New PBW game : "Mediocrity"

Geckomlis · #1 December 10th, 2003, 09:04 PM

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Originally posted by gravey101:
Gecko, I too have tried the misile/fighter/drone strategy and just cannot get it to be effective in the standard game. It is more effective in some of the mods, but still is a struggle apart from the surprise of the initial attack. PD is just too powerful to make it viable IMO.

I agree with the following caveats:

1. If the opposing fleets do not start combat at point blank range or interleaved, missiles/drones can work. Unfortunately, they do start in those positions 19 out of 20 times. Kaboom.

2. Once the fleets get over 20+ ships each, the combat map starts getting crowded �especially with seekers flying around. Missile/drone ships can not get the maneuver room to use their range advantage effectively. Kaboom.

Geckomlis · #2 December 10th, 2003, 09:15 PM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
Let me know when the game is done completly and I'll be happy to set up Mediocrity 2. And we can make it no intel if you guys want. The hook for Mediocrity was everyone had identical racial setup numbers, with no traits and 100% on everything. If you want no intel you will be wasting some racial points, but if you don't mind I don't.

Geoschmo, considering the lead time it took to populate Mediocrity 1, why not set up Mediocrity 2 now?

I vote for No Intel.

Gecko

Slynky · #3 December 25th, 2003, 06:30 PM

I think it's time to surrender my position. I had built some ships to see if I could have any chance of doing some ship captures at warpholes but they don't seem to be very good...untrained...and the fleets running around my homeworlds are too big

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Congrats to Gravey and Unknown Enemy for working their way to victory...especially among rioting (gulp).

I wasn't trying to prolong the game for "you gotta wipe me out" purposes...I wanted to see if I could do any harm against that bully fleet...hehe.

So, should I just withdraw from the game?

Unknown_Enemy · #4 December 25th, 2003, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by Slynky:

So, should I just withdraw from the game?

Game is almost done, so yes a withdraw should be fine. Sometime, the game is unfair, it should have been Gecko and Teal in our position. But hell, better me and gravey than them.

Thanks to all players for that wonderfully weird game.

General Woundwort · #5 December 26th, 2003, 02:55 AM

Of course, it would have been nice if my fleet had managed to damage just ONE of Gravey's ships in our Last dust-up.

Some fleet commander is gonna get busted down to doolie for this screwup...

[ December 26, 2003, 00:57: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

Slynky · #6 December 26th, 2003, 03:36 AM

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Originally posted by General Woundwort:
Of course, it would have been nice if my fleet had managed to damage just ONE of Gravey's ships in our Last dust-up.

Some fleet commander is gonna get busted down to doolie for this screwup...

I think I damaged a ship, I can't remember...

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Geckomlis · #7 December 26th, 2003, 04:51 AM

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Originally posted by Unknown_Enemy:

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Originally posted by Slynky:

So, should I just withdraw from the game?

Game is almost done, so yes a withdraw should be fine. Sometime, the game is unfair, it should have been Gecko and Teal in our position. But hell, better me and gravey than them.

Thanks to all players for that wonderfully weird game.

I do not think the game was unfair. I had a lot of fun playing a "mega-evil empire". I would love to see a Mediocrity 2 game started.

In addition, the game ended with almost all of the original players and the replacements (like Loser) were fine players to boot. My only complaint regards the Intel system in SEIV... hec, I have not started a new game with Intel enabled for months.

Gecko