PBW "newbie game"

[The_General]

Hey folks, just read the Posts and will stop sending turns in on NewbieII game, and DragonLord, I will get in on your game. I'm also working on a game. It will be called "King of the Cosmos". Not finished yet with the custom map and AI designs. Once finished, the goal is for the players to work they're way thru the cosmos against other players, AI, and system traps to take control of a single sphereworld. No intellegence, warp weapons, cloaking, killing off of AI or other players. I'll try to get it finished soon.

[Phoenix-D]

Uh, Dragon, isn't that ship limit kinda low? Considering the fleets that were being thrown around in Newbie 1, let alone 2..

I just hit "finished" for each race in Newbie 2. That SHOULD end the game.

Phoenix-D

[Dragonlord]

Phoenix, yes I'm a bit worried about that ship limit too now. But I don't think there's a way to change it now, short of scrapping the game and creating a new one?
Then again, so far in none of my PBW games have I had more than 200 ships in play, I wouldn't be able to support it. And given the map used for Spiralus, unless you have real bad luck, you shouldn't need more than two fleets to defend your borders.

Also, do you know what the Statistics display on the game admin screen is for exactly? does that function work? I checked all the checkboxes (except for Intel) just in case, so you can keep tabs on how your allies are doing.

[Phoenix-D]

Haven't seen the stats stuff myself.

As for changing the game settings- you do that in SE4. The PBW description is just text, you have to set everything up in SE4 then submit the first turn. Don't forget the password!

Phoenix-D

[Dragonlord]

Great, I will up the unit limit to 2500 and the ship limit to 500 or so. How exactly do I distribute the first turn? All I have now is a Spiralus.gam file. Does a button get enabled on the PBW site or such, when we have 7 players?

BTW we are doing nicely, we already have 4 out of 7 players within hours. If you know any good players from other games you are in, especially ones who roleplay well and don't always wait to the Last minute for turn uploads, please invite them to this game. I already convinced "Shoujo" from another game to join.
Once we get started I think I'll start another thread on this forum so we can discuss our game here. I think Shrapnel is faster and easier to use than the forums on PBW, and I check here every day anyway.
Besides I don't think people would mind, we know some of them even follow this thread even though they weren't in any of the Newbie games.

[Dragonlord]

Just took a look, it appears I can't open up the game I created and edit it, I'd have to re-create it with the same settings except for the unit/ship limit. No problem.

If I have to do that anyway, are there any other changes desired? I'm in doubt about score display, either allied or all. "All" has it's pro's and con's, but with intel turned off maybe that would compensate a bit.

Bear in mind that on this map you are less likely to be dealing with 5 neighbors at the same time (like we did in the Letharg game, Shoujo), so comm channels become more valuable as trade items. Being centrally located will give you the benefit of multiple trade treaties to grow quickly, but will make you a target later on as people have to pass through you to get to the other side of the galaxy.

I am using a map that I once generated in the random generator and liked so much that I saved it. Yes, that gives me the advantage of knowing the map beforehand, but I'm ancient race anyway so I don't think it matters.

[Phoenix-D]

You don't need to remake the game, just post a news item with the changes. None of what you set is final!

Phoenix-D