Ratings Bash 2?

[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)

[Alneyan]

You could also think of something like "no Ship Construction" (the Light Carrier is your friend), which would be the opposite of "No Fighters". Or along the sames lines, an Anklebiter game, though you might want to lower/remove mines from such a game.

Incidentally, what is the difference between "Must take one special race" and "Can only take a special race" Slynky? Does it mean that in the first case you are allowed to pick more than one? I admit that idea would not cross my mind, unless I have ample time to do two lengthy research paths. Even my research powerhouse would be hard pressed to have effective racial research done before the war happens. (Except the Religious technologies I guess, which allows you to skip other technologies such as Psychology, Combat Sensors, and gives you a few other nice bonuses along the way)

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Alneyan:
Incidentally, what is the difference between "Must take one special race" and "Can only take a special race" Slynky? Does it mean that in the first case you are allowed to pick more than one?

"Must take": You can take as many as you can get but ONE of them must be a special race (like Temporal).

"Only take": You must take one special race and you can't take any other special race abilities (like Propulsion, etc.).

[Alneyan]

Thanks for the answer Slynky, I hadn't thought of these other traits.

(No, this is not a shameless bump, but merely an attempt at luring more people into checking this thread before it falls into oblivion, and... Well...)

[Atrocities]

That sounds limiting.

[Master Belisarius]

Now most my games finished, I would play.
About settings and tournament format, I have not special preferences.

[ March 20, 2004, 15:50: Message edited by: Master Belisarius ]

[rextorres]

I wouldn't mind an "IROC" tournament where all players get the same exact setup.