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TCO_NBK

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Apr 22nd 2024, 15:42:24

Is working together allowed in Express? I saw it happening for the first time this set....so just wondering if that is allowed at all

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Apr 22nd 2024, 15:37:59

boo

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Apr 19th 2024, 14:52:14

We are not ;-)

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Apr 16th 2024, 12:18:48

true that

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Apr 9th 2024, 12:41:05

Agreed, would not make the same changes here.

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Apr 8th 2024, 15:03:00

Originally posted by smegma:

I guess the only relevant question is: would it increase the motivation of current players or would it destroy the motivation of the current players? And what are the lines and the trade offs?

True that. Been out the game for too long, so not sure what the answer to that is :-)

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Apr 2nd 2024, 3:33:25

Would never to a 1000 again :p

16 is easy now though...

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Mar 26th 2024, 20:00:55

Yup, round to round is what I meant. Give it a try one round, have a debate on it towards the end of that round and see what the outcome is.

If the game length is an hour, easy to make myself available any time except for the 5-6 hours of sleep I need. If held frequent enough, no big deal if I miss one.

If it is 2 hours, will require some planning but again not impossible. My experience with previous games using this format is so good, that I will happily move some things around to make it fit if announced some time in advance.

By rotating times and gathering statistics on the most played slots, you can refine the times quickly as well.

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Mar 26th 2024, 13:20:21

Could also have a 2 day lead-up to the event, where people get 500 fixed turns or so to prepare a country. Then during the actual event, all mayhem breaks loose

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Mar 26th 2024, 13:19:33

The other game I played initially had the same set up. Once more players got drawn towards the format/game, they introduced timeslots that people could select to have their matchup. Just trying it out and seeing what it does would already be a great step forward! The 1 hour format does sound appealing though. Will be a very intense hour :-)

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Mar 25th 2024, 15:10:38

It's always hard to tell what such changes bring. From what I have read on the forums and what has been posted recently, the mods are open to feedback. Trying it for one set and asking feedback towards the end, could easily help resolve the question. If no good and it causes people to leave, go back to 16. If people like it, can keep it.

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Mar 25th 2024, 11:43:26

I still hope this happens ;-)

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Mar 24th 2024, 9:24:05

I like it!

To really make it a killing server, you could do a royal battle. Give 600 turns to build a country protection, reset turns before start and then last country standing. Killing a country gets you huge bonus. Making it only possible to win by killing.

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Mar 22nd 2024, 7:18:15

Originally posted by Slagpit:

This could be changed if the majority of the community wants it to be a different number.

Worth a try? A test set of 32 countries and see what the feedback is? Or is that difficult to change on the fly?

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Mar 21st 2024, 19:49:56

lol, dial up :p

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Mar 18th 2024, 14:11:24

Depends, with basic strat and low NW war....they play easy :-)

Would never want to play 500 countries again though.

But pulling that up to 30-32 would be nice.

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Mar 16th 2024, 20:34:10

(L)

Feels like old times

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Mar 14th 2024, 12:12:57

Originally posted by martian:

Don't make me close this thread and ban myself!
I"LL DO IT!!

Yes plz!

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Mar 13th 2024, 18:19:32

Originally posted by Tertius:

What about 1% C:C DR, but less general DR; so it limits the gains from a single player but allows others to get some (it seems like the issue is that individual players put all the bots in heavy DR to ruin it for everyone, but I don't play Express)?

That would be nice and could work. Go into extreme DR after one grab on a bot, but does not affect other players hitting it. Bots would still be heavily farmed though, but solves the nuisance part.

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Mar 13th 2024, 14:47:54

Or have an SuperExpress server.

A turn every second and a round time of 4 hours. Event to be held once a week or so.

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Mar 13th 2024, 14:44:40

For me the easiest updates that would improve Express drastically are

1) making it really express. A turn a minute or even every 30 seconds + increasing turns that can be held and stored.

2a) Remove being able to see what is bot and not
2b) 1 SS or PS max per bot country per 12 hours.

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Mar 13th 2024, 13:39:11

Originally posted by HH:

I will only speak to Lady Guinevere

I used to have cybersex with her when I was like 13 and she was like what 25? lol

Lol

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Mar 13th 2024, 12:14:58

Originally posted by Drow:

Thanks all for the warm wishes and the spam.
Are we sure it's not the early 2000's again?

Beer and cookies for everyone!

Seriously for a moment, this is not a position I expected to find myself in after coming out of retirement last set, but I'm looking forward to leading Paradigm onwards and upwards, and working with many of you.

As I put in my contact thread, throw me a line via the forums, or on discord, and I'll get back to you when I can, given I'm based in the upside down, and almost live at work 😅

Kind of great no ;-)
I have missed the drama and fits people threw

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Mar 12th 2024, 21:23:40

Yeah, 15 was just never quite enough :p

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Mar 12th 2024, 18:45:05

I like how after 25 years, there is still so much drama :-)

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Mar 12th 2024, 15:03:44

No cheese for me!

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Mar 12th 2024, 14:00:38

Before running 100+ countries in the past, I always felt 30-45 was comfortable... Why did we end up on 16?

Are there any plans to increase?

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Mar 11th 2024, 18:40:47

Originally posted by KoHeartsGPA:

More bots would inflate the final scores and won't stop griefers IMO.

Originally posted by DeepThinker:

How about something like hit same bot more than 3 times in 24 hours attack gain drops to 5 acres, make it not worth doing.

Not bad idea.

Unless you keep them relatively low on land and almost not worth farming

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Mar 11th 2024, 17:39:42

Hi, my few cents on having played a few days and building on what Celphi posted:

1. Increase number of bots by 4x - Seems like a minimum, would go even higher
2. Program current bots to hit back -Not really needed, but can
3. Allow players to create bots. - Would not go there
4. Increase the consumption of oil on server. ( I don't even think bots buy oil ). - Yes
5. I would change DR time to only an hour or so
6. Decrease the consumption of bus/res tech by bots (spread it out more to other techs)
7. Change turn wait time from 4mins to 2mins. - > I would go to 1 min and allow higher number of turns stored.
8. Mask the bots. (stop showing which are bots are not) (use a better method of selecting names so players cant identify which is real or not) - > this is a big YES!

I would drastically increase the pace of this and make it really express.

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Mar 11th 2024, 17:19:58

Martian lives?

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Mar 11th 2024, 13:23:45

Hey Crippler :-) How are you? Been ages!!!!

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Mar 8th 2024, 22:23:01

Sad to read this :( Mr prayers go out to all involved!

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Mar 8th 2024, 22:21:37

to talk to bomber a lot....what a great person

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Mar 8th 2024, 22:07:17

Finally made the step back after all these years. Been playing and getting hooked on all sorts of games.....but none quite have made the lasting memories this one has.

Are there any old FYA tag members still around?