Nice how i was sitting at the game prompt waiting for the unlim at silverwings to open, and low and behold there is someone in the game cashing as soon as its open, unfortunately they were already red by the time i entered the game, so, to say the least, wtf, someone playing local? fn bs

Come on man.. it's me in there

First: used my NewGame script got to dock dropped cols on the way, bought a ship busted up.. ssm'd. took less than 2mins

Second: bought another Colt, started SST. You just entered game after it was opened.

Third: told you about the server Rule: No attacking Han Solo, went had a snack came back got my Rum.

-- 04/01/23 -- 06:09:34 PM --
Han Solo created a Trading Corp under the name of REBEL APPLiANCE.
-- 04/01/23 -- 06:10:06 PM --
Up Yours posted this universal announcement:
Using SWATH v1.9.8 - Visit http://www.swath.net now!
-- 04/01/23 -- 06:10:15 PM --
Han Solo DESTROYED the planet n  .!

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-- 04/01/23 -- 06:15:47 PM --
Up Yours created a Trading Corp under the name of Masters.
-- 04/01/23 -- 06:19:00 PM --
Up Yours DESTROYED the planet .!
-- 04/01/23 -- 06:47:23 PM --

This is all routine. I only got a couple hors to play.. all you ahd to do was keep your head low until I walked away.

Also. No one is playing local. You just gotta work on your survival skills: Dont lift from dock and expect a bug High-Five for doing a surround. It's war man.. get with the program.

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If you wernt so quick to CBY, I would have told all this in game and given you back you few hard earned millions.. hoping a lesson was learned.

I was sitting at the menu, the game was closed, i entered as soon as it opened, just another reason not to play unlimited games!

Sorry abuot the Editing (and sloppy typing) .... but want to illustrate the time difference.. you took almost 10mins to pop your first planet.. That's an awful long time in a no truce unlim.

Yes it is, i had problems getting the bot running, then by the time i had money to buy a second ship to even get to the point of ssting, the SD was surrounded, kinda hard to cash, so i got through that, used my doc macros to clear the figs so i could get some ore to twarp out, and boom lifted *SD*, what was i supposed to sit at the dock and pop planets? I understand, i woulda done the same, but like i said, just another reason not to play unlims, you probably ran about 20 times as many turns as me, i didnt even get my exp to 2k, had less that 10 mil when you popped me at dock, and you were in a 93mil ship, cant compete with that my friend! Not even gonna try!

Oh and btw, that was only my first trip to dock, i was keeping my head low, but eventually i had to go to the dock to get a ship, why wait until i have 100 mil to lose it all!

First of all.. you should have noticed that I left a scout at dock, in anticipation of a blockade. This tactical logic should be obvious.

You don't 'need' to furb only at dock. I mean the Fighters/Holds/etc are not better than say Terra. By the way. you lift and found yourself in a pod.. not "*SD*" please try to be more accurate. I didn't 'SD' you.. just a clarification.

We had a pretty good rapport in the game. if you indicated that you might need a few minutes to get past a few hiccups, I would have no problem with that --never hurts to ask.

I'm not trying to prove anything. Playing in a game by ones self isn't fun.. having only a couple hours of key time in a given week is even less fun.

Bottom line is. don't be frustrated. Learn from your actions and improve upon them. That's the only advice I can give without writing a whole Essay.

SZ is one of the best games to script your start-up. It can be a pain if the Op has messed with the settings though, and you haven't taken that possibility into account.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

This is really your problem, it's unlim, so he used exactly the same number of
turns you used; none.
Difference in an unlim is TIME. He was moving faster on a pre-planned strategy.
Its the first few min. of an unlim that decide the
course of the whole game...

All the settings in this game were original SZ edits except the corp size which was reduced to 1 (Solo game) and the normal 5 planets per sector was reduced to 3. Hard for solo players to moth 5 planets later in the game is the reason for this change. As far as anyone playing local, that just isn't a factor here. It looks like Lonestar just got a much better start than anyone else. BTW, in a SZ edit you have enough cash to get 2 ships and bust up slightly right from the start.