To me, the points system is meaningless as it currently stands. I don't care about my rank BECAUSE people can go above me by playing weaker players. What I want is a points system that encourages playing skilled players rather than "playing the system".

Five thumbs up.

I think one thing that might make this viable is if it counted the last 30 days' worth of games - that would keep the people rising through the ranks happy, as it would generally reflect who they have been fighting recently, rather than some games in the distant past.

mpjh wrote:Beyond your pay grade?

Yes indeedy.

I'm American, and I get pissed at people who think that we all think that we own the world. I think that the world needs a leader, though, and at the moment, the USA is that leader, whether you like it or not. Whether the USA is a good leader or not, well, that's not my department.

And it worries me based on these sorts of comments that Americans get to choose who ends up in charge of the free world for the rest of us.

Hey, you can move to America. Nothing's stopping you. Or, if you're feeling contrary, go join China or Russia. Which would you rather have in charge of the ...

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Inhuman14 wins in the first round 2-1.

I think the reason people get upset that they get "average" ratings is that most people are inherently nice when they assign people ratings. I'm not saying you aren't justified to call someone "average", but people don't expect that.

I actually think it's better the way it is - when you see ...

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Maybe this could be reset every once in a while for the people that jump in the ranks... Or it could be a percentage based on the # of new recruits you play.

europa, Discworld (I am a huge Terry Pratchett fan), World 2.1 (coz of its awesomeness), etc.

Depends on what kind of pole you want - For most you probably want to dig an anchor or foundation to - 18 inches for five feet is plenty.

Oh, if you mean poll, scroll down when editing your main topic.

Somehow, that doesn't seem quite as appealing to me. I was thinking that you start off with a fleet, and you use that fleet to win. :-/ I dunno. I think that your idea works, but it's not what I had in mind, that's all.

Well, for the pale blue one, you need to hold and maintain eight territories to hold the bonus, and that one is arguably the easiest to keep.

I think we should reduce the amount of compartments in some of the larger ships.

Hmm... I have a couple problems with this design, but this one is the biggest: If we're going to make the map asymmetrical, we have to make it easier to grab the "easy" bonuses. As it is, it's too easy to break bonuses.

Hey, cool, I'll make sure to check it on your map from time to time.

Your list does not take into account the scores of other noob farmers out there.

True, but if you're starting everyone out on their capital ship, whoever starts out on ship X has an inherent advantage over the person that starts out on ship Y that has a slightly higher bonus but more of a difficult capture.

I'm thinking that this would be more of a prototype map for the "battle ...

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The problem that people have with me has nothing to do with noobs not coming back, because it was established that there is nothing I do, other than join the games, which prevents noobs from enjoying their experience. People are annoyed about how successful I have ...

If you'd look at the map I have posted on my main page, my idea is a lot more symmetrical. Needs a lot of work, but if everything is the same on all sides, and people start on the capital ships, everything is equal.

With the map that captainwalrus made, if everyone starts on a capital ship, some ...

A simple description of what could attack what on a sidebar would suffice.

I was totally thinking the same thing. Now Lack needs to decide... New yacht? Or happier gamers.... New yacht.

don't think of it as a 25$ membership - think of it as 2$ a month.