Vet game

[Jim DiGriz]

God, no staying power, these vets. Must be the horrendous background to this forum

I would have replied to the note about the latest vet game but the thread appears to be closed. I'm up for a vet game again but have been really busy with worok recently. I know that Gray is still around occasionally and we are in contact with each other personally, a lot more. How about a bit of a rollcall in this thread and see how many of us there are who still check in on these forums, irrespective whether you want to join a new vet game or not. Lets get a few numbers going and see if all those vets really have run away scared from the Imperial Wars Powerhouse that is Jim Digriz.

I refuse to accept that Alastor or Rhialto have gotten tired of turning my battlestars into scrap and there must be a bunch of others out there that still wants to kick my ass

[SilverShiro]

I'm around! Haven't exactly been "active", or perhaps not even "anywhere around", possibly even "haven't logged in for almost a year"... but that doesn't mean I'm gone!

Nice new forum, too.

So, Jim DiGriz, it's time to get out your trousers with the padded behind - it sounds like you're asking for a reprise of Universes past

SS

[Jim DiGriz]

In honour of this very special game I've commissioned a famous starlord to paint big bright targets over my battlestars in order to encourage other starlords to "come and have a go if they think they're hard enough".

I have engaged my best commander crews and on certain elite battlestars the weapons operators have volunteered to have one arm tied behind their backs as the victory will be that much sweeter and the satisfaction that much greater in the knowledge that the rest of the galaxy still can't beat them. You'll be able to tell which ships they are as the cannons will only be firing from the left barrel.

Of course, this does mean that our left handed barrels will be overheating and becoming damaged that much quicker and so we will be looking on ebay galaxia for a few spares. Please bear with us if we cannot join battle immediately as we will be waiting for the bidding to finish. Furthermore, we would consider it most unsporting if certain other starlords were to either offer inferior goods or who would get involved through artificially raising the prices.

It has also come to our attention that certain starlords are saying that we intend to cheat in some way. I can assure you that we will not, and never had, ANY intention of employing the natives of Octopi VIII or their close cousins living in the Calamari starcluster, as our weapons operators.

[Tortoise]

I am around now and then. This forum and the universes were desolated last year. That's why I tried the poll for a new vet game. I spoke to LP, the only one how replied on my thread. If we can have a (nearly) full new universe, I think he will be one of the Starlords, just as I will. But the last vet game was already afflicted with a high drop/resign rate, veterans were leaving too. However a full universe is worth to reinstate the iWars client on my laptop.

[Cozy]

I'm aroundish. RL parked few battleships with charged GDs in core systems' orbits; need to sort that first but in principle I'm up for it. Probably not gonna start until December madness goes away, right?

edit: heh, my avatar acctually represents me quite accurately

[Jim DiGriz]

At the rate of previous vet games getting started I'd be surprised if we got under way before April

[Jim DiGriz]

It's April...So when's this game starting?

[Jim DiGriz]

The Galactic Parliament slowly spins across the face of New Alexia, reflective glass creating a mirror image of the galaxy. Millennia have passed and conference attendees have marvelled at the beauty of the twin suns, certain in the knowledge that their worlds promise nothing like the wonders that New Alexia promise the average attendee.

All is a mirage. Conference goers are blind to the truth. Theres has not been a galactic meet for four hundred years. Union representation, propositions, amendments to the executive have merely been fronts for a steadily crumbling system. THere is no galactic council; there is no truth. One starlord stands alone representing all. Business to Barnabus is everything.

Sadly the time of the starlords has passed. This is not to mean that business can't continue. Barnabus will exploit new markets and conquer new worlds. Frankly the spread of Oceanic should guarantee enough interest to control all galaxies so long as Barnabus exists.

But there's no sport. Controlling all is one thing but where is the fun? Battlestars with the corpses of Silvershiro, Alastor, Rhialto, Gray, Tortoise etc bonded to the hulls of my ships is unappealing. Unappealing because weakness is not a trait of warriors. Lack of interest is the trait of FOOLS!

If I could spit on the feet of those people that called themselves Vets I would. Loyalty is all. Clearly my understanding of a veteran is different from those vets that call me friends!

BRING IT ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cozy]

Well?

Rabble to make Ras happy :p

[Jim DiGriz]

Well, dearest Cozy, the Vet game has died a death.

However , join the main universe queue as a baron and we'll have ourselves a full game (well, for the first turn anyway )