Challenge Match

[Gryphin]

Ok
Slynky and Geo
I'm working on the map.
what is the consensous on the number of systems?

My current understanding for the spread of players is about as many systems behind each team as there are between each teach.

At the moment it is a matter of deleting systems and placeing players.

The step after that will be setting up the game at PBW. I may need some coaching with this part.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
Ok
Slynky and Geo
I'm working on the map.
what is the consensous on the number of systems?

I'd say 100 at least, if that yields, on average, 60 "populated" systems.

As to placement, 25% of the space behind each team with at least 50% of the area free between them. It could vary, too, for example, I'd say 20% space behind each team (leaving 60% space between them). But never let the space between them get less than 50% of the map.

Geo may have some other idea, sooo....

[narf poit chez BOOM]

lord chane, i'm already using a variant of that picture for my cantina avatar, but when i'm done with it people should be able to tell them apart. since i'm not using it all the time, i can't claim that picture either, so it all comes down to wether or not you think people will mistake you for cantina narf

[geoschmo]

My ten figure was just pulled out of ether. Someone made a comment earliewr they wanted this to be a fast paced game. I thought that meant fewer rather than more systems. However, I was not thinking about he fact that we'd all be rock/oxy and was assuming shared systems between allies. If we are all teh same type though maybe more would be a better number. Fyron Paradise systems have a lot of planets. 10 systems there is like 30 in a standard game.

Gryphin, there is no way to specify the location of anythign but the first planet in a multi planet start.

Geoschmo

[Gryphin]

Thanks geo. I put the map and the wine for tonight. Pooh Star is sending me to bed.
enjoy the night folks

[Slynky]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
My ten figure was just pulled out of ether. Someone made a comment earliewr they wanted this to be a fast paced game. I thought that meant fewer rather than more systems. However, I was not thinking about he fact that we'd all be rock/oxy and was assuming shared systems between allies.

Geoschmo

Yeah, it was me wanting a fast-paced game ( ). Guess I'm tired of the current 2 games I'm in where play seems a bit more leisurely. But fast-paced didn't necessarily mean short in duration.

Also, not sure what you mean by "was assuming shared systems between allies", but I still assume that. Meaning if a system is between two allies and one person colonizes one planet in it and another colonizes another planet in the same system, that's fine. Just not gifting colonies back and forth.

[Fyron]

Also, not sure what you mean by "was assuming shared systems between allies",

He probably meant that the different allies would normally have different planet types and atmospheres, and so would potentially split their systems to optimize their useage (esp. if no gifting of pop is allowed).