on-line tournament idea

Rusty_Nail · #1 May 16th, 2002, 09:59 PM

Georgig. Maybe. But the golden grail is finding a single design that that can beat any other, if possible. That is a real challenge. I am actually very close to a solution on all tech, all races. But your point is that there is an element of psychology in guessing what the opponent will probably try. Guessing right is part of winning, like in many other games.

Taera. You can make it more complicated once the basic system is set up if you are willing to spend a longer time on-line. But how many people are willing to do that? Only the imagination limits the possibilities once you start to trade more time on-line for more complexity. I am looking for a relatively short game for starters. I think that will attract most people, and get the ball rolling. Let us walk before we run.

Taera · #2 May 17th, 2002, 04:46 PM

Very well.. i'll take my words back.
Anyway.

The idea sounds good and if organized well, could be great thing. A difficult one though, because of the time differences. I for example, live in Israel, thats GTM +02:00

...But the golden grail is finding a single design that that can beat any other, if possible...

Fine then, when you do, the grail will be a different thing - try and find a ship that will beat it

Still, the idea is nice. it would be reeeeealy wise to use Comm Jammers

oleg · #3 May 17th, 2002, 04:57 PM

The idea is interesting but since it removes the element of empire buildup, it can lead to abuse.

for example, how about religious+psychic race ?
comp virus + allegiance converter + religious tallisman.

Rusty_Nail · #4 May 17th, 2002, 05:14 PM

Oleg, I can beat that one any day of the week at no extra cost. I was there once myself. Now if we had this system running, we could face off and let the proof be in the pudding.

Bman · #5 May 17th, 2002, 06:51 PM

Yes you cannot forget that alot of the weapons are balanced not just by construction cost and size, but also by research cost. If you do not include research cost as part of your limit, then there are certain combinations that are just very difficult to beat.

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Originally posted by oleg:
The idea is interesting but since it removes the element of empire buildup, it can lead to abuse.

for example, how about religious+psychic race ?
comp virus + allegiance converter + religious tallisman.

Taera · #6 May 18th, 2002, 02:31 PM

two things.
First, god damn me, i forgot it is all in GOLD. Count me out.

second, the multi-racial teching should not be allowed, meaning i can not choose two racial technologies. There should be strict rules explaining what i can and what i can not do. FOr example, the first idea that comes to mind is that races that choose a racial technology trait are not allowed to pick any other racial trait, while those who do not can pick up to.... say 2.