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  • Raise of Player Hands?

    From Christopher Lorando@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 30 06:34:20 2016
    Hello Rec.Games.Computer.Stars!

    I've been having an itch lately to get back into Stars! and was curious who all still frequents or who would enjoy a casual pick up game? It has been since 2007 since I last picked up the game, though it reminds me of an aged wine that seems to only get
    better with age.

    Thanks all for any and all who provide a response/update!

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  • From nedbrek@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 30 10:10:37 2016
    Glad to see people are still playing. I'm doing Atlantis pbem right now...

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  • From Christopher Lorando@21:1/5 to nedbrek on Tue Jan 3 13:58:01 2017
    On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 1:10:37 PM UTC-5, nedbrek wrote:
    Glad to see people are still playing. I'm doing Atlantis pbem right now...

    People are most certainly still playing, and from the looks of it a number of them are now running in a fairly large game out on StarsAutohost.org. Since my last post I've been lucky enough to find someone to do a duel with, and if all goes well (or not
    well) I'll get a chance to try my hand at diplomacy in a larger game.

    I haven't heard of Atlantis PBEM in ages though, glad to see that one is still running as well!

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Christopher Lorando on Tue Jan 17 09:07:43 2017
    On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 2:34:21 PM UTC, Christopher Lorando wrote:
    Hello Rec.Games.Computer.Stars!

    Hi. I fired up a VM running Windows Vista today, where I still have Stars! installed - got me wondering whether anyone still played. I used to run games through the Cix BBS; happy days. Last time I played must have been around 2000.

    Might just look in at StarsAutohost.org

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 18 09:50:18 2017
    On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 2:34:21 PM UTC, Christopher Lorando wrote:

    Might just look in at StarsAutohost.org

    Good idea.
    And in this thread at autohost there are just some players enlisting to start a beginner/rusty oldtimer game of Stars:
    * http://starsautohost.org/sahforum2/index.php?t=msg&th=5548

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  • From Christopher Lorando@21:1/5 to Altruist on Thu Jan 19 07:07:39 2017
    On Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 12:50:19 PM UTC-5, Altruist wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 2:34:21 PM UTC, Christopher Lorando wrote:

    Might just look in at StarsAutohost.org

    Good idea.
    And in this thread at autohost there are just some players enlisting to start a beginner/rusty oldtimer game of Stars:
    * http://starsautohost.org/sahforum2/index.php?t=msg&th=5548

    Altruist has been providing some healthy input on how to run the game as well, and we seem to have a good group of people interested. We are still looking for a few more players and game looks to be on a Weekday (MTWTF) till 2430 then every other Weekday
    (MWF) from the looks of it.

    Will have to say I'm really looking forward to the game either way!

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Christopher Lorando on Fri Jan 20 06:23:01 2017
    On Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 10:07:39 AM UTC-5, Christopher Lorando wrote:
    On Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 12:50:19 PM UTC-5, Altruist wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 2:34:21 PM UTC, Christopher Lorando wrote:

    Might just look in at StarsAutohost.org

    Good idea.
    And in this thread at autohost there are just some players enlisting to start a beginner/rusty oldtimer game of Stars:
    * http://starsautohost.org/sahforum2/index.php?t=msg&th=5548

    Altruist has been providing some healthy input on how to run the game as well, and we seem to have a good group of people interested. We are still looking for a few more players and game looks to be on a Weekday (MTWTF) till 2430 then every other
    Weekday (MWF) from the looks of it.

    Will have to say I'm really looking forward to the game either way!

    I've created an account on Autohost, but I can't post until it's approved. I'll be joining as it seems fun and I played a lot of stars a long time ago, but not for a decade.

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  • From Christopher Lorando@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 20 14:04:31 2017
    I'll be joining as it seems fun and I played a lot of stars a long time ago, but not for a decade.

    I wouldn't worry too much, you'll likely be the 5th player in addition to some possibly handicapped experts. Not entirely sure on that last part yet but eager to have you aboard!

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 2 08:37:05 2017
    I play with a local group of friends every few years, usually we have arount 10 players, this year only six. Dropbox and laptops make it really easy to do blitz games or to crank through the first 30-40 turns. All in all, the game is still one of the
    most graceful games I've ever played.

    -F1ange

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Christopher Lorando on Wed Mar 1 12:04:56 2017
    On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 9:34:21 AM UTC-5, Christopher Lorando wrote:
    Hello Rec.Games.Computer.Stars!

    I've been having an itch lately to get back into Stars! and was curious who all still frequents or who would enjoy a casual pick up game? It has been since 2007 since I last picked up the game, though it reminds me of an aged wine that seems to only
    get better with age.

    Thanks all for any and all who provide a response/update!

    hello, I also wanted to re-visit stars! However, I now have win 10 and am having trouble getting the old game files installed ...

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  • From Christopher Lorando@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Mar 2 06:38:38 2017
    On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 3:04:57 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    hello, I also wanted to re-visit stars! However, I now have win 10 and am having trouble getting the old game files installed ...

    Your best bet is to use either a VM of some kind or to use the DOSBox tools that a lot of people are using lately. Starsautohost has a good resource in the forums put together by the community there that allows for a stand-alone and potentially low-
    profile environment so you can scratch that itch:

    http://starsautohost.org/sahforum2/index.php?t=msg&th=5551&start=0&rid=0

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Christopher Lorando on Thu Mar 2 09:40:51 2017
    On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 9:38:39 AM UTC-5, Christopher Lorando wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 3:04:57 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    hello, I also wanted to re-visit stars! However, I now have win 10 and am having trouble getting the old game files installed ...

    Your best bet is to use either a VM of some kind or to use the DOSBox tools that a lot of people are using lately. Starsautohost has a good resource in the forums put together by the community there that allows for a stand-alone and potentially low-
    profile environment so you can scratch that itch:

    http://starsautohost.org/sahforum2/index.php?t=msg&th=5551&start=0&rid=0

    Christopher, thank you for your reply... I was not really expecting anyone to respond... To such an old game in a forgotten newsgroup... However, i have been doing alot of research since yesterday... I have already found the site you referred to... I am
    going to try to use the DOSbox... I found the information at:

    http://wiki.starsautohost.org/wikinew/index.php?title=Stars_vs_OS&oldid=6486#DOSBox

    Thank you once again for reply...

    Darrick...

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Mar 2 09:44:20 2017
    On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 12:40:52 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 9:38:39 AM UTC-5, Christopher Lorando wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 3:04:57 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    hello, I also wanted to re-visit stars! However, I now have win 10 and am having trouble getting the old game files installed ...

    Your best bet is to use either a VM of some kind or to use the DOSBox tools that a lot of people are using lately. Starsautohost has a good resource in the forums put together by the community there that allows for a stand-alone and potentially low-
    profile environment so you can scratch that itch:

    http://starsautohost.org/sahforum2/index.php?t=msg&th=5551&start=0&rid=0

    Christopher, thank you for your reply... I was not really expecting anyone to respond... To such an old game in a forgotten newsgroup... However, i have been doing alot of research since yesterday... I have already found the site you referred to... I
    am going to try to use the DOSbox... I found the information at:

    http://wiki.starsautohost.org/wikinew/index.php?title=Stars_vs_OS&oldid=6486#DOSBox

    Thank you once again for reply...
    I see that your link has more information...

    Darrick...

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 31 16:15:46 2017
    Hello Stars! Players.

    Is anybody interested in a quick game over New Years or tonight? Short notice, I guess, but I just can't wait for the second Beginner's Game to get started. Also, there's a second beginner's game at AutoHost, if anybody is interested. We've got 3
    beginners so far.

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