Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?

[Asmala]

Alneyan said:
If I understand correctly, it will be the two of us Electrum. Any preference for settings?

Welcome back. Electrum withdrew from Koth for a while so you have to wait for an enemy.

Koth page is updated.

[Asmala]

Slynky said:
I haven't heard anything from Rex about me setting up the game or game settings. I hope you guys are not waiting on me because I am waiting to see if both players agree on settings and me doing the game setup.

No we're not waiting for you. Actually I sent a message to him about the King game only today. I've had exams in school and I decided to go through them before contacting Rex.

[Captain Kwok]

I think I may like to try my hand at being ruthless. Can we specify particular settings for a game like no intel?

[Alneyan]

Any settings can be overridden if both players agree; otherwise, the default settings apply (Small Spiral Arm, no ruins, and everything else as default if memory serves). Many players would agree to no intel, as I do not believe there are strong feelings on this particular setting (intelligence has the annoying tendency of simply helping the stronger economy, and nothing else).

If you do want to join KOTH now, feel free to make a proposal for settings; you would happen to play with myself for your first game, unless a game has just ended today (which seems dubious).

[Captain Kwok]

Sure, I'll play against you but I can't start until Wednesday due to scholary pursuits. My only stipulation is no intel!

[Alneyan]

No worries about starting on Wednesday. My own wishes for settings are as follow:

- No Ancient trait (knowing the whole map and how many colonies the other player has isn't so fun)
- No Stellar Manipulation, or at least no Warp Opener/Closer.
- A Tesco map with set start points, or a handmade map if a mapmaker is available.

I think this is all for basic settings, but as usual, I remain open to wacky settings (*Knowing smirk at Slynky*). Hmm, a random setting generator might be an idea. Or perhaps not.

[Slynky]

Oh, now I see how you're going to be buttwipe! I make a few winning maps for you with Lord Chane and I get cast aside like a used prostitute...sniff...sniff.

I don't do mods, as you know, but I do the Balanced map and I do spend time setting starting positions.

IF you'd like, I'd like to repay Kwok for his patience with me during his management of the great tourney.

So....???

[Alneyan]

I wasn't sure if you were available for map-making purposes Slynky, and didn't want to presume you would be willing to make yet another map for my games. Since it seems to be the case, I would certainly like one of your handmade maps; not having to worry about "oops, it is turn 4 and I just ran into my opponent. More exactly, I have glassed his homeworld" situations is definitively preferable.

As usual, I have no specific preference regarding the actual map (quadrant type, size and the like), so I will leave that into your hands Kwok. The same goes for the Balance mod (where all systems are the same in planet sizes and atmospheres). If you have particular wishes, do as you will.

[Captain Kwok]

Ok Alneyan.

All your settings are fine with me. We could make it that you have to pick 2 racial traits using only 2000 points!

A random galaxy should be just fine.

[Alneyan]

By racial traits, do you mean the 1,500 point traits (Religious and the like), or any advanced trait, such as Advanced Storage or, let's be crazy, Emotionless?

If it is the former, I would like to remove the Talisman from the picture (though not the rest of the Religious trait), as it would be a fairly obvious choice otherwise.