"Survivor 2" Round 11 is about to start

dumbluck · #1 August 23rd, 2002, 10:52 AM

Ok. So if I take my warp closers and stealthily cut someone else off from the rest of the map, does that mean that I've eliminated them? That would suck! Enough warp closers, and you are unstoppable! Just make a treaty with someone, place your WP closers on the strategic warppoints, then close them all at once. Presto, instant elimination!

Maybe the map should look something like the one in Adamant 4. There is an average of about 6

warppoints per system. (I'd really like to know how he did that!) It would be nigh impossible to play the turtle defense on that map, except that it's a cluster map. So there are strategic WPs to close. If it was midlife, with the same # of WPs....

Fyron · #2 August 23rd, 2002, 11:04 AM

Dumbluck, go into QuadrantTypes.txt. Look for these lines:

Max Warp Points per Sys := 5
Min Angle Between WP := 60

Double the max WPs and halve the min angle.

geoschmo · #3 August 23rd, 2002, 02:13 PM

Dumbluck, as I said I really don't think it is likely to come up, but if it does I am going to come down hard on the player doing the closing, not the one being closed off. That's not a valid method for eliminating someone in my book.

Geoschmo

sparhawk · #4 August 23rd, 2002, 03:01 PM

Geoschmo, I really like this Tournament.

But I have a slight problem; i'm off for my honneymoon to mexico

from 20 october till 8 november. I can offcourse let the AI running my turn and fill in all shiporders and research. Would you approved such a player

(ME).

Sparhawk

geoschmo · #5 August 23rd, 2002, 03:17 PM

Well, congradulations by the way.

As long as I know you are gone I don't have a problem with extended leaves like that. Anything over five turns without a notice and you get booted, but you can go past five turns as long as I know ahead of time you are leaving and planning on returning.

However, that is almost three full weeks. Assuming your new marriage survives being cooped up with her for three weeks, I am not sure your empire will with you gone that long. I would advise you try and find a replacment player for while you are gone. If you can't find one I will try to find one for you.

I don't suppose the new bride would let you take your computer with you? Nah....

Geoschmo

sparhawk · #6 August 23rd, 2002, 03:30 PM

He, if I take my computer with me, then it will be the shortest honneymoon ever.

And no we will be to busy to have time for a computer.......

Sparhawk

geoschmo · #7 August 23rd, 2002, 03:51 PM

Also, since we already have more than 20 players, we are going to have two games, at least for the first couple rounds. Since both games will function independantly, a player is to be eliminated from each game in each round, I would have no problem with a player that is in one game acting as a temporary replacment for a player in the other game that is on an extended leave such as this.

By the time we get down to 20 players and have only one game we will have a pool of eliminated players that we can draw from as temporary replacments, assuming they are willing. Of course you are free to get someone from outside the tourney to serve as your lieutenant if you wish. They just have to have SEIV and access to PBW.

Geoschmo