The Discovery Olympic Games

[ghostcat]

Hahaha, how many times can you bounce off a star?

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........Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;..........But when the blast of war blows in our ears,.....
........Or close the wall up with our English dead...........................Then imitate the action of the tiger;.................
........In peace there's nothing so becomes a man........................Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,.........
........As modest stillness and humility:........................................Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage!....

Dasher

"Another popup faction. Great. What's wrong with my popup blocker?" - Denelo
"Oh come on, slow and steady doesn't win any races, fast and steady does."

Back, if I can get this thing working!

[Doom]

Only thing is with a "trophie" is that unless Igiss makes it equipable (probaly alot of work) it will just get lost during combat at some point and then somone who did not win will appear to have.


Kiggles:)

Well, such trophy could be stored on the faction trophy ship / bank....
Also, a chart about the games will be held, where all the players who won a medal [and all participants also] will be shown.
I'm concerned with the event mechanics now, like scoreboard, ladders, and the like.. How should it be?

I like this idea very much, actually. And also, I think the commodities should be mountable, so if, say, Razr and his team from the [SA] win (Just an example...), then they get to equip it on their ships as a token of their superiority in whichever event the team won in. Kind of like a status token if you will. Such as Kiggles said.

Making the items mountable means to add hardpoints to a lot of ships. And as Igiss has little time to spare, that would delay the beta for quite a while.
In comparison, adding a few commodities would be much easier.

But..guys...we don't need another hardpoint for the mountable medal..we have one..all ships have it...and we all use it...

armor upgrade...medal could be armor upgrade mk vIII (or cap mk VIII for capital ships) but with changed info card to say that it is bronze, silver or gold medal....

make it part of equip sold only on admin base...nothing else but simple copy/paste of armor stats and changing inforcard...and one line added to be sold at admin base equipment dealer..that could work, right?

[Panzer]

Like.. wow...

Excellent idea - The "medals" might be pieces of equipment in general - depending on the challenge. They'd naturally be of far better quality, than the ones commonly availible.

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[Doom]

well i meant armor upgrade specifically...same stats as normal armor...nothing special...
it is image that counts not the stats....

[Caribe]

How about instead of makeing the "medals" for something in game, just pin the awards in the fourm some where and have siggies available with the medels in them.

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Been here since Discovery 4.77 (lurk mode engaged)

I have recently met and discussed with Atalawohisdi the trader that flies the Caribe. Just so everyone knows, I engaged in Sigma 13. He flies through half the system before going back to New Berlin, where he cruises from one side of the system to the other, hugging the sun as close as he can. All the while, he flies near Battleships trying to scrape me off. I finally send out the white flag, and move back to Sigma 13. However, it was a ruse, and he bit. Knowing his trade route, I interdicted the trade lane and the chase began anew. It ended, an hour after it began, with me retreating, out of Countermeasures and getting very irritated.

He kept boasting how he has never been caught; I'd like to see him beat until he begs to pay, then beaten some more.

- Best day ever.

[kiggles]

Korrd I think you should put a guard system or 2 in the race but make them like optianal short cuts, as it is possible to get through them and it is not actualy all that hard.

I just tested and I made it through Illinosis without taking a single shot and then I only took a few shots getting through Hiroshima and that was because I was trying to change my scanner to look for the JH into Honshu.

But anyway I guess it is up to you and should be fun what ever.:)

Kiggles:D

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I've been mildly miffed by one-shot weapons since their implementation, oh so long ago. I remember the days when fights were a matter of who could aim better, rather than who could aim a single shot. - Virus

[Jihadjoe]

The Whole idea is awesome. I love it, try to get it done for the final version of 4.84. im exited by the idea of spectating alone.

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[bluntpencil2001]

A new sport was pioneered in Bretonia a couple of weeks ago.

Starflier Jousting!

Starfliers, without guns, ram each other in an attempt to destroy the other. It is quite the pastime for certain Privateers.

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[Jihadjoe]

A new sport was pioneered in Bretonia a couple of weeks ago.

Starflier Jousting!

Starfliers, without guns, ram each other in an attempt to destroy the other. It is quite the pastime for certain Privateers.

simply awesome. not very rp tho is it?

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[bluntpencil2001]

simply awesome. not very rp tho is it?

Sure it was.

We, being hotshot Bretonian fighter pilots, wanted to try a new, extremely high-risk sport in cheap Liberty-made escape pods.

And yes, we played it out 'in character'. It's called 'creativity', folks!:P

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