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

[geoschmo]

Stone Mill, that is a good suggestion. It's just not an original one. If you read back through the nine pages of Posts here we had much discussion about doing soemthing exactly like that. Since we don't have a K.O.T.H. yet, we tabled it for the moment. But I imagine it will come up again in a few weeks.

Geoschmo

[Stone Mill]

Ah, Geo. Yes, I knew it rang a bell.

Sorry Dogscoff!!

Crown 1: "I once was king". Silver Crown. Can be worn by anyone who appears on the list of previous kings.
Crown 2: "King of the hill". Gold Crown. Can be worn only by the current king.
Crown 3: "King of Kings". Little picture of Elvis. Can be worn only the person who currently holds the record for most consecutive games on the throne. Someone who is the curretn king and the king of kings gets an icon of Elvis wearing a gold crown...

You could even go wild and award lesser royal titles to people who have never been king...

Hey, I really like your suggestions! Maybe we can ask David G?

[tesco samoa]

geo what are u doing sitting way up there all by your self... Man...

People are going to start thinking your a really good player and start gunning for you in other games

[Ragnarok]

Dang dude, you're moving up the 'hill' fast. Not even another player in the lower bracket. Me and PhoenixD are at turn 67 and he is winning. I didn't have the greatest starting position and his ships are more advanced then mine. Due to the fact that I am not the best player when it comes low tech start with medium start. I guess I should practice with that setting against the AI for awhile eh? But I am sure we will break the 100 turn mark.

[Suicide Junkie]

Well, as S.J. says, (I think), maybe it's the one who backstabs best! Uh, well, errr... just how do we prove that?

Quite simple, really. The two contenders defeat the old King, and then backstab eachother. Last empire standing takes the crown.

[Stone Mill]

Quite simple, really. The two contenders defeat the old King, and then backstab eachother. Last empire standing takes the crown.

So in reality, this turns it into a 3-way dance. Seems like the best players will be playing defensively, and may just go to war with everyone from the beginning. There is nothing really compelling the two challengers to work together, when you think of it.

Nonetheless, I still like the concept. But for Geo, it may be tough to administrate.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
geo what are u doing sitting way up there all by your self... Man...

People are going to start thinking your a really good player and start gunning for you in other games

I have a lot of experience in one on one games. And my strengths at SE4 tend to show up in the early game. What I do here is not neccesarily indicative of my performance in other games. The two player SE4 game really is a different animal than a larger field.

But there are players that can and have beat me in one on one before. A couple are in the league, I just haven't faced them yet. And the guys I beat could beat me if we played again. I got a little lucky and took advantage of a couple small mistakes.

Geoschmo

[Pablo]

Geo,
you can 'praise' yourself as a 'bad' player but I feel better that I'm loosing the first round. At least for now because this is my first (and not only mine) experience in 1-on-1 game. Would be an easy snack for ya

[Ragnarok]

Edit: Totally misread Pablos post. Information there in didn't make any sense. Sorry about that.

[ December 16, 2002, 21:44: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[geoschmo]

Pablo crackers. Yum!