How many SEIV games is enough?

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 May 25th, 2003, 07:44 AM

so, how do you get through the turns fast? i normally take 2 to 30 minutes from start to 'i know i can win', which is when i normally get bored and quit. but, the only times i visit all my planets in one turn is when i get computers 3. the rest of the time, if it doesn't come up as a subject in the log or a triangle on the map i ignore it.

Fyron · #2 May 25th, 2003, 08:27 AM

I was in 26 games at one point. They weren't all active games, but most were.

I have cut back recently though, mostly do to the fact that se4 has gotten repetitive.

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 May 25th, 2003, 08:35 AM

you could always make a util to randomly change component and facil values while your playing.

tesco samoa · #4 May 25th, 2003, 06:55 PM

I save my races... and use them in the next game.... I have 4 standard races a 2k, 3k, 5k and a koth one.

I save them at the end of a game with all the ships and build ques etc...

Then I just tweek them for games as needed...

That helps... ( And the ship libary is quite huge , as is the planet build que list )

Then I just automate as much as possible and pretend I know what is going on with the RP and treaties.... ( some times i get mixed up... as some posters here can tell you ... I am sure they do it as well.... I once declared war on Nodachi in 4 games in 2 days he he.... )

#5 May 26th, 2003, 12:10 PM

In answer to the original question.

Here's how not to work out how many games is enough.

Start up a couple of games. Get really impatient after the first month that they're only just getting going, and you want to play more SEIV NOW! Start a couple more games, including one 10-planet start which should be big from the beginning. Find you're enjoying it so much, you want to play MORE! Start up another game, and take over a couple of empires in existing games.

At this point discover that your original games have now matured to 90-minute-a-turn monsters, and you find that most of your spare time is spent feeding the SEIV beast. But it's still fun.

Then real-life intrudes, work gets busy, and suddenly the Last thing you want is two urgent deadlines a night, every night, when you get home.

Drop out.

This is a real story, it happened to - a friend. Yes, a friend. Heed his warning. Everything in moderation.

Shapeshifter · #6 May 26th, 2003, 06:08 PM

In answer to the original question

As player maybe two games are ok,but As Game Master is one enough because you will have enough to do with finding every 2 day's an new replacement player for your game.

[ May 26, 2003, 17:11: Message edited by: Shapeshifter ]

Fyron · #7 May 26th, 2003, 10:06 PM

Number of games is entirely subjective. No concrete answer is possibly correct for anyone but the person giving it.