From: duelge@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Jason Duelge)
Subject: Re: Who Rules the World? ( OUR WIVES???!!!)
Reply-To: duelge@schaefer.UUCP (Jason Duelge)
Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin Dept. of Mathematics
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 23:25:18 GMT

In article <67950@hydra.gatech.EDU> me12@prism.gatech.EDU (Reza Ebrahimpour 32199) writes:
>
>Now they are both resigning ( more or less) from the game, because 
>their wives are not happy with the time they spend on the game.
>
>I was not a good player. I played Karadj in a few games some long time ago.
>And when I was going to be a better player, suddenly I was stopped by my 
>wife. At the time it was pretty depressing not to be able to continue
>the battle, but now it seems clear to me that she was right. 
>I was simply spending too much time on a GAME.

>Regards,
>Reza Ebrahimpour
>

There have been quite a few good posts lately.  I think what spurred it
on was the incredibly lame (stupid?) post by Redline.  Lest we forget,
Redline 'won' the great HARVARD tourney (no game will ever touch that
one ... and don't *YOU* forget that).  He and Mirkwood busted Dorsai.
All three fine players ... among the best.
Of course, when Redline makes the 'no great non-american players' comment
(paraphrased of course), we must wonder at his intelligence and/or his
awareness of the better players of the last year.  I guess we will all
have our opinions.
Anyway, Karadj was hardly 'not a good player'.  Considering the length of
time he played, and the amount of time he played, he was one of the best.
Intelligence gets one pretty far in this game.  Not as far as longevity,
but it does reduce the learning curve tremendously.
Anyway, the point.  I'll try to get to the point...

I had an idea of a version of empire for those of us who had absolutely
no time for empire.
This is a rough idea ... so bear with me.
a)  Only people with absolutely no time would be allowed to play.
b)  Those that played would only be playing for fun.  There would be
no 'winner' ... (see below)
c)  Each of the players would begin with a start island.  These islands
would be sacred ... they would never be attacked by another player.
Period.  For reasons, read below.
d)  There would be one or two updates a week.  Or even one a day, it
wouldn't matter.
e)  The world would be very large.  The resource level would be high.
There would be lots of free land.
f)  Now i bet you are wondering what the point of this game would be ...
g)  When us 'no time for empire' people had a little time, say a few
hours here, a weekend there, we would do a little playing.  We would
colonize new islands.  We would set up defenses ... hoping that they
would last two weeks until our next playing time.  We would try to attack
colonies of other players.  Our time would run out, and we'd go back to
our lives.
h)  The game would run for a good long time.  Play would be sporadic.
However, no matter how long away (a week, two) from the game, there would
be something to come back to.

Well, as i said, this was a rough idea.  However, for me (and perhaps others)
the fun in empire isn't in the winning, or the every day update, it is in
the fighting, development, etc.  What fun is there in taking over a country
completely?  What fun is fighting someone that won't fight back?  What fun
is there in being to busy to defend your last sectors, and logging in to
see them gone.

Anyway, this is my idea.  Anyone have any comments, i'd be glad to hear
them.  RGE sure has been busy lately, and i like it.  Still my slowest
news group.

Jason -- Temekula

ps  Did you get my email, Reza?