Nato Unravelled

[Googlie]

2105 on big_canuk's xdrive

[big_canuk]

05 and 06 to Misotu

[Tau Ceti]

None taken. 2105 to Googlie.

[Misotu]

2106 to Tau

[Tau Ceti]

2106 to Googlie. NA2 is nowhere to be seen.

[Googlie]

2106 to BC via XD

(Mis, didn't he send both at the same time - his post above indicates that)

G.

[big_canuk]

NU1, 2106 sent to Mis. NU2, 2106 resent, just in case.

[Misotu]

Sorry gang - I had played and sent NU1, then got hit with a really tedious RL crisis and didn't get back to the PC until this morning My fault, not BigC's.

[Misotu]

2107 is finally off to Tau, with humble apologies to all for messing up several times this week ...

[Googlie]

2107 loaded on the xdrive for big_canuk

[big_canuk]

2107 to Misotu

[Misotu]

2108 off to Tau.

[Tau Ceti]

2108 to Googlie.

[Googlie]

We may have the same problem that we have encountered in Chiron Winter I and AXT029 - unstable settings.



We should be on transcend level, yet my SE change costs are 24 credits, indicating librarian level (for the Uni at least)

I've sent the turn on to big_canuk (by e-mail again) on
the offchance we are all Librarian (unlikely) but have e-mailed you all and asked Tau Ceti to contact Basil to walk him thru the CWI/AXT029 problem and solution

G.

[Misotu]

Well ... if we're looking at a re-start, then I think we need to arrive at a concensus on start positions and the kind of game we envisage.

My position is absolutely terrible in this game (again). I wasn't going to raise it separately, but since it looks like we have a serious problem anyway, it's probably worth mentioning.

I wonder whether Basil realised that we wanted to get dug in for a bit and have a *serious* conflict mid to late game? It's just that I don't think that the start positions in either game have been considered in that light and balanced out.

Random start simply won't do for this game - it has to be very carefully balanced or it won't work out right.

I am on an island the size of a tea leaf. One base, that's all I can fit there. That's fine ... I was given a transport foil. But I'm also right beside my pact mate, so I can't expand to his island. And the next land mass is also the size of a tea leaf - literally one-base-sized again

If one or other of the opposing team is not similarly afflicted, then this is a very serious disadvantage in the early game. I have to build a pod, then transport it to another land mass, then send it on its way to the site. In turn advantage terms, it's a disaster.

To be honest, unless we are all playing an aquatic game, I simply don't think that this is the kind of set-up that will lead to a really great game

I wonder whether Basil realised that we were looking for a very *seriously* balanced start position? Like, no-one starts in the jungle ... unless someone on the other side starts in the Flats with the Geothermal Shallows round the corner. For example.

In a team game, balance and start position are extremely important. It's a hard thing to get right, I know, but I'm not sure that our original two starts really achieved it?

Sorry and all that - I don't like to whinge - but I'm looking forward to this game and I'd like to have a really serious challenge between two fairly balanced teams ... not a walkover for one or the other

cheers
Mis