Gmail Invites for you (Tactical Combat Tourney)
 

I've got some gmail invites!

I'd also like to do some IRC tactical combat <img src="http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif" alt="" />
So how about a little tactical combat tourney?

Suggestions on rules and settings are welcome.

Re: Gmail Invites for SE4 people!
 

What's gmail?

Re: Gmail Invites for SE4 people!
 

http://gmail.google.com/

You may return to you cheese-rock now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif j/k Hmm... there is no cheese emoticon. David, how could you forget Narf??? I mean, you have "shrooms" (generally refering to a psychadelic substance... :P), but no cheese?

Re: Gmail Invites for SE4 people!
 

http://gmail.com
Its google's webmail service.

Fleet Setup A:
1 scanner escort - reveal enemy ship stats from range 6
2 PD frigates - only ships with PD. Armed with Meson BLasters.
1 DUC destroyer - only ship with phased shields
1 Cloaked LC - invisible to enemy, can't fire until decloaked. Armed with Meson BLasters.
1 PPB cruiser - Great against anything but the destroyer. Level 1 PPBs
1 CSM battleship - long range firepower
1 Large transport - unarmed troop transport to defend.

Re: Gmail Invites for SE4 people!
 

Ah. Advertising tactic.

Re: Gmail Invites for SE4 people!
 

Holy Cheese Batman... that was/is a cheesy hint.

but cheesy is good, so I will try to make a cheese graemlin.

Cheese! oops, I mean Cheers! :P

Re: Gmail Invites for SE4 people!
 

Are they finally getting it going? I asked for an account months ago....

Re: Gmail Invites for SE4 people!
 

Its a big friend-of-a-friend signup scheme.

As far as I know, random existing accounts are given the chance to invite new people every now and then.

I got mine from the tech support guys at my Last job, and now I'm spreading it to the SE4 community http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Gmail Invites for SE4 people!
 

Ooh, can I get one? It seems like everyone but me has been getting an invite lately http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

And is that fleet for SEIV? I thought cloaking was only for strategic movement, not combat...

--edit: remembered just as I hit "continue"... wmorrell AT usc PERIOD edu

Re: Gmail Invites for SE4 people!
 

It's easy when you have one guy (SJ) controlling both sides doing the actual combat and relaying Messages via IRC. You simply don't tell Player A about Player B's cloaked ships.

EDIT: I probably should have said "possible" instead of "easy". Since it's probably a lot of work for SJ, I don't know that easy is the correct word to use there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif