From: merrill@nunki.usc.edu (AstroNut)
Newsgroups: alt.games.gb
Subject: USC GAME DIES, final stats
Date: 11 Apr 1992 18:28:30 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: nunki.usc.edu

Well, the first USC GB game came to a painful end Friday night with a 
massive database corruption.  In an attempt to move the server, the ship
data file was corrupted, ~15,000 ships were added to the database
and the resulting confusion quickly cause the server to crash at any 
moveseg or update.  Lessons learned: BACKUP and don't try moving a game :(
backups existed, but it also included the ~15,000 ships,and the backup before
that was too ancient (4 days in this game was a lot of updates)

Some things were quite different in this game.  First and most notable was
the fact that T's could no longer jump and their hanger space was removed.
I do not know how this affected the game, players will have to give their
opinion.  

As well, tech was gained at an increased rate of 1.25.  This gave an 
twist in the game that lower iq races weren't hindered in the initial discovery
of hyperspace, as people didn't have the res to captilize on their high tech.

Probes were dropped to tech 50, given hyperdrives, and they could not
 be seen on maps, only tacticals. 

As well, Mechs were made 2.5 times more powerful, in an attempt to make
them useable.  (Any comments on new strength?)

Spore Pods were returned to their old habit of exploding once reaching another
system.  There were very few 'pure' mesos in this game, only 2 active I can
recall (Chaos and Rabid_Rabbits), any commnts guys?  

The game also ran (planned) movesegs and updates only during a few hours of the
evening.  This naturally excluded European players, but it was intended to 
give players a chance to GB and also do other things as well.

Unfortunately this game was thrown together quickly and there were some 
technical difficulties (this being my first game as a diety) The western half
of the galaxy consisted of 5 races, one of which was a jovian, 2 of which were
eaten by Rabid_Rabbits or in the process of being eaten, and a race which
dissolved about 40 updates into the game.

That left Rabid_Rabbits and the jovian, Flouwen the western half of the galaxy.
The eastern half was a bit more cramped.  As can be seen Rabid_Rabbits cleaned
up because of this demographic quirk.  How the game would have stacked up
if the west had more races is entirely unknown. To prevent such things
happening again, I intend to disperse races more evenly throughout
the universe next time.  

Below are the final stats at the time of data-base death. 

         ========== Galactic Bloodshed Power Report ==========
rank  #  Name               VP  mil  civ cash ship pl  res fuel dest morl VNs
 1 [ 9]  Rabid_Rabbits    2.7K  777 2.3M 213K  896112  63K 185K  18K 1.6K   1
 2 [ 4]  MasterRace       1.7K 3.7K 2.5M 1.3M  265 53  77K 109K 7.2K 1.1K   0
 3 [ 7]  Chaos            1.5K 3.2K 1.5M  12K  293 50  52K  72K 7.1K 4.4K   0
 4 [14]  Chemical Youth   1.3K  199 1.2M  48K  456 47  50K  70K 6.3K   72   8
 5 [ 2]  MacPhersons      1.1K   66 994K 2.0M 2.8K 12 5.9K  28K 1.3K  160   0
 6 [ 6]  Fluowen           674    0 2.6M 292K  149 20  13K  41K 3.1K -662   0
 7 [13]  Fiberglass        608    6 740K 163K   92 24  18K  28K 5.7K 2.4K   0
 8 [15]  Clawless          496    7 574K  33K  150 17 7.2K  18K 5.0K 1.3K   6
 9 [ 5]  SWARM             326   62 271K  34K  197 15  11K  27K 2.6K-3.6K   0
10 [ 8]  Greenthings       163  217 415K  19K   93 13 2.9K 7.1K 1.4K   48   0
11 [ 3]  Evil              102    0  35K 110K   39  2  580 3.7K  358 -667   2
12 [17]  REAL-Gurus         99  133  84K  25K   29 12  799 1.6K  120  267   0
13 [16]  Munchkins          72 2.0K  29K 127K   17  2  254  423    0  289   0
14 [10]  Arabeen            12    4  100    0   13  1  103  274   45 -321   0
15 [18]  Teacher            -8    0    0    0    0  0    0    0    0 -624   0
16 [ 1]  Chronos          9.5K    1 1.6M18.3M   99  5  89K 103K  78K  589   0
17 [11]  FailedRace        110    0  13K    0    0  1  19K  21K 1.7K-2.1K   0


----==== PLAYER RANKINGS ====----
No.  Name                 Score    Tech  IQ
 1 M [ 9] Rabid_Rabbits    2735  120.69 178 
 2   [ 4] MasterRace       1749  158.88 170 
 3 M [ 7] Chaos            1486   75.68  98 
 4 M [14] Chemical Youth   1279  126.13 150 
 5 M [ 2] MacPhersons      1126   27.44  48 
 6 M [ 6] Fluowen           674  130.92 188 
 7   [13] Fiberglass        608  100.18 126 
 8   [15] Clawless          496  144.82 181 
 9   [ 5] SWARM             326  124.71 155 
10 M [ 8] Greenthings       163   92.97 176 
11   [ 3] Evil              102  144.78 190 
12   [17] REAL-Gurus         99  107.25 143 
13   [16] Munchkins          72   98.11 130 
14   [10] Arabeen            12  128.38 170 
15 M [18] Teacher            -8   42.22   0 
16 M [ 1] Chronos          9530  170.82 220 
17   [11] FailedRace        110  105.00 140 
18   [12] GOD               -43  147.11 190 


I will most likely host another game next week, so watch this board.

Merciless Chronos