devnull (just completed a turn of Puke's Mail Order Monsters and it ran fine).

So Parabolize, want to go with a regular randomly generated map?

Geo, if so, I'd like an opportunity to slightly tweak my empire file before the game starts.

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medium spiral arm (no black holes)

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If you want to tweak your empire you will have to email it to me.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'll only be able to do it tonight. Sorry, Parabolize, for the hold-up but I needed to get x-rayed today and it took longer than I expected. Now I need to get myself pumped full of antibiotics.

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thats cool with me
did you email geo?

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Geo, I've sent you an updated emp file to your yahoo acount. Please see if it's okay.

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Er, Parabolize, do you think geo forgot to turn intel off?

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Any takers for a 1 on 1 slugfest ?
- Fairly large galaxy
- 10 planet start
- Full tech
- No intel
- No Stellar Manipulation
- No Talisman
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">it is off in the empire screen

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Um, isn't it *always* off in the empire screen prior to first contact? It's just that I see intel as researchable. Anyway, I'm going with it.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I feel froggy today, "P".

Do you have some time today to get this puppy started?

If so...

I would counter with 5 planets (or three if that's not on the list), medium galaxy, good planets.

Also, you didn't specify racial points...should it be ZERO?

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OK, Primitive, since we have talked, how does this sound:

- Medium galaxy (tesco map if possible, at least 75 systems)
- 5 planet start
- Full tech
- No intel
- No Stellar Manipulation
- No Talisman
- 3,000 racial points

Know anyone who can set it up for us?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tks, Asmala. (of course, if this game turns out putting Primitive even HIGHER on the charts, I'm going to be upset! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif )

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Primitive Challenge

The Primitive one -vs- Slynky: 2400.0

Tks again, Asmala, for setting it up. Looks like the first turn will take a while.

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I see the game is going with a nice pace, now it's a turn 2400.6

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif I thought you guys wanted some room? Guess the map was a bit too large?

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its not too big
my empire is running on the idea of a big map

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Uh-oh, sounds ominous. I guess I should find you and kill you before you get your hands on something really nasty like a Talisman heh?

Seriously though, the only reason I asked to tweak my empire file was because my original one was set to assume that I'd have some breathing room at the beginning. When we changed to a random map, I had to account for the possibility that we might start right next to each other. I guess I should have stayed with the original .emp file then.

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SE Rating Game V

Parabolize vs. Deccan (Devnull Game)

Turn 30 and no contact yet. Sheesh. We must have started *real* far apart.

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contact 2403.3
talisman what talisman? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Arrrrggghhhh!

Still it takes guts to try for talisman in a game like this. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

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Chronon's Veruran Cooperative Vs Grazic's EEEvil EEEmpire - Ratings 3 Game - 2404.7

Things are starting to hot up. After the EEEvil EEEmpire cornered the Veruran early with mines, we were unable to take out the 2 Veruran planets behind the lines because of strong Organic Weapon Platforms already built.
We have populated 2/3rds of the Galaxy and have just recently come into contact with Organic Fighters.
So far no major battles, but the Veruran Cooperative can see our 20 ship strong fleet in Lapzooli to the south.

When will the EEEvil Lapzooli Fleet attack the lone colony of Lapzooli IV is the big question, and when will the Veruran attempt to clear the mine fields...
Only Time will tell, and shortly at the rate we are flying thru the turns...

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[ September 17, 2003, 05:51: Message edited by: Baron Grazic ]

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SE Rating Game V (Devnull)

Parabolize vs. Deccan

Parabolize has me really confused. Obviously, he's building towards the talisman, but I keep entering systems expecting to find him there, but they're empty? Yet he's been leading for most of the game.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey, "dec", maybe he had a few of those systems where there are 40 planets in it and all of them are breathable... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

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no but i do like the map http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Turn 60

Okay, Parabolize has the Talisman and is going on the offensive, and is still leading. I have no illusions about being able to win this game (*sigh*), but I'm not going to surrender just yet because I can see some cool battles looming ahead.

I do think I was screwed by the map though. Before I started moving into Parabolize's half of the map, I had found only 2 breathables.

From the planets of Parabolize that I've been able to see, he has far, far more than that. But again, it was gutsy to take Deeply Religious in a game like this, and I'm glad to see it paid off him at least this once.