When I was a younger man, before I became the old and decrepit 24 year old before you, there was a little-known game not much unlike this one. It was fun, nerdy, made by a small yet very active company (before Microsoft got it, I guess), and had a small, dedicated community of players. Okay, not "Holy crap there are 200 people on ICO at the same time?!" small, but you get the idea. The game was Mechcommander and one of the leagues formed around it went by the name of Steel Command.
The SCL was a heavily role-played league which used Mechcommander as a vehicle to wage an enormous interstellar war between the various Battletech factions (faction websites still exist today, in all their 1998 glory). Factions would fight for territory and resources. They would commit Mechs and other resources to battles, then play out those battles in the game. There was diplomacy and even an enormous map which was manually updated to reflect faction ownership changes (this was back before the web was "dynamic"
I think a league like this would work well in Sins for a few reasons. First of all, it is asynchronous. That is, factions can schedule games or just issue orders ("Explore this planet", etc.) and won't need to randomly have a whole lot of players on at the same time (this is the main reason clans don't work right now). Secondly, Sins is very customizable, which is required for this sort of thing to work. The Map Designer is quick and dirty, but the real power lies in Galaxy Forge (assuming it gets fixed) which allows maps to be custom-tailored to battles. With this customization combined with the fact that different battles can have different supply caps, sizes and so forth, games can be long or short depending on the battle setup and include any number of other variables.
Sins games can be incredibly long, back and forth, intense experiences even though the action isn't necessarily constant -- that's what I love about it. You have to make big decisions -- do I build up and dig in or rush? Do I save that planet being attacked or do I counter? -- which can affect where you are an hour later. But what if the game didn't end in an hour, a day, or a month? What if there were an entire Universe to conquer and not just a star or two at a time?
If there's a game out now that could be used to resurrect the enormous scope and breadth of Steel Command, it is almost certainly Sins. However, this is no minor task and will require dedication and effort from many -- not to mention players! I'm not sure if we have enough people yet, but we'd have to start somewhere. This would be a considerable undertaking and I am already extremely low on free time, so I'm putting this out now to see what sort of interest there is, if any. Please provide feedback!
P.S. If you're wondering who would actually make the site for this, the answer is me. I do it for a living so we've at least got that part covered.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
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Okay folks, it seems like we have enough people interested to make an official inquiry here on the boards. The way I see it, we need a minimum of 25 people to start really getting the ball rolling in an official way on this thing. To that end, I have created a form that interested parties should fill out. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds and will give me a way to keep track of people with serious interest.
One of the questions asks what you want your "role" to be; I have created the following roles with my recommendation of minimum numbers to fulfill in parenthesis (assumes 3 initial factions; one for each race):
Fill out the form here: http://binjured.wufoo.com/forms/sins-league-signup/
Thank you in advance!
(Entrenchment required for membership for the time being; with more players, hopefully we can have two leagues... but that's a dream for now.)
Lets keep in mind that not all of us are american...
*Cough*SM
Canadian and proud to be one!!!!
Have a nice trip Nyzzz
Maybe thats why yur so loopy.. canadian healthcare
Hm, cant really think of anything to make this a league-related post, lets keep up the good work every1?
LOOOL!
Yes good luck to all....now let's trash talk +_+
Some of our RP elements have released to the public, if you want to update your current files on us, head over to the Black Box, and chech back often. We are always updating profiles and such to show change in the RP aspect of it!
Perhaps a central site would be in order soon?
Canada seems like a nice place, but I am a bit of a conspiracy theorist.
I think that the Canadians are the ones engineering world conflicts in order to further their power, and eventually take over the world. I have a theory that they are ruling North Korea by means of a shadow government, and that the recent tensions with North Korea are of their design. They plan to get North Korea into a war that will cause friction between China and countries such as the U.S. and South Korea. This will cause a form of cold war that will create massive mistrust. Eventually, the puppet government of Taiwan, secretly a front for Canada, will declare war on mainland China. The United States will respond with serious force, and a war will break out. When U.S. forces are tied up in the far east, the Canadian military will invade southward, conquoring the U.S. and Mexico, and even marching all the way to the southern tip of South America. The Canadians, now with a greater capacity for war, will assault a much weakened China, and thus become an industrial powerhouse. An embargo on the sale of all trade goods to countries outside Canadian territory will be enacted, crippling the world economy. Canada will then invade the ailing countries of Asia and Europe, and will even mobilize against Australia. The finishing blow will be a swift invasion of Africa, a simple move that will cement Canada as the only nation on the planet, and uniting all people under their banner.
The Day of the Maple Leaf is coming. Prepare yourselves.
Samurye.
LOOOOOL! Switch Canada with China and I'll agree
Hey guys, hope the system naming is going good. If you not check out our site for part of some RP lore we been having fun making head over and take a look.
Im thinking on making a Common Forum for all of us to use. We want to get yall in on some RP lore and such. Get the creative juces flowing in between all of us! While we slowly put this gameplaying aspect of the league together, we can have fun creating lore, story and having all kind of RP'ing fun in the mean time.
Another thing Im thinking of doing is posting up on the SINS Forms a story or something for us to play around with and add to. Maybe that will drum up some interest from other people on the site.
Also I have email Binjured to see where he stands on this project. I will let yall know if I get anything back.
Sounds good to me Carbon. As for me my computer is currently on the fritz and i need to determine the problem soon and fix it or buy a new computer (bluescreen *sob*). The situation certainly isnt any better when my g/f is constantly mocking me that her apple computer is still alive and kicking and this is my second windows computer >.>
Either way, ill still be on and working on the advent projects so dont worry.
Have you guys ever heard of a, Canadian Military? Sounds a bit odd to me.
Screw you! Thats my country your talking about +_+
There is a reason for that. You may not think so, but the Canadians have a massive underground army, as well as extremely rigirous training routines, but they are keeping it hidden from the world so as to not arouse suspicion. You may laugh now, but you won't be laughing when the Canadians come busting down your door.
You guys anti-canadians or what! That's two screwy comments one after the other!
I like Canada. It is a nice, beautiful place full of nice people. I have friends from up there. Really, I have nothing against Canada.
Just finished naming my systems as well as the names of planets within those systems. I will post it up under the Illumina thread as well as the Illumina forums. Ill be PMing both Carbon and Shadow a copy and anyone else who needs one.
Hey everyone,
I've finally got Entrenchment so I'm looking forward to having games with you guys. I'm a part of the Advent faction and looking forward to crushing you all in the name of unity.
I am pretty new at this, but if anyone wants a game just give me a yell.
Congrats on getting entrenchment, perhaps a game tonight would be in order.
Nyczzz depends what time...like yesterday I'll be testing Bridge Command with Tesla starting at 8pm (EST) and I'll be done around 9.15PM EST. I'd love to join though! Haven't played entrenchment in a while
I'd be totally up for that, just send me a time and I'll come along.
I can go for a game around 9ish EST, Trancenova is on BST so maybe a earlier game might happen? 6pm EST perhaps? ill keep you informed.
Sorry guys Ive been away and will be so for another week and half. Me ans Xenon will be on vacation so most of -Ue_ will be out of touch. I did get you PM Nyczzz, Very impressive!!! I didnt expect planets yet! I will have to rework the size rating to fit into what you have game to so far.
Hope all will go well im our leave!!! Look forward to seeing yall when we get back!
Wish you all a great vacation, i will have something completed for everyone by the time you return hopefully. As for the planets, i might change them around so that they are more game friendly.
Your planets are fine!!! I just wasnt ready for planets number and names yet. LOL, not a big deal at all!!! I was impressed you had them all named so far!!!
Haha, i actually had more system and planet names.
Also, as for the game tonight, i will be on at 10 PM EST. Look for my user name.
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