HSBA double duel game TTT

[Kirov]

It came to me that we should address one issue, so let's talk:

I think we made a mistake by agreeing on a scenario which can be over in 3 turns. All we have to do is rushbuy an Aero-Complex and then rushbuy a decent drop unit in order to eradicate enemy's HQ. I saw that option but decided to refrain from it, because if we did so, the game would literally last less than it took Mart to create it.

I don't mind if you're sending Gravships or whatever as we speak, it's on me to be prepared, but if this game is over by orbital insertion within several turns, I'm not gonna ask Mart to set up a game ever again. Maybe we should have agreed to some more rules, right now we so many options to make this game as quick as unsatisfying. What do you think? I understand you like quickies, but like I said, I consider a game shorter than 30-40 turns a waste of everyone's time (including Mart's), so maybe we can compromise on expectations. For me it's just... not this type of a game.

I think it is a botched idea from the get-go when each other's HQs can be easily reached by a couple of turns' walk from each other since the beginning. It didn't work well for our waterworld game (where you won by essentially a Zergling rush) and it 's high chance that it's gonna work badly here.

[Kirov]

I'm leaving for a month but will be able to play more or less; see the other thread for details.

[roninscg]

 

[roninscg]

but that's not my real turn 
as you said, this game is designed to play a fundamental and strategic, overwhelming and more

p.s sorry for the delay 

[roninscg]

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[Kirov]

Hey man, I already had 3 crashes to desktop with my turns. I don't know what causes them, seems like a certain combination of movement sequences.

I can try more if you don't mind, and I can try saving every couple of moves to reduce turn reload. However, I'd need to know that you're ok with reloads that will still happen. I don't want a month break in our game, but my laptop is being very sassy.

[roninscg]

ok, Look what patch you got on laptop,

[Kirov]

I patched it up to 3.5d, but the ingame display shows 3.5c. I guess I'm not the only one with this issue, as a guy called saiko asked Yitzi about the same.

Can you check your version as displayed ingame?

3.5d differs from 3.5c only with the exe file, right?

To be honest, I don't think that the version is the problem. Part of it is, Win10 doesn't like that much when I play SMAC and always tries to find some issues. And another thing is, in the course of his work Yitzi accumulated a lot of bugs which I'm not really happy about. He screwed up the faction borders (they are drawn differently although he promised not to interfere with game design) and my info screens are messed up, with fonts etc. all over the place.

What is your experience?

[Kirov]

I can push my science exemplar turns only because they're much shorter, I think.

[Kirov]

I'm so sorry for this, man. My laptop straight up refused to do this game.

[roninscg]

No problemo 

[Kirov]

I have no idea how to play this game.

[roninscg]

I was on vacation, Montenegro, I had no way to play. 


 

[roninscg]

I have no idea how to play this game.

you can always surrender   

[Kirov]

Or we can start all over! It's much easier than surrendering.