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15 Mar 2006, 02:22
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LDK
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Norway
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Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
Found urself in this position during the round?
I know I have..been on till early hrs and just watch my planet being raped.
http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/play_uk.php?id=894127
And yes..I m bored
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I would give me right testicle to be in a gal with you wishmaster!!! wonder if thatd be enough to bribe spinner with hmmmm
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15 Mar 2006, 02:24
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thinking, that's all.
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
Attention seekers these days
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15 Mar 2006, 02:36
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ND
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Amazingstoke
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
hahaha, so true.
Had so many mails over the last 3 rounds.
'lolz pre launch lolz'
6 hours later, the pre launch kicks in.
11 hours later, jgp, no def. 'lolz'
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15 Mar 2006, 03:34
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1up on you
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Birmingham, UK
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
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15 Mar 2006, 13:20
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Bolivian Alpaca
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
One guy prelaunched on me with something like +10 or so. It's just not funny. And when you have 9 fleets prelaunched like that, you don't know what will come together at what tick. If you guys make it so easy for inactive people to attack someone, why don't you make it at least fair to the guy getting prelaunched and tell him when exactly his incs are going to appear.
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15 Mar 2006, 15:08
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I see you!
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: In any girl
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
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Originally Posted by Gio2k
why don't you make it at least fair to the guy getting prelaunched and tell him when exactly his incs are going to appear.
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That would make prelaunch ridiculous imo
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15 Mar 2006, 16:01
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Registered Awesome Person
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 5,676
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
You'd be able to pre-launch defence that you wouldn't be able to send normally, e.g. Marauders against Zik DE incomings and Tzens against Xan CO incomings.
That would be a bad thing.
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15 Mar 2006, 16:40
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Poblacht na hÉireann
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
They could probably cut prelaunch to 3 or 4 ticks maybe which would still allow for sending attacks at a reasonable hour and having them appear at an unreasonable one.
But I have to say there is a lot more important things to focus on and tweak than that. Besides, if people think it's that effective and great, then there is nothing to stop them from using it too. Personally, I'll carry on launching at xx:59 and pretending this is somehow better just because its how I used to do it in 'the good old days.'
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15 Mar 2006, 16:44
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Banned
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Further to the right
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
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Originally Posted by Achilles
They could probably cut prelaunch to 3 or 4 ticks maybe which would still allow for sending attacks at a reasonable hour and having them appear at an unreasonable one.
But I have to say there is a lot more important things to focus on and tweak than that. Besides, if people think it's that effective and great, then there is nothing to stop them from using it too. Personally, I'll carry on launching at xx:59 and pretending this is somehow better just because its how I used to do it in 'the good old days.'
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When I started playing again a little bit in r13 on those occasions when I prelaunched I used to do it at xx:59. I have no idea how I thought this was going to help me
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15 Mar 2006, 18:58
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Bolivian Alpaca
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 912
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
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Originally Posted by Nadar
That would make prelaunch ridiculous imo
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Which is only fair. If you can't be bothered to put in the effort at the right time, then you should expect your attack to be easy to cover.
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15 Mar 2006, 19:00
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PA Team
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
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Originally Posted by Gio2k
One guy prelaunched on me with something like +10 or so. It's just not funny. And when you have 9 fleets prelaunched like that, you don't know what will come together at what tick. If you guys make it so easy for inactive people to attack someone, why don't you make it at least fair to the guy getting prelaunched and tell him when exactly his incs are going to appear.
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Because it's possible to change the tick you prelaunch something?
Prelaunch it for 10 ticks. Make sure the person you're attacking discovers this, and sees you launch in 10 ticks using this "ubercool scan".
Change it to 0 prelaunch just before the tick.
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Originally Posted by Achilles
They could probably cut prelaunch to 3 or 4 ticks maybe which would still allow for sending attacks at a reasonable hour and having them appear at an unreasonable one.
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Firstly, this isn't a solution to before - if you want to lurk on someone, you just have to reset prelaunch a bit more often.
Also, when I suggested this, I believe I got shot down.
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But I have to say there is a lot more important things to focus on and tweak than that. Besides, if people think it's that effective and great, then there is nothing to stop them from using it too. Personally, I'll carry on launching at xx:59 and pretending this is somehow better just because its how I used to do it in 'the good old days.'
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Launching later does help. I've managed to get cr/bs ships on anti fr/de calls before because they were hitting a planet constantly so we often JGPed it. We covered some calls before they'd launched. I found it amusing
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15 Mar 2006, 19:13
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Bolivian Alpaca
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 912
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Re: Oi - I spotted my prelaunch!!
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Originally Posted by Appocomaster
Because it's possible to change the tick you prelaunch something?
Prelaunch it for 10 ticks. Make sure the person you're attacking discovers this, and sees you launch in 10 ticks using this "ubercool scan".
Change it to 0 prelaunch just before the tick.
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True, but then again, the guy would have to be active to do that. I am not against someone changing his prelaunches every 5 minutes, I am against 2-3 people from smaller alliances prelaunching on you with +10 and going away, knowing there is not way to cover them.
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Originally Posted by Appocomaster
Launching later does help. I've managed to get cr/bs ships on anti fr/de calls before because they were hitting a planet constantly so we often JGPed it. We covered some calls before they'd launched. I found it amusing
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It stops being amusing when the same people keep you waiting 5 or more ticks until those incomings finally appear, defeating any chance of you knowing when to send those cr/bs on def.
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