New game: HomeComing3; suggestions and joining

[sparhawk]

We need a replacement player for homecoming 2: its a team based game, so you always have one partner, with whom you have to win the game, so also a good game for newbies, but NOT for quiters

Game description:

Home coming 2

Thousand of years have past since the Last galactic war. As a result of this war many races had to leave their home planet searching for new resources and peace.
Some found what they were looking for, other perished.
Those that found a new world mostly lost their high technology and were confined to their new home planet.

Now after hundred of years some races have invented new ways to travel and explore space�

This is a team-based game
To avoid prearranged teams and races this game is set as followed:

Starting resources: 20000
Starting planets: 1
Home planet value: good
Score display: allied
Technology level: Medium
Racial points: 3000
Quadrant type: Custom
Quadrant size: depending on number of player (>10 = large)
Event frequency: None
Technology cost: Medium
Victory conditions: Team that colonize their home planet (see description of your race) with a space yard, mining miner-, Organics Farm- and a Radioactive extraction facility. Furthermore, when you have colonized your home planet, you have to mention this to all other races. When you have manage to keep your home planet after again 2 years (20 turns), then you have won the game.
Maximum units: 2000
Maximum ships: 500
Computer players: None
Neutral empires: No
Version: 1.78 (gold patch 2)

The game owner will start the game and will tune every race with one sentence that refers to the home planet where the race originated from.
Every race will have a partner race, which originated from the same planet: your team-mate (random) N.b. you can only win as a team!!
Because all races are scattered over the map, you have to find your partner.
The game owner will design a map and put all players somewhere on the map (taking in account the different team players), this will prevent random placement of each player/team-mates.

Further Rules:
- Maximum alignment with non-team mates: Trade Alliances!
- Intel is on
- No computer or neutral players
- No Ancient race Trait!!
- Max 100 mines per sector

Sparhawk

[ March 28, 2003, 09:56: Message edited by: sparhawk ]

[phaet2112]

Hey Id like to try my hand in this...but I dont see it on the seiv pbw site. Im a pbw virgin, and relative newbie to seiv gold, but am looking for at least some intro games to get to know the game and how it's played over the web.

[trooper]

If I had one advice to give, it would be to try a solo game in simultaneous turn. You will see what you can do and not do while "programming" ships for the nextturn. It's quite usefull, before starting playing.
I you're OK with simultaneous concepts, I have nothing left to tell you. Oh, just one thing left : Beware of Weyrlings...

[Cheeze]

I thought we had a replacement...what happened? Or, is phaet about to be added?? I hope it's soon!!

This is great news!!! I'd hate to see a player miss out because their partner is an AI!!! Especially now that game is really starting to get going!

[ March 27, 2003, 07:47: Message edited by: Cheeze ]

[sparhawk]

I already have a replacement player, but he just have to log in...so therefore I kick that other guy. Nothing personal, but first in first out.

sparhawk

[Krsqk]

Glad to know it wasn't personal. I'd hate to be on anyone's blacklist, especially since I haven't played against you. Guess I'll have to wait for Homecoming 3. Dum dee dum dee dum... *drums fingers on table* Is it ready yet?

[phaet2112]

Okay, I guess there aren't any open spots

[sparhawk]

No sorry Krsqk, is was certainly not personal.
I already had a replacement player. And normally is for me first in first out.
But I like the idea of starting a new homeComing3, but I don't know if I should start it already. but maybe if there are enough people... .
Then I can host that game.
So This treath will be open for suggestions and applies to join Home Coming 3.

This is the standard game description:
Home coming 3

Thousand of years have past since the Last galactic war. As a result of this war many races had to leave their home planet searching for new resources and peace.
Some found what they were looking for, other perished.
Those that found a new world mostly lost their high technology and were confined to their new home planet.

Now after hundred of years some races have invented new ways to travel and explore space�

This is a team-based game
To avoid prearranged teams and races this game is set as followed:

Starting resources: 20000
Starting planets: 1
Home planet value: good
Score display: allied
Technology level: Medium
Racial points: 3000
Quadrant type: Custom
Quadrant size: depending on number of player (>10 = large)
Event frequency: None
Technology cost: Medium
Victory conditions: Team that colonize their home planet (see description of your race) with a space yard, mining miner-, Organics Farm- and a Radioactive extraction facility. Furthermore, when you have colonized your home planet, you have to mention this to all other races. When you have manage to keep your home planet after again 2 years (20 turns), then you have won the game.
Maximum units: 2000
Maximum ships: 500
Computer players: None
Neutral empires: No
Version: 1.78 (gold patch 2)

The game owner will start the game and will tune every race with one sentence that refers to the home planet where the race originated from.
Every race will have a partner race, which originated from the same planet: your team-mate (random) N.b. you can only win as a team!!
Because all races are scattered over the map, you have to find your partner.
The game owner will design a map and put all players somewhere on the map (taking in account the different team players), this will prevent random placement of each player/team-mates.

Further Rules:
- Maximum alignment with non-team mates: Trade Alliances!
- Intel is on
- No computer or neutral players
- No Ancient race Trait!!
- Max 100 mines per sector

Sparhawk

Note: Please reserve your place through a reply here on this forum, because we had some problem with players in homecoming 1 and 2.

[Gandalph]

Being a participant in Homecoming 1 & 2, I can only see 2 things.
1) Some partners were too close. I currently know every body but my partner, who happens to be the one that quit, and there are 2 races already partnered. They are on either side of me. As I have only explored about 1/4 of the map, I have to wonder how these 2 got so close.

2) I know there is no way too get a 100% guarantee of no quitters, but this is an important issue in a team game.

[Stone Mill]

Gandalph, it will be frightening when you do meet your partner. Your stats are awesome. Looks like you have come a long way in PBW games.

Cheeze, don't worry about your partner. I may release them from the subjection treaty eventually.

And finally- meeting your partner is not everything. There are some definite newbies in the mix... and some players are more enthusiastic and helpful than others. But that part is the random partner factor. You may have to work with an international partner; and find that your communications were not as clear as you thought they were...