PBW "newbie game" - Page 6

Phoenix-D · #51 June 28th, 2001, 03:59 AM

Maybe I should have used 3 planet start.. this is kinda slow starting

Phoenix-D

Dragonlord · #52 June 28th, 2001, 04:52 AM

Phoenix, yes , that's a good lesson for the next game. Most of my experience with PBW (very limited) comes from my first PBW game in which we are now in turn 9, and we started with 5 planets. That makes the game interesting much faster, got some fast and furious diplomacy going on now.
That game (and my low ranking in it) has also given me ideas about a much better race design...if only I could have used it in our newbie game..

sigh.

You know..we're only in turn 3...we could always start over with 3 or 5 planets each and all agree on a timeperiod so we could play the first 5 turns or so quickly...

Phoenix-D · #53 June 28th, 2001, 05:11 AM

Or I could just start another game and we play that one too

I'll do that now, actually, and try not to screw the setup up this time.

Phoenix-D

Baal · #54 June 28th, 2001, 05:25 AM

Personally, I like this one planet start. It has potential of being really exciting.

Dragonlord · #55 June 28th, 2001, 08:23 AM

OK, I just applied for Newbie Practice II.
Now I got to go work on my new and improved Dragon race, get a shipset and upload it to PBW...

Baal · #56 June 28th, 2001, 07:40 PM

So... are we not going to continue the first newbie practice game?

Dragonlord · #57 June 28th, 2001, 07:50 PM

Got my Dragon shipset set up and sent it to PBW. Am ready to rock.

As for our newbie game 1: I wouldn't mind either way (to continue it or not). I am in three PBW games now, and with Newbie II it will be four games. Though two of the 3 games now only take me 5-10 minutes a day, the third one (starting with 5 planets and 20 races) is already taking me over an hour a day. So I'm worried that as we get further ahead in the other PBW games, SE will really occupy my whole day, and I'll be shot by my girlfriend.

So I guess on second thought all in all I'd prefer cancelling Newbie I and playing quickly through the initial stages of Newbie II. But since we don't have exactly the same players in both games that would be unfair to those left out in Newbie I. Perhaps Phoenix can up the limit on Newbie II to 5-6 players so they can join too...if only Capt. Spoogy sent in his turns faster !

Phoenix-D · #58 June 28th, 2001, 07:53 PM

Yeah, for all his impatience before the game, Capt. seems to be rather tardy now

In any case, if you need to drop out I can just kick ya and let the AI bungle it's way through the rest of the game. Or you could abandon all your planets, same deal.

Phoenix-D

CaptSpoogy · #59 June 28th, 2001, 08:17 PM

SORRY GUYS!

I work 12hr shifts TUE-THUR 7pm-7am, so I don't get home till 7.30am and then sleep for a few hours...

I'll try for two turns now...

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CaptSpoogy · #60 June 28th, 2001, 08:29 PM

Starting tomorrow, I'll be able to play an unlimited amount of turns! I promise!

The few hours I'm home I try to get more than 1 turn in, but it keeps having bad turn execution, and then it's not fixed until I'm at work and I can't do anything about there...

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