[Newbie PBW] Master of Orion 3

Unknown_Enemy · #1 March 17th, 2003, 11:59 AM

Newbie game on PBW: Master of Orion 3

"You are Overlord of your domain. The planets populace worship you as a god. Crime has been eliminated, work is plentiful, disease is unheard of and money is no longer needed in your utopia. Suddenly the skys around your planet grow dark, storms light up the sky and the earth trembles. Your people grow afraid and look to you to solve the problem. A screaming like no other fills the planet, seeming to be everywhere at once, it almost makes you believe the tales of the banshee wail of 'Bhritny Spirs' the Death Goddess. Your scientists work feverishly to understand the screaming, if indeed it is a communication from above or below. Then as sudden as it started it stops, the night sky clears and you see strange stars and constellations above you. The universe is no longer a friendly place. Your scientists have your answer.

"I come from Beyond! You have been selected to do battle in this realm with others of your kind. Beings of this small dimension. Survive and wonders of your wildest dreams shall be yours, or fail and your names shall be as dust to the solar winds. Out there also is the planet of the Ancients : Orion. A marvellous world of metal and machinery. This may be the key to your victory. Go now, time grows short"

Your people tremble but are stout of heart. This world and its wonders will be yours and your enemies shall be trampled beneath the feet of your armies!

OK this is a basic SE4 Gold 1.84+TDM Modpack 3.30 game. 10 Players plus some modpack AI's of the very annoying kind. There is a SPHEREWORLD out there somewhere (Orion!), as is a Ringworld hidden as well. The universe is not as you know it, systems may not behave as they usually do. You have been warned. Alliances and roleplay are welcomed, winner shall be determined by the virtue of surviving everyone else. The Sphereworld is not a requirement for winning, just a help/hinderance along the way.

The Sphereworld is ROCK/OXY but the map will be of 'equal' other planets.

Starting resources:100000
Starting planets: 1
Home planet value: Good
Score display: Own
Technology level: Low
Racial points: 2000
Quadrant type: Special
Quadrant size: Special
Event frequency: Low
Event severity: High
Technology cost:Medium
Victory conditions: Last man standing or Majority Vote.
Maximum units: 20000
Maximum ships: 20000
Computer players: Special
Computer difficulty: MEDIUM
Computer player bonus: NONE
Neutral empires: NO
Other game settings: INTEL ALLOWED

PLEASE NOTE WHICH SHIPSET YOU ARE USING, DUPE'S WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. TURNS WILL BE 48HRS, THOSE WHO MISS 4 TURNS IN A ROW WITHOUT DUE NOTICE WILL BE KICKED, AS WILL ANYONE WHO 'CHEATS' (PRE-GAME ALLIANCES ETC.)

SURRENDER IS DISALLOWED.
NO TRADE ARE ALLOWED WITH THE AI'S.
TECH TRADES BETWEEN PLAYERS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

I will create the map, admin the game but will not play it. This is a newbie game, so the AI are medium difficulty and NO BONUS. I do not expect them to be a problem after middle game. All players are invited to write down their race's description, and stick to it.

This game was first created and run by Deathstalker under the 'Return to Orion' name. It was huge fun (despite the beating we endured

), so with the MOO3 disaster, it is a good time to show all MOO3 refugees which sort of game MOO3 should have been. Kudos to Deathstalker for the original idea....

Last, should a player need any help/information just leave a message in the Master of Orion 3 PBW forum, I will get on to it.

Perrin · #2 March 17th, 2003, 03:57 PM

PBW forums are still currently broken. Perhaps another means of communication should be used.

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TECH TRADES BETWEEN PLAYERS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

What about Non-Tech trades? Population for example. Ship trades could be a problem because they could be analyzed.

Final question. If I turn on all ministers and click end turn; Will I win?

primitive · #3 March 17th, 2003, 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by Unknown_Enemy:
A screaming like no other fills the planet, seeming to be everywhere at once, it almost makes you believe the tales of the banshee wail of 'Bhritny Spirs' the Death Goddess.

LOL

tbontob · #4 March 17th, 2003, 04:43 PM

Sounds interesting!

Very interesting!

What about replacement players?

Unknown_Enemy · #5 March 17th, 2003, 06:34 PM

The game button to trade technology will not be available. But players can trade ships, resources and everything they can agree on. Just don't do it versus the AI.

The AI is too dumb to distinguish a bod from a good deal.

As for Britney Scream, it was a text from Deathstalker...

Unknown_Enemy · #6 March 17th, 2003, 06:36 PM

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What about replacement players?

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The game hasn't started yet.

But anyway, there is still a bug in the PBW interface. I cannot accept new players. It is aknown bug due to problems experimented by the server some days ago.

So when we have reached a suffisant number, I will ask the PBW admin to accept all players.

[ March 17, 2003, 20:06: Message edited by: Unknown_Enemy ]

Unknown_Enemy · #7 March 18th, 2003, 01:04 AM

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Final question. If I turn on all ministers and click end turn; Will I win?

If you were at war against me and Alpha Kodiak, like in the original game by Deathstalker, then you would probably win

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But as we are not playing in this one, you would loose

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Alpha Kodiak · #8 March 18th, 2003, 01:10 AM

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Originally posted by Unknown_Enemy:

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Final question. If I turn on all ministers and click end turn; Will I win?

If you were at war against me and Alpha Kodiak, like in the original game by Deathstalker, then you would probably win .

But as we are not playing in this one, you would loose .

I still have scorch marks on the walls of my office from the abuse my fleets took in that one!

Fyron · #9 March 18th, 2003, 01:15 AM

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What about replacement players?

He meant, "what procedures are you going to have for finding replacements if and when people drop out of the game? What will be done with turn processing while looking for replacements? etc."

geoschmo · #10 March 18th, 2003, 01:17 AM

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Originally posted by Unknown_Enemy:
But anyway, there is still a bug in the PBW interface. I cannot accept new players. It is aknown bug due to problems experimented by the server some days ago.

So when we have reached a suffisant number, I will ask the PBW admin to accept all players.

This is not neccesary. You can accept players yourself. You will get a 500 error, but they will be accepted. Once you have them accepted at some point later they will revert to pending if the players don't upload their empires right away. To avoid this after you have them accepted go to the game admin screen and hit the button to "Update Options". You don't have to change anything, just hit the update button.

Geoschmo

[ March 17, 2003, 23:19: Message edited by: geoschmo ]