23-09-2001 08:09									#1
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Each player are allowed 3 chances, while both of them have used the chances up. IIRC getting podded counts.

	23-09-2001 08:46									#2
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killed = #ship destroyed#

otherwise you would be out of the game.

also, I have only been podded twice - by solarwind - and he has only been podded twice - by me. So, no, we should not be out of the game, even if you counted podding as deaths. Once you have been killed 3 times though, it automatically eliminates you.

(edit)

by killed, i meant killed=1 death. So, get your ship destroyed 3 times and you are out.

Last edited by aeturneus on 23-09-2001 at 08:55

	23-09-2001 08:49									#3
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I was under the impression that it was 3 deaths and you're out.

	23-09-2001 09:17									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Jules I was under the impression that it was 3 deaths and you're out.

I too am under the same impression. 3 deaths, not 3 ship destructions.

	23-09-2001 12:09									#5
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quote: Originally posted by aeturneus (edit) by killed, i meant killed=1 death. So, get your ship destroyed 3 times and you are out.

When you are podded your ship is either destroyed or captured.

At any rate, if you look at your own record there's nothing like "deaths."

There is an entry called "Times Blown Up," or something like that.

So I don't think you can use "deaths" as a selector.

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	23-09-2001 16:41									#6
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I thought you're dead when someone/thing blows up your escape pod. You'll have to wait for day to restart with a standard merchant vessel. You do keep your other assets however (phew!). 'Times blown up' is just an indicator of your piloting skills.

Last edited by CapTVK on 23-09-2001 at 17:09

	23-09-2001 17:26									#7
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exactly, captvk. When you get that lovely #ship destroyed# next to your name, and you are locked out of the game for the day, the game logs that as 1 death.

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	23-09-2001 22:46									#8
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Ok, this is a question of opinion, but what is an escape pod for if you are not alive when you are in it?

	24-09-2001 11:42									#9
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quote: Originally posted by CapTVK I thought you're dead when someone/thing blows up your escape pod. You'll have to wait for day to restart with a standard merchant vessel. You do keep your other assets however (phew!). 'Times blown up' is just an indicator of your piloting skills.

It seems that there is no record of number of deaths per se, so I don't think the game server can act on that automatically.

If that is the case perhaps a log should be kept here, and Dan will be asked to log out anybody who gets killed three times.

So I have 1 death and everybody has 0, or is that something else?

	24-09-2001 22:07									#10
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I *believe* the game logs number of times blown up, and this is the number that it uses to determine if you're allowed to be let back into the game or not. In UR's case, he wasn't being allowed to log into the game because his user record showed him as being blown up three times. After looking at the logs, it's obvious he was only blown up once or twice at that time so I deducted one "blowup" from his user account.

What I'm not sure about is if having your ship destroyed and ejecting your escape pod counts as "being blown up" -- I think it does, but I'm not sure. I do know that if your escape pod is destroyed you have to wait a day to get back in, and I don't think this is really related to how many times you're "blown up", it seems more like an anti-cheating mechanism.

Dan

	25-09-2001 01:47									#11
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actually, as opposed to being an anti-cheating mechanism, I believe the one day wait is the reward given to the person who blows you up.

	25-09-2001 05:55									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS What I'm not sure about is if having your ship destroyed and ejecting your escape pod counts as "being blown up" -- I think it does, but I'm not sure.

It does. When I was sitting by myself in sector 3 two big meanies came along and start making and destroying planets. Eventually there was so much debis floating around my ship was destroyed which was recorded against me.

	25-09-2001 19:01									#13
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Well, I am out of the game, too. Hmm...

To the victors go the spoils...

-- Brian

	25-09-2001 22:30									#14
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Well, Aeturneus certainly knows how to upset the apple cart! Spoils indeed...