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[Lord Shonus]

I've been toying with the idea of a community SEV game for a while now, hoping for some really cool stories and situations. Ive come up with two ideas. Spoilered for length.

Idea 1.

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All players are divided into 4 or more teams.
      Each team is given an empire to run. It is up to the individual teams to decide who gets the turn and how decisions are made. For example, team 1 might have a strict order of players with each having total authority during their turn, while team 2 requires a majority vote to set priorities and whatever player is available carries them out. Team 3 might just have a "anything goes" policy where the turn goes to the first available player, and Team 4 might have a strict system of ranks delegating policy.       
      Each player keeps a journal of their turn and one player on each team keeps a history based on all events from that teams point of view. There will be one participant that does not play but is responsible for taking the individual tea histories and collating them, and then posting them in chunks that do not reveal secrets to the other teams.
      The advantage of this method, assuming that the teams can work smoothly, is that a fairly short time limit on turns can be enforced, as there will usually be at least one team member available. Also, the internal politics of the teams can make for some interesting reading.

Idea 2

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Much simpler. Each player has an empire and keeps a journal. A non-player will still collate the journals. This would be simpler to run, but delays between turns will be much greater, and the stories may be a little blander.

Specific game rules, such as limits on fighters, which mods to use, etc. would be determined if and when we get enough players for a game.

Any interest?

[Volatar]

Could be fun. I have this game and might be up for it.

[Lord Shonus]

Which mode would you prefer, and why? I ask this so that I can refine the idea.

[Volatar]

I would go for option 2. I just don't think you can get enough people together for option 1.

[RAM]

Never played multiplayer before, might be fun. Any chance of messing with the victory conditions? I like to build my perfect little empire and if people keep traipsing all over it with a homicidal frenzy it might make me sad...

[Lord Shonus]

That's all open for discussion.

[Volatar]

Promoting empire-building sounds really good in my book

[RAM]

I read a thread of people doing an RP game somewhere on the SEV forums, probably wouldn't suit everyone's tastes though...

Hmmm, 3 people, maybe advertising on some other SE threads would help...

[timferius]

I just bought this for dirt cheap off steam, so I'd be game for a game of either sort if you ran it!

[Boksi]

I could join this with my copy, but it'd mean making space on my computer to reinstall it.

[Lord Shonus]

Well, five people is enough to get started on rule discussion. I suggest we use the latest version of Kwok's balance mod that's available when we start as it cleans up a lot of issues from vanilla, and have a twelve-hour time limit on turns (of course, if your turn take five minuts, we can go a lot quicker.)

[timferius]

I can definitely AIM for 12 hour turnover, however, if the turn goes up at ten, and I can't get to it, in an hour or two, I go to bed, get up, and am then at work till 4. plus having a child to take care of. I'd much prefer aiming for 12 max, but having 24 hours to get it in in a long shot.

And on a different note, anyone know how to fix the white flashes while the game is running?

[Volatar]

12 hour turnover is absolutely not going to happen for me.

I thought about it, and even a 48 hour turnover would be too little for me. I don't think I can join this. I'll keep and eye on the goings on though

[RAM]

With an international crowd you can't really hope for more than 24 hours reliably. Ad with different people's timetables you might find that too much. Having teams might help, if two people from different timezones both controlled the same empire then you could probably get turnover down to something a little below 24 hours. Early on we could try to get everyone lined up at the same time to get a few turns done in quick succession.

I would tend towards cluster(or whatever you call the one with bundles of stars connected by single warps) galaxy, for a mix of choke-points and multiple fronts.

[Lord Shonus]

12 hour turnover is absolutely not going to happen for me.

I thought about it, and even a 48 hour turnover would be too little for me. I don't think I can join this. I'll keep and eye on the goings on though

The 12 was just a suggestion. We'll probably have to go longer (which will work okay if we can set up a time and crank out the first ten or twenty turns (when you have very little to do) real quick.