[Roanon]

This is really a pain to read, I still have the original which may be less strenious:


Game description
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Game will be 1.84 unless new patch comes out before we start, then new patch!!!

This game is open for all players, newbies and experts alike.

This is the rules below in a condensed view:
Only partnership with one other player at a time and have fun!.
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If you have any questions regarding the game, the play or whatever, dont hesitate to mail the host, the mailbox is always open.

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For more info on the map see the NGC4 thread on shrapnel forum.

Anyone feeling to write a role play intro to the game, PLEASE DO SO!!

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SETTINGS:
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1. Huge galaxy, 200 systems created with standard Fyrons Quadrant Mod by Tesco Samoa who has put alot of effort into it, the mod is NOT needed by the players.

2. 20 players at start.

3. No tech trading, No tech gifts. Only trading of materials (i e ships, resources etc). (This way we don't get high tech immediatly.) If you wish to trade tech you'll have to trade ships and scrap them to gain the knowledge. Any trading you can do is allowed!

4. Player uses standard un-modded Gold patch 3 (stock 1.84), unless a new patch arrives in which case the game will be converted. So if you aren't
ready to upgrade your Version of SE4 you shouldn't start in this game.

5. Low tech start.

6. High tech cost.

7. No surrendering.

8. Only own score is shown. (Use intel if you need more info on your neighbours)

9. 2000 Starting race points.

10. Win condition : When all agree upon a winner (Or team of two as winners)

11. Intel allowed. (with max 1 partner we won't get ridicilus high intel points)

12. Max 100 mines/sector.

13. Max units 20000

14. Max Ships 8000

15. 1 Starting planets.

16. 48 Hours timed fully automatic turns. (If all players upload before then the game turn will be executed) Eventually it might be moved to 72 hours if empires get large and turns takes more time. If you need 72 hours for a turn, ask for it, otherwise it will run at 48 hours.

17. ANCIENT RACE TRAIT IS NOT ALLOWED.

18. Starting Resources 100000

19. Home planet Value: Good

20. Event Frequency: None

21. Auto-nag when 8 hours remind of turn time, auto-nag Last two player to upload. (I do not send mails manually telling you to "Hop to it"!! so don't complain to the host about being nagged!)

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Pre-Game Rules:
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1. Always have a valid e-mail adress where the host can reach you.

2. Max/min of racial traits is allowed (if you want to do it you'll have to pay the prize by lowering something else) (RECOMMENDATION: Increase defence, offense and maintnance reduction)

3. Roleplaying is encouraged aswell as in-game stories. But not required!

4. The aim of this game is to have FUN. If you see a fellow player making an obvious fatal mistake, alert them instead of taking advantage of it. This is no rule just a recommendation.

5. When uploading your empire mark wich shipset you are using. No duplicate shipsets allowed. If you are using a stock shipset select "STOCK SHIPSET-XXXXXX" Where XXXXX is the shipset you are using, it must be the same as when you created your empire file.

6. I will need an e-mail from each player before you are allowed to join, when you apply to the game I'll mail you about that.

7. It might not be me who hosts the game, if I start as player I might choose someone else to host, but I'll make sure there is always someone
hosting.

8. There might be more than one host at any given time, hosts should not participate in the game unless there is no other host availible.

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GAME RULES
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1. Max partnership two players. Military alliances with how many you want, research and trade alliances with how many you like. (This way we won't get superalliances, making it impossible to be a lone wolf. Now you still have a chance on your own).

2. Alliance victories are allowed. If you win the game and have a partner that partner is viewed as an equal winner. Max partnership alliances are two
players, so there can as a max be two winners.

3. Don't share comm channels or system maps.(More focus on individual exploration), not a rule but a recommendation!!

4. Retroseries are allowed. (If you want to pay for it use it)

5. Absolutely no e-mail diplomacy prior to in-game contact. You may mail eachother on all other issues but not concerning in-game events and
strategies prior to in-game contact.

6. Alliances are to be based upon in-game events and considerations only, no external friendship or such may come into play when deciding alliances.
Ofcourse you can be friends with your co-players, but try to see beyond that friendship in this game! It is possible to be friends and still fight in a game!

7. Total turtelling is forbidden! (You may shut down worm-holes and build system gravitational shields but there must always be atleast one way to enter a system. If it doesn't have any worm-holes it can't have a system gravitational shield. This goes for individual systems aswell as your entire empire. You may shutdown all wormholes into your empire, then you may build system
gravitational shields in all systems but one!)

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Hosting
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1. Breaking the rules may result in a warning, or being kicked from the game. Depending on the nature and severity of the transgression. Decided by the host.

2. When an empire becomes without player the host might go in and check that empire from time to time until a replacement is found, he will then see to it that the empire builds defences. He will not start or continue offensive actions.
In the case of a conflict between the hosts empire and the playerless empire the host must accept peace with that empire until a replacement has been found. (If the host is a player in the game).

3. Missing four consecutive turns without notifying the host will get you kicked.(Mail the host if you're going to be away a longer time)

4. We will try to run automated turns, so try to avoid asking for "Last player upload turns". So before asking for the game to be taken off automatic timed turns consider it thouroghly!

5. The host has absolute power in hosting issues, questions might be put to a vote or decided upon by the host.

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It's considered good maner to introduce yourself at the game forum at the PBW site.

Please state which players you know who has already entered the game and where you live.
It's ok to be friends with other players and to live near them. But be open with it so it won't raise questions later. And write whatever else that others can find interesting about you! We might be in this game together for a loong time.