So the only thing we need to resolve is the game length? do we want a end date? and if so how long?

sk

Flying Aces-

Kewlbreeze
Zep
Zip
Trader Vic
Tracker
Iron Ranger

StarKillers-

Star Killer
Astrochimp
CBYnot
Pestilence
Tweety
Trahern

the edit I 1st posted was not set up for what zip and I agreed to. (IE sectors turns ports etc...) I will be posting the corrected edit when I have it done.

sk

Here is now the final edit that Zip and I agreed on. Please make sure TBH gets it. was created on a V1 server.





sk

What time is extern/maintenance/midnight gonna be for the tournament? Will it be the same as it is on TBH server right now (midnight and extern happen at different times, I think)? Our corp was maybe thinking about asking him to change it so at least they both happen at the same time... would Flying Aces be open to that, or you guys want to keep it as-is?

Extern is usually set to 12:00 midnight, server time

I think BH is in EST. I'm not asking him to bang two separate games so you can check his game settings. The twa is already set for MBBS, I'll note that to him.
Look we can't stamp out a game. Nothing is or should be EXACTLY what your practicing on. We agreed on settings and they were satisfactory to both of us.
After that, at some point you have to say, "play the game".

agreed!

Nobody asked you to to ask TBH to bang two separate games.

Star Killer posted the TWA above, so there should be no confusion.



Yeah the TWA SHOULD be exactly the same, except for the seed, as agreed beforehand. Any settings that aren't possible to specify in the TWA (e.g. extern time) should be agreed as well, and set manually by the SysOp.

What is so difficult about this? TBH just takes the latest TWA posted to this forum, changes the seed, and bangs it. What could be easier than that?

Consider me out of the tournament until both teams agree to the TWA. If it's not the one Star Killer posted last, make your changes, and upload a new one. What's the problem? I'm tired of wasting practice time.

We have agreed on a twa. about a week ago. We agreed on the settings. Now your quitting? I don't understand. BH can either make those settings or use the twa. It's the same game man!

Our corp did not agree to the TWA posted a week ago. When we downloaded it and tried it, we found that some of the settings were incorrect (e.g number of sectors, port density, etc). That's why Star Killer posted another TWA to this thread on January 22nd, 2014 (about 4 days ago). That's the one we thought was finally agreed on. Now you want to go back to the previous TWA, which our corp has not agreed upon. What's wrong with the one posted four days ago?

(Edit: Star Killer just told me you might not know this: When you change the seed, it changes the warps and other things like the location of stardock without changing any other settings in the TWA.)



Look, that's fine as long as it's guaranteed to be the same as the TWA Star Killer posted (except for the seed, which decides the layout of the universe and warps). The easiest way to do that is to actually use the exact same TWA, and just change the seed so the warps are different. If TBH wants to start with Vic's edit and make those changes manually instead, you're right that's up to him, as long as the result is the same. I just think the easiest way to agree on the settings and make sure there is no confusion is to give the SysOp the exact TWA as close as possible, so he doesn't have to make many manual changes.

I guess I was just misunderstanding you. I didn't understand why you wouldn't use the TWA as posted. But if you're saying it will be the same except for the seed, that's fine with me.

Holey cow!

Just put the settings in a blender and mix well, open the game and everyone has exactly the same opportunity to play a game from day one without knowing any of the settings.

I agree

I would like to ask people who are not actively playing this trouney to keep their comments to themselves. thank you

sk

So what I am going to do is pull the TWA from here, change the sector seed, bang and post. I will not alter any other settings in the TWA itself.

As for the issue of Extern. I will move extern time to match server time for this tournament. I am in Seattle so Pacific Time. So Extern will be 12 am PST or 3 am Eastern.