PBW "newbie game"

Phoenix-D · #1 July 3rd, 2001, 04:20 AM

Yeah, it "only" took us 31 turns to make contact :P

Phoenix-D

Dragonlord · #2 July 3rd, 2001, 04:54 AM

I have not found any human players yet (as you know) but today I discovered the first aliens. It's the ligh colored greens (whatever their name is, Kyrat or such) but unfortunately they occupy the same atmosphere rocks as I do.
I have succeeded in colonizing the juicy system I mentioned a few days ago, and to stabilise my mineral production, though I fear it delayed other efforts. I had to spend 3 turns researching minerals II so I could upgrade my home planet's miners.
I would love to explore further, but am a bit paranoid. On my frontier are two nebulae, and I am afraid that if I send my small exploratory force through it, a human player will slip by me and attack my recently established colonies. Oh well, such are the challenges of SEIV

Phoenix-D · #3 July 3rd, 2001, 05:16 AM

You're worried about that?

Load up the turn after I first contact you.

Look in your northern area..

notice the frigite parked there?

Also: solar panels don't work as well as I'd hoped.

Phoenix-D

Baal · #4 July 3rd, 2001, 05:38 AM

What worries me is that I might lose population. That is my main concern, keeping my race alive and well. And all those ships just popped out of no where.

I suppose that I should be a tad more worried about meeting Dragonlord. That guy has quite an economic backbone.

Phoenix-D · #5 July 3rd, 2001, 05:52 AM

Me, I just find it pathetic that my first losses were not from humans, but from a pair of ships from those blue idiots. Embarassing.

Oh well, they gave my race something to vent on.

Phoenix-D

CaptSpoogy · #6 July 3rd, 2001, 04:03 PM

Thus far, I'm enjoying my game - but a little disappointed at the lack of good habitable planets in my region. Perhaps my unique location makes up for it though.

[This message has been edited by capt_spoogy (edited 03 July 2001).]

Baal · #7 July 3rd, 2001, 08:02 PM

WARNING: I'm off to work for 7-8 hours so I would not recommend staying by the computer waiting for me to send in my turn.

Hey Spoogy, you should trade some ships for an alien transport that is parked around their homeworld. The computer always loads up the transports with population when they are around the homeworld. That could help you out if you have colonized a lot of Carbon Dioxide planets.