I thought that making a colony planet would be my next step. But the Impulse Drive research starts at 2.000-4.000-600 and goes up from there. It would take a few days for me to get that to level 3 for a Colony Ship. I want to do something now. Wah!
There are a couple of inactive planets in my system and I need to check them out.
Questions:
Do I need to send an espionage probe first?
Can someone tell when they've been probed?
Do players take a probe as a threat?
Will they retaliate?
If I raid an inactive planet will the player be able to tell who it was?
Again, will they retaliate?
I can view other planets in the Galaxy view, but what makes a good target?
Can I tell before the raid if the planet is worth raiding?
Does is matter how far away their planet is? Fuel costs?
I expect most players have been playing longer than me (6 days) and have things like fleets and defenses and could squash me like a bug if they wanted to.
I will update this post when I have found some answers.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Colonize Now, Raid Later
Raiding can wait. This guide says to build a colony on another planet to increase resource production, so that's what I plan to do next. Anyway, raiding seems complicated, and I want to read more about probing a target and possible retailiation before I go and raid someone. Plus, raiding seems so mean. Do unto others... and all that.
Next up - Colony Ship. The Technology screen says I need Shipyard at level 4 and Impulse Drive at level 3 before I can build one. So to get those things I am going to need more crystal and deut. So I'm going to build those both up to level 10, along with Solar Sats for more power, then wait for the resources to accumulate to build a Colony Ship. It should take a day or two.
Acronym of the Day: CR stands for Combat Report. Here's an example. Wow, what big numbers you have! Reminds me of looking up at the nightime sky and feeling all small and insignificant in the grand scheme of things. (this game is HUGE)
But I am growing exponentially. Now at 69 Points. ;o)
Next up - Colony Ship. The Technology screen says I need Shipyard at level 4 and Impulse Drive at level 3 before I can build one. So to get those things I am going to need more crystal and deut. So I'm going to build those both up to level 10, along with Solar Sats for more power, then wait for the resources to accumulate to build a Colony Ship. It should take a day or two.
Acronym of the Day: CR stands for Combat Report. Here's an example. Wow, what big numbers you have! Reminds me of looking up at the nightime sky and feeling all small and insignificant in the grand scheme of things. (this game is HUGE)
But I am growing exponentially. Now at 69 Points. ;o)
Energy? What? Me Worry?
Energy is a pain in the ass. I never seem to have enough. Probably because it's more fun to build ships and research stuff rather than build power plants. Plus my Solar Plant is at level 11 right now and the next step is going to be expensive. But I gots to do it. With everything running at 100% I am running at a big energy deficit and getting only a 0.81 production factor.
By reducing the production of my metal mines to 40% I use less energy for metal, giving me more energy to use for the things I need right now, namely crystal and deut.
See how changing the metal production to 40% I am producing more of the good stuff? Anyway, the energy thing is making sense to me, for now.
Once I have enough crystal for another level on my Solar Plant I will put the production level of metal back at 100%. I hate to leave my mines working at less than capacity since they are essentially creating networth. So I will babysit this until I have enough crystal to make another level on my Solar Plant.
I get the feeling this game could take up a lot of time each day. I got another feeling that those are fateful words.
By reducing the production of my metal mines to 40% I use less energy for metal, giving me more energy to use for the things I need right now, namely crystal and deut.
See how changing the metal production to 40% I am producing more of the good stuff? Anyway, the energy thing is making sense to me, for now.
Once I have enough crystal for another level on my Solar Plant I will put the production level of metal back at 100%. I hate to leave my mines working at less than capacity since they are essentially creating networth. So I will babysit this until I have enough crystal to make another level on my Solar Plant.
I get the feeling this game could take up a lot of time each day. I got another feeling that those are fateful words.
This newbie's getting new stuff
Well, that debris field I noticed yesterday isn't there any more. I suspect he was attacked and has now used Recycler ships to reclaim the metal and crystal from the debris field. There is a chance that a debris field would form a moon, which is a desirable thing, but that didn't happen here. I don't see any mention of a war with this player or his alliance on the Uni19 Diplomacy board so I suspect he was working on making a moon.
After my mines worked through the night I got some more options. In the shipyard I was able to build a small fighter. Maybe I should wait until I can build a samll cargo ship, but I couldn't resist and built the figher.
On my Defenses screen the options to build a Rocket Launcher appeared. It only costs 2.000 metal, and I read that when searching for targets to raid a newbie (like me) with a small fleet should avoid any planet that has any defenses, so maybe building the Rocket Launcher will keep me from getting raided before I know what's going on.
I researched Combustion Technolgy to level 2 and now I have the option to build a Small Cargo ship. Research and space ships use deuterium (deut) so I am going to bump up my Deuterium Mine a couple of levels as that's the resource (res) I am lowest on right now. My mine levels are at 10/9/7 for metal/crystal/deut and my score is 59. w00t!
The Technology screen shows what is required to build buildings, research, ships and defense. It also shows Lunar Buildings like a phlanx and a jump gate, but those are toys for the big boys. But someday.... a newbie can dream, can't he?
After my mines worked through the night I got some more options. In the shipyard I was able to build a small fighter. Maybe I should wait until I can build a samll cargo ship, but I couldn't resist and built the figher.
On my Defenses screen the options to build a Rocket Launcher appeared. It only costs 2.000 metal, and I read that when searching for targets to raid a newbie (like me) with a small fleet should avoid any planet that has any defenses, so maybe building the Rocket Launcher will keep me from getting raided before I know what's going on.
I researched Combustion Technolgy to level 2 and now I have the option to build a Small Cargo ship. Research and space ships use deuterium (deut) so I am going to bump up my Deuterium Mine a couple of levels as that's the resource (res) I am lowest on right now. My mine levels are at 10/9/7 for metal/crystal/deut and my score is 59. w00t!
The Technology screen shows what is required to build buildings, research, ships and defense. It also shows Lunar Buildings like a phlanx and a jump gate, but those are toys for the big boys. But someday.... a newbie can dream, can't he?
Paranoid Much?
If you bring up your Galaxy screen you can see who your nieghbors are. When I first checked this out I remember there being 12 of 15 planets populated in my system. What I don't recall noticing was a debris field around planet 8. I'm pretty sure this is new.
Did someone get attacked since yesterday resulting in a debris field? Maybe I am in danger of getting attacked! In space, no one can hear you pee your pants.
But it might be part of my new abilities. Once my Reseach Lab got to level 3 (I think) I got some options for research: Espionage, Computer, Armour and Energy. I researched Espionage technology and thought that would be about using probes for seeing what's on other planets. I'm not sure so checking the OGame Wiki which has some good info here, but I'm still not sure if this debris field happened recently or not.
Searching the boards leads to confusing discussion on espionage levels and counter espionage levels. I'll just wait to figure it out when I need to find out about a possible raid target. One thing I did learn... esp is short for espionage.
I am such a n00b!
Did someone get attacked since yesterday resulting in a debris field? Maybe I am in danger of getting attacked! In space, no one can hear you pee your pants.
But it might be part of my new abilities. Once my Reseach Lab got to level 3 (I think) I got some options for research: Espionage, Computer, Armour and Energy. I researched Espionage technology and thought that would be about using probes for seeing what's on other planets. I'm not sure so checking the OGame Wiki which has some good info here, but I'm still not sure if this debris field happened recently or not.
Searching the boards leads to confusing discussion on espionage levels and counter espionage levels. I'll just wait to figure it out when I need to find out about a possible raid target. One thing I did learn... esp is short for espionage.
I am such a n00b!
Solar Satellite - future debris field?
A new option for Solar Satellites appeared on my Shipyards screen. I think this happened once I got the Shipyard, which I got when when I got Research to level 2, I think (I forget) but there it is, Yay! The Solar Satellites screen has lots of info about Rapidfire from various types of war ships. Data on Structural integrity and shield strength?!? WTF? I got a bad feeling about this!
I originally joked about the lack of offical documentation for OGame being a "charming" way to learn the game. But it's fun to see the details of new options like the Solar Satellite appear where before it had simply said "you need blah-de-blah before you have a shipyard, fool". So I will not post any more pics that reveal the goodies in store as you move forward.
So what's to blog about? I expect there will be plenty of drama as I learn to raid and get raided, join an alliance and who knows what. When I learn something new I will post it here. I'm still very much an OGame newbie but am getting a sense of where this is going. I suspect it is going to take a long time to get into top-100. Hey! What's so funny? ;o)
Once the shipyard was done making my Solar Satellite it showed up as an additional item on my Resources screen producing 35 units of energy. Yay! Plus it shows up on my previous pointless Fleet screen.
As dElo says, the SEARCH button is your friend. ;o) Today I learned it helps to refine a search to the help forum. duh! I am such a n00b!
I originally joked about the lack of offical documentation for OGame being a "charming" way to learn the game. But it's fun to see the details of new options like the Solar Satellite appear where before it had simply said "you need blah-de-blah before you have a shipyard, fool". So I will not post any more pics that reveal the goodies in store as you move forward.
So what's to blog about? I expect there will be plenty of drama as I learn to raid and get raided, join an alliance and who knows what. When I learn something new I will post it here. I'm still very much an OGame newbie but am getting a sense of where this is going. I suspect it is going to take a long time to get into top-100. Hey! What's so funny? ;o)
Once the shipyard was done making my Solar Satellite it showed up as an additional item on my Resources screen producing 35 units of energy. Yay! Plus it shows up on my previous pointless Fleet screen.
As dElo says, the SEARCH button is your friend. ;o) Today I learned it helps to refine a search to the help forum. duh! I am such a n00b!
Learning something new every day
I am going to follow the advice in this thread for my next move. Basically I need to build an espionage probe.
BTW, the OGame message boards are where its at for figuring out how to play. Like dElo advised me in my first post, use the SEARCH function to see if your question has already been answered. On a big message board like this you should avoiding starting a new thread, unless you've done your research and your question has never been asked before. Hehe, hi dElo! ;o)
Also, I found a guy who has an email newsletter with OGame tips and other buttery goodness at http://www.ogametips.com/
I have also received a couple of private messages via OGame offering help. This was probably in response to my first post on the help board. The messages showed up in my email box with a link to the OGame private messages. This is different than the Messages screen I get to from the OGame navigation menu. hmmm...
Okay, it looks like OGame Private Messages are available at
http://board.ogame.org/
when you click on the PM button.
I am such a n00b. :(
BTW, the OGame message boards are where its at for figuring out how to play. Like dElo advised me in my first post, use the SEARCH function to see if your question has already been answered. On a big message board like this you should avoiding starting a new thread, unless you've done your research and your question has never been asked before. Hehe, hi dElo! ;o)
Also, I found a guy who has an email newsletter with OGame tips and other buttery goodness at http://www.ogametips.com/
I have also received a couple of private messages via OGame offering help. This was probably in response to my first post on the help board. The messages showed up in my email box with a link to the OGame private messages. This is different than the Messages screen I get to from the OGame navigation menu. hmmm...
Okay, it looks like OGame Private Messages are available at
http://board.ogame.org/
when you click on the PM button.
I am such a n00b. :(
A few days into OGame... new goodies
Okay, I am over my personal crisis on the meaning of the red energy number. (whew!) I guess the idea is to keep building enough Solar Plants to keep the first Energy number positive (non-red). If your first Energy number (the one that means excess energy) goes red then your production levels are decreased from 100%. You can see this on the Resources screen. Which brings up another gripe intersting feature.
On the Resources screen you can see the production of your mines in a nice table. But why is there a field for Crystal and Deuterium production on the row for Metal? And a field for Metal and Deut on the row for Crystal. etc.? Is there a way that mines can be modified to produce a variety of resources? I dunno, but at this point I think the zeros are just there as placeholders in the table.
There is also a row for Basic Income. What's this about? I suspect it is for total newbies who don't build a Solar Plant first thing. Without some basic income things would come to a standstill after the initial resources are used. Anyway, that's what I'm thinking. I'm not sure what the dealio is with basic income. It seems like a small number and is prolly unimportant.
Another item of note on this screen... along the top of the table it shows a Production Factor is 0.97. Since I am not producing enough energy to run at full capacity (my first energy number is red) then I am running at a reduced capacity of 97%. Not too bad but it bugs me so I am going to build another Solar Plant next. Well, not actually another Solar Plant but another level to my existing Solar Plant.
The current 0.97 production level is reflected in the other numbers. My metal production is 253 of 259, crystal is 167 of 171, and deut is 207 of a possible 212.
There is also the ability to tweak the production numbers here. The picture above shows I have selected all mines to run at 100%, but the little drop down menu would let me select another percentage for a particular mine. If I needed to keep my crystal production at 100% for future plans I could drop metal or deut to a lower level, like 90% or 80% to ensure that crystal production stayed at 100%.
I expect these individual production levels might be important in the future, like if my world gets raided and stuff is stolen and I have to focus on mining a particular resource in order to rebuild. Damn, I hate those raiders already! I'm not sure about this yet, so I just try to keep the solar plants producing more than enough energy for everything so I am at (or near) 100% production.
My current mining operations are at 10/8/6 for metal/crys/deut. And my solar plant is at level=11. I've added a Robot Factory (for speeding up construction) and a Research Facility (for researching sciencey stuff). I'm not sure what these do yet but from reading the guides I guess that's what next on my OGame TODO list.
I hope there is more to this game than simply building the next thing on the list. Because I am spending time on this I feel an investment in the game and the points I have so far. It's gonna suck when I get raided, and I know it is going to happen, it seems to be part of the game. So I will build defenses when that option becomes available. Maybe I will be one of those players they call a "turtle", which is someone who builds slowly and has a lot of defenses.
SHIPYARD BAY_BEE!!
In fact, the option to build a Shipyard just became available on my buildings screen. So after building another level on my power plant I will build a Shipyard. Maybe I will do it before upgrading the Solar Plant because I tingle in anticipation with what the Shipyard has to offer. Oh Yeah!
Current Questions:
Do I have only one metal mine per planet and just keep increasing the level to increase production? Can I build a second metal mine?
Why does the resource screen show a Basic Income for metal and crys?
How much resources do you typically have before becoming a target for raids?
If the idea of the game is to get lots of points, and you get one point for every 1k of resources produced, then isn't it all about keeping mining production on the increase?
So I'm off to the boards to do some research on these items. So far so good. I now have 43 points. w00t!!
BTW, I don't mean to bag on the game and it's lack of documentation. There is a lot of good stuff on the boards, Guides and FAQs and whatnot that I am learning from. It just seems odd to me that there wasn't some kind of official guide for getting started. I am learning to enjoy the mystery of figuring out how the game works. Figuring out what is good info and what is not. Once I get bigger and get raided I am sure I will learn about fleet saving, defenses and alliances. Maybe being on an alliance with other players is what this game is all about. We'll see! ;o)
On the Resources screen you can see the production of your mines in a nice table. But why is there a field for Crystal and Deuterium production on the row for Metal? And a field for Metal and Deut on the row for Crystal. etc.? Is there a way that mines can be modified to produce a variety of resources? I dunno, but at this point I think the zeros are just there as placeholders in the table.
There is also a row for Basic Income. What's this about? I suspect it is for total newbies who don't build a Solar Plant first thing. Without some basic income things would come to a standstill after the initial resources are used. Anyway, that's what I'm thinking. I'm not sure what the dealio is with basic income. It seems like a small number and is prolly unimportant.
Another item of note on this screen... along the top of the table it shows a Production Factor is 0.97. Since I am not producing enough energy to run at full capacity (my first energy number is red) then I am running at a reduced capacity of 97%. Not too bad but it bugs me so I am going to build another Solar Plant next. Well, not actually another Solar Plant but another level to my existing Solar Plant.
The current 0.97 production level is reflected in the other numbers. My metal production is 253 of 259, crystal is 167 of 171, and deut is 207 of a possible 212.
There is also the ability to tweak the production numbers here. The picture above shows I have selected all mines to run at 100%, but the little drop down menu would let me select another percentage for a particular mine. If I needed to keep my crystal production at 100% for future plans I could drop metal or deut to a lower level, like 90% or 80% to ensure that crystal production stayed at 100%.
I expect these individual production levels might be important in the future, like if my world gets raided and stuff is stolen and I have to focus on mining a particular resource in order to rebuild. Damn, I hate those raiders already! I'm not sure about this yet, so I just try to keep the solar plants producing more than enough energy for everything so I am at (or near) 100% production.
My current mining operations are at 10/8/6 for metal/crys/deut. And my solar plant is at level=11. I've added a Robot Factory (for speeding up construction) and a Research Facility (for researching sciencey stuff). I'm not sure what these do yet but from reading the guides I guess that's what next on my OGame TODO list.
I hope there is more to this game than simply building the next thing on the list. Because I am spending time on this I feel an investment in the game and the points I have so far. It's gonna suck when I get raided, and I know it is going to happen, it seems to be part of the game. So I will build defenses when that option becomes available. Maybe I will be one of those players they call a "turtle", which is someone who builds slowly and has a lot of defenses.
SHIPYARD BAY_BEE!!
In fact, the option to build a Shipyard just became available on my buildings screen. So after building another level on my power plant I will build a Shipyard. Maybe I will do it before upgrading the Solar Plant because I tingle in anticipation with what the Shipyard has to offer. Oh Yeah!
Current Questions:
Do I have only one metal mine per planet and just keep increasing the level to increase production? Can I build a second metal mine?
Why does the resource screen show a Basic Income for metal and crys?
How much resources do you typically have before becoming a target for raids?
If the idea of the game is to get lots of points, and you get one point for every 1k of resources produced, then isn't it all about keeping mining production on the increase?
So I'm off to the boards to do some research on these items. So far so good. I now have 43 points. w00t!!
BTW, I don't mean to bag on the game and it's lack of documentation. There is a lot of good stuff on the boards, Guides and FAQs and whatnot that I am learning from. It just seems odd to me that there wasn't some kind of official guide for getting started. I am learning to enjoy the mystery of figuring out how the game works. Figuring out what is good info and what is not. Once I get bigger and get raided I am sure I will learn about fleet saving, defenses and alliances. Maybe being on an alliance with other players is what this game is all about. We'll see! ;o)
Thursday, July 06, 2006
OGame Day One - Keeping it Positive
The very first thing you need to do to play OGame is to visit the site and register. In addition to picking a username and password you will need to pick a particular universe to play in. As I write this there are 21 universes to choose from and each is separate from the others. So if you know someone who is playing OGame and you want to play with them make sure you create your OGame account in the same universe. Otherwise any ol' universe will do, AFAIK.
UPDATE: Shizane and I have started a newbie alliance in Universe 19 called Draconis. Use the Alliance Screen to find Draconis and join us if you like, but you need to be in uni 19 to do it.
Choose a name for your home world. Might I suggest something clever yet non-offensive, creative and not cliche, a name you will be proud of and won't mind seeing on your overview screen every day for the next several years, something cool and not stoopid, something that is fun to say out loud, a name that will keep other players from attacking you because it's just so damn good they will want to be your friend and not your enemy. Alright already! Pick a name!
Once you register and login you will see the standard screen with a navigation menu on the left. As you click on a menu item you will see the appropriate info on the right. Explore the different menu items to get an idea of what's available.
Overview - a picture and some stats on your home world. Notice that if you click on your planet name you will get the option to Abandon the planet or to simply change it's name. As you settle more planets they will be listed here.
Buildings - Okay, this is where the action is for now. You have a few options for building new buildings. From what I've read you should start with a metal mine. But then someone else said you should start with a solar plant so you have energy to run the mines. Which brings up my whole gripe about the Energy thingie.
At the top of each screen you see the status of your resources: Metal, Crystal, Deuterium and Energy. The first three resources show how many units of each you have on hand. You start with 500 metal, 500 crys, and 0 deut. So you can build one of the least expensive building. You have to roll over the word "build" to see that it is a clickable link. The word "build" is in green if you have enough resources to create that type of building, it is in red if you can't.
Energy has 2 numbers. After building a few mines and solar plants my energy numbers are -11/149.
What do these numbers mean? Is it the energy required and the energy produced? Traviance posted a reply to my question on the help board. Here is the overview picture he made. (thanks traviance! the pic was most helpful) Regarding Energy it says,
Okay, I am going to pick nits here. But the lack of official documentation for this game suxxors! Energy Bar? What bar? Okay, my first number is -11 so I guess I have negative excess energy. My first Energy number appears in red and in traviance's overview picture it appears in regular ol' white. Something is very wrong here. Am I producing negative energy? How long can this go on? Will my mines shut down for lack of energy? Are they even producing anything? Has my planet ground to a halt after my very first move? OMG! WTF is going on with this Energy thingie! I read in one of the guides that metal is most important so you should build metal mines first, but don't they require energy to run? They must! It says so right there if you click on the picture of the Metal Mines. I don't get this negative energy... SLAP!
Thanks, I needed that.
Reading ahead, I learn that there are 3 methods for producing energy, Solar Plants, Fusion Plants and Solar Satellites. For now we can only build Solar Plants so that is the thing to do. Fusion Plants and Satellites are more expensive and will probably appear on the list of buildings later.
So I recommend that your first move should be to build a Solar Plant. Then build a Metal Mine. Then add another level to the Metal Mine. Adding a level makes the mine produces more metal per hour. These are real time hours. So if your mine is producing 100 units per hour, come back in 5 hours and you will have 500 more units, mmmkay?
AFAIK, you can have only one Metal Mine on a planet. To increase production you increase it's "level". Also, keep adding levels to your Solar Plant to keep the first energy number positive.
UPDATE: The Energy number is explained pretty well here. I've learned a lot by browsing around the OGame Wiki. Try the Wiki's Random Page feature (just above the Search box).
UPDATE: Shizane and I have started a newbie alliance in Universe 19 called Draconis. Use the Alliance Screen to find Draconis and join us if you like, but you need to be in uni 19 to do it.
Choose a name for your home world. Might I suggest something clever yet non-offensive, creative and not cliche, a name you will be proud of and won't mind seeing on your overview screen every day for the next several years, something cool and not stoopid, something that is fun to say out loud, a name that will keep other players from attacking you because it's just so damn good they will want to be your friend and not your enemy. Alright already! Pick a name!
Once you register and login you will see the standard screen with a navigation menu on the left. As you click on a menu item you will see the appropriate info on the right. Explore the different menu items to get an idea of what's available.
Overview - a picture and some stats on your home world. Notice that if you click on your planet name you will get the option to Abandon the planet or to simply change it's name. As you settle more planets they will be listed here.
Buildings - Okay, this is where the action is for now. You have a few options for building new buildings. From what I've read you should start with a metal mine. But then someone else said you should start with a solar plant so you have energy to run the mines. Which brings up my whole gripe about the Energy thingie.
At the top of each screen you see the status of your resources: Metal, Crystal, Deuterium and Energy. The first three resources show how many units of each you have on hand. You start with 500 metal, 500 crys, and 0 deut. So you can build one of the least expensive building. You have to roll over the word "build" to see that it is a clickable link. The word "build" is in green if you have enough resources to create that type of building, it is in red if you can't.
Energy has 2 numbers. After building a few mines and solar plants my energy numbers are -11/149.
What do these numbers mean? Is it the energy required and the energy produced? Traviance posted a reply to my question on the help board. Here is the overview picture he made. (thanks traviance! the pic was most helpful) Regarding Energy it says,
"This is your energy bar for the planet. The first figure represents excess energy."
Okay, I am going to pick nits here. But the lack of official documentation for this game suxxors! Energy Bar? What bar? Okay, my first number is -11 so I guess I have negative excess energy. My first Energy number appears in red and in traviance's overview picture it appears in regular ol' white. Something is very wrong here. Am I producing negative energy? How long can this go on? Will my mines shut down for lack of energy? Are they even producing anything? Has my planet ground to a halt after my very first move? OMG! WTF is going on with this Energy thingie! I read in one of the guides that metal is most important so you should build metal mines first, but don't they require energy to run? They must! It says so right there if you click on the picture of the Metal Mines. I don't get this negative energy... SLAP!
Thanks, I needed that.
"The second figure represents the total output of your planet."
Reading ahead, I learn that there are 3 methods for producing energy, Solar Plants, Fusion Plants and Solar Satellites. For now we can only build Solar Plants so that is the thing to do. Fusion Plants and Satellites are more expensive and will probably appear on the list of buildings later.
So I recommend that your first move should be to build a Solar Plant. Then build a Metal Mine. Then add another level to the Metal Mine. Adding a level makes the mine produces more metal per hour. These are real time hours. So if your mine is producing 100 units per hour, come back in 5 hours and you will have 500 more units, mmmkay?
AFAIK, you can have only one Metal Mine on a planet. To increase production you increase it's "level". Also, keep adding levels to your Solar Plant to keep the first energy number positive.
UPDATE: The Energy number is explained pretty well here. I've learned a lot by browsing around the OGame Wiki. Try the Wiki's Random Page feature (just above the Search box).
I am a newbie and I am not afraid
Family, work, recreation, games... in the end, we're all just amusing ourselves before we die.
Hehe. Hello, my name is Gordo, and I'm a realist. A couple of days ago my friend Shizane introduced me to a new online game called OGame.
I am not a serious gamer but I like the idea of a free, online game you can play using only a web browser. This is not an arcade style game with 3D graphics and sound effects. It's more of a text game. You create a world, develop the land, build a star fleet and settle other planets and systems in your galaxy. You will encounter other players in the galaxy and they are quite likely to be after your resources. You can join one of the many alliances or play it solo.
I wanted to blog about OGame for a couple of reasons. One is that the documentation of OGame is done entirely by players through the OGame message boards. Yikes! I spent my first couple of hours with OGame looking for some kind of "ogame overview".
When I asked about it on the Help board I got a response within minutes. Nice! But it was mostly just links to more message threads that I had already seen. :( Including a snide remark that implied I was a lamer and hadn't even looked at the first reply to my question. "Harumph", I say. And a later reply suggested that I learn to use the SEARCH button. Double-Harumph!
Here's a link to my first post on the OGame Help Board
Well I just want zinzin and dElo to know that while I am new at OGame I am not new to message boards. I spent a couple of hours reading FAQs and Guides before posting a new thread to the Help board. Some people might find the search for OGame documentation a charming game-within-the-game. But I suspect others are frustrated and end up leaving. Well, this blog's for you.
Here's to you, OGame newbie, mi compadre, mi amigo.
Wear the newbie badge with pride. (but not too proud)
Where others give up and quit for lack of documentation.
I say, "I don't know what's going on, but I go on anyway".
I had zero points yesterday. I have 5 points today.
I heard that. Someone, somewhere...
Laughing at my pride in my miniscule score.
Some may think I don't know how to use the Search button.
Others may think I don't look at replies to my own thread.
But I do. And one day my fleet will be mighty.
Because I am newbie and I am not afraid.
Hehe. Hello, my name is Gordo, and I'm a realist. A couple of days ago my friend Shizane introduced me to a new online game called OGame.
I am not a serious gamer but I like the idea of a free, online game you can play using only a web browser. This is not an arcade style game with 3D graphics and sound effects. It's more of a text game. You create a world, develop the land, build a star fleet and settle other planets and systems in your galaxy. You will encounter other players in the galaxy and they are quite likely to be after your resources. You can join one of the many alliances or play it solo.
I wanted to blog about OGame for a couple of reasons. One is that the documentation of OGame is done entirely by players through the OGame message boards. Yikes! I spent my first couple of hours with OGame looking for some kind of "ogame overview".
When I asked about it on the Help board I got a response within minutes. Nice! But it was mostly just links to more message threads that I had already seen. :( Including a snide remark that implied I was a lamer and hadn't even looked at the first reply to my question. "Harumph", I say. And a later reply suggested that I learn to use the SEARCH button. Double-Harumph!
Here's a link to my first post on the OGame Help Board
Well I just want zinzin and dElo to know that while I am new at OGame I am not new to message boards. I spent a couple of hours reading FAQs and Guides before posting a new thread to the Help board. Some people might find the search for OGame documentation a charming game-within-the-game. But I suspect others are frustrated and end up leaving. Well, this blog's for you.
Here's to you, OGame newbie, mi compadre, mi amigo.
Wear the newbie badge with pride. (but not too proud)
Where others give up and quit for lack of documentation.
I say, "I don't know what's going on, but I go on anyway".
I had zero points yesterday. I have 5 points today.
I heard that. Someone, somewhere...
Laughing at my pride in my miniscule score.
Some may think I don't know how to use the Search button.
Others may think I don't look at replies to my own thread.
But I do. And one day my fleet will be mighty.
Because I am newbie and I am not afraid.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)