Re: VGAPLANETS v. MoO

From: mcderm@selway.umt.edu (Stacey L McDermott)

Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <319F9CAB.41AF@mind.net>, Christian  <oceanic@mind.net> wrote:
>cg wrote:
>>
>>   VGAPLANETS WINS..hands down even with factoring in the fabulous
>> ADD-ons that VGAp is famious for,you can custom a game like never

<Snip>

>
>Given the bad graphics, lame interface, laughable Battle VCR and stupid
>ship combat id say VGA planets needs all the add ons it can get!  MOO on
>the other hand, though dated, is still much better than VGAp ever thought
>of being.

I haven't played MoO or STARS! so can't speak to that, but as to the
critisism of VGA Planets...

Allow me to paraphrase you:  Given the bad graphics, lame interface,
laughable Battle VCR and stupid ship combat id say chess needs all the
add ons it can get.

I'm sure you get the point.

VGA planets is a great game, pure and simple.  Because of it's relative
simplicity and extraordinary flexability it is not one game but many.
It's an arcade game (If you really get off on watching VCR's :)), it's a
tactics and strategy game, it's a diplomacy game and it's a  'game' in
the truest sense of game theory:  To succeed, you need to convince your
opponents to do what you want them to do and get them to believe it is
in their best interest to do so.  (i.e. 'raising' in poker)

It's also a fantastic oppotunity to interact with others from around the
world.  Since I've been playing VGA-Planets, I've re-thought many of my
assumptions on the internet, international politics and psychology just
to name a few.  I think that there's something about the game that lends
itself to reflection, hence the 'meta-game' that we are currently engaged
in.  Not only do we, in this newsgroup play VGA-planets, we spend time
reading about it, discussing it, arguing about it and having petty
squabbles about it.

Furthermore, the very fact that there are add-ons, means that the game is
a living thing, the result of many minds and many hands (Not to take a
thing away from Tim, he's still the Man!)

Mastor of Orion may be a fine game, but, just out of curiosity, is there
an alt.games.master-of-orion newsgroup?  And if so, how much traffic does
it get?

My 2 cents.

R, posting from a friend's account.

References

Re: VGAPLANETS v. MoO
Christian <oceanic@mind.net>
Sun, 19 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000
VGAPLANETS v. MoO
cg@primenet.com (cg)
Sat, 18 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: VGAPLANETS v. MoO
Christian <oceanic@mind.net>
Sun, 19 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000
VGAPLANETS v. MoO
cg@primenet.com (cg)
Sat, 18 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000