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I just noticed something that I had not noticed before. The ranking system here. I don't know why I did not notice it before, but now that I have, who here has the highest rank amoung the MEMBERS?

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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Captain Picard STNG
New Age Ship Yards

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If you mean the 'private first class' etc then thats Suicide Junkie, he's General. Of course the owners/Moderators are Special Op's or some such but so far for the members its S_J by a landslide (mostly due to his pirates mod http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif<that and he's so darn friendly!> )

That and there is something I have noticed, and maybe others have as well, it took almost no time for this board to reach 20,000Posts, but it is taking forever to reach 30,000. That and alot of the 'old http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/tongue.gif' posters that were so prominant are hardly ever here (when is the Last time White Hojo or Lion of High Park, or even Captn Spoogy posted? Or even the TDM guys, you only really hear from them after each patch.)

Is this game losing its addictiveness??(and on a Last note, welcome to all the newbies out there, happy conquering! http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif)

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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

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I think you hit the nail on the head there. It is as if the game has lost some of its hold on people. I find myself playing it less and less these days. Not because I am ingaged in other things more so, but because I am growing board with it. It took up so much of my free time over the Last 8 months that now it seems kinda silly to spend time playing it. I enjoyed doing the Star Trek ship sets, and will forever rate this game as one of my most favorite, however, at this time, it has lost its luster.

Summer could have a lot to do with too. People are far more active in the summer time than any other time of the year, and I know that my schedule is full and I find that I have less and less time to post here or even fire up the new PC. (at 35o watts, it cost too damned much to run for long.)

Perhaps most of the senior members are just taking a sabadical from SEIV. I know it often does a body good to walk away from something for a while then come back to it with a fresh perspective.

Just wait until Aaron announces that he has started work on SE V. Oh they'll be a lot of activity then. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Captain Picard STNG
New Age Ship Yards

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Personally I spend most of my time playing the PBW these days, and SLOWLY getting the AI ranking/rating done for USy. That and dreaming up new ways to play Se4 in PBW, Puke's junkyard should be MUCH fun! Just wishing we had a scenario editor so I could config a 'House Wars' session I have in mind.

That and I play alot of 'Hotseat' Sim-move against myself, adds TONNES of challenge, right now the Xi'Chung and the Terran Confed are kicking my butt, Xi is running around with a 31 ship fleet that is toasting me!(is it just me, or is the AI harder on Sim-move/multi? My ships that do well in tactical/normal are getting their butts handed to them in sim-move!)

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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

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I considered doing the PBEM, but can't seem to get into a good game. I have a lack of understanding when it comes to setting up my empire, and often get tired of waiting for a game host to ALLOW me so I can upload my empire. Then again, as I said before, I don't really know how to UPLOAD my empire. Let alone create one. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon9.gif

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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Captain Picard STNG
New Age Ship Yards

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Creating an Empire for PBW is easy......just create an .emp file like normal for a game (points depend on how much the PBW game is using, 2,3,or5000 racial points) and then save the .emp file. Join a game, get approved and then hit the 'upload empire' or some such button, browse till you find the .emp file you made, upload it.

Then play!
For turns just download the turn (or get it from your email) and unzip into your savegame files, load savegame, select your empire and enter your .emp password (if you forgot it like I do sometimes, just hit enter), take your turn, then upload the turn to the PBW site in the game you are in (just the XXXX#.plr file, the # being which player you are. Simple even for me. And damn enjoyable. Kudo's/Props/etc to Admiral and team for creating a fun/easy system, it's much appreciated!

Creating a game is a little harder, but not much as I have done it!(feels like being a DM in my old D&D days!)

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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

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Sounds good DS. I just hope I can get into the next game with all of you guys. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

Email me when you guys start setting it up.

pcpatrocities@hotmail.com

Thanks.

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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Captain Picard STNG
New Age Ship Yards

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No problem.....I was thinking about starting another game this week anyhow (geez, how many am I playing http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif, my own, two of Pukes, Sardines, and just got eliminated from Geo's tourney but lookin for a re-match!).

Will probally get it going (at least the set up of it) around Mon/Tues. Might even try a Cluster map this time......any preferences??(I used to love a med tech start, but after playing much low starts it seems to add much more balance, and more strat....the first turn/rp points spent can decide the whole game!).

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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

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My kids got me Europa Universalis for my birthday, so I've been kicking that around, but I still play SE4 every sunday, hotseat with a number of my friends. I just don't have much time lately, but I start vacation so I'll be playing more. I also still check the Boards every day. When you play the same game for months, sometimes its better to take short break and then come back. Since SE4 is so good, a dedicated player will always come back to it and usually with a fresher outlook. Also any modders think about creating a race like the bugs and/or Thebeans from In Deaths Ground? The bug race with their xenophobic traits would definitly liven things up..

just some ideas mac

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>so far for the members its S_J by a landslide (mostly due to his pirates mod &lt;that and he's so darn friendly!&gt; )<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Thanks.
But even I've not had much SE4 playing lately. But that's only cause my computer's in the shop for the third time this month.
First it was video drivers, then the motherboard, now my CD-rom only reads the disk if you boot up with it in the drive. (Open & close the drive, and the disk is blank).
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Just wishing we had a scenario editor so I could config a 'House Wars' session I have in mind.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Send me a map, and give me a detailed description of the scenario, and I'll create it for you.
I'll need to know the game style (sim, hotseat, etc), and what mod it will be run under.
I can even give each of your players a single super-high tech flagship if you want, with anything that can be designed under the mod, even racial techs. The player will have to decide whether to analyse it, or fight with it.
Playing with an Irreplacable ship or facility can be really interesting.

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Deathstalker:

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>That and alot of the 'old ' posters that were so prominant are hardly ever here (when is the Last time White Hojo or Lion of High Park, or even Captn Spoogy posted? Or even the TDM guys, you only really hear from them after each patch.)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

QUOFF! Captain Spoogy has been regularly posting since March. In fact, proportionately (based on days joined), I made almost as many Posts as you have!

As well, have you not seen IOC sucks? I started that - over 130 Posts! PBW "Newbie Game", involved in that - and the recent "I enjoy Space Empires because..." that's quickly becoming I am a Canadian Space Empires player...

[This message has been edited by capt_spoogy (edited 23 July 2001).]

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Oops, sorry Cap, momentary brain fart, was just thinking of the 'old' regulars and your name just popped into the brain. And yes I have been skimming the 'IOC sucks' thread, nothing much to add as most of my points have been already made.(kinda like reading the Boards over at DC comics, with the 'death' of one of their major black characters, too many points of view, with reality just being somewhere out there....)

Puke, will have to get back to you on the 'House Wars' stuff, was just in the 'hazy' stage right now, basicly wanted everyone to be a ruler of a 'minor' house (read:race, using a 'human type' shipset) in a succession war scenario, wanted everyone to be differnet but 'balanced'(ie, someone starts with Cap missile V, and someone else with cruiser, someone else with Religious Tech 4 etc.)&lt;but that starting ship sounds incredible, might just go for that instead&gt;. They would fight among themselves for a 'successor' to the throne. Had some other stuff in mind but will refrain from posting(don't want to spoil too much http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif.)

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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Deathstalker:
If you mean the 'private first class' etc then thats Suicide Junkie, he's General. Of course the owners/Moderators are Special Op's or some such but so far for the members its S_J by a landslide (mostly due to his pirates mod http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif&lt;that and he's so darn friendly!&gt; )

That and there is something I have noticed, and maybe others have as well, it took almost no time for this board to reach 20,000Posts, but it is taking forever to reach 30,000. That and a lot of the 'old' posters that were so prominant are hardly ever here (when is the Last time White Hojo or Lion of High Park, or even Captn Spoogy posted? Or even the TDM guys, you only really hear from them after each patch.)

Is this game losing its addictiveness??(and on a Last note, welcome to all the newbies out there, happy conquering! http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif)

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Holy cow! I didn't realize that SJ had the rank of General. So, I'm not at the top of the heap yet! I'll have to keep posting! http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif Still, being a Colonel is quite an accomplishment. Is there a list somewhere of how many Posts you have to be responsible for to get each rank?

Of course the game is losing its addictiveness. The novelty wears off of any game after a while. Don't worry, there will be some new goodies sooner or later. I think we'll at least get drones before work on SE V begins. The pictures are included in every shipset, he has to use them. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif