The Fast Lane - Tracking:

[ChairmanSlick]

This is a 2x2 game between myself and SmackSim.

[ChairmanSlick]

hey smack, i think i'll pick Drones + Cybernetic Consciousness.
This may change depending on what factions you pick and the map settings. Preferably i would like pods on and spoils on, large map-average everything. All vic. conditions. Map visible, random events off.

what u think?

[smacksim]

I'm ready, and back from long days of travelling (1200+ miles). Are you interested in doing a draft format or just casually picking factions? I'm up for either. Against your Drones and Cycon I'd play a Zak-Deirdre or Zak-Yang, or Morgan-anyone.

We could make it more interesting and pick the teams for the other player (no aliens...ych) In that case my first pick for you would be Miriam.

All other parameters are fine. Now we need a CMN...Googlie?

[ChairmanSlick]

u seem to know googlie well, so go ahead and ask him.

I would prefer to pick factions, i don't like the idea of getting random factions. I don't mind doubling up on factions either, ie. you picking one or both the same factions as me.

Picking the other factions seems good to me. I would pick UoP + PK's...

oh, and i changed my mind... i don't want spoils to be on.

that everything??

[ChairmanSlick]

so your picking zak-and the tree hugger?

(btw 12000 miles time to get the car serviced then i guess!)

[smacksim]

Er...1200 miles, not 12000! Yeah, my car is almost as tired as I am.

I PM'd Googlie to see if he'd be willing to set the game up for us. Looking forward to life in the Fast Lane....

-S

[Googlie]

As I leave in a couple of days for my 5 weeks in the UK & Ireland I don't think I could do justice to setting up a decent game for you.

I suggest that you PM Darsnan - he's set up some real doozies for a lot of us and I'm sure he'd be delighted to oblige

Googlie

[smacksim]

Will do. Have a great time away Googlie.

-S

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by Googlie
I suggest that you PM Darsnan - he's set up some real doozies for a lot of us and I'm sure he'd be delighted to oblige

Anyways, why I can set up something for you. Since you are both playing 2 Factions, are you interested in a really tough AI to deal with, to include an SP or two? Also, since none of you are playing a Green Faction, are you interested in me enhancing the 8th Faction with special abilities? Finally, I've seen several comments about world settings in the replies below. When you get the chance, can one of you summarize in a reply what the world settings are, just so that there is no confusion on my part?
I'll start setting up the map tonight (about 8 hours from this post), do any alphax.txt mods to the #UNITS Section as deemed appropriate, and then I'll start playtesting from there. Game should be ready early next week sometime. FYI.


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[smacksim]

Summary:

2x2 game

Chairman Slick: Cycon + Drones
Smack: University + Gaians
3 AI factions: Up to you

Large random average map (perhaps a little more land than strictly average)

Pods, all victories, yes-unity survey, no random events.

Other conditions: The 3 other factions can be any of the original 14. I think Slick and I are pretty comfortable leaving this up to you.

As to souping up the extras, I think Slick and I prefer a normal game for this Fast Lane game. I'm sure we'd both sign up for any such modded game though. There hasn't been a new game posted in a month.

-Smack

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by smacksim
There hasn't been a new game posted in a month.

Maybe their all anxiously awaiting the final release of Aldebaran to be blessed before signing up.....

The only two mods I'm making to the alphax.txt are for cruiser probes to be available with Doc: Init, and a speeder CP to replace two of the three starting CP's for each Faction (I plan on starting each human Faction with 3 CP's and 3 scouts each). FYI.


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[Darsnan]

Originally posted by smacksim
The 3 other factions can be any of the original 14. I think Slick and I are pretty comfortable leaving this up to you.

The 3 AI Factions you will be facing are as follows:

Yang: "Looking forward to personally interfacing with you!"
Lal: "Remember your democratic roots..."
Guardian H'mnee: "Consider: pwnd"


The map and game are progressing well. FYI on your game progress.


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[ChairmanSlick]

sounds great - thanks a lot for this darsnan

[smacksim]

I knew Darsnan couldn't resist modding it

Could you set up a completely normal one too (ie random map and vanilla text)? Maybe Chairman Slick and I can play both...if you have the time.

I'm looking forward to a fast game Chairman

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by smacksim
I knew Darsnan couldn't resist modding it

Personally I don't even consider Googlie's Probe Cruiser line being added to the alpha(x).txt file a mod anymore - it just makes too much sense to me to have it.

Originally posted by smacksim
Could you set up a completely normal one too (ie random map and vanilla text)? Maybe Chairman Slick and I can play both...if you have the time.

When you say vanilla text you mean an unmodded alphax.txt file? I can set up another game this way, but I would be doing this serially, meaning I would finish CMN'ing the current game first, then start work on the next one. I usually have a theme for the games I set up, and I currently have 2 ideas for games, which are as follows:

"C.A.W." (Commit Atrocities Wantonly) starring the Progenitors (note though that I had planned to introduce nerve agent tipped missile to be available with Retroviral Engineering in this game).

"The Library of Alexandria" starring Zak in the leading AI role

Originally posted by smacksim
I'm looking forward to a fast game Chairman

This indeed should be a fast game. One other minor note: I can't get Yang to behave the way that I want, so I am replacing him with Roze. FYI.


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