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Endgame- Google Maps RTS (beta)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-play-with dept.

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)."

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  1. Winner: Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nuff said.

  2. Currently /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    All your maps are belong to us !

    1. Re:Currently /. by snaptography · · Score: 3, Informative

      Fast Company Magazine actually just posted an article regarding Google Mashups being used for Games. Check it on out! http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2006/08/10/go ogle_games.html?partner=rss

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    2. Re:Currently /. by ooMissioNoo · · Score: 2

      yes... all your maps... and 19.999999999% of your armys. MWAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

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  3. No matter what i'm taking Lebannon by EmperorKagato · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm in your base, killing your doods!

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  4. How about a game of Chess? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. Lets play Global (ThermoNuclear) War.

  5. Game Over by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  6. By any chance was the beta test ... by monopole · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Held at the White House?

  7. Good idea! by peterfa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excellent idea posting a link to a MMORPG with the word 'Google' in there somewhere, on a freakin' nerds' site... poor, poor server.

  8. Slashdotted? by indiancowboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait a minute, does that mean people are now reading the story?

  9. That's fast by Pykasye · · Score: 2, Funny

    Zero to Slashdotted in 10 minutes!

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    1. Re:That's fast by GrumblyStuff · · Score: 2, Funny

      So, what, are you saying we can do better?

  10. Diplomacy by Speare · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The game of Diplomacy, except 80 years in the future. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005EBA0

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    1. Re:Diplomacy by flooey · · Score: 2, Interesting

      The game of Diplomacy, except 80 years in the future. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005EBA0

      You can play it over e-mail as well. www.diplom.org is a good place to start.

  11. Re:Already slashdotted by moresheth · · Score: 5, Informative

    Perhaps we can look at some other games using Google Maps.

    http://moloko.itc.it/trustmetricswiki/moin.cgi/Gam esOnGoogleMaps

  12. Dick by Punboy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Whoever posted this to slashdot is a dick. He says he's running it off a home server.

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    1. Re:Dick by C-Shalom · · Score: 2, Informative

      Yea, IP lookup shows it's DSL by Ameritech

    2. Re:Dick by edmudama · · Score: 5, Funny

      Look at the email address of the submitter, it appears to be the owner of the server.

      Guess he wanted to test the smoke alarm in his home office.

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    3. Re:Dick by kevin_conaway · · Score: 5, Informative

      Relax, it was the author himself that submitted it.

      jshanman (endeavorpub@sbcglobal.net) writes "Play the first Google Maps RTS ! Online players (http://www.endeavorpub.com/endgame)

      He should have known better

    4. Re:Dick by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Considering the article submitter doesn't know the difference between overtaking and taking over, I don't hold out much hope for the game if the author and submitter are one and the same.

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  13. yes.. by konigstein · · Score: 4, Funny

    but can it find sarah connor?

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    1. Re:yes.. by Footix · · Score: 2, Funny

      Dude, Fark is thataway.

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  14. 0% chance by hoggoth · · Score: 4, Funny

    > 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.

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  15. First nothing! by bunbuntheminilop · · Score: 5, Informative
    RISK using the google API.

    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?

  16. If that's the first Google Maps-based RTS... by Ant+P. · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What's this?

  17. /. editors: by snib · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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??

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  18. Re:slashdotted before first post by Millenniumman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ironically, your UID is a lot higher than his.

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  19. Google Maps Flight Simulator + GE Games by Lord+Satri · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.gewar.net/
    http://www.googleearthing.com/
    and
    http://googleearthgame.com/

    And the strangest... the Google Maps Flight Simulator

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  20. FAQ http://slashdot.org/faq/suggestions.shtml#su90 by peterfa · · Score: 2, Informative

    Slashdot should cache pages to prevent the Slashdot Effect!

    Sure, it's a great idea, but it has a lot of implications. For example, commercial sites rely on their banner ads to generate revenue. If I cache one of their pages, this will mess with their statistics, and mess with their banner ads. In other words, this will piss them off.

    Of course, most of the time, the commercial sites that actually have income from banner ads easily withstand the Slashdot Effect. So perhaps we could draw the line at sites that don't have ads. They are, after all, much more likely to buckle under the pressure of all those unexpected hits. But what happens if I cache the site, and they update themselves? Once again, I'm transmitting data that I shouldn't be, only this time my cache is out of date!

    I could try asking permission, but do you want to wait 6 hours for a cool breaking story while we wait for permission to link someone?

    So the quick answer is: "Sure, caching would be neat." It would make things a lot easier when servers go down, but it's a complicated issue that would need to be thought through in great detail before being implemented.

    Answered by: CmdrTaco

    Last Modified: 6/14/00
  21. Webmaster Sabbotage by Czaries · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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.

  22. Re:Already slashdotted by j_snare · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hate to point out that it's not a Google product here, it's a third party who uses Google Maps, and it is in beta.

  23. Melted Router: the game. by neo · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  24. Play Risk for Free, and no ads by bryanbrunton · · Score: 2, Interesting

    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

  25. Re:Special Rules for the Player Playing "Islam:" by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 3, Funny

    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...

  26. New Server by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    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...

  27. Re:Google Maps Flight Simulator + GE Games by advocate_one · · Score: 2, Interesting
    And the strangest... the Google Maps Flight Simulator

    and the saddest comment on current times is in his FAQ...

    WON'T TERRORISTS USE THIS TO PLAN 9/11 TYPE ATTACKS?
    They could. or they could use google maps, yahoo maps, msn mapping etc
    While i realise its a sensitive issue even including New York in there it's up to
    individuals to treat it as it's intended: a game about flying.
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  28. Used for practice by Kwesadilo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll bet the higher-level employees at Google use this to practice for project It's Not A Game (working title).

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  29. So much for the interesting commentary. by Mike+Peel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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.

    1. Re:So much for the interesting commentary. by torqer · · Score: 2, Insightful
      It's kind of hard to have insightful commentary when the site is slashdotted. No one (well maybe the first 3 people had a chance to look at it) has been able to witness the game's dynmanics. No one has any insight, because no one's played it.

      You don't have anything meaningful to say, so just complain. I guess you aren't new here.

  30. Re:New Server...API key. by aapold · · Score: 2

    new server requires new google maps API key.

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