Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?

[Thermodyne]

Well I guess I'll test the water again and put my name back in the ring.

[Alneyan]

KOTH has been updated again, and this update message was brought to you by some extreme, bleeding-edge technology. Okay, so it was Lynx, because of (again) ISP woes.

[Gozra]

Gozra AKA Gozguy has surrendered to Asmala
Sorry I did not give you a better game.
Well played Asmala

[Asmala]

Thanks for the game Gozguy. Next time you should keep a closer eye on your colony ships. I was able to capture two of them and after that it is very difficult to win a game.

[Slynky]

So, Asmala, what shall our "poison" be? Setting suggestions?

[Rathar]

This game of Geo's and I is going to be quick, either due to a possible restart or due to quick and dirty death.

We started so close that if we had sent ships in the right direction we would've met on turn 2, instead of 5.. heh heh.

Not that I am ancient but it's apparent to see where Alneyan started us and where the blasted computer chose to put the other two of our 3 planet start and I doubt it could have deliberately have chosen us closer beginnings!

Either looks like fun, or like too much fun too fast!

Rathar

[Alneyan]

Yup, same old "feature" with multiple homeworlds. I don't think I gave you manual placement, though, since the settings I received were "3 Good planets
Balance mod
no mines/intel/stellar
low tech start
5 k racial points" (manual placement is not default)

You can always check with Geo whether you intended manual placement, and perhaps ask for a restart. It could change very little, though: you can end up with a homeworld three systems ahead of your starting point, which would be halfway to the other starting point or so, on a small map.

[Asmala]

Slynky said:
So, Asmala, what shall our "poison" be? Setting suggestions?

Defaults are fine with me but if you want something I'm almost sure I'll agree.

[Slynky]

Asmala said:

Defaults are fine with me but if you want something I'm almost sure I'll agree.

Well, how about:

(1) - Manual placement (so one of us doesn't get placed in a dead end and the other along the only path out, for example);

(2) - Geo Balance Mod v. 2 (so one of us doesn't find out he's on the side where all the nebulas are and the other is loaded with planets, for example);

(3) - Turn off the following:
Intel;
Stellar Manipulation;
Religious

(4) - KOTH defaults except:
3 GOOD starting planets;
Warp holes anywhere

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Additional optional rules for you, if you want to make it a fair game:

You cannot have more than 5 ships in a fleet;
You cannot lay mines;
No ship above the size of destroyer;
You can only settle one planet per system.

There! Maybe now I'll have a chance

[Asmala]

Slynky said:

Well, how about:

(1) - Manual placement (so one of us doesn't get placed in a dead end and the other along the only path out, for example);

(2) - Geo Balance Mod v. 2 (so one of us doesn't find out he's on the side where all the nebulas are and the other is loaded with planets, for example);

(3) - Turn off the following:
Intel;
Stellar Manipulation;
Religious

(4) - KOTH defaults except:
3 GOOD starting planets;
Warp holes anywhere

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Additional optional rules for you, if you want to make it a fair game:

You cannot have more than 5 ships in a fleet;
You cannot lay mines;
No ship above the size of destroyer;
You can only settle one planet per system.

There! Maybe now I'll have a chance

These settings are fine with me, though I think those additional rules should apply to you, considering the fact it's over a year from your last KOTH defeat!