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Old April 21st, 2003, 03:12 PM
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So, am I to understand swapping planets/ships and gifting them is acceptable play? (just need to know so we can plan accordingly )
Well, it would be an interesting concept to have a team game with no tech or ship swapping. Not sure exactly how that would play out actually. Maybe we should think/talk about it some. But definetly that's one thing that needs decided before the game starts. Personally I don't mind either way.

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Well, realistically speaking, I can see empires sharing tech (a bit). Then, it stretches the imagination a bit for an empire to swap ships. And even more unbelievable to swap planets. But, that addresses more reallistic approaches to a game.

Casting aside any attempt to keep the game on some sort of realistic track, allowing these things, IMHO, changes the game quite a bit. Not to mention it becoming a swapping nightmare.

Determining if tech has been swapped/gifted would be a bit difficult. However, running into a planet or ship with weapons or people not possible with one's race is a dead giveaway trading/gifting planets has occurred. Or having a cloaked ship witness a planet/ship change hands. So, if you wanted to curb some of these items, you could, at least, have some way to discover if it had been violated.

In summary, I'd say allow tech trading. But agree to no ship/planet/unit/pop (etc.) swapping. But, as you said, I'll play it either way...just need to know before empire design )
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I guess I'm trying to persoanalize and maybe humorize the map and game.
Being a creative one. Does anybody object if I do put in various creative non vulgar system names?
For example:
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Gryphin Position
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Old April 21st, 2003, 06:50 PM
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If tech/ship/planet trading is allowed it'll make the game much more team play but it can also give much extra work, like Slynky mentioned it can be a swapping nightmare. I can also play either way but I like to say that I prefer a little bit no trading limits.
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Originally posted by Gryphin:
I guess I'm trying to persoanalize and maybe humorize the map and game.
Being a creative one. Does anybody object if I do put in various creative non vulgar system names?
For example:
In Your Face
Get Lost
Turn Back Now
This is Taken
Mine!
Gryphin Position
The Olden Ones
Pooh Star Is Watching
and any others you might like to have inluding players names such as
Storms of Geo
Slynky Sequence
Rex Torrents
Lord Chain
Asmala Alamsa
You get the idea.
Any members of the Forum want their name used? Then you could claim someone was fighting over you.
I'm open to ideas.
Let's Hav Phun
Feel free to use my name in system names but what is Alamsa?
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Alamsa is asmala spelled backwards and given a capital "A"
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I do need 100 percent acceptance or indifferance befor I can alter name.

Would folks like a pair of carefuly placed truly dangerous sytems? These might be placed inbetween the two warring factions or off somewhare un important.

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Alamsa is asmala spelled backwards and given a capital "A"
I should have been found that, it's a bit embarrassed!
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