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December 9th, 2002, 04:49 PM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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December 9th, 2002, 05:08 PM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
Oh what the heck... I fear I am getting into too many games already, but I can't resist this one.
I played KOTH as a kid and it just feels like a good time.
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December 9th, 2002, 06:20 PM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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I'll have to think about that one a bit. I don't want to complicate things too much. I kind of like the simplicity.
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Sounds like too much room for complaint/abuse. Players can always negotiate for the settings they want - most players will likely be amenable to suggested changes, anyway.
Though I do suggest that if you wish to minimize the impact of randomness in these games, that you disable ruins and events by default. (Though I suspect that minimizing randomness isn't a goal for these games...)
Another unrelated idea is to give the current King the ability to enforce whatever game settings he wants...
Finally - what is considered "default" for Turn Duration?
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December 9th, 2002, 06:33 PM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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Finally - what is considered "default" for Turn Duration?
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This is something I have intentionally left alone. I think what most people will find, especially those with little one-on-one experience, is that the games go very fast. Simply by logging onto PBW once a day you can manage two turns a day. Since the turn should process once you upload a turn and then you can do another turn. Gandalph and I started on Saturday and we have already played 30 turns. I wouldn't expect everyone to be able to do that of course.
Another thing you will notice is that when you know the game is waiting on you and you alone, it tends to focus you and make you be more regular with the turns. In a ten or 15 player game the incentive to get your turn in quickly really isn't there because you will likely have to wait on a couple other people anyway.
As long as neither player has simply wandered off the speed of the games shouldn't be a tremendous problem. I don't think we need to mandate it. I would be happy saying the default is after Last player uploads and then just have a talk with anybody that appears to be abusing that.
Geoschmo
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December 9th, 2002, 10:07 PM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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Fyron, that could be true, but perhaps some people play better when they can choose and use more varied racial traits and special technologies, where the choices might make other players pause or really develop much more slowly and in directions that don't aid them much. Some players may work better in 1 on 1 games, and others may play better when there are many players, using politics and allies to gain advantages.
I agree that the format is simple and allows for quick gameplay and resolution. As long as there is much rending and shrieking
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If that is the case, they just need more practice in more varied environments. 
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December 9th, 2002, 11:04 PM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
OOOh, OOOh, I wanna join.
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December 9th, 2002, 11:18 PM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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Oh what the heck... I fear I am getting into too many games already, but I can't resist this one.
I played KOTH as a kid and it just feels like a good time.
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OOOh, OOOh, I wanna join.
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Anybody that wants to join needs to send me an email with their PBW username.
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December 10th, 2002, 12:33 AM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
Gees Geo, you won quick. What turn did you make it to? Last turn I saw on the game was like 2.9. You guys must have started really close together. It makes me worry that if I win the game between me and Thermodyne that I have to face you.  But that's IF I win... 
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December 10th, 2002, 01:23 AM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
Who were you playing against Geo? How many turns did it go?
Don’t worry too much Ragnarok, everyone beats me in SE4 
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December 10th, 2002, 01:43 AM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
It was me, it went 52 turns, we did start close, and he got bigger better ships before I did.
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