First round moves are due by tonight. We're sticking with the 1.0 Top Speed = 1 Move rule. Just keep it in mind when designing your ships.
If all moves are in by around 10:00 PST tonight, I can put up the results. If no one has any problems with it, I'd like to move the deadline for moves up to 10:00 PM from now on.
Strange, Himura.Kenshin seems to have gone oddly absent. Just waiting on that last player before the game can be updated. It's interesting to see that every player has their own ideas on starting fleet composition. Everyone is just planning on peaceful expansion of your territories, right? ;-)
Are we still doing the custom ship tournament? Things seem to have gotten oddly quiet around here lately.
i hope we are continuing the ship tournament too (although might want to consider seperating the threads to make it easier to keep up with each one?).
I am determined to get out of the first round in the fleet tournament (at least last time i lost to the eventual winner, that has to count for somthing;-))
Same here, I need to keep entering until I have a Battleship of Battleships. :x How about we do a frigate only tournament for a change of pace next week? I'd be willing to run it again since my torrent of midterms is over come Monday.
Sorry about that, I just found out today its my 4 year old cousins birthday. I just got home (its 1:00 now) and had to rush together a fleet and whatnot at the last second. Just finished sending it ^.^
EDIT: Crap I forgot to post the link for the ships. They're being sent to you now =O.
Himura.Kenshin on
Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici -- By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe. ~ V
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura
Holy British Empire
Ships: 5
Planets: 3
Income: 160
Maintenance: 13
Resource Point Total: 217
Fate: The Hong Kong Cavaliers
The Lovers Game Effect: This player may decide, by the end of the current day, upon another player whom they cannot attack or be attacked by. Conversely, a random player will be forced to attack and be attacked by the Hong Kong Cavaliers if that choice is made. This effect lasts until the end of the game. Using this card is optional. GNN: In Entertainment tonight, citizens from the Cavaliers rolled out the red carpet for famous actress, and next in line to the throne, Mirx from the <garble> who has come to advertise her new holo. Rumor has it that Roundboy, himself, even came to meet her and give a grand tour of his Palace on Planet 10. Talk is also big about her upcoming wedding to <static hiss> slated next month. Despite being a political marriage, the service and official parties held in its honor are expected to be the spectacle of the decade!
Octovian Star Empire
The Sun Game Effect: At the end of every turn, information on a random fleet will be revealed to this player. GNN: The Octovian Star Empire has finished work on its ORACLE Deep Space Scanner in orbit of Octus Prime. It was, of course, the Octovians who originally discovered that the universe is not as large and infinite as once thought, but merely a single continuous curved sphere. Their latest research facility is designed to search for rare mineral elements in the empty regions where few have explored.
Servitor Republic
Death Game Effect: One random fleet owned by this player will be unable to move this turn. This player can choose another player to also have one of the chosen player's random fleets immobilized. GNN: Doctors are warning people to stay away from the Servitor Republic where an epidemic of Hyper-flu began last week. Symptoms include nausea, listlessness, hallucinations, and a strong desire to listen to Michael Bolton. If you think you may have gotten Hyper-flu, please contact medical personnel right away.
Emerald Empire
The Hierophant Game Effect: At the beginning of this turn, a randomly selected planet will form a 'religion' in this player's honor. Every turn, five resource points that would have been generated on that planet are given to this player instead. All ships built on that planet are identified to this player. Any player that draws the Hierophant Card from now on will have one of their planets converted in the above manner. GNN: A cult on planet <pop crackle> began marching down the streets of the capital city this week proclaiming the divinity of Emporer Not Uncle Dave. Donning golden horned masks in the Emperor's image, these fanatics wildly attack anyone who offers a dissenting opinion against their deity. Their numbers seem to grow daily to the complete shock of the officials. Representatives of the Emerald Empire have yet to respond to these events.
Shygis Armada
The Hermit Game Effect: Any fleet that gets within three squares of movement of this player's home world is revealed to this player. This effect is permanent. GNN: Might you be psychic and not even know it? One man in the Shygis Armada awoke one morning at his nursing home screaming and writhing. What doctors initially diagnosed as a seizure turned out to be one of the strongest psionic responses on written record. Word has it that the man has fully recovered and has gotten a job at the palace, probably as a greeter.
Smugglers' Alliance
The Star Game Effect: This player cannot attack or be attacked during this turn. Additionally, 10 Resource Points are gained. GNN: Pacifists have taken over the Smugglers' Alliance ruling party in a bloody coup. Twelve died Tuesday night as an unnamed assailant lobbed an electron grenade into the middle of a business lunch. Already, Planet Hollywood is nearly done with the production of a holomovie based on the tragic events of earlier this week, it is expected to be a blockbuster hit.
Holy British Empire
The Empress Game Effect: This player's home planet gains a permanent +10 Resource Points per turn. GNN: Citizens of the Holy British Empire have inexplicably started donating on mass to the coffers of Emperor CmdPrompt. They had this to say: "He's a bloody fine king, that one is." This reporter is befuddled as to why the Emperor would be covered in blood but fashion is not really my area of expertise.
Global Effect
Justice Game Effect: Any ships destroyed this turn will require their attacker to pay half that ship's price to that ship's owner. Players can have a negative number of Resource Points because of this card. GNN: Like locusts, attorneys have been seen swarming en masse from planet to planet. Officials warn that you should not approach these animals as they are highly dangerous. Should you find one in your home or place of business, please contact the authorities immediately.
#. <Player Name>, <Empire/Space Democracy/Whatever Name>, <Home Planet Name>, <Desired Color, Pick from Forum Font Colors>
1. Roundboy, The Hong Kong Cavaliers, Planet 10, DeepSkyBlue
2. Octobot ,Octovian Star Empire, Octus Prime , Dark red
3. Anthelion, Servitor Republic, Anthelia, Slate Gray
4. Not Uncle Dave, Emerald Empire, Limian XII, and Lime
5. MetaHybrid, Shygis Armada, Salohcin, Red
6. Himura.Kenshin, Smugglers' Alliance, Corellia, Purple
7. CmdPrompt, Holy British Empire, New Britannia, Teal
Whew, I think I definately deserve some sleep now. If I were some of the players that got unlucky or didn't gain much momentum in this turn, I'd start looking for some friends to band together with. Things should start to get interesting from here.
Once again, I bring you gifts of binary 1s and 0s. This new version works out a few bugs in the previous one and implements a few improvements.
The most prominent new feature is the ability to resize the Sandbox to any size you want. Be warned though, it can adversely affect performance. If the special effects become too pixelated in the sandbox, try running the game with Surfaces off.
Doing that single turn took a lot longer then I expected, hopefully it'll go faster now that I have a base to work off of.
If you guys want, you can name the new planets in your empires. It'd probably be more interesting then calling them "D5" and "A4". Just send that along with your turn summaries.
Do the fate cards remain in play for the entire game? or are they per-round? (the wording on one card(Heirophant) makes it seem like per-round, but others make them seem like the whole game)
If the effect is permanent, the card will usually say so. Also, I've fixed the labels. I accidentally used the wrong list of names when I was labeling the moves.
Fixed the wording on The Hierophant.
Don't give up RoundBoy, make some deals and work on getting ahead. It's still early in the game.
Is there a link to "points" and "rules" and other such stuff for the battleship-forever info. Because it doesnt look like the ship creator has a way to determine the points used in a ship. As well, there are "cheezy" things one can do to a ship to mess with how good it is which dont seem like it would affect values.
Also, if th15 is the creator:
1. This is awesome
2. A point system on the ship creator so you could see how many points you had spent would be very cool.
that is great its burried in a 36 page thread. Or somewhere else on the internet. So that doesnt help. But integrating points into the official game would be handy, such you could figure out how many points youve spent easily.
Also, how do you have a tournament without multiplayer?
Our names/moves are still mixed up. I [Smugglers' Alliance] have the Expeditionary Fleets, he [Emerald Empire] has the Explorations.
Also, I disagree with my card =P. As we are just a fledgling Smugglers' Alliance, we didn't declare war on anybody for the sake of our own backsides. Other than that, I actually don't mind the card: the benefits so early in the game, IMO, outweigh the cons. However, am I allowed to continue settling on planets?
One question: What is the status of the planet at F9? From what I see at his point expenditure, I am guessing his ships are nothing more than cores who's max speeds have been increased. I would assume my ships, which have greater masses, would win a ramming contest ^.^.
Two question: The Lovers card acquired by RoundBoy lasts until the end of the game... so he cannot win through conquest?
Three question: Will new cards be used every turn, or the same cards?
Himura.Kenshin on
Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici -- By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe. ~ V
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura
I also have a question regarding cards. are the cards which were shown this turn active next turn? or were they active in the turn they were shown (the first makes sense, but i would just like to make sure)
Yes, you can continue to settle planets this turn, as long as they're neutral.
The Lovers is a card of dillemma. He can choose to use it or not. He'd either have to wait until that player loses or declare a diplomatic victory. This is purely hypothetical, but given his position he could choose to form an alliance with the strongest player for protection.
New cards will be issued every turn. Note: The same card won't necessarily have the same effect every time it's drawn.
The cards drawn will take effect this turn, the one that's due tonight at 10:00 PM PST.
I probably would have noticed the mix ups earlier if everyone didn't name their fleets Expleditcon Alphaone.
Corellia, Selonia, Drall, and the Twin Worlds of Talus and Tralus: The Five Worlds.
Also, can I open up my own holonews feed? I've suddenly found quite a lot of time available to me over the next week =D
EDIT:
I'm pretty sure noone named their fleet "Expleditcon Alphaone" ^.^
Also, I decided to mix functionality with fun, which cost me 16 points in sections =P and I guess 20 points in movement. I even went as far to write up a history to each of my ships ^.^
Himura.Kenshin on
Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici -- By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe. ~ V
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura
If you don't have at least one fleet at your captured planets by the end of a turn, then they get reverted to neutral statis, and you won't gain any resources from it for your next turn. Your home planet however, never is turned into a neutral planet,
I'd like to make a clarification in regards to Justice. If your ship commits suicide, the "attacker" will be considered no one. In the latest version, ships without weapons simply fly towards enemy ships and self destruct.
By the way, watching two low point frigates fight is godawful boring.
Ships circle each other for four minutes until they get at just the right angle from each other, take shots that miss completely, rinse and repeat.
The update tonight might have to be pushed back until around 5PM tomorrow. Have a test I'm really not well prepared for and would like to actually get some sleep tonight. The deadline will be extended until midnight for Monday.
Once we get past the blitz for resources stage, it shouldn't be an issue anymore. I hope. If any of the big fleet battles look interesting, I'll definately record and upload them.
But then we see the competition, which is against the idea of the "secrecy" of the game. Maybe any fleet compositions or makeups should be sent to both of the fighting players?
Himura.Kenshin on
Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici -- By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe. ~ V
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura
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If all moves are in by around 10:00 PST tonight, I can put up the results. If no one has any problems with it, I'd like to move the deadline for moves up to 10:00 PM from now on.
Librarians harbor a terrible secret. Find it.
Are we still doing the custom ship tournament? Things seem to have gotten oddly quiet around here lately.
I am determined to get out of the first round in the fleet tournament (at least last time i lost to the eventual winner, that has to count for somthing;-))
EDIT: Crap I forgot to post the link for the ships. They're being sent to you now =O.
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura
2738 AD Month 1
Movement Summary
The Hong Kong Cavaliers
Nipple Tugger(2) Formed, K1->K2
Octovian Star Empire
Expedition 1(1) Formed, C3->B3->A3->A2
Expedition 2(1) Formed, C3->D3->E3->F3
Expedition 3(1) Formed, C3->C4->C5->C6
Expedition 4(1) Formed, C3->C2->C1->C16
Servitor Republic
Hesistant Executioner(1) Formed, I6
Inadequate Prognostication(1) Formed, I6->I7->H7->G7
Unexpected Deprehension(1) Formed, I6->I7->J7
Emerald Empire
Exploration Alpha(1) Formed, M9->L9->K9->J9->J8->J7
Exploration Beta(1) Formed, M9->L9->K9->K10->K11->K12
Exploration Gamma(1) Formed, M9->L9->K9->K10
Exploration Delta(1) Formed, M9->N9->O9->P9->P8->P7
Shygis Armada
Seeker Armada(1) Formed, O5->N5->M5->M4
Scouter Armada(1) Formed, O5->P5->P6->P7
Smugglers' Alliance
First Expeditionary Fleet(1) Formed, C11->D11->D10->E10->E9->F9
Second Expeditionary Fleet(1) Formed, C11->B11->B10->B9->B8->B7
Third Expeditionary Fleet(1) Formed, C11->D11->E11->E10->E9->E8->E7
Fourth Expeditionary Fleet(1) Formed, C11->B11->B12->A12->A13->P13
Holy British Empire
Recon A(1) Formed, H13->H14->H15
Recon B(1) Formed, H13->H12->I12->J12->K12
Recon C(1) Formed, H13->H14->H15->G15->F15->E15->D15
Recon D(1) Formed, H13->H12->I12->J12->K12->K11->K10
Recon E(1) Formed, H13->H12->H11->H9->G9->F9
Combat Summary
The Hong Kong Cavaliers enjoy a month of peace.
Octovian Star Empire Captures A2
Octovian Star Empire Captures F3
Servitor Republic's Unexpected Deprehension is Destroyed by Emerald Empire's Expedition Alpha at J7
Servitor Republic Captures G7
Emerald Empire's Expedition Alpha Destroys Servitor Republic's Unexpected Deprehension at J7
Emerald Empire Captures J7
Shygis Armada Captures M4
Smugglers' Alliance Captures B7
Smugglers' Alliance Captures B7
Smugglers' Alliance Captures P13
Holy British Empire Captures D15
Holy British Empire Captures H15
Economy Summary
The Hong Kong Cavaliers
Ships: 2
Planets: 1
Income: 50
Maintenance: 20
Resource Point Total: 30
Octovian Star Empire
Ships: 4
Planets: 3
Income: 150
Maintenance: 20
Resource Point Total: 120
Servitor Republic
Ships: 2
Planets: 2
Income: 100
Maintenance: 15
Resource Point Total: 85
Emerald Empire
Ships: 4
Planets: 2
Income: 100
Maintenance: 20
Resource Point Total: 80
Shygis Armada
Ships: 2
Planets: 2
Income: 100
Maintenance: 20
Resource Point Total: 80
Smugglers' Alliance
Ships: 4
Planets: 4
Income: 200
Maintenance: 16
Resource Point Total: 234
Holy British Empire
Ships: 5
Planets: 3
Income: 160
Maintenance: 13
Resource Point Total: 217
Fate:
The Hong Kong Cavaliers
The Lovers
Game Effect: This player may decide, by the end of the current day, upon another player whom they cannot attack or be attacked by. Conversely, a random player will be forced to attack and be attacked by the Hong Kong Cavaliers if that choice is made. This effect lasts until the end of the game. Using this card is optional.
GNN: In Entertainment tonight, citizens from the Cavaliers rolled out the red carpet for famous actress, and next in line to the throne, Mirx from the <garble> who has come to advertise her new holo. Rumor has it that Roundboy, himself, even came to meet her and give a grand tour of his Palace on Planet 10. Talk is also big about her upcoming wedding to <static hiss> slated next month. Despite being a political marriage, the service and official parties held in its honor are expected to be the spectacle of the decade!
Octovian Star Empire
The Sun
Game Effect: At the end of every turn, information on a random fleet will be revealed to this player.
GNN: The Octovian Star Empire has finished work on its ORACLE Deep Space Scanner in orbit of Octus Prime. It was, of course, the Octovians who originally discovered that the universe is not as large and infinite as once thought, but merely a single continuous curved sphere. Their latest research facility is designed to search for rare mineral elements in the empty regions where few have explored.
Servitor Republic
Death
Game Effect: One random fleet owned by this player will be unable to move this turn. This player can choose another player to also have one of the chosen player's random fleets immobilized.
GNN: Doctors are warning people to stay away from the Servitor Republic where an epidemic of Hyper-flu began last week. Symptoms include nausea, listlessness, hallucinations, and a strong desire to listen to Michael Bolton. If you think you may have gotten Hyper-flu, please contact medical personnel right away.
Emerald Empire
The Hierophant
Game Effect: At the beginning of this turn, a randomly selected planet will form a 'religion' in this player's honor. Every turn, five resource points that would have been generated on that planet are given to this player instead. All ships built on that planet are identified to this player. Any player that draws the Hierophant Card from now on will have one of their planets converted in the above manner.
GNN: A cult on planet <pop crackle> began marching down the streets of the capital city this week proclaiming the divinity of Emporer Not Uncle Dave. Donning golden horned masks in the Emperor's image, these fanatics wildly attack anyone who offers a dissenting opinion against their deity. Their numbers seem to grow daily to the complete shock of the officials. Representatives of the Emerald Empire have yet to respond to these events.
Shygis Armada
The Hermit
Game Effect: Any fleet that gets within three squares of movement of this player's home world is revealed to this player. This effect is permanent.
GNN: Might you be psychic and not even know it? One man in the Shygis Armada awoke one morning at his nursing home screaming and writhing. What doctors initially diagnosed as a seizure turned out to be one of the strongest psionic responses on written record. Word has it that the man has fully recovered and has gotten a job at the palace, probably as a greeter.
Smugglers' Alliance
The Star
Game Effect: This player cannot attack or be attacked during this turn. Additionally, 10 Resource Points are gained.
GNN: Pacifists have taken over the Smugglers' Alliance ruling party in a bloody coup. Twelve died Tuesday night as an unnamed assailant lobbed an electron grenade into the middle of a business lunch. Already, Planet Hollywood is nearly done with the production of a holomovie based on the tragic events of earlier this week, it is expected to be a blockbuster hit.
Holy British Empire
The Empress
Game Effect: This player's home planet gains a permanent +10 Resource Points per turn.
GNN: Citizens of the Holy British Empire have inexplicably started donating on mass to the coffers of Emperor CmdPrompt. They had this to say: "He's a bloody fine king, that one is." This reporter is befuddled as to why the Emperor would be covered in blood but fashion is not really my area of expertise.
Global Effect
Justice
Game Effect: Any ships destroyed this turn will require their attacker to pay half that ship's price to that ship's owner. Players can have a negative number of Resource Points because of this card.
GNN: Like locusts, attorneys have been seen swarming en masse from planet to planet. Officials warn that you should not approach these animals as they are highly dangerous. Should you find one in your home or place of business, please contact the authorities immediately.
#. <Player Name>, <Empire/Space Democracy/Whatever Name>, <Home Planet Name>, <Desired Color, Pick from Forum Font Colors>
1. Roundboy, The Hong Kong Cavaliers, Planet 10, DeepSkyBlue
2. Octobot ,Octovian Star Empire, Octus Prime , Dark red
3. Anthelion, Servitor Republic, Anthelia, Slate Gray
4. Not Uncle Dave, Emerald Empire, Limian XII, and Lime
5. MetaHybrid, Shygis Armada, Salohcin, Red
6. Himura.Kenshin, Smugglers' Alliance, Corellia, Purple
7. CmdPrompt, Holy British Empire, New Britannia, Teal
Get it here: http://www.wyrdysm.com/bfdownload.php
Once again, I bring you gifts of binary 1s and 0s. This new version works out a few bugs in the previous one and implements a few improvements.
The most prominent new feature is the ability to resize the Sandbox to any size you want. Be warned though, it can adversely affect performance. If the special effects become too pixelated in the sandbox, try running the game with Surfaces off.
Full changelog available here: http://www.wyrdysm.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1#1
Valkun: Thanks for putting so much effort into running your own campaign for this! I appreciate it and I'm sure the others appreciate it too.
Doing that single turn took a lot longer then I expected, hopefully it'll go faster now that I have a base to work off of.
If you guys want, you can name the new planets in your empires. It'd probably be more interesting then calling them "D5" and "A4". Just send that along with your turn summaries.
Oh well.. I will go out in a large explosion.
Librarians harbor a terrible secret. Find it.
Fixed the wording on The Hierophant.
Don't give up RoundBoy, make some deals and work on getting ahead. It's still early in the game.
Also, if th15 is the creator:
1. This is awesome
2. A point system on the ship creator so you could see how many points you had spent would be very cool.
Also, how do you have a tournament without multiplayer?
We do multiplayer by having someone, Valkun in this case, run the battles using the ships we've created.
Also, I love how every single person came up with a different name for their scouting fleets
I name my Captured Planet. Nerise
Should we submit names for captured planets?
Our names/moves are still mixed up. I [Smugglers' Alliance] have the Expeditionary Fleets, he [Emerald Empire] has the Explorations.
Also, I disagree with my card =P. As we are just a fledgling Smugglers' Alliance, we didn't declare war on anybody for the sake of our own backsides. Other than that, I actually don't mind the card: the benefits so early in the game, IMO, outweigh the cons. However, am I allowed to continue settling on planets?
One question: What is the status of the planet at F9? From what I see at his point expenditure, I am guessing his ships are nothing more than cores who's max speeds have been increased. I would assume my ships, which have greater masses, would win a ramming contest ^.^.
Two question: The Lovers card acquired by RoundBoy lasts until the end of the game... so he cannot win through conquest?
Three question: Will new cards be used every turn, or the same cards?
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura
The Lovers is a card of dillemma. He can choose to use it or not. He'd either have to wait until that player loses or declare a diplomatic victory. This is purely hypothetical, but given his position he could choose to form an alliance with the strongest player for protection.
New cards will be issued every turn. Note: The same card won't necessarily have the same effect every time it's drawn.
The cards drawn will take effect this turn, the one that's due tonight at 10:00 PM PST.
I probably would have noticed the mix ups earlier if everyone didn't name their fleets Expleditcon Alphaone.
Thanks a bunch.
Pft, I would never stoop so low. Each one has its own section.
This turn is going to be interesting, I'm tempted to run a couple of my ships on suicide missions to take advantage of Justice...
I came up with a name for each of my ships too, and a unique design for each =D.
My controlled planets:
C11 (Home Planet): Corellia
B7: Selonia
P13: Drall
E7: Talus
F9: Tralus
Corellia, Selonia, Drall, and the Twin Worlds of Talus and Tralus: The Five Worlds.
Also, can I open up my own holonews feed? I've suddenly found quite a lot of time available to me over the next week =D
EDIT:
I'm pretty sure noone named their fleet "Expleditcon Alphaone" ^.^
Also, I decided to mix functionality with fun, which cost me 16 points in sections =P and I guess 20 points in movement. I even went as far to write up a history to each of my ships ^.^
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura
Librarians harbor a terrible secret. Find it.
But how can it be used as a secret weapon if everyone knows that it works?
Ships circle each other for four minutes until they get at just the right angle from each other, take shots that miss completely, rinse and repeat.
The update tonight might have to be pushed back until around 5PM tomorrow. Have a test I'm really not well prepared for and would like to actually get some sleep tonight. The deadline will be extended until midnight for Monday.
Nothing is stronger than the will to live. ~ Himura