Players wanted for PBW PvK Proportions Game #1

[PvK]

Ah, ok.

[PsychoTechFreak]

I have taken over the most recent AIC quadrants (setup) into proportions. Just one planet seen so far without identifier... not a big deal.

[PvK]

Ok. In that case, I think it would happen during quadrant generation. If you wanted to tweak your hybrid mod, though, to generate new quadrants without that issue, you'd just need to make sure each ancient ruins ability listed in StellarAbilityTypes.txt has a unique value in ability number one.

PvK

[PvK]

It's time to mention again that there are some available slots for the epic PBW game PvK's Proportions Game #1.

They are not as ripe as before, but there are still some slots that could be interesting for someone who either knows the mod well, and/or is interested in the challenge of figuring out how to solve a tough financial problem.

Empires available include:

Space Vikings:
For a long time, the Space Vikings have been arguably the strongest empire, having captured the Kobaian homeworld, held a strong and wide central position in the quadrant, and fielding a powerful fleet supported by many remote mining facilities. A period of governmental disarray followed, after which the old regime briefly reappeared, and were then followed by a Government who tried to help, but could not solve the economic problems, and recently resigned. Raids on their mining facilities and some fleet positions by the Draconians and then the Human Confederation compounded the problem, in their effort to return the Kobaian homeworld to the Kobaians. However the Vikings retain a large number of very powerful ships. They just need an emperor who can find a way to balance the budget (i.e. mothball what can't be afforded).

Enlightened Plague
Another central empire which was once strong and widespread. Has been suffering from lack of leadership and persecution by opportunists. May be in a reasonable position to start a comeback.

People's Empire of Night
Has suffered from governmental neglect and leadership that didn't know how to balance its budget and accomplish anything, but has been left alone.

Krsqk
An empire alone in the remotest corner of the quadrant, which could at least provide a safe corner to operate from.

Kobaia
The people without a homeworld. The Draconians have announced they intend to deliver it back to them (from the Vikings) within the next two years.

These aren't optimum spots nor needed to be filled, but I think they could all be interesting for players interested in working through some tricky positions in a developed multi-player Proportions game.

PvK

[JLS]

Originally posted by oleg:
It is the AIC issue, not Proportions
Latest Version of AIC that utilises FQM has this unfortunate feature.

By popular demand - AIC v4.191 uses the se4 default unique Ruin placements and no longer uses FQM‘s Version.

Players that wish to use PvK’s unique Ruin Placements, as I do Will find in AIC Extras Folder the (StellarAbilityTypes - Proportions Ruins).

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PvK in a week or so, time permitting and you have an available slot open - I would very much enjoy a Proportions PBW game

[Ragnarok-X]

i guess noone wants to hear that, but i would like to play a game proportions (im a nice regular player and NEVER forgot to do my turn) but unfortunally i would like to play from the beginning. How about setting up a small pbw proporions game with a small galaxy and only 3 or 4 players ?

[Alneyan]

I would say that Plague, Vikings and my neighbour starting with K (KSQR?) are probably your best choices at the moment. Plague has a rather important Empire, but size can be a problem; Vikings are a force to reckon with, but their economy has been weakened; and the Imperium is an isolated Empire, which can be an asset or its death warrant.

I wouldn't worry JLS: you *will* have a spot waiting for you in one week. I cannot say anything about the state of said Empire though.

The problem with starting a new game would be to find players willing to play with Proportions to begin with, since Proportions requires more time than the stock game to reach the interesting stages of the game. If there is enough interest, what about doing something like a scenario start? A very nice game owner with too much time on his hands would play all Empires and develop their economy a bit before gamestart (an example of it would be the "A House Divided" game). Obviously, it can only be done with few players, and a volunteer for the very boring setup phase.

[PvK]

You could also run the AI for a 100 turns or so and then have humans take over on PBW.

Ya, JLS, there will be nations to take over in a week... unless a swarm of Proportions players appears and snap up all the spots.

I imagine 3-4 players for another small game could be found.

PvK

[AMF]

[me]:Must...resist....another game...

[bad angel on shoulders]:" but, you love proportions mod...just one game won't hurt will it??"

[good angel on shoulder]: "no, don;t give in..."

[bad angel socks good angel]:"bah, proportions doesn't take as much time as the other ones...come one...just one more game...what could it hurt..."

[me]: "arghh....."

Originally posted by Ragnarok-X:
i guess noone wants to hear that, but i would like to play a game proportions (im a nice regular player and NEVER forgot to do my turn) but unfortunally i would like to play from the beginning. How about setting up a small pbw proporions game with a small galaxy and only 3 or 4 players ?

[AMF]

Well, I think I might have convinced a few more to join as well.

Originally posted by PvK:
Ya, JLS, there will be nations to take over in a week... unless a swarm of Proportions players appears and snap up all the spots.