teamwsmf Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I just stumbled on this web site. I have not joined in and am curious to hear if anyone here has done so and what they think. http://MinuteWar.org "MinuteWar is a game of territorial conquest using the real world as the playing field and GPS receivers for navigation. Every player in the world uses his own local map, but all the maps are combined so that all players compete against everyone else at the same time no matter where they live. The maps are divided into squares. Each square is one minute of longitude wide and one minute of latitude tall. Each square contains a virtual flag. Visit the exact spot where the flag is located to capture the flag and control the square. Capture other players' flags by visiting the same spot they did, on their map or yours. Whoever controls the most territory when the game ends, wins. The battle to capture these flags and hold these squares is MinuteWar. Your first flag is in a neighborhood near you. Join and play! " ---------------------------- TeamWSMF@wsmf.org Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 So far its GREAT fun! Unless your on a team OTHER than STeam, in which case the game will suck. Alot. Illegitimus non carborundum! Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 So far its GREAT fun! Unless your on a team OTHER than STeam, in which case the game will suck. Alot. Illegitimus non carborundum! Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I dunno - W is having fun too. Heheheh. Markwell Non omnes vagi perditi sunt Quote Link to comment
teamwsmf Posted March 20, 2002 Author Share Posted March 20, 2002 I just joined the Nameless Northen Horde See ya folks on the fields of honor. -tom ---------------------------- TeamWSMF@wsmf.org Quote Link to comment
+gnbrotz Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Can't wait for the automated reports/map updates. Then we can really tear up! Go W!NSE! Greg N 39°54.705' W 77°33.137' Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Mopar: + _Illegitimus non carborundum!_ Mopar, what you got there is the moto of the Whitehorse Star Daily newspaper in the Yukon. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Mopar: + _Illegitimus non carborundum!_ Mopar, what you got there is the moto of the Whitehorse Star Daily newspaper in the Yukon. Quote Link to comment
+OblongFred Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Took a quick peek at that site. Alot of names that I see here. Looks like fun. Wait a minute, looks like there is one about a quarter mile from my apartment. (Honey, I'm getting that itch. Fire up the GPS. ) Never hold a cat and a Dustbuster at the same time. Quote Link to comment
+OblongFred Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Took a quick peek at that site. Alot of names that I see here. Looks like fun. Wait a minute, looks like there is one about a quarter mile from my apartment. (Honey, I'm getting that itch. Fire up the GPS. ) Never hold a cat and a Dustbuster at the same time. Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted March 23, 2002 Share Posted March 23, 2002 quote:Originally posted by OblongFred: Looks like fun. Wait a minute, looks like there is one about a quarter mile from my apartment. Thats the great thing about it, there's a bunch within a mile or 2 of everyone on the planet. Now, getting to it is a different story. Harder yet is trying to figure out where to PUT it after you capture it. Illegitimus non carborundum! Quote Link to comment
teamwsmf Posted March 23, 2002 Author Share Posted March 23, 2002 One of the cooler aspects of the game is that it is only a few days old- Scout, the guy who set up the inital rules, is great about opening up the floor for potential rules variants and including new tech into the game. Its a work in proress that is a hoot to be a part of. The concept of the mapboard is great. Since the Degrees part is basiclay stripped out of the equation everyone in the game regradless of geographical location is in the same 60 sqaure mile playing field with spaces only 1 square mile big. You find yourself battling for a piece of ground with teammates in Boston and Enland against a motley bunch from Texas and Hawai. You plan moves based on enemy intel, figuring out who it is that is encroaching on your spaces and where you can repostion the flags in a sqaure so that in thier geographical location it would be inaccesable. Like I said the game is unfolding before our eyes and the startegy of playin is being discovered with each new turn. I will be vastly amused to see what MInute War mutates into 6 months from now- I can see differnt variants to suit the pace of just about any player. -tom W122N45 Division of the Great Nameless Hordes of the North ---------------------------- TeamWSMF@wsmf.org Quote Link to comment
teamwsmf Posted March 23, 2002 Author Share Posted March 23, 2002 One of the cooler aspects of the game is that it is only a few days old:)- Scout, the guy who set up the inital rules, is great about opening up the floor for potential rules variants and including new tech into the game. Its a work in proress that is a hoot to be a part of. The concept of the mapboard is great. Since the Degrees part is basiclay stripped out of the equation everyone in the game regradless of geographical location is in the same 60 sqaure mile playing field with spaces only 1 square mile big. You find yourself battling for a piece of ground with teammates in Boston and Enland against a motley bunch from Texas and Hawai. You plan moves based on enemy intel, figuring out who it is that is encroaching on your spaces and where you can repostion the flags in a sqaure so that in thier geographical location it would be inaccesable. Like I said the game is unfolding before our eyes and the startegy of playin is being discovered with each new turn. I will be vastly amused to see what MInute War mutates into 6 months from now:)- I can see differnt variants to suit the pace of just about any player. -tom W122N45 Division of the Great Nameless Hordes of the North ---------------------------- TeamWSMF@wsmf.org Quote Link to comment
Milgren Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 This looks like it will be great fun, especially because it is so accessible. With so many flags right in what is basically your own back yard (and they could really be in your back yard!) you can participate even on the busiest of days. I agree that it will be very interesting to see what MinuteWar evolves into over the next several months. I can picture a majority of the playing board being covered and strategic areas being captured/recaptured daily. Hopefully I'll get my approval from team N shortly, I'm right near an area that can threaten a major block of another team! Quote Link to comment
+ClayJar Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 I can hardly wait to have the real-time site up and running. It's been a bear to get it all coded up, but I'm really close to finishing, and let me tell you from this end, it looks really nice, I think. Quote Link to comment
+ClayJar Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 I can hardly wait to have the real-time site up and running. It's been a bear to get it all coded up, but I'm really close to finishing, and let me tell you from this end, it looks really nice, I think. Quote Link to comment
+gnbrotz Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Can't wait to see it CJ! Greg N 39°54.705' W 77°33.137' Quote Link to comment
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