Hi all,

Stumbled onto the forum tonight -- totally randomly I came across a link to Tradewars today and remembered how much fun I used to have playing. The last time I played was over a 33.6 modem to give you an idea how long it's been. I always played in local games way back and when and I'm rather delighted to see there's a way to play on the net! That said, I see there is a tournament coming up and while I may be a little too rusty to play (am I? noobs welcome or no?) can someone recommend a game I could get into?

I will be reading up on how to use helpers and even sign in through the web - literally I have been out of it for that long so any help on how to get back into it is appreciated!

Thanks,

seismik

check out outpost-4 and navhaz junction- both sites have an abundance of info for the returning player. also, once you get a telnet client working ice-9 has some really nice beginner/returning player games...

feel free to mail me if you have any specific questions!
http://www.outpost-4.com
http://www.navhaz.com

TWXproxy

That is all.

Stay away from unlimited turn games unless you are there just for the truce period to relearn the commands. These are usually killfests if no truce is in effect. Choose your games and try to get into one that has just been banged. Going into a game where people are defending/attacking will generally prevent you from making it to dock. When you get hit, and you will, ask how they did it - if you start trash talking, you won't make it very far.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

Welcome back! Where did you first see the link?

Things have changed a bit as you might imagine. I returned after 8 years away. You will need to read this

http://www.navhaz.com/dny_tw_tutorial.txt

It will help explain a lot and get you back up to speed.

Here's the link to the site that lists all the games currently running and where.

http://www.thestardock.com/twgssearch/index.php

And of course there's a lot of game resets announced here, so come back often!

A few games..not all...not most.

A have found dozens and dozens of servers not listed on Stardock list.

There is a check box in the software to list/not list.
I think one reason not to list is to keep the people on this forum away from there servers.
OR they just don't know. ANd If you want to find these servers all you need to do is use Google and Bing.
They show up as various permutations in searches.

There must be a pointer to give The Stardock the info.


I dont know where are your going with this SG.
Are you denying that these servers exist?
Just use Google or Bing.
Given a few minutes I can find 20 or 30 addy's for TW that are not on The Stardock Search.
And Given that Stardock shows 19 servers last time I looked......
Ask John how many servers he has sold in the last 10 years.....

The Stardock is a Great service....But MOST games? No.

Agree with Parrot, there are servers that like minimal scripting and don't want anyone coming into the little pond who has been swimming with the sharks so to speak. Their whole eco system would be trashed by advertising on Stardock. You can sometimes run across these by doing a search because they setup webpages. I have played on a couple of them and you find out very quickly that they play a low key version. The Aussie server I found a few years ago was a good example - the nickname "Homicidal Americans" was used for a couple of players, Doog and Marduk - even with a 400-500ms ping.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

From time to time I go looking for new recruits for Kraaken or TW in general.

College LAn's are a popular place to set up a server as everyone gets to play with a lightening ping.

I have talked to a couple peeps who have games for "Family" only running on someones puter as a way to keep extended family engaged. They play a SLow style usually. Frankly I wouldnt be killing my wife with a killscript. The Risk/Reward Ratio is pretty bad in that situation.

Many games are still running as Doors in a BBS somewhere.