Cheeseball System

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hehe, funny concept indeed!

will be even more funny if I can't find a way to see data on the starmap (ref. latest post in bugs)

This game is going to be a riot!

Going to be interesting to see how many races are wiped out by turn 10/15 or 20. :-)

Joshua posted somewhere else that the kill race feature runs during host so if someone leaves and a replacement jumps in before host run then they are ok to take over the race (as it stands)

It might be worth a section on the help to list the functionality of kill race. I asked a different question about the behviour of kill race in later stages of the game which will determent crystal/priv pl;ayers as all ships are lost instantly, even if they were caught in web/robbed and about to be captured after some hard/cunning planning.

But seriously the more important thing to say is obviously......  who thinks they can give Thinlizzy some of the same treatment he gave the poor borg in the emperor game? ;)

Seems a sensible adjustment Joshua.

Thinking about it more. yes it is more of a problem for crystal/priv players in the mid/end game.

But the original approach of next turn kill race for someone resigning would also hamper any race who was lucky enough to encounter a frieghter early in the game and wanted to steal using ntp etc.

Thanks for the change, nice and fast.

@ Crackpot, Haha.  I don't think it really matters anymore as I really have nothing to hide. :-(

So far in this game I have been severly probed with Dark Sense, Lizard GA'd multiple times, RGA'd x 2, Pillaged x 2 (incl. my HW), HW attacked x 2 and all in the space of 14 turns.  :-((

Still well in the game though.  Now I'm just waiting to be SSD'd, Robbed, Super Spy'd and what the hell, why don't we get some Colonial sweeping in as well. :-)  Any takers? 

Thanks for the offers guys.  I can't wait. :-)

@ Zelrik.  Not complaining at all.  I got real lucky against your attack force and honestly expected to lose my HW to all those ships.

Yes Max Allies -1 means only 2 people can be on the winning team (and get bonus points) at game end. those people could have numerous other share intel agreements with others but those would not benefit in the end game win points.

I have always been uneasy about this as really you can operate a perfectly good alliance using share intel. often people do that until they are ready to formally 'declare'. this can lead to messy situations as descibed in this thread.

However having said that it is feasible for a player to have agreed safe borders with neighbours which leaves them with only one viable expansion route where they are agressive. If that route (and target) is the same as one currnetly targeted by another unconnected alliance it can seem like ganging up.

There is a fine line here as it is strategically beneficial to attack someone already engaged  elsewhere. We also wouldnt want to stop these complex diplomacy discussions but i fnd it hard ot draw the line as inevitably there will be some ganging up in some circumstances.

What is important though is once that target race is defeated those victors should not hapiliy co-exist then all turn against another race in co-ordinated fashion....

Same issue in Cheeseball System where killrace seems to have stopped working?