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Endgame- Google Maps RTS (beta)
jshanman writes "Play the first Google Maps RTS! Online players (2-25) randomly receive a set of countries with troop hitpoints based on real world population data. To play: attack neutral and enemy countries in an effort to try to take over the world. You have a 20% chance of receiving more troops when you overtake an enemy country. More features to come! (currently in public beta status)."
Nuff said.
All your maps are belong to us !
The site is already slashdotted.
I'm in your base, killing your doods!
----- You know you have ego issues when you register a domain in your name.
dead on arrival
a pinch of google
a touch of RTS
a vat of nerds.
sounds cool, though perhaps they should have kept it in closed beta
No. Lets play Global (ThermoNuclear) War.
Wellp, after the first round of play, it appears that winner of the first ever Google Maps RTS is Slashdot and the loser is the endeavorpub.com server.
...Held at the White House?
Page isn't loading for me (/. already?) so I'll admit I'm speaking without R-ingTFA, but is it an RTS?
As in a Real Time Strategy? As in a Real-Time Risk. That sounds like pure chaos. I like the concept of a Google Maps game, but it would sound better as a turn-based (a la www.lastknights.com perhaps) game IMO.
Anyone else think the comments just weren't rendering right before they turned off ABP and saw ads?
Just like most RTS games have this one killer spell or attack type you can unleash, they've just realized they got pwn3d by Cowboyneal using the slashdot effect. All your base are belong to slashdot. You have no chance to survive, make your time.
Excellent idea posting a link to a MMORPG with the word 'Google' in there somewhere, on a freakin' nerds' site... poor, poor server.
Wait a minute, does that mean people are now reading the story?
I was thinking about creating a mirror and posting the link to my host. I'm not risking my server blowing up.
----- You know you have ego issues when you register a domain in your name.
Zero to Slashdotted in 10 minutes!
How do you identify a troll on Slashdot? They're modded +5, Insightful.
you must be new here...
The game of Diplomacy, except 80 years in the future. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005EBA0
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Phew. From the title I was afraid it was based on the Worst Episode Ever.
Whoever posted this to slashdot is a dick. He says he's running it off a home server.
If you like what I've said here, and want to read more, go to http://www.krillrblog.com
How do I get Kamchatka on Google maps! I have to have Kamchatka to r00lz the W0|2ld!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but can it find sarah connor?
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> You have a 20% chance of receiving more troops when you overtake an enemy country
You have a 0% chance of getting through to the server.
- For the complete works of Shakespeare: cat
Granted, its not REAL TIME. Then again, the game in this post doesn't exactly sound like its real time does it? Not that I could see, because the poor server has probably burst into flames.
Actually, now that I think about it, maybe its the same developer. Can someone confirm/deny?
What's this?
Risk for nerds!! Awesome! Oh wait.....
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Perhaps when a story is submitted for /. the person looking at it should look around for something like...
DISCLAIMER: This is currently hosted on my personal server in my basement. Uptime cannot be guaranteed.
When are they going to set up a mirror system for the story articles??
This message will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3...
Forget Google. I'm more concern about the actual events going on in the Middle East. With the latest "we broke this major terrorist plot" splashed on the U.S. front page, news out of the Middle East is being drown out.
Ironically, your UID is a lot higher than his.
Stupidity is like nuclear power, it can be used for good or evil. And you don't want to get any on you.
http://www.gewar.net/
http://www.googleearthing.com/
and
http://googleearthgame.com/
And the strangest... the Google Maps Flight Simulator
Animoog.org
Here is where /. is dropping the ball. We could be even more entertained here if /. would take advantage of this. (would require streaming video in a small window on the /. page)
/.'s website (have another contest!) to display a small video window on the main page that plays 5-10 second clips from the "/. Server's a Smokin' WebCam" for each story on the main page, (would cycle through all the vid's for each story on the main page) then on each article's page the video would be a constant stream from that cam-not 5-10 second clips.
/. sends in their team of ninja monkey robots to plant the webcam in the server room, then post TFA.
;)
WTF? you ask? Glad you asked, 'cause here goes:
Redo
When an article is submitted, then gets accepted, before it gets put on the website,
Then we can all vote/bet/predict how long the server will survive, winner gets mod points of karma, or whatever.
Added intertainment value if cam also gets a good shoot of the poor bastards that have to deal with that new high dollar server that just puddled on the floor!
Just a thought.
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
Judging by the email address given before the quote in this article, the author of this game submitted the article to /. himself. I can understand wanting some free advertising and traffic, but posting something like this on /. is just asking for your server to be brought down. This webmaster sabbotaged his own servers, probably without even knowing it.
Yes, you've drawn the attention of hundreds of thousands of net savy game players... and your $100 linksys router has all the LEDs melted off the front and there is smoke coming from the ethernet cable. Good job. You're well on your way to returning us to the 1999 when people said they could do anything on the web and then failed to be able to keep up with demand.
You've just relived the dot-com bomb.
http://www.isoma.net/games/goggles.html
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I recently released my version of web-based Risk, called Grand Strategy.
It features team games, leader board and a variety of game styles.
What's more it is free and there are no ads. It is an Ajax app so it runs very smooth. Check it out here:
Grand Strategy
http://dump.geenstijl.nl/mediabase/2727/4d27144e/i ndex.html
Maybe Slashdot should be looking at that IPO. Remember: You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.
that should even things up a little
Sorry, I'm afraid you're way behind:
Post As An AC: Deduct 2 Points
Be Un-Funny: Deduct 5 Points
Credit The UN With Any Relevance: Lose a Turn
Gee, you sure you still want to play? Your heart just doesn't seem to be in the game...
Brilliant!
1. Create A Really Cool App(TM) that nerds would be interested in.
2. Submit it to slashdot.
3. Editor likes it and posts it to front page.
4. Set your trigger so that once your traffic starts to rise sharply, automatically switch you nice, slashdot editor friendly page with a message that claims that you "were slashdotted, but you can keep trying the A Really Cool App(TM) at this link", all the while, attacking the slashdot visitors with a zero-day cross-browser cross-platform worm/trojan/baddie.
5. ???
6. Profit!
So, how many of us were infected?
G'day!
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
And ironically yours is higher than his.
http://s173754370.onlinehome.us/endgame/news.php
After a good slashdot thrashin' I decided it was finally time to break down and get a host, at least for this application. Let's just hope I don't use up the 500GB bandwidth too fast...
How is that ironic? He suggested that the original poster was new, while he has a far higher UID. I was just pointing that out.
Beyond that, his is a lot higher than the person he replied to, while mine is only a little higher than his.
Stupidity is like nuclear power, it can be used for good or evil. And you don't want to get any on you.
New (real) host:
http://s173754370.onlinehome.us/endgame/
http://www.gmworldwar.com/ - coming soon
This is not the same as the previous Google Maps Risk, nor is it the same developer. I was never able to see the original gmRisk, it was taken down before I found it...
Anyway, enjoy, now that it's working.
- JS
How long until the 2:1???
Then it wouldn't have gotten slashdotted... you could google for google games and click the google cache link instead!
The next site to slashdot will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and start slashdotting it early!
and the saddest comment on current times is in his FAQ...
Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
I'll bet the higher-level employees at Google use this to practice for project It's Not A Game (working title).
This space reserved for administrative use.
Bah! I was looking forward to some hardcore Google Maps action!
I came here looking for comments on the moral aspects of the game - is it right to let people practice war on real-life maps, with points based on how much of civilization you flatten? - or otherwise decent, interesting comments. Instead, I read a series of "The site is already slashdotted." Not quite what I was after...
I guess I must be new here.
I see the little green football masses are out in force today on Slashdot.
You morons.
new server requires new google maps API key.
"Waste not one watt!" - CZ
The site is alternatively hosted at http://s173754370.onlinehome.us/endgame/news.php. The link in the article redirects to this page.
I wonder if GW will bring this up in his next public address. "I have personally put 5 dinosaurs in Afghanistan to look for Osama, we should expect results any day now."
Works +/-, nice try, addictive.
many bugs, needs better rules.
Maybe he meant "Alanis Morrisette" ironic...
Google's dry run to take over the world?
Do you cry when someone takes your knight in chess because it is animal abuse?
How about enabling the activation of the caching feature only if the submitter is the owner of the site and whishes to do so... Most of the stories about sites hosted on own, small servers are posted by their owners. Stories submitted by others are often related to bigger (meaning better hosted) websites and they don't need caching...
Submit that to the /. admins.
Overrated? It looks like the Israel-can-do-no-wrong crew is out in full force today
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.