Tournament - Invulnerable Challenge - Page 7

Cheeze · #61 July 2nd, 2003, 04:19 PM

Wow! I'm up on the challenge page twice!! That could mean I'm good!

More likely, it means I will be getting pummeled twice as badly!!!

Stone Mill · #62 July 2nd, 2003, 04:25 PM

TerranC- welcome... (heh heh heh another victim)

Cheeze, perhaps I should add your name a few more times !!!

Word in the quadrant is that your military commander is a cross-eyed buffoon who can't find his way to the ring... never mind defeat the Invulnerable enemy!!!

[ July 02, 2003, 15:25: Message edited by: Stone Mill ]

Cheeze · #63 July 3rd, 2003, 05:58 AM

Stone, don't try to get everyone to rise and salute while you sing the Mercator national anthem.

It would be great to see a cool new shipset. I enjoy discovering what the ships look like as I build them. I just hope the light cruisers, battleships and baseships look even better than the frigates and destroyers....I'd hate to lose just to satisfy my esthetic sense, such as it is.

Stone Mill · #64 July 3rd, 2003, 04:08 PM

Update!!!

The Invulnerable Challenge will begin this (July 4th) weekend!!!!

So do push-ups and sit-ups and jog for 3 miles a day... or whatever warm-up exercises you need to do.

Shipsets: Your Challenger shipet will be Narn. The enemy will use Space Sharks. Two of our Favorites.

I will set each of you up with a game on PBW. I'm hoping we can set a target end-date by say... October 2003?

Ragnarok · #65 July 3rd, 2003, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Stone Mill:

I will set each of you up with a game on PBW. I'm hoping we can set a target end-date by say... October 2003?

October?! I plan on getting beat faster then that!

Heck, I could probably have my game done in less then a week if all goes well.

Stone Mill · #66 July 3rd, 2003, 07:34 PM

I'm hoping it goes much quicker as well... But things do come up... we'll see how it goes!

Stone Mill · #67 July 6th, 2003, 05:47 AM

The Invulnerable Challenge is ready. Note the following:

-- The AI has been played to turn 57 to my satisfaction. The AI bonus was not used. The AI (high) bonus will go into effect when your match starts.

-- You have a 10 homeworld start to get things rolling. This means something very horrific waiting for you at the other end of the equation. Do not be surprised; the AI home system has been "hooked up."

-- You do not have advanced knowledge of the map. Finding the AI home system is part of the fun. Of course, the AI will have colonized much along the way by the time you find it.

You will know it when you are there. Pray you at least get to take a peek inside, so you can die with honor.

--The game in it's current state is not "unwinnable." This means that the game has not been devised to be unfinishable or completely unreasonable. Just very, very, very hard. Of course, the AI may choose to do something quite weird... In this rare event where the game is not perceived as fair, I'll have a look and we'll work something out.

-- Of course, If (when

)the AI trounces you legitimately and you've had enough, just say "uncle."

Good luck, victims. May the Force mave mercy on your soul.

[ July 06, 2003, 05:22: Message edited by: Stone Mill ]

Joachim · #68 July 6th, 2003, 10:22 AM

Hooray!

I hope you have kept notes of what and how you did the defence for discussion post comp?

Is there anything we need to do or will it appear on PBW? (forgive the Newb question).

Stone Mill · #69 July 7th, 2003, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joachim:
Hooray!
I hope you have kept notes of what and how you did the defence for discussion post comp?

Is there anything we need to do or will it appear on PBW? (forgive the Newb question).

Absoloutely!! I can't wait for the debrief.

Most of the discussion will involve profanity, I expect.

I am setting them up on PBW. You should see your game shortly. This morning, however, PBW doesn't seem to let me set up the games. I'm checking with Geo...

Stone Mill · #70 July 7th, 2003, 02:36 AM

My apologies for this... but PBW can't be used for this tournament.

Instead, please get your zipped .gam files from the web page.

I'm very sorry, as it was my goal to ease the administration of these games. Now it looks like players will have to run the games on your local machines. Hope this isn't too big of a hassle. If it is, I understand.

The deal with PBW is that only one original .gam file can exist in the processing directory. And copying/remaming the files would not work, as the game would not recognize anything but the original.

So please email me with any questions or assistance. Good luck out there...