What I’m Playing

Neptune’s Pride fades in to the ether

 Creative Type Stuff
Mar 222010
 

Or something. I suck at titles…fuck off! :)

So, what’s happened now is that the only three human players still in the game are myself, Orange and Yellow. Everyone else has passed to AI control. The AI doesn’t expand, but they do invest in one or two stars, so by the time you get to them, those two stars have 60+ ships. The way combat works is that the defender goes first. So the defender is going to kill 60 ships before you even get an attack. The sheer number of craft you would need to attack that is insane.

Anyway, I think that pretty much ends this particular match for me, because it just isn’t interesting now. My entire Northern flank I don’t have to really worry about, but I also can’t amass enough to attack that way because the two human players would clobber me. I could keep going, but it just isn’t as interesting. I guess this is the selling point for paid games…you get people who have paid to play, so they’re unlikely to drop out. I looked in to it, and you can buy different packages that give you a certain number of games at around $1 a game, with $19.99 being the lowest amount.

Now, I wouldn’t ditch the game if I was playing against people who I knew, so if anyone is still interested, let me know. We’ll have to come up with a time that people will be online and ready to dive in to a game, wait for an empty free game to start, and hop in. Should work out okay, as it took about a day or so for this game to fill up.

  • http://www.bisonweb.ca/blog liam

    I’d be totally down for that if I had any confidence that I wouldn’t totally suck at it.

    Or even if I had no confidence to that end.

    If you guys are available after 8:30pm MDT, I would happily sign up for a game around then.

  • http://www.bisonweb.ca/blog liam

    I’d be totally down for that if I had any confidence that I wouldn’t totally suck at it.

    Or even if I had no confidence to that end.

    If you guys are available after 8:30pm MDT, I would happily sign up for a game around then.

  • http://www.peerpressureworks.com Cliff

    Nice! Okay, let me try to contact The Pieman and Brad and see if they’re up for it. Really, once we’re in a game, you can do your turn whenever you have some time to spare. I just want to try to ensure that we can all get in to the same game.

  • http://www.peerpressureworks.com Cliff

    Nice! Okay, let me try to contact The Pieman and Brad and see if they’re up for it. Really, once we’re in a game, you can do your turn whenever you have some time to spare. I just want to try to ensure that we can all get in to the same game.

  • http://twitter.com/MuddyBrown Tim

    I’m up with a new game.

    I have two games going right now, but have decided the focus on two random ‘learning’ games is too distracting. I would rather have just one game to think about. So I have sent my large forces down a path to create some chaos and let my stars be taken.

  • http://twitter.com/MuddyBrown Tim

    I’m up with a new game.

    I have two games going right now, but have decided the focus on two random ‘learning’ games is too distracting. I would rather have just one game to think about. So I have sent my large forces down a path to create some chaos and let my stars be taken.

  • http://twitter.com/MuddyBrown Tim

    As for the time, remember I’m 2 hours ahead and I am typically in bed around 10 pm EST (8 pm your time). In terms of your time, could we make the time more like 7:30, and then at least there is a better overlap of playing.

  • http://twitter.com/MuddyBrown Tim

    As for the time, remember I’m 2 hours ahead and I am typically in bed around 10 pm EST (8 pm your time). In terms of your time, could we make the time more like 7:30, and then at least there is a better overlap of playing.

  • http://www.bisonweb.ca/blog liam

    My only concern is that my “kids-awake” computer time usually involves them climbing on me, but if it’s just five minutes to join a game, I could make that work. Let me know what day you want to start this.

  • http://www.bisonweb.ca/blog liam

    My only concern is that my “kids-awake” computer time usually involves them climbing on me, but if it’s just five minutes to join a game, I could make that work. Let me know what day you want to start this.

  • http://www.peerpressureworks.com Cliff

    Cool. Yeah, the initial turns usually take a bit longer, because you need to figure out who your immediate threats are, your initial plan, and all that. Learning the interface doesn’t take much time at all…there aren’t 3,000 option submenus to navigate or anything like that. And once you’re past that first round, it doesn’t take up much time at all. And you can put that time in whenever you have a spare few minutes.

    Okay, so what works the fastest for you guys to let you know about a game to join? I figure it will be sometime at the end of this week or the weekend, I’ll check in and see a new game opened up with no players in it yet, and we’ll go. Do you want me to email you, Direct Message you on Twitter, IM chat ya…what works?

  • http://www.peerpressureworks.com Cliff

    Cool. Yeah, the initial turns usually take a bit longer, because you need to figure out who your immediate threats are, your initial plan, and all that. Learning the interface doesn’t take much time at all…there aren’t 3,000 option submenus to navigate or anything like that. And once you’re past that first round, it doesn’t take up much time at all. And you can put that time in whenever you have a spare few minutes.

    Okay, so what works the fastest for you guys to let you know about a game to join? I figure it will be sometime at the end of this week or the weekend, I’ll check in and see a new game opened up with no players in it yet, and we’ll go. Do you want me to email you, Direct Message you on Twitter, IM chat ya…what works?

  • http://www.bisonweb.ca/blog Liam

    e-mail works best for me — it gets redirected to my phone, so I get it right away.

    Damn, no more excuse for being unresponsive. Ah well…

  • http://www.bisonweb.ca/blog Liam

    e-mail works best for me — it gets redirected to my phone, so I get it right away.

    Damn, no more excuse for being unresponsive. Ah well…

  • http://twitter.com/MuddyBrown Tim

    DM twitter or email is the fastest.

  • http://twitter.com/MuddyBrown Tim

    DM twitter or email is the fastest.

  • http://www.bisonweb.ca/blog liam

    My friend Robb Reid might be down for a little NP as well.

  • http://www.bisonweb.ca/blog liam

    My friend Robb Reid might be down for a little NP as well.

  • http://www.peerpressureworks.com Cliff

    Okay guys, I’ll probably wait until the start of next week since people tend to be busy with other stuff over the weekend. Brad (Qikdraw) is also in, so that’s half a game population. :) And definitely, Lumster, pass the link on to Robb if he’s interested.

  • http://www.peerpressureworks.com Cliff

    Okay guys, I’ll probably wait until the start of next week since people tend to be busy with other stuff over the weekend. Brad (Qikdraw) is also in, so that’s half a game population. :) And definitely, Lumster, pass the link on to Robb if he’s interested.

   
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