The news.

[Annatar]

Any plans for spiffing up the news we recieve on battles and such?

For example

Annatar captured T1 from TheDude

is fairly boring.

Annatar's forces narrowly defeated TheDude's fleet above the star system of T1.

Is at least a bit more interesting. Also it reflects what happens giving other players a bit of insight into how many ships Annatar may have left.

*shrugs* But thats just me (wouldn't mind seeing odd random news events either that don't really effect anything ;))

[compguy]

Annatar's forces narrowly defeated TheDude's fleet above the star system of T1.

Is at least a bit more interesting. Also it reflects what happens giving other players a bit of insight into how many ships Annatar may have left.

This could affect game dynamics since other players may get an idea of how the two players are faring.

(wouldn't mind seeing odd random news events either that don't really effect anything ;))

This might be fun, just to keep things interesting.

03/18 18:25 Burma-Shave signs were discovered on Rogue. Factory workers have been talking in rhymes ever since.

Steve

[TheShade]

while we're at it, how about an insults section? Use captain haddocks, from tintin

Shade

Pirates!
Doryphores!
Gobbledygooks!
Filibusters!
Slubberdegullions!
Patagonians!
Vampires!
Sycophant!
Kleptomaniacs!
Egoists!
Tramps!
Monopolizers!
Pockmarks!
Belemnite!
Crooks!
Miserable earthworms!
Coconuts!
Harlequin!
Parasites!
Macrocephalic baboon!
Brutes!
Guano gatherer!
Pachyrhizus!
Toads!
Gyroscope!
Bougainvillea!
Bloodsuckers!
Nincompoop!
Shipwreckers!
Cyclone!
Gallows-fodder!
Politician!
Baboon!
Torturers!
Fuzzy-wuzzy!
Blackbird!
Mountebanks!
Cannibal!
Duck-billed platypus!
Black-beetles!
Ruffian!
Vermicellis!
Lily-livered bandicoots!
Rats!
Logarithm!
Cro-Magnon!
Freshwater swabs!
Beasts!
Bully!
Anthropophagus!
Pithecanthropuses!
Savages!
Gangsters!
Wreckers!
Vandal!
Carpet-sellers!
Numbskulls!
Gang of thieves!
Slave-trader!
Picaroons!
Visigoths!
Toffee-noses!
Anacoluthons!
Hydrocarbon!
Technocrat!
Buccaneer!
Traitors!
Caterpillars!
Odd-toed ungulate!
Woodlice!
Polynesian!
Swine!
Blackguards!
Vegetarian!
Dizzards!
Fancy-dress freebooters!
Centipede!
Sea-lice!
Ectoplasm!
Fat faces!
Artichokes!
Troglodytes!
Turncoats!
Bashi-bazouks!
Olympic Athlete!
Ectoplasmic Byproduct!
Balkan Beetle!
Two-timing Tartar Twisters!
Terrapins!
Breathalyser!
Profiteers!
Abecedarians!
Vulture!
Phylloxera!
Dogs!
Hooligans!
Steamrollers!
Body-snatcher!
Ostrogoth!
Brigand!
Heretic!
Blackamoor!
Anthracite!
Black marketeers!
Ophicleides!
Dynamiter!
Pickled herrings!
Gibbering ghost!
Corsair!
Moujiks!
Rhizopods!
Bootlegger!
Gogglers!
Villain!
Aborigine!
Bagpipers!
Pyrographers!
Crab-apples!
Goosecaps!
Aztecs!
Paranoiac!
Twister!
Vagabonds!
Sea-gherkins!
Road-hogs!
Hi-jackers!
Zapotecs!
Cercopithecus!
Toads!
Psychopath!
Jellied-eel!
Liquorice!
Coelacanth!
Invertebrate!
Nyctalops!
Mameluke!
Dipsomaniac!
Diplodocus!
Cowards!
Megalomaniac!
Highwayman!
Autocrats!
Bandit!
Nitwits!
Polygraphs!
Iconoclast!
Orangoutang!
Squawking popinjay! *
Prattling porpoise! *
Scoffing braggart! *

[Mongul]

:rolleyes: shade definitely has way too much time on his hands....

[TheShade]

well, I just typed 'captain haddock' into alltheweb and got a page dedicated to the captains insults.
Shade