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[WillowLuman]

According to early projections by actual physicists and engineers, a real space battle (in orbit) would be somewhat more akin to a game of billiards than the aircraft-carrier naval battles and dogfights they're usually portrayed as. Basically, the combatants are orbiting around the planet in every which way, and they fire whatever projectiles so as to intersect each others' orbits while evading through subtle orbital adjustment via the thrusters.

You might fire a missile/shell so that it orbits a few times before hitting the target, and other crazy and math-intensive things.

[itisnotlogical]

This, but with online multiplayer and a focus on combat. Best racing game ever or best racing game ever.

[Hanzoku]

Reach for the Stars in any format. Specifically the 2000/2005 version, which was discontinued because the quality wasn't high enough. It's simply not available online in any format, but I remember playing the demo back in 2000 and thinking it would be a fun game.

[Graknorke]

According to early projections by actual physicists and engineers, a real space battle (in orbit) would be somewhat more akin to a game of billiards than the aircraft-carrier naval battles and dogfights they're usually portrayed as. Basically, the combatants are orbiting around the planet in every which way, and they fire whatever projectiles so as to intersect each others' orbits while evading through subtle orbital adjustment via the thrusters.

You might fire a missile/shell so that it orbits a few times before hitting the target, and other crazy and math-intensive things.

That's what I always think when people mention space battles.
It's not like you can really fly straight at something from orbital distances and expect it to work.

[Lightningfalcon]

According to early projections by actual physicists and engineers, a real space battle (in orbit) would be somewhat more akin to a game of billiards than the aircraft-carrier naval battles and dogfights they're usually portrayed as. Basically, the combatants are orbiting around the planet in every which way, and they fire whatever projectiles so as to intersect each others' orbits while evading through subtle orbital adjustment via the thrusters.

You might fire a missile/shell so that it orbits a few times before hitting the target, and other crazy and math-intensive things.

That's what I always think when people mention space battles.
It's not like you can really fly straight at something from orbital distances and expect it to work.

That's why I like Mass Effect.  It acknowledges that, and points out how most ships are not outright destroyed in space combat, as unless they are holding a critical position they can just do an FTL jump and fly away to safely.  Now, why they show combat in the game itself at a thousand of the "Knife Fight" range talked about in the codex I don't know.  Except with the Battle of the Citadel.  That's the only place I can see it as excusable.   

[Sirus]

Rule of cool, I assume.

[Akura]

I don't know why, but I had an idea for a board game called "Shenanigans"(is there already a board game called that?)

I don't have any idea what the rules would be, but they would certainly involve a situation where one player does something and another player gets to call them out on it by calling "Shenanigans!".

[Parsely]

I don't know why, but I had an idea for a board game called "Shenanigans"(is there already a board game called that?)

I don't have any idea what the rules would be, but they would certainly involve a situation where one player does something and another player gets to call them out on it by calling "Shenanigans!".

That sounds really bad, actually.

[Kadzar]

I don't know why, but I had an idea for a board game called "Shenanigans"(is there already a board game called that?)

I don't have any idea what the rules would be, but they would certainly involve a situation where one player does something and another player gets to call them out on it by calling "Shenanigans!".

That sounds really bad, actually.

Maybe it would work if it was intentionally made really campy? I think the premise of the game should be that you're playing a family that is playing a family board game, and maybe they all secretly hate each other.

[Parsely]

I don't know why, but I had an idea for a board game called "Shenanigans"(is there already a board game called that?)

I don't have any idea what the rules would be, but they would certainly involve a situation where one player does something and another player gets to call them out on it by calling "Shenanigans!".

That sounds really bad, actually.

Maybe it would work if it was intentionally made really campy? I think the premise of the game should be that you're playing a family that is playing a family board game, and maybe they all secretly hate each other.

Now it sounds funny.

[Niveras]

Sounds like it may best as one of those "make your own rules" games, where one of the rules is you can call out a bad rule with "Shenanigans!"

[Mesa]

This thing.

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With tons of content, high moddability and online multiplayer to boot.

[SalmonGod]

Something I've wanted to see for a long time.  An FPS deathmatch where your only weapons are a grappling hook, portal gun, gravity gun, and the environment. 

[Neonivek]

This thing.

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With tons of content, high moddability and online multiplayer to boot.

DANG that reminds me of a game that isn't anywhere close to that good uhhh... I forget the name but you had a brainbot and you had to protect your...

Ohh yeah Cortex Command.

There are some aspects of Cortex Command I think is genius (for example the "create a base" before a match)

I look at that and I go "Wow, A Cortex Command if they actually had multiplayer!"

[WillowLuman]

This thing.

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With tons of content, high moddability and online multiplayer to boot.

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