Zeta 2 game starting!

Sabin · #1 February 21st, 2004, 09:31 AM

Would a rather amatuer player be welcome? I don't think my ability at playing Space Empires IV Gold is decent yet, and I am not sure if I can meet the expectations of the other players. Also, this may be my first attempt at a Play By Web game.

Intimidator · #2 February 21st, 2004, 10:56 AM

Maybe you are a amateur player? But now I saw your Space empires stories, I know you are at least a SERIOUS player.

So if I got something to tell about it (which I've got NOT) I would say you are in, but as I said Alarikf is the boss not me.........

Intimidator,

AMF · #3 February 22nd, 2004, 04:57 AM

Absolutely! I suspect there are few players in the game who would call themselves "expert" ...and I call myself an Amateur, so, please, jump right in!

I'm waiting...

Alarik

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Originally posted by Sabin:
Would a rather amatuer player be welcome? I don't think my ability at playing Space Empires IV Gold is decent yet, and I am not sure if I can meet the expectations of the other players. Also, this may be my first attempt at a Play By Web game.

AMF · #4 February 22nd, 2004, 04:59 AM

"boss"? Me? Huh? I'm not a "boss" I'm just a dude with an idea for a PBW SEIV game, that I decided to throw out there and host. And, frankly, I don;t expect to Last too long as "the machines," for a variety of reasons, one primary one is that I positively SUCK at optimizing ships or production...so, really, I am just gonna be the host...ugh...just realized I'm babbling...thats what I get for mixing wine and SEIV...

thanks,

Alarik

Quote:

Originally posted by Intimidator:
Maybe you are a amateur player? But now I saw your Space empires stories, I know you are at least a SERIOUS player.

So if I got something to tell about it (which I've got NOT) I would say you are in, but as I said Alarikf is the boss not me.........

Intimidator,

AMF · #5 February 22nd, 2004, 05:01 AM

Oh, but there is also one "gamey" thing that I want to disallow unless there is a great outcry:

"No multi moon training"!

I JUST heard about this a few weeks ago, and I think it is pretty gamey. As far as I understand it, it is the practice of playing many ships training facilities in a single sector, using moons and planets as the locations of the training facs. This has the practical effect of rapidly training ships in the sector, right? Much more rapidly than would otherwise (and realistically, IMHO) be possible....so, I';d like to disallow that for the Zeta quadrant game.

Comments?

thanks,

Alarik

Ruatha · #6 February 22nd, 2004, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by alarikf:
Oh, but there is also one "gamey" thing that I want to disallow unless there is a great outcry:

"No multi moon training"!

I JUST heard about this a few weeks ago, and I think it is pretty gamey. As far as I understand it, it is the practice of playing many ships training facilities in a single sector, using moons and planets as the locations of the training facs. This has the practical effect of rapidly training ships in the sector, right? Much more rapidly than would otherwise (and realistically, IMHO) be possible....so, I';d like to disallow that for the Zeta quadrant game.

Comments?

thanks,

Alarik

For me it doesn't matter.
But it's one of those things that are too hard to control, so I usually allows it in my games.
But it's up to you, I'll play either way.

(I don't think multi-moon training is gamey, and as seen by an earlier thread here, neither does the majority of players.
There are several rationalitations as to why it could be realistic.

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[ February 22, 2004, 06:16: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

Ruatha · #7 February 22nd, 2004, 08:21 AM

Zeta Knights Prelude (1-1)

In an ancient battle a tribe that was loosing the fight suddenly found a banner, a flag that had been dropped from the sky.
Seeing this as a divine sign, the battle turned and the tribe was victorious.
Some recent historians has claimed that the flag really was the torn cape of the enemy warchief, and seeing their warchiefs cape being raised as a banner by the tribe, the enemy soldiers belived the fight lost and fled.
Hovewer it may be with this, ever since, the tribe has been known as the Knights, following their banner in belief that there is a divine meaning with their existance.
The golden cross on the blue background, for the knights is a symbol of the search for their Purpose and their Reason.
What Purpose is there for the Knights existance, and what is the Reason for this Purpose?

The Knights conquered every other tribe on their planet, searching out every part of it for a clue to their Purpose and Reason, but found none.

Since the banner came to the Knights no battle had been lost, this had made the Knights reckless but fearless fighters. They never backed down from a fight, no matter how bad the situation looked. On their planet this became known and all enemies that saw a Knight fled before fighting.
But in the future this could prove fatal, so far though their tactic had been successful.

In modern days the Knights had turned their quest towards the sky, where once the banner had come from.
For several years the big radio telescopes had searched the sky for any hint of the Purpose or the Reason. They had learned a lot, but not of the Purpose or the Reason.

This day however that was about to change.....