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udo
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2006 13:38
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Don't normally write on forums even though I read 'em, but you guys seem interested in figuring out how to get and keep new players, well I'm new to the server, first round, so here's what *one* person in your target group thinks...
Under 3 months is a short game, don't over complicate things or you might as well play alien assault traders, work on the economy you don't really need to earn 1*10^15 credits in the first few days to make the game interesting, it's usually the lack of money that makes people creative
Race wars sounds interesting I'd like to try that especially to get the training but wouldn't want to play that way all the time
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david1
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2006 21:45
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<!--QuoteBegin--xpanding_con+April 17 2006,08:56--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (xpanding_con @ April 17 2006,08:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Kyp et al<br>How about a delayed start for the best players.<br>Say the top 10 people of the last round, start a day or 2 later then everyone else?<br>This would give the less experienced players a chance to start and make the top 10 players work harder for a victory.<br>I know it could be gotten around, with 2 different accounts etc but just an idea to put into the pot.<br>XP<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br>i can start a round 10 day late ... (did so a few rounds ago) and ended up in top 5 <!--emo&:P--><img src="http://www.outpost10f.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/ton.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':P'><!--endemo--> ... getting experienced playrs to start later makes no difference .. well to me it doesnt
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david1
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2006 21:59
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<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->You said you wanted to make 8000 sectors because you saw how easy it was for XZ to get scans of 4000 sectors. Believe me it wasn't easy, it was an organized grueling process that several people committed a lot of effort to. They didn't even get to scan the last 1000. If you think adding 3000 sectors eliminates him being able to get a galaxy scan then you're wrong. He will just get a few extra scouters or spend more time scanning. Any one can do it with a few friends in a few hours. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>I know. easy as pie.<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--> to help are going to find it harder to play the game because they can't find anyone to attack. All players overall can't find anyone to attack, thus making the game 67.5% more boring. If anything you should reduce the amount of sectors, due to lower amount of players as of late.<br><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>Liek i said.. galaxy size should be proportonate to planet size... bigger galaxy smaller planets. makes sence to any ordinary person!!!<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->People complained about the high interest rate so you changed it? People have complained every single round about the rates being off, so why would you think this round would have been different?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>I dont care about the rates, i care about him doing the fatefull thing of hanging the rules half way through the game. next round no matter WHAT you should <font color="red"><b>never</font></b> change anything otherwise is unadvanteous to newcommers. stick to the rules you start with.<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><br>No attacking during the first week is also something that helps the "experienced" players more than the noobs.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>if you do this again,. get everyone to pre-register, therfore everyone gets to take adnavdage of this, and not just the ones who get online the first day<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><br>Call me childish all you want<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br><sub><i>takes advantage</i></sub> Childish <!--emo&:(--><img src="http://www.outpost10f.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('><!--endemo--><br><br><!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><br>There will be no switching teams, so the big names will be stuck with the new guys, and be forced to train them, to help them<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>my idea... should be forced upon them.<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><br>I was a noob once, we were all noobs once<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br><font color="red"><b>Denies</b></font><br><br>thats all i need to say <!--emo&:(--><img src="http://www.outpost10f.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('><!--endemo--><br><br><b><i>RACE WARS </i></b> rawks hehe. IF there was 2 nOObs for every 1 experienced player ... that would be fun. get more otfers involved lol<br><br><b>XZ</b>
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seele01
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# Posted: 19 Apr 2006 06:29
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So anyway, another round of race wars would be good, especially if it assigned players to races randomly and hiding how many each group has until the day. As long as it keeps the numbers equal is all that matters.
And to assist players who join later, how about disabling the buying of turns until day 4 or otherwise limit it to 800 turns 2nd day, 1600 3rd day and 2400 4th day and then leave it at that. This means the players who join up right away don't get much of a head start.
Lastly, Is it even possible to have a variable interest rate. Base it on the highest players in the game and give those who have lower scores higher interest. I know this would probably be hard to code but its a thought.
Anyway, just thought i'd add my 2 cents.
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kingbob
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# Posted: 19 Apr 2006 11:12
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wow i havent read the forum for ages!  i wont say much but i like the idea of race war, but i think it would be better to keep the settings how they were, when i started playing i didnt get any advantages over any over players why should they?. last i would like to know when the reset is... 
freter
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brian_layne
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2006 10:51
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Yeah I know this round hasn't been long, but in reality it's over. there's too many level 53's.
By the way, I was recently destroyed by 20,000,000,000 torps on a planet. There torps were at 52. my torps were 50, sheilds 50, armor 50, and comp 52. What did I do wrong? I'm out of this round anyways now, obviously, but would like to know for future reference. (sofa'd about an hour to get torps that low, they had no energy or fighters.)
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darth5vader
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2006 18:20
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I just wanted to know, when will i get my verify code?
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seele01
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2006 19:48
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Brian, you gotta have your torps and armour at at least the same level to take a planet. Fighters and torps still work without energy, energy is only used for beams and shields on the planet.
Darth, I think there is a problem when sending the verification code to aol adresses and it takes 3 days I think before it arrives. Next round you may like to get a free hotmail account or something so you can get your code quicker.
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brian_layne
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2006 20:00
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lol, welll I'm not quite that stupid. My point was all the planet had was torps. I know that fighters and torps don't need energy . But thanks, I didn't know that you had to have the same level, I thought since I had more torps, armor, energy, etc. I could take it. Thanks for help
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seele01
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# Posted: 21 Apr 2006 03:14
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Yep, its a little annoying and can be quite close. When attacking Xpanding planets that had 48 mill torps left, despite have level 54 everything I still came out with 44 points of armour. 5 more torps and I would be dead.
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brian_layne
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# Posted: 21 Apr 2006 09:33
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I guess it shows you the value of "eery little bit helps"
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kingbob
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# Posted: 25 Apr 2006 11:39
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This round is finished and it has been for a long time now... please can you reset it soon? or at least a date... anything would be nice! 
freter
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radas7
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2006 07:19
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yes reset
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methos
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# Posted: 3 May 2006 12:05
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I will be ending the game at 15:00 EST Saturday and resetting on Sunday evening at 6 EST. The settings will be lowered back to more reasonable rates. Not as low as the old rounds but lower than this one so we don't run into the cap again. We hope to find a good balance in the next couple of rounds.
Kyp
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radas7
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# Posted: 3 May 2006 23:14
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very thanks for reset for seetting yes this games is very very quikly need games more low
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kingbob
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# Posted: 7 May 2006 02:04
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thanks for the reset,
but have you got any idea what time that is in Britain? 
all these time zones confuse me!
thanks freter
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methos
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# Posted: 7 May 2006 07:41
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Freter unless my memory fails I think Britain is 5 hours ahead of EST so that would be 11 PM for you folks .
Kyp
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kingbob
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# Posted: 7 May 2006 09:56
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i wont be able to get on that late 
could you do something with the turns so the people who joined first dont get to much of a head start? just a thought...
freter
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strongmad
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# Posted: 7 May 2006 15:46
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almost 7 est.... maybe i'm just impatient.... probably... ya....
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methos
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# Posted: 7 May 2006 16:41
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Sorry folks had a slight emergency. Game is reset. Settings this time around are more normal somewhat. 6000 sectors, still have high amount of turns which I am keeping, but lower interest rates for planets and IGB. Still slightly higher than the old rounds but no where near the crazy amounts as last round 
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xmtg27
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# Posted: 7 May 2006 22:02
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How long is the no attacking thing going on this round... 
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methos
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# Posted: 8 May 2006 00:01
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Like I said before I am keeping this No Attacking option during the first week in the game for the forseeable future. I think it does make things a little more fair as it gives everyone a chance to get started. If your wise and don't group all your planets close together, with 6000 sectors you should be able to have planets all over the place and make it almost impossible to loose everything for a couple of weeks.
Kyp
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seele01
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# Posted: 8 May 2006 06:12
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<!--QuoteBegin--methos+May 08 2006,00:01--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (methos @ May 08 2006,00:01)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->with 6000 sectors<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Ummm... Did you forget to set this to 6,000, because its still set at 8,000 sectors??<br><br>Also, what is the limit for credits in the IGB this round??
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kingbob
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# Posted: 8 May 2006 08:03
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is it just me or are the igb intrest rates higher than planets??? 10 times bigger in fact! grifes igb banking is working for him  well done
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brian_layne
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# Posted: 8 May 2006 08:57
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Ooo, that like majorly stinks, I didn't know there was no attacking so I've already started defences...
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methos
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# Posted: 8 May 2006 14:16
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Err...oops? ....I was half asleep when I made the changes. I changed the sectors in the reset but forgot to change it in the config file. So for this round we are stuck with 8000 sectors as it would require a reset to change it at this point. The IGB and planet interest has been corrected. I forgot to add and extra 0 in the IGB amount
Kyp
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xmtg27
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# Posted: 8 May 2006 17:14
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lol, that sucks. i was wondering how two players with less than 25 mill col. were gaining so much when i have a full planet...
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seele01
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# Posted: 8 May 2006 18:47
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well at least I put my money in the IGB long enough to get me into 3rd, guess its back onto the planets now. Would anyone really complain about a reset this early to set things right?? I know I could have used a break in between rounds anyway.
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krillen488
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# Posted: 8 May 2006 19:14
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i wouldn't complain about a reset with a 3 day break or so to allow people to rest up and get a bit of a break lol
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kingbob
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# Posted: 8 May 2006 23:26
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ummm look at the rankings *cough* suzuki90 *cough*
322,554 Command CWO suzuki90 4,058 2006-05-08 20:03:23 0 Rebel Wife Beaters 79 0
how could he get 322,554 score with 4,058 turns? can you check to see if it a multi? or he could of got lucky and found Dookie... "Dookie was killed in an accident," "Dookie's Empire now has 100 Million colonists" maybe he is dookie's multi...
anyway please look into that thanks,
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