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no, cant find anyone to play

yes, but not by internet

would play in tournament

[Thwran]

WHY DOSENT ANYONE PLAY ONLINE!!!!!!!
I do with this one friend, AND IT IS AWSOME!!!!!!!
I just want for more people to play, help pass the time between releases, perhaps, i dont no, have a tournement see just who is the best.
dosent that sound interesting? and if you do want to play online, help spread the word and make sure everyone has the update found in
"4.0.6 nebula and eclipse fix" topic located in the mod anouncements section of the forum (srry to all those whose inteligence has just been insulted) so that we dont have version mismatches also if you mod on your own or mess with all the UEAW files then you will probably have a version mismatch. Please respond, the more i think of that tournament the more i cant w8 to crush you all.
                 sincerly,
                GA Thwran

[Ross]

mmm, it is a good idea, as the mod is really made for online play!

Not sure how to organise it though.

[Solar]

What about every sunday GMT, from 12:00 to 5:00 we all try and get online? we could make a saturday day if sunday is excluding people, but most poeple are free in the weekend.

simple and easy to remember. (obviously the times are flexible, don't cut short a match just to stay in time.)

then it could be announced in a post that is made sticky somewhere, we could even start today.

[Dr. Doozer]

My Xfire just gives me a headache. RUP!

[Thwran]

Yes organisation is a problem, but a bigger problem is that no one seems to care about online play once they get a mod, i didnt untill i found someone to play with that I didnt have a version mismatch with. And solar, thats a good idea i cant even think of another way to do it so howabout
we spread the word for a week or two, see how many people play, then organize the first tuornament, having the leader of it record all the scores of all participants who would have to enter somehow... complicated. for now we should just boost awarness and decide on a leader, i would do it but i express concern about people caring what one youngling says so.... if its not to much trouble i nominate Ross of other staff... perhaps you solar?
and for the recording of the enterants to the tournaments i could make a chart on word or excel and record names, but there is atill the problem of when to have the matchs, perhaps one round one a saturday and the next on sunday in it dosent exclude people. it all depends on how many people want to participate.... just spread the word while i give my brain a brake... after all it is sunday.
        sincerly,
                         GA Thwran

[kandosii95]

thats true thwran, noone seems to care about onine play. its wierd

[Darthvegeta800]

Just don't like multiplayer for strategic games.
I love building up things, breaking, leaving, coming back later etc.
Trying out stuff etc.
Online wargames tend to be hectic, rushed and tactics pop up that abuse certain elements of the game which spoils the fun in my experience.
But i can understand why some people love it as when you find a good player it can be challenging and fun.

[Solar]

How about skirmishes only, we spend saturday and sunday fighting and then on monday people send their scores in. each match nominates someone to send in the scores. then we have two people to have scores sent to, Land and Space. then they each produce an Excel spreadsheet and it get's made available for download. this is put in the announcements section and stickied, with the 2 links being updated weekly. that way we can all see who got on how. and if we all make an effort to get online it should be fun and help us to really gain experience in the game.

This way there would essentially be no tournament, wioth no prize at the end, just online play. how it should be. no rules but the game rules.

If this is okay then we can start in the weekend.

if we need to allocate a certain time frame so that more people are online at once then just say and we can try and work one out.

Enjoy

[Darthvegeta800]

I really should do Skirmish more often lol but i bought EAW for the galaxymap element. But maybe i should try it out a bit more. Though on that level solely i prefer DoW usually but it may be a nice change of pace.

[BattlefrontTom]

How about skirmishes only, we spend Saturday and Sunday fighting and then on Monday people send their scores in. each match nominates someone to send in the scores. . . . . .

could go further, save the recording of the match and send that in too (for authentication), also could be used to share strategies, making trailers for the mod, etc.
though...
1. i don't know where they are saved
2. would it work by just downloading it and putting it where it belongs

-yeah i know they don't save as a video, but could play it in UEAW from saved matches

[Altairen Draconis]

oh i would love to help i can set up official tournament boards
I can at least do that much
so what do you guys think should i do it?

[Thwran]

ok, so solar i like your idea, but i wonder about honesty of the players, but we should try it, lets boost awarness about this(any ideas how will be excepted other than sending in vedio recordings, i dont think people will know how or want to do that no offence battlefront) and have the games 11/3/07 to 11/4/07 next week and then post the scores as you said, solar, and galactic commander can post the final record board thing with the results. galctic would you plz let the players send the results to you in a pmail, or maybe ill start a thread for them to post results and one for you to post the final result type monday updates, it would be a great help. and perhapse a third thread for land entries by players? confusing.

how about a simple step by step plan, plz message if you agree,
step 1, i make the 2 places to have players send in match results one for land, one for space to make it easier for galactic
step 2, solar you make the aouncment section idea of yours without its two links, only title it multi player game/match results and thats where galactic should post results
step 3, after spreading the word we have the first weekend battle and have galactic record all the results etc.

    just a thought to boost awarness, maybe we could pmail lots of people though that is annoying, or maybe ross could somehow give this multiplayer thing some special attention? and if enough people play thenperhapse a part of the website devoted to multiplayer, this is probanly wishfull thinking... but if we spread the word it could happen

Ps are website changes up to you ross?



                                                                                                                                                

[Filo]

ok, so solar i like your idea, but i wonder about honesty of the players, but we should try it, lets boost awarness about this(any ideas how will be excepted other than sending in vedio recordings, i dont think people will know how or want to do that no offence battlefront) and have the games 11/3/07 to 11/4/07 next week and then post the scores as you said, solar, and galactic commander can post the final record board thing with the results. galctic would you plz let the players send the results to you in a pmail, or maybe ill start a thread for them to post results and one for you to post the final result type monday updates, it would be a great help. and perhapse a third thread for land entries by players? confusing.

how about a simple step by step plan, plz message if you agree,
step 1, i make the 2 places to have players send in match results one for land, one for space to make it easier for galactic
step 2, solar you make the aouncment section idea of yours without its two links, only title it multi player game/match results and thats where galactic should post results
step 3, after spreading the word we have the first weekend battle and have galactic record all the results etc.

    just a thought to boost awarness, maybe we could pmail lots of people though that is annoying, or maybe ross could somehow give this multiplayer thing some special attention? and if enough people play thenperhapse a part of the website devoted to multiplayer, this is probanly wishfull thinking... but if we spread the word it could happen

Ps are website changes up to you ross?



                                                                                                                                                

If you want to get his attention, you really should PM him, otherwise he may not notice or get around to looking at the topic.
Just a tip.

filo

[Phoenix Rising]

Why did you PM me?

[Prototype]

I got a PM as well.  I'm not sure if Ross will like this becuase he will be deviating time from the mod to upload matches each week on the site.

BTW, Nice to see you again Phoenix.

[Filo]

I'm not sure if Ross will like this becuase he will be deviating time from the mod to upload matches each week on the site.

True. I apologize for bringing up the subject of PM-ing, I should have thought about the fact that Ross and the team are already busy enough.
My mistake,

filo

[Doro]

i have an Idea;

Ill Talk to Ross, and ill see if i can get a new section on the Forums for Purely Mutiplayer Stuff, a Main Board for general mutiplayer discussion, making matches, etc, and then child boards for Skirmish Space, Skirmish Land, and GC, and OTHER SW Mutiplayer Games, and ill tell him one further, ill personally keep it under control and all that

(note to other admins/GM: put input in on this)

[Solar]

cool, but can we also have a designated time on there for people just to turn up and face whoever happens to be there?

i can't be bothered to organize a match with poeple cos it much easier just to join one.

[e^(πi)+1=0]

i would do this, but ive changed many of the game's XMLs, so i would not be able to play multiplayer.

[Doro]

^ That's why you make a Clone copy to mess around with
Posted on: October 25, 2007, 08:37:53 PMUEaW Mutiplayer Boards are Public!