There is an old saying, 'let the buyer beware!', well here is a new one, 'let the player beware!'.
This is to anyone considering joining or is currently playing a game by web/email.(both of which are good systems and quite enjoyable btw). MAKE SURE YOU SET THE HOUSE RULES B4 STARTING THE GAME!!!!!
What do I mean by house rules?? Things like 'no surrender except to a player you are at war with', or 'no trading colony ships', or simply 'do not exploit current game bugs(ie fighter stack 'to hit' bug)'. This will make the enjoyment of the game better and avoid the 'hey! he should'nt be able to do _____!' that players sometimes scream. Some people (me included) get WAY to emotionally attached to their empires/own sense of 'honor'. Then someone pulls a 'fast one' and people get angry. It is just a game and if no rules have been set then you have no real justification to get upset. Even if the empire you are about to defeat surrenders to another empire it is not at war with but is at war/odds with you. Thats the game! (or even if the empire you are about to eliminate de-cloaks a star destroyer in the sector with all your fleets and detonates the star destroying everything
, it happens!).
I am involved in about 4 or 5 email games, including the Tournament, PBW, PBM, and the DevnullMod play by email game. All have givin me new insight/enjoyment of the game. But people please, don't ***** because something happens that you havn't forseen, that is the true nature of the game!(now if only the AI could do the same things the players do
).
Sorry about my ranting/length of post but I had a few things I had to say. Mainly just if there are no rules set, then there are no rules. Just make it plain beforehand.
------------------
"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.