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[tesco samoa]

So the Last map... did not have see everything turned on... So you could not see the sphere worlds etc... That I know... Perhaps you were ancient..

I would rather keep the training in instead of a mod... I do not know why we would get rid of it.

I would rather have view own score all the time...

For the surreneder option... if you mark the player dead on PBW the computer will fight it out to the bitter end...

But truefully I think that if a player wishes to surreneder to a player they send that player and the game admin an email about it... If they all agree then surreneder. No one likes to stick around and waste time on a game when they are done. Very understandable. ( Or you could just mark the empire as dead ,,,, If you have the no surreneder option for the game turned on... So the player will still have to take the time to take out the computer player ... )


As for the Talisman... if we state no talisman and leave religous in... then the player cannot put it on their ships/units...

If they do then a good rule would be for the turn to be reset and all those ships and units must be gifted to the other player and then they scrap them... ( bonus of the resources )

A heafty price indeed for not following the rules... But I do not think it would be broken again.

The only problem there is a computer controled empire... But they are useless so they should not be a threat to the player anyways.


If were not playing stock..

How about the latest Version of the sweet mod... Which is being released this Friday..

[Spoo]

What's the sweet mod?

[Renegade 13]

Training....doesn't really matter to me. There's really no difference if its on or off, because you can bet everyone is going to train their ships/fleets to the max before sending them out. So the training bonuses will be cancelling each other out.

As for scores, I think we should keep scores to 'own' only. No seeing all scores, or even the scores of your allies.

Surrender really doesn't matter to me.

And DEFINITELY no all systems can be seen by all players.

[Karibu]

I would hate to leave training out because some people are too lazy to organize training by themselves. Like said, Psychic is for them to go. And I'm not sure they would like to play RTH anyway, for it will be the micromanager's dream (I know the Last game was). However, leaving it away would give Attack and Defence traits more value and people would use a lot of points for them. That could be interesting.

I support the idea of banning talisman but leaving Religious. I don't think we need to mod it out, because everyone could see if it would be used so it would not be "unnoticed cheating". The nature shrine is propably the most valuable building in whole game, so religious trait would still be tempting.

How about gifts? I say we keep them on. I like the idea of supporting both sides of the war and watch them fighting

[Ragnarok]

Ok, I think I have made my decision on most areas that we've been discussing.

Religious; this trait will be available to use but talisman will be Banned. To keep things simple we will not mod it out, if you are caught using it the penalty will be very high. So I suggest not using it!

Surrender; I will allow surrender to be enabled. But if you are being beaten badly enough to the point where you want to surrender you must approach not only player beating you but also the game admin. This will make sure we don't have any situations as we did in the Last game.

Score; this will be left at only seeing your own score in-game.

Gifts; gifts will be allowed.

Ruins; will be turned off. (Unless everyone wants it)

Training; will be left on. It looks like the majority are in favor of it.

We still need at least 1 more player for this game, and up to a maximum of 3 more then what we currently have.
Revised list of players:
1 - Ragnarok
2 - Primitive
3 - Spoo
4 - Tesco
5 - Renegade 13
6 - Electrum
7 - Karibu
8 -
9 -
10 -

As soon as map is finished and we have the Last player(s) then we will probably get started.

[tesco samoa]

5000 points again with no intel ??

Full tech game ruins do not matter ... and they can give a few goodies as well

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
5000 points again with no intel ??

Full tech game ruins do not matter ... and they can give a few goodies as well

Yup, 5K points with no intel.

[Karibu]

I have to say that I an travelling from 20th february to 29th february and I am not able to play during that time. I would not like to skip that many turns at the very beginning of the game so I suggest we wait until 1st of march to start the game. Also the patch might be published by then (I think it is coming soon, but I have no knowledge of it, though). However, I do as you decide.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Karibu:
I have to say that I an travelling from 20th february to 29th february and I am not able to play during that time. I would not like to skip that many turns at the very beginning of the game so I suggest we wait until 1st of march to start the game. Also the patch might be published by then (I think it is coming soon, but I have no knowledge of it, though). However, I do as you decide.

That'll work fine. It will allow more time for the map to be made and everything else worked out as far as settings.

[Ragnarok]

Ok, I took some time to come up with a little bit of a story for this game. Let me know what you think of it.

Millennia ago your race was once the center of the galaxy. You spent decades building your empire within the privacy of your own cluster of star systems that the Ancient Ones had placed you in. The Ancient Ones had left great texts that spoke of other races in the universe that were doing just as you were; building a great empire. These texts also spoke of a day when all races taking a great journey out of their clusters.

Your race had finally decided that this was the time period in which to embark on this quest of universal conquest. You designed and built great technology that enabled you to create artificial warp gates that would allow you to take this journey and link your clusters wither other clusters.

Little did you realize that these other races were ready for this day. They too had built massive empires within their clusters. Many races made first contact and many wars had broken loose. There were few treaties made during this time, no one wanted to become unprepared for the inevitable.

For decades wars raged on until one day two prominent races stood out above all others. They had grown to such a point that they could not be stopped. Over the next few centuries they nearly exterminated the other races that once ruled in their respective clusters.

Once it reached this point the Ancient Ones decided it was time to intervene. They stopped the wars in time to spare a few of many of the races. Some of the races once known, however, were destroyed and would never rise again. The Ancient Ones decided it was time to start again, this time to see if peace would be possible.

They restored the universe to what it once was before the wars broke out. Despite the best efforts by the two races that dominated the universe at this time the Ancient Ones overcame them and plundered much of their empires. Never did these think their empires could fall so quickly.

The Ancient Ones returned you to another cluster and limited you to just a handful of planets. You kept much of your technological data but lost much more. In the case of the few empires that lost everything the Ancient Ones brought in other races from different universes' to replace these ones. They knew that one day the universe would return to its deplorable state of war and conquest… yes, they knew one day it would Return to Hell!


And by the way, we still need at least 1 more player to start. If we don't have a player by then we will go ahead with just 7 but I would like to have 8. Starting date is tentatively March 1st.