<center><font size=7>Dominus Transcendi</font>
or
<font size=4>The Lord of the Transcenders</font></center>
(Disclaimer: the Latin purists among you will, I'm sure, forgive me for the intentionally incorrect declension of Transcendi - assuming such a word existed in Latin in the first place )
This is the moment you've all been waiting for, the Race to Transcendence duel between Velociryx and Zsozso ! I have been working on a map, which is pretty much complete now. I did my best to make the locations as similar as possible, but there are some differences, especially in Fungus, special resources and Unity Pod coverage (although the number of these is roughly the same on the starting continents).
I will now prepare the scenario setup, and send the save to the players and let them fight it out. May the best Transcendi win !
For reference, here's the <a href="http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum12/HTML/000589.html">initial discussion thread</a>.
Reminder of world parameters
- Fully customized map, Large size, with two roughly identical big main continents, and a series of small islands
- Weak erosion, Average life forms, Average precipitations
- Some special landmark tiles have been placed on the continents, and there are the same number of each for both players
- Fungus, rockiness and unity pods/special resources have been randomized
- Look first ON, Blind research OFF, Spoils of war OFF, Tech stagnation OFF, Unity survey OFF, Random events OFF
- Each factions starts with 4 colony pods, 4 scouts and 4 formers, plus 200 energy credits
Game rules
- SMAC patch 4 game, UoP vs UoP, no AI
- The only victory allowed is Trancencance (obviously)
- It is not acceptable to build a strong military to destroy one's opponent since this would reduce the game to a conquest feat, and that's not the purpose of this challenge
- Small scale military interventions are authorized of course.
- No diplomacy until in-game contact made
Note: One of the players has been assigned the Hive slot, and therefore will have blue units and Hive base designs, and will look like Yang, but it's still UoP.
That's about it... If I forgot anything, or if you have comments, please post your suggestions and other remarks below !
A thread will be created on the Multiplayer forum for the game's administrative maintenance.
Aredhran
Dominus Transcendi CMN
PS: If there's enough interest for it, I can turn this into a Forum-wide tournament. Candidates will be matched in pairs, and when everyone has fought one match, I can create a second map for the next round. If you like the idea, post below...
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Aredhran (edited January 08, 2000).]</font>
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Aredhran (edited March 12, 2000).]</font>
or
<font size=4>The Lord of the Transcenders</font></center>
(Disclaimer: the Latin purists among you will, I'm sure, forgive me for the intentionally incorrect declension of Transcendi - assuming such a word existed in Latin in the first place )
This is the moment you've all been waiting for, the Race to Transcendence duel between Velociryx and Zsozso ! I have been working on a map, which is pretty much complete now. I did my best to make the locations as similar as possible, but there are some differences, especially in Fungus, special resources and Unity Pod coverage (although the number of these is roughly the same on the starting continents).
I will now prepare the scenario setup, and send the save to the players and let them fight it out. May the best Transcendi win !
For reference, here's the <a href="http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum12/HTML/000589.html">initial discussion thread</a>.
Reminder of world parameters
- Fully customized map, Large size, with two roughly identical big main continents, and a series of small islands
- Weak erosion, Average life forms, Average precipitations
- Some special landmark tiles have been placed on the continents, and there are the same number of each for both players
- Fungus, rockiness and unity pods/special resources have been randomized
- Look first ON, Blind research OFF, Spoils of war OFF, Tech stagnation OFF, Unity survey OFF, Random events OFF
- Each factions starts with 4 colony pods, 4 scouts and 4 formers, plus 200 energy credits
Game rules
- SMAC patch 4 game, UoP vs UoP, no AI
- The only victory allowed is Trancencance (obviously)
- It is not acceptable to build a strong military to destroy one's opponent since this would reduce the game to a conquest feat, and that's not the purpose of this challenge
- Small scale military interventions are authorized of course.
- No diplomacy until in-game contact made
Note: One of the players has been assigned the Hive slot, and therefore will have blue units and Hive base designs, and will look like Yang, but it's still UoP.
That's about it... If I forgot anything, or if you have comments, please post your suggestions and other remarks below !
A thread will be created on the Multiplayer forum for the game's administrative maintenance.
Aredhran
Dominus Transcendi CMN
PS: If there's enough interest for it, I can turn this into a Forum-wide tournament. Candidates will be matched in pairs, and when everyone has fought one match, I can create a second map for the next round. If you like the idea, post below...
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Aredhran (edited January 08, 2000).]</font>
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Aredhran (edited March 12, 2000).]</font>
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