Gmail Invites for you (Tactical Combat Tourney)

[Suicide Junkie]

I've got some gmail invites!

I'd also like to do some IRC tactical combat <img src="http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif" alt="" />
So how about a little tactical combat tourney?

Suggestions on rules and settings are welcome.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

What's gmail?

[Fyron]

http://gmail.google.com/

You may return to you cheese-rock now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif j/k Hmm... there is no cheese emoticon. David, how could you forget Narf??? I mean, you have "shrooms" (generally refering to a psychadelic substance... :P), but no cheese?

[Suicide Junkie]

http://gmail.com
Its google's webmail service.

Fleet Setup A:
1 scanner escort - reveal enemy ship stats from range 6
2 PD frigates - only ships with PD. Armed with Meson BLasters.
1 DUC destroyer - only ship with phased shields
1 Cloaked LC - invisible to enemy, can't fire until decloaked. Armed with Meson BLasters.
1 PPB cruiser - Great against anything but the destroyer. Level 1 PPBs
1 CSM battleship - long range firepower
1 Large transport - unarmed troop transport to defend.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Ah. Advertising tactic.

[David E. Gervais]

Holy Cheese Batman... that was/is a cheesy hint.

but cheesy is good, so I will try to make a cheese graemlin.

Cheese! oops, I mean Cheers! :P

[AMF]

Are they finally getting it going? I asked for an account months ago....



Suicide Junkie said:
I've got some gmail invites!

I'd also like to do some IRC tactical combat http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
So how about a little tactical combat tourney?

Suggestions on rules and settings are welcome.

[Suicide Junkie]

Its a big friend-of-a-friend signup scheme.

As far as I know, random existing accounts are given the chance to invite new people every now and then.

I got mine from the tech support guys at my Last job, and now I'm spreading it to the SE4 community http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Will]

Ooh, can I get one? It seems like everyone but me has been getting an invite lately http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

And is that fleet for SEIV? I thought cloaking was only for strategic movement, not combat...

--edit: remembered just as I hit "continue"... wmorrell AT usc PERIOD edu

[geoschmo]

Will said:
And is that fleet for SEIV? I thought cloaking was only for strategic movement, not combat...


It's easy when you have one guy (SJ) controlling both sides doing the actual combat and relaying Messages via IRC. You simply don't tell Player A about Player B's cloaked ships.

EDIT: I probably should have said "possible" instead of "easy". Since it's probably a lot of work for SJ, I don't know that easy is the correct word to use there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Yep!
And I also won't tell you the shields/component status of the enemy ship unless you have the scanner escort in range of them http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

You get to know:
- Location of non-cloaked ships
- Firing actions, movements.
- Anything about your own ships.
- Details of one enemy ship per turn if it is within 6 of your scanner escort.

Default Ship Configuration and Stats:
http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/nick/tempstuff/irctac/

[se5a]

I have never done anything like this, sounds fun!

and I sure wouldent mind a gmail addy http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Ok, send me some times when you'd be able to play.

Same for will and alarikf.

With just 3, we could do a round-robin thing, with one point for each surviving ship.

[Will]

Well that's a lot of work for SJ then, but sounds fun for the rest of us http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Probably the best time would be evenings, starting in around a week. School is just starting now, so I should get a better idea of what times I'll have available later.

[Will]

And you can pass the Gmail invite off to someone else. I just got one! w00t! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Urendi Maleldil]

What is Gmail, any way? It sounds just like regular email. What's so awesome about it?

[se5a]

what is Gmail? '1 gig'

I should be free any time in the weekend. or evinings after 1800 NZ time. - comes to 0600 GMT, 0200 EST(I think).

[Will]

Well, the big advertising point to begin with was the 1gb of storage. But it also uses the google searching algorithm with your email, so you can easily find old Messages, etc., Groups Messages by label instead of folder (a message can have multiple labels), filtering options, etc. It's really cool so far http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

It's still an e-mail system.

[Suicide Junkie]

Will said:
And you can pass the Gmail invite off to someone else. I just got one! w00t! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

You can still play for fun if you want http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Will]

I probably will play. It'll just take a while, especially since I was just elected as the Public Relations rep for an organization on campus... so much happening all at once.

[Tanus]

That 1 Gb would be nice... forever running out of space in hotmail :p

[Atrocities]

If you get any more invites to join the Gmail beta, please let me know. Thanks. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Fyron]

Tanus said:
That 1 Gb would be nice... forever running out of space in hotmail :p

Your solution is mail.yahoo.com . 100 MB inbox... and is available now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

I've got 3 available for people here.

[TerranC]

Suicide Junkie said:
I've got 3 available for people here.



Ooh! Ooh! Can I have one? I'll make you anything you want for it, as long as anything you want happen to be DoGA-made graphics. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

I just wanna run some IRC/IM tactical combat http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/nick/tempstuff/irctac/

[Renegade 13]

I might be available to play sometime next week, starting Monday. If you want to wait that long...

[Ahmo]

Been looking for a way to get into gmail, how do I get an invite?

[Tanus]

I'd love an invite if you've got some to spare. I'll even make you some killer fudge brownies /threads/images/Graemlins/icon05.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Will]

Ahmo said:
Been looking for a way to get into gmail, how do I get an invite?



You ask someone who has some invites http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Ahmo said:
Been looking for a way to get into gmail, how do I get an invite?

Someone already signed up sends you an special invite email.

What times would you be able to play in this tactical combat tourney?

[Suicide Junkie]

We should start this soon. Sometime this week if possible.