Frozen Synapse "The Ultimate Tactical Game" from Mode 7

Logged in this morning and could only connect to the Texas server... yet all my games are on UK1. What happened to UK1?

Perhaps it was looted?

Hi there!

Could I get an invite to the Steam Group? Or am I in the wrong place?

My Steam name is echodb.

Ok, I need some help. I don't know why I lost a particular game of hostage. I got my two hostages to the green zone and the game wouldn't end. I thought the rules say that if you get one or more of the hostages to the green zone then you win.

If you log into the UK1 server, the game id is 187276. The only other hostage game I've played, I won, but that was because I wiped out the other team.

BlackSabre wrote:

Ok, I need some help. I don't know why I lost a particular game of hostage. I got my two hostages to the green zone and the game wouldn't end. I thought the rules say that if you get one or more of the hostages to the green zone then you win.

If you log into the UK1 server, the game id is 187276. The only other hostage game I've played, I won, but that was because I wiped out the other team.

When I watch the match, it looks like you took them to the red zone. Sometimes I've run into the problem where I think a particular side is the exit, when in actuallity it I need to take the hostages to a completely different side. The colors can sometimes be very misleading. However, I've found that if you click on a hostage it will draw a line towards each of the viable exit sides. I've never had this functionality lead me to a wrong exit.

Ah, so it is what I expected. I took them to what I thought was the exit, but wasn't. I saw the green line but only after I'd issued the orders. Apparently I stuffed up big time with that then.

That's really depressing as I thought I did that well and caught him off guard. Oh well.

Picked this up on the weekend sale and glad I did. Haven't played many turn-based tactics games since the original X-Com (currently also trying to get into Fallout Tactics but it's not quite sticking). I am a sucker for cyperpunk, so the aesthetics of FS really appeal to me. Of course the game is very thoughtfully designed and takes some of the draggy minutia out of these type of games such as hit percentages, different firing modes, etc..

OK, so who is up for some challenges? I'd love to just send out some challenges to you guys and have some fun games. Who is up for it?

Also, any interest in maybe having a tournament or something?

Still waiting for the goddamn patch. It will feature an ingame tournament manager thing.

In the meanwhile, sure, I'm up for some challenges

Awesome. I'll set up a match soon. Any preferences? Dark/Light Elimination/Hostage/Secure etc?

I've only really dabbled with dark elimination and dark hostage, but I'll give the other game modes a go too.

Are the servers sorted out yet? I'd like to get back into this game.

BlackSabre wrote:

Awesome. I'll set up a match soon. Any preferences? Dark/Light Elimination/Hostage/Secure etc?

I've only really dabbled with dark elimination and dark hostage, but I'll give the other game modes a go too.

Dark whatever's. Hostage I haven't played. Besides Elimination, I like Charge, but I find Elimination the truer test of mettle. Set a couple of challenges up, since I'm guessing we'll be playing 1 turn per day.

DanyBoy wrote:

Are the servers sorted out yet? I'd like to get back into this game.

I've checked three or four days ago, and it was still UK1/TEXAS/ORIGINAL, and since everyone has been pretty quiet about it, I'm guessing it's still messed up.

Challenged and primed

I'll start with one challenge and if we get confident, then I'll add a few more. Who else wants some action?

This is on UK1 by the way.

BlackSabre wrote:

Challenged and primed

I'll start with one challenge and if we get confident, then I'll add a few more. Who else wants some action?

This is on UK1 by the way.

Send me a challenge as well. Dark anything too. In case you don't have it, Tkyl is my ID.

Tkyl wrote:
BlackSabre wrote:

Challenged and primed

I'll start with one challenge and if we get confident, then I'll add a few more. Who else wants some action?

This is on UK1 by the way.

Send me a challenge as well. Dark anything too. In case you don't have it, Tkyl is my ID.

Awesome. I set up a dark extermination just to start things off. You have me slightly scared now with your win/loss ratio there. But I look forward to the challenge.

Tkyl is scary. I heard he once wiped a player under 3 turns, with no casualties. And in another, he folded the map in half and used a rocket-dude to open a tunnel and send his shotgunner to the other end.

If you don't mind playing against a total nub who has only played about 4 of the campaign maps (I am stuck on the protect the hacker map), I will throw my name out there.

I *think* that I am mudbunny on the UK1 server.

Total nubs are welcome. I'll probably need it after my crippling losses to Tkyl and oMonarca.

I'll see if I can find you and send you a game.

EDIT: Ok, found you, then sent a challenge. I had to laugh. Seriously, we start with 3 rocket guys and a rifleman. *sigh* This is going to be insane.

BlackSabre wrote:

Total nubs are welcome. I'll probably need it after my crippling losses to Tkyl and oMonarca.

I'll see if I can find you and send you a game.

EDIT: Ok, found you, then sent a challenge. I had to laugh. Seriously, we start with 3 rocket guys and a rifleman. *sigh* This is going to be insane.

When that is the setup, your rifleman is your most important guy. DO NOT LOSE HIM. If you do, you lose the game. Use your rocket men to first try and take out the enemy rifle man. Then, use them just to take out all the cover you can. In the meantime, keep your rifleman safe and away from cover. (But be careful not to lose him to the enemy rifleman).

I love games like that, because it becomes a delicate dance of units.

oMonarca wrote:

Tkyl is scary. I heard he once wiped a player under 3 turns, with no casualties. And in another, he folded the map in half and used a rocket-dude to open a tunnel and send his shotgunner to the other end.

Seriously... lock up your children. He will come, and he will pillage and he will take from you, everything.

tzircher on UK1 if someone needs fresh meat for the grinder. I have a preference for DE, but will play others (poorly.)
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TAZ

I suck but even a broken clock is right twice a day.

I'll accept challenges. Any game mode is fine. I need to get back into the swing of things.

GG, oMonarca

On the other side of things, Tkyl performed an absolute masterpiece of a move that's just turned my 1 up advantage to a 1 down disadvantage. Going to be tricky getting out of this one.

So, logged into the UK1 server to start up new games, and it seems the friends lists are wiped. Will re-friend and send out some game challenges. I miss having something to play at work.

Damn, Tkyl. This has been a nail biter! Last turn and this looks like it's going to be an epic conclusion. Toughest game I've had.

BlackSabre wrote:

Damn, Tkyl. This has been a nail biter! Last turn and this looks like it's going to be an epic conclusion. Toughest game I've had.

Yes. That was a very good game. I can't believe I walked my shotgun guy right into yours. I had no idea you were hiding him there. I thought you had pulled him back closer to your grenadier.

And that was a nice grenade shot during turn 7. I was able to save my grenadier, but not my machine gunner. So we ended up tieing! Well played.

I challenged you to another match. And this one has the potential to be a blood bath on the first turn.

If anyone else wants to play, let me know or send me a challenge.

Blacksabre - I am still waiting for you to do your move in our game...

mudbunny wrote:

Blacksabre - I am still waiting for you to do your move in our game...

Hey mudbunny, I sent you a challenge.

Ah, I haven't loaded it up yet so I wasn't sure if I got both your units. Interesting that we tied though. Thought I was screwed when you took out my shotgun guy with the grenade and the rifle guy all in the one turn. Turn 7 was so intense. I was debating whether or not to make the run with my shotgun guy but didn't anticipate your rifleman taking him down. Hadn't seen him for 12 seconds, so I had to guess where he would most likely be.

Look forward to the next one.

mudbunny wrote:

Blacksabre - I am still waiting for you to do your move in our game...

Yup. Been deliberating what to do in that one. I've pretty much lost that guy in the top left... so now I have to work out if I can salvage this one... you've put me in a really tough spot. I'm off to bed now but I'll make my move tomorrow. It's amazing how long you can spend on a single turn in this game. But man it's so much fun.

Tkyl wrote:
mudbunny wrote:

Blacksabre - I am still waiting for you to do your move in our game...

Hey mudbunny, I sent you a challenge.

OK, I'll acccc...what in the holy hell?? Almost 300 games played?? I do not like my odds in this game.

BlackSabre wrote:

Yup. Been deliberating what to do in that one. I've pretty much lost that guy in the top left... so now I have to work out if I can salvage this one... you've put me in a really tough spot. I'm off to bed now but I'll make my move tomorrow. It's amazing how long you can spend on a single turn in this game. But man it's so much fun.

Heh. It is fun.

What is the random matchmaking like??