a coupla more thoughts: 1) If the head-to-head can be "fixed," or, really, brought to the current state of the art with Windows XP (or whatever) and the...
My objection to mirror maps is that, after you have explored your half of the map, you also know exactly where your opponents cities are and what his islands...
... turn when they have time during the day and this scales to any number of players.<<<< How can that work if A, B and C are in contact with each other? I...
I have a network setup here and I have managed to get 4 player on the game at one time. That is a great way to play this game!! If we could do this over the...
... Hi All, I still play Strategic Conquest. I love the bombers! This is the number one thing I would love to see in Empire deluxe. It's so much fun to...
Hi Most projects start with a lot of enthusiasm and die quickly because of the enormity of the task. To just be able to replace the missing bits and assembler...
Andrew Platfoot
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Jan 2, 2003 2:57 am
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Andrew, I defintely do not wish to bite off more than I can chew. That is why I came up with the Ancient and Enhanced Editions. I have no intention of adding...
I believe that it would be a serious mistake for Mark to turn the upgrade of ED into a community project. It is the dispersal of the rights that has delayed...
I would like to see the following implemented: Personal color preferences. Meaning, I decide what color my and my opponents troops are...and my opponent...
... I am not sure I understand your question, but I think the answer is that they don't email each other. When they play their turn, they connect to the...
Combat in turn based games might be too different from the classic empire for some's taste. And I'm not sure I would want it. For instance, if player 1 has...
... nearly ... Keep in mind, though, that with internet and modem play now the 'norm', PbEM has fallen by the way-side in many developers' minds. It's a bit of...
I would think so, but you can always back up your player history and restore it if you're into those things. There are also some third-party utilities through...
... I used to play VGA Planets, which I've heard is something like Stars. And yes, it is slow...but I used to play pbms before (play by snail-mails). Some...
Well, the point of 'mirror maps' is really the 'deathmatch' idea. Both sides start off equally, and with equal knowledge of the world around them. The...
Personally I've never felt there was any "deathmatch" aspect to a mirror map. All that happens is a great rush towards the middle and then whoever figures out...
... whoever ... And that's pretty much the definition of a deathmatch, nae? Everyone on equal footing, total emphasis on the fight to the death? Neale Davidson...
... Having played my share of doom deathmatches I have to disagree 8) Tourney seems about running like crazy towards the middle and seed as much you can on...
So we've reduced the definition of a deathmatch to who can get the most units someplace the fastest? Sounds like a racing game to me. A deathmatch should...
I have to disagree with your position that mirror maps do not require much skill, Woodcock. If exploration is off, all players are on equal footing and know...
I have to agree that the tournament victory conditions seem to create more of a race aspect to the game. Then again, the race to expand is a big part of every...
I have eventually lost in games where I had over 50% of the cities early in the game by devoting my production to transports, armies and destroyers and...
... Oh, I think I'm very much in the minority position within the Empire community. I don't know *why* people don't want the challenge, but to each his own. ...
According to the strategy guide the computer AI will offer surrender under the following conditions: - There is only one human player remaining. - There is...
I think the "island games", to use a phrase, are perhaps more subject to this than the big massive continent games. ============================= Steven...
Seems I read over your example. Which post was that? ... _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail...
... Perhaps only the starting position as such should be mirrored for each player, and the start continent and perhaps nearby land, but then the rest of the ...
It was a while back, but it's easy enough to copy and paste: "This will be hard since whatever algorithm is used for compare the starting positions will have...
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