[Slynky]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
RE: Varied game rules from round to round. Isn't that sort of what someone else is trying to do with the skills competition. I also toyed with the idea for Survivor. I'm not against the idea in principle, I am just wondering if it's really practical for a big tournement setting. How many different ways of playing are there? How many would you like to see incorporated in the tourney? How many games for each player in each style are a sufficent measure? Would you like to finish the tourney some time before SE5 is released?

I thought the skills competition was one map with small "pitfalls" and problems to solve. Not quite the same thing but perhaps I misunderstood that thread.

How many types are there:

KOTH standard start
3/10 world start
0 racial points (or one of the other settings)
Full-tech start
Must take special race (Religious, Organic, etc.)
Can ONLY take a special race
Can take NO special attributes
Can lower nothing below "average"
Various other settings (e.g., no mines/no stellar manip/no ancient/no intel/no fighters)

To get a bit weirder:

Victory setting of 100 turns, or having twice the points as your opponent
Ships less than 600 MT cannot mount weapons
Full-tech but no warp points at game start

(and, any combination of the above)