A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
posted on April 19th, 2009, 11:35 pm
Last edited by Anonymous on April 20th, 2009, 4:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
A bet a lot of you are wondering what is this? Is it spam? Is it useless talk? No, its supe... , emm, a chance to play a MP game versus the game developers themselves 
Just a while ago I was talking to Optec about the latest advances in the partial derivate equasion math (:P), when the discussion suddenly turned to FO and we came to consenses that he, and the rest of the team, would have time to play with me and 2 other lucky guys a game of FO in MP!
Since there are 3 of them and only 1 of me I was thinking, who should I invite to join me in a glorious battle against the (real) Founders! And I realized that, because its been a long time since I played FO in MP, I have no idea who should be my playing partner. So I came up with an idea with a "unique" way of choosing my playing partners. A way which would benefit not only me (shit I cant win 3v1, now can I?
) but the whole community.
Lately I have noticed that the overall quality of the posts here (there are exceptions!) has gone rather downhill. So my idea of choosing the worthy playing partner is this:
A competition for the best new tutorial for the game!
Let me elaborate, anyone can join in if he has a little free time and some ideas. Basically all you need to do is write a tutorial about a ship/race/general/strategy/map making/etc, you can write describtions of a race, their ships and stations. Basically anything, you think, would be good to know about different aspects of the game. Of course you wont be writing those tutorials in this thread but instead make seperate threads with your tutorial (so we can discuss that as well
). All you need to do is post the name of the thread you created in this thread so you will be considered as a potencial partner! Of course you can also make more tutorials, but only the best one can be submitted
You have untill the end of Sunday 26.4.2009 (24.00 CET) to create your threads.
When all the competetors will be known I will create a new thread with a poll, so you all can voice your opinion on who should win, based on the quality of their threads. The winners will be named on Saturday 2.5.2009 00.00 CET. We will then discuss the gametime with the winners (it will probably be on Sunday evening CET)
I hope the FO team will have no objections with my plan, as its just here to raise forum quality a little more
So, here is your chance to play against the guys who created the game we all love and adore Good Luck!
EDIT: We changed the rules, now you can submit anything that has relevance to FO, that includes new maps, programs, models, ideas,....
Everything goes!
Just a while ago I was talking to Optec about the latest advances in the partial derivate equasion math (:P), when the discussion suddenly turned to FO and we came to consenses that he, and the rest of the team, would have time to play with me and 2 other lucky guys a game of FO in MP!
Since there are 3 of them and only 1 of me I was thinking, who should I invite to join me in a glorious battle against the (real) Founders! And I realized that, because its been a long time since I played FO in MP, I have no idea who should be my playing partner. So I came up with an idea with a "unique" way of choosing my playing partners. A way which would benefit not only me (shit I cant win 3v1, now can I?
) but the whole community.Lately I have noticed that the overall quality of the posts here (there are exceptions!) has gone rather downhill. So my idea of choosing the worthy playing partner is this:
A competition for the best new tutorial for the game!
Let me elaborate, anyone can join in if he has a little free time and some ideas. Basically all you need to do is write a tutorial about a ship/race/general/strategy/map making/etc, you can write describtions of a race, their ships and stations. Basically anything, you think, would be good to know about different aspects of the game. Of course you wont be writing those tutorials in this thread but instead make seperate threads with your tutorial (so we can discuss that as well
). All you need to do is post the name of the thread you created in this thread so you will be considered as a potencial partner! Of course you can also make more tutorials, but only the best one can be submitted You have untill the end of Sunday 26.4.2009 (24.00 CET) to create your threads.
When all the competetors will be known I will create a new thread with a poll, so you all can voice your opinion on who should win, based on the quality of their threads. The winners will be named on Saturday 2.5.2009 00.00 CET. We will then discuss the gametime with the winners (it will probably be on Sunday evening CET)
I hope the FO team will have no objections with my plan, as its just here to raise forum quality a little more
So, here is your chance to play against the guys who created the game we all love and adore
Good Luck!EDIT: We changed the rules, now you can submit anything that has relevance to FO, that includes new maps, programs, models, ideas,....
Everything goes!
posted on April 19th, 2009, 11:54 pm
why not come on Frday, sat, and sun us est day and evening - say 12pm to 8pm and play.
a whole lot of us play - mimesot, dominus, mark, ray, firefly, mal, mort, etc...
no need for special challenges, we're all playing for a good time. so come on down
a whole lot of us play - mimesot, dominus, mark, ray, firefly, mal, mort, etc...
no need for special challenges, we're all playing for a good time. so come on down
posted on April 19th, 2009, 11:57 pm
Well, Mal has already won this one because he's writing a tutorial if I remember correctly. All I've got are notes and such... and I want to get it right, not rush it out. Guess that means I'm out 
I would like to be an observor though, at the very least
Good luck to whoever gets it though. The advice better be useful too
I would like to be an observor though, at the very least
Good luck to whoever gets it though. The advice better be useful too
posted on April 20th, 2009, 12:01 am
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why not come on Frday, sat, and sun us est day and evening - say 12pm to 8pm and play.
a whole lot of us play - mimesot, dominus, mark, ray, firefly, mal, mort, etc...
no need for special challenges, we're all playing for a good time. so come on down
Because this is a game vs the FO team! And only the challenge winner can play against them!
Its hard to get them to play, at least for me, so when I got the opportunity and I dont have playing partners atm, I thought this would be a good idea.
What is wrong with getting a few more quality posts on the forums? What harm could it do lol
Oh and I've played my share of FO, believe me. Right now I dont have time to play as much as I used to, plus that was quite stressful. Maybe Ill join one of your games sometime, but I doubt you'll see the team there
Well, Mal has already won this one because he's writing a tutorial if I remember correctly. All I've got are notes and such... and I want to get it right, not rush it out. Guess that means I'm out
Try, maybe u'll suprise Mal
Its a game vs the developers man!I would like to be an observor though, at the very least
I think it would only be fair for the 3rd and 4th to be observers
Good luck to whoever gets it though. The advice better be useful too
I never said that the tutorials must be completely scientific and such, I think a fun new thread about a strategy which is rarely used is a decent competitor as well
All the thread needs to do is 1 things: Be roughly about FO
The rest is up to you
BTW guys, if this does work out as planned I hope to be able to do similar things in the future, but with different challenges (need to talk with the team about that, but I dont think they would have objections
). I think a lot of people have good and quality ideas that could be the basis of a nice discussion, but most of you out there are too lazy to post them
So this is your time to shine! This is your motivation! 
posted on April 20th, 2009, 12:21 am
well i work all week so it would of been nice if you made the end time a sunday so i could write my turtorial on the weekend...
but also slightly insulted seeing as im a member of B!G that you didnt think of me anyway Baron, not to mention i don't know how many people me and dominus have trained online, we deserve a chance just for that on its own.
infact we deserve a medal because its me and dominus who played a team game with Ray320 when nobody else would nad taught him that the federation are good by showing him what to build and guess what, a few hours later he made a thread appreciating them
surely mean and dominus deserve something for that...
but also slightly insulted seeing as im a member of B!G that you didnt think of me anyway Baron, not to mention i don't know how many people me and dominus have trained online, we deserve a chance just for that on its own.
infact we deserve a medal because its me and dominus who played a team game with Ray320 when nobody else would nad taught him that the federation are good by showing him what to build and guess what, a few hours later he made a thread appreciating them
surely mean and dominus deserve something for that...
posted on April 20th, 2009, 12:26 am
posted on April 20th, 2009, 12:33 am
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Oh I remembered you mark, dont act insulted I also remembered Hypercube, Adil, cts and some other folk as well. I cant pick u all, now can I?
As I've explained in my OP, I think that the thread quality is going a bit down, so it would be good to motivate people to write more. What better motivation than a game vs the developers could there be? I really do hope people cranck it up for this
I really am grateful that u2 taught ray how to play with feds, hopefully that will be the end of "this fed ship needs a buff" threads in here But I think its fairest with the rules I chose.
You and Dominus might get a game with me for your troubles, but if you want to play with the FO team u2 should start writing :thumbsup:
About the end date, khmmm I think there are more people in your situation. So maybe it would be best if we put this till the end of sunday and then voting would last till the end of friday, so the game can commence in the weekend Let it be so! (if the team agrees , Optec said next weekend, but if they can play in 14 days then we will move the deadline )
Thats nice to hear, but if you want a game - start writing
I also remembered Hypercube, Adil, cts and some other folk as well. I cant pick u all, now can I? As I've explained in my OP, I think that the thread quality is going a bit down, so it would be good to motivate people to write more. What better motivation than a game vs the developers could there be? I really do hope people cranck it up for this
I really am grateful that u2 taught ray how to play with feds, hopefully that will be the end of "this fed ship needs a buff" threads in here
But I think its fairest with the rules I chose.You and Dominus might get a game with me for your troubles, but if you want to play with the FO team u2 should start writing :thumbsup:
About the end date, khmmm I think there are more people in your situation. So maybe it would be best if we put this till the end of sunday and then voting would last till the end of friday, so the game can commence in the weekend
Let it be so! (if the team agrees , Optec said next weekend, but if they can play in 14 days then we will move the deadline )yeah, and then i variated on what dominus showed me and kicked his ass last night, thats got to count for somthing to, lol
Thats nice to hear, but if you want a game - start writing
posted on April 20th, 2009, 12:44 am
ray320 wrote:yeah, and then i variated on what dominus showed me and kicked his ass last night, thats got to count for somthing to, lol
whoa u kicked dom's ass.... u sure u werent on the same team and u used friendly fire?
posted on April 20th, 2009, 12:55 am
I would get my butt kicked!!
posted on April 20th, 2009, 12:56 am
posted on April 20th, 2009, 1:04 am
posted on April 20th, 2009, 1:28 am
Ray, lets not hijack the thread--so I'll just say my 2 pence and call it quits (yeah, I'm a hypocrit)
Since my ships were not going to use their specials by themselves, when the game minimized, I lost most of my firepower. I'll I could do was get off the first round of FoF, but couldn't go for the second round for that reason.
(yeah, I'm a hypocrit)Since my ships were not going to use their specials by themselves, when the game minimized, I lost most of my firepower. I'll I could do was get off the first round of FoF, but couldn't go for the second round for that reason.
posted on April 20th, 2009, 1:32 am
well, if it brings you any rest, all your little ships died in about 5 seconds cus of my plasma, the bigger ones couldnt fire cus of sensor blackout, and then most of the bigger ones got picked of by my acs torpedo, the remaining 4 luspets, yes only 4 remained, were cleaned ip by the rest of my fleet,which you i belive witnessed as you were back at that time.
posted on April 20th, 2009, 3:00 am
posted on April 20th, 2009, 3:23 am
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I would be very nervous to play against optec and doca. 
They know the ins and outs of this game like nobody's business. Probably half the code is memorized and since they test everything for balance, they've probably come up with almost every strategy possible. But it would be fun!
Edit: Just thought of a question for you Baron. Is it alright if it's an actual document? The one I've been writing was intended to be downloadable. If people have longer manuals it might be better to make it an attachement inside their thread. It should probably be done in word pad or as an .rtf, so that everyone has the opportunity to read it.
They know the ins and outs of this game like nobody's business. Probably half the code is memorized and since they test everything for balance, they've probably come up with almost every strategy possible. But it would be fun! Edit: Just thought of a question for you Baron. Is it alright if it's an actual document? The one I've been writing was intended to be downloadable. If people have longer manuals it might be better to make it an attachement inside their thread. It should probably be done in word pad or as an .rtf, so that everyone has the opportunity to read it.
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