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91 days, 4 hours, 39 minutes ago
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86 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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Hi players,

I see only part of the cluster like with Explore Map. But this add-on wasn't mentioned in the game description. I overlooked something?

Best regards, Emork
86 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes ago
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ejensen
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Yes, me too. I see only a small circle of planets, which is, as far as I know, not what I signed up for.
Annoying. :(
86 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes ago
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sakawa
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buffff i thought I was getting "loco" (crazy). Same here!!!! Noooooooooooooooo :-))

The forces are against us! :-))))
86 days, 15 hours, 47 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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I told Joshu about it. For this game I have nothing against using explore map. With the current settings it's without significant effect anyway. You can see much too far.
86 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes ago
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joshua
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Hi Guys new Commander games have PlanetScanRange = 400. It should be mentioned on the settings, but we're redesigning the game screen and it hasn't been updated yet. 

You are not on a tiny map, you're in your own little bubble. 


86 days, 14 hours, 42 minutes ago
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sants
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It is always interesting to test new improvements on the game. Let's play!!
86 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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Hi players,

we could help to validate this change to commander games. I ask myself if I will have to make decisions where the limited sight gets relevant. The limitation is not big so I assume it is not very relevant. I'll see and I'll be happy if you share your opinions.

I often played with explore map in older days. The fun with our settings was that we had a much lower scan range, e.g. 100 LJ for unowned and 10 LJ for owned planets. So you really had to search planets which led to new tactics.
86 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes ago
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kukala
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Ah..so this is where our game went to...:)
86 days, 5 hours, 11 minutes ago
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jomamasfat
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Oh, Lawrence! This is the happiest day of my life! I think my testicles are dropping!
85 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes ago
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jomamasfat
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I sent a message to our two missing comrades instead they missed the conversation in the other system thread.  Hopefully they still want to play.


I wrote this as a new message, not an edit, so people would see the update.
80 days, 2 hours, 1 minutes ago
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jomamasfat
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Did everyone start with no ships, 1 planet, 1 starbase?

I'm asking because I started with that configuration, but then on turn two I suddenly had the ship I build, plus an MDSF.  I figured I had just forgotten about the MDSF since the first turn is played so fast, but I just checked the time machine and sure enough I didn't have it that turn.  I've now been experiencing weird issues with that MDSF like it not making moves or transferring cargo.  I'm wondering if there is some kind of bug. 
79 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes ago
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sakawa
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Same as me. 1 Planet, 1 starbase and on turn 2 the MDSF.
79 days, 15 hours, 47 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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I had the MDSF in turn 1.

All races but Klingons, Robots and Borgs had a second planet in turn 3. So I assume they all had the MDSF in turn 1.

P.S.: Sorry for you, guys. Of course this is a little disadvantage.

79 days, 12 hours, 17 minutes ago
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jomamasfat
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No big deal, it's something I can catch up from.  I just want to report it as a bug so Joshua can take a look and keep it from happening to others if it wasn't by design.
77 days, 4 hours, 58 minutes ago
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ejensen
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Its a bit stupid playing with this map change when the storms give it away.

Also, it pisses me off :)
75 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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I agree. And if you have hyperjumpers you know very quick where you are exactly. But I would say it doesn't hurt to use explore map. It adds a little more interesting information to the first turns.
52 days, 16 hours, 20 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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Chances are high that we reach the ship limit with all players on board. That's really great!
It's the first game for me where this would happen.
43 days, 14 hours, 43 minutes ago
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neil raskatovich
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Hey dudes, there have been many scaramousses from the beginning. This looks like to be a very shake'it-baby match.
43 days, 12 hours, 54 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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Hey dude,

just for your info: I'm no native english/american native speaker and I don't understand a word of your last message.
43 days, 12 hours, 10 minutes ago
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neil raskatovich
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That is whay I got with googletranslator (I am not native English either !)

scaramusses=  Scharmützel
Shake'it-baby match=munteres Spiel
43 days, 11 hours, 53 minutes ago
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kukala
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Ok, I've cross checked with a few translation sites.  I think he is saying something along the lines of:

There's been lots of early conflict and the game is proving to be quiet lively or entertaining.

Being on the receiving end of Neil's early conflict, I do agree with him. :)

43 days, 8 hours, 20 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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Neil, thx for the translation. I stopped trying because I didn't find "scaramousses" (spelled shlighty different in your explanation). Also thanks to Kukala.

I totally agree, it's great fun up to now. 
34 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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*** Rebel assault fleet to Rebel headquarter ***

Bad news: Our spies were wrong. The Death Star wasn't a unique project. The Evil Emipre has started up series production!!!

Good news: Our fleet was just strong enough to destroy the defending Death Stars and the nearby production center. We hope for a significant psychological effect as this planet was the origin of all Evil. More people will dare to join the rebellion.

*** End of transmission ***
 

23 days, 9 hours, 11 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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This was my best senior game experience ... up to now. I hope that Zart has at least a good reason to drop in second place and without a word. Such a behaviour was very rare in the old days of planets.
23 days, 8 hours, 13 minutes ago
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neil raskatovich
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I do agree, lets ask for a replacement
21 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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As the Crystal is still in second place his position is offered on the official replacement board. I could additionally advertise the open slot in the forums. Agreed?
21 days, 17 hours, 4 minutes ago
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sants
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Perfect.
21 days, 16 hours, 16 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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Done.

http://planets.nu/discussion/open-crystal-in-second-place-of-senior-game

20 days, 8 hours, 17 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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Welcome deadeye!
20 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes ago
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deadeye
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hey emork we meet again ... always good to play against the top players .hopefully I can give you a good battle. deadeye
17 days, 5 hours, 44 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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Hey deadeye, I hear your natives celebrating your arrival. They were short from getting Borg.
17 days, 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
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deadeye
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hey emork Looks like you own most of the universe . can you spare a few planets for poor old deadeye . :)
14 days, 18 hours, 0 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
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Of course, deadeye! In the past the Rebels have made a research journey in the territory north of you. We haven't found intelligent lifeforms there. So according to interstellar conduct this area is free to colonize. Go there and be happy. Rebels feel comfy in the south ... the relaxed lifestye fits our people.

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