Talk:TradeWars 2002
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[edit] TradeWars 2002 vs. Tradewars 2002, Trade Wars 2002, etc.
If anyone has any insight as to the correct naming/capitalization convention, that would be great. — Nathanlarson32767 (Talk) 22:37, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Ship types
As mentioned earlier, I would like to add a sidebar box for each ship type page, similar to the taxobox at European badger, the battlebox at Battle of Brandy Station, or perhaps the sidebar at F-16. There is a lot more info that can be added to these ship type pages.. Definitely the basic stats should be there.. — Nathanlarson32767 (Talk) 12:33, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Okay, I have added an infobox for Havoc GunStar. If anyone gets the time, they can add the info for the other ships. It should be pretty easy; just use Template:Infobox TradeWars Ship. Note that the safety rating and trading efficiency factor come from [1]. 69.243.41.28 04:48, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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- still need to make one for Escape pod (TradeWars 2002)) because Escape pod goes to a mostly unrelated article.--WhiteDragon 21:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Safety rating and trading efficiency factor
Safety rating and trading efficiency factor come from [2]:
- The listing under "Safety Rating" is the total fighters plus shields, multiplied by the ship's odds. This is the number of fighters it will take to kill a fully loaded ship of this type, assuming an attacking ship with 1:1 odds.
More info about trading efficiency is available at that same website.69.243.41.28 04:58, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] This is not fancruft
By the way, these ship details are not fancruft! TradeWars 2002 ship types are an integral part of the 1990s door-game-playing subculture, and the continuing Telnet BBS subculture, just as details about ships like the Super Star Destroyer are an important part of the Star Wars subculture. In addition, I view the idea of fancruft as rather arbitrary and subjective, but then again, I'm an inclusionist. 69.243.41.28 04:48, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Improving the page
So, how can this article be improved? Unless the ship pages are redesigned to make them lengthier (i.e. at least as long as the Imperial StarShip article), it might be better to move them into the main article. In that case, a revision to the ship template would be in order, to make it more compact. Also, a grid-style table should be added for easy comparison of vital ship stats.
Whether topics such as Ferrengi, FedSpace, Captain Zyrain, etc. should be folded into the main article is an open question. What should be done with articles like atomic fusion also puzzles me. — Nathanlarson32767 (Talk) 22:00, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Crossover with Tradewars
What should be done about the crossover between this article and Tradewars? — Nathanlarson32767 (Talk) 22:55, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Screenshots
By the way, does anyone have any good screenshots we can use here? I am looking for one of the FedPolice HQ building, as well as a screenshot of a Helper that will be legible if shrunk down. — Nathanlarson32767 (Talk) 22:56, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Captain Zyrain & FedSpace & Major Space Lane ---> Federation (TradeWars 2002)
Okay, I am going to consolidate these three articles into a Federation article. — Nathanlarson32767 (Talk) 14:50, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] More attractive lead picture?
Does anyone have a better screenshot that could be used? 205.217.105.2 19:02, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Broken link
Under "The Telnet TW2002 scene", the Cyberia BBS link is broken... any ideas on where it went? Or is there another example that could be cited? David aukerman 16:58, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
http://thestardock.com:8808/twgssearch/ link in the "The Telnet TW2002 scene" is not working.Dxco 21:54, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] History
In the late 1980s/early 90's there were a tremendous amount of add ons to the game (especially designed for v1.03/1.03d.) Some examples were the Borg, Crystaline Entity, etc. As might be noticed a very Star Trek TNG theme to them. Greg Foley of Data Warehouse BBS in Hamilton, Ontario wrote a great utility to unify many of these add ons and called it Gextern.
It's also worth mentioning that a considerable number of features that ended up in the Gold version--such as the ability to edit shiptypes--were pioneered by third-party addon developers like Jason Boyd and Brandon Bannerman. These addons were a rich part of the game's progression and the TW2002 culture during the early 90's, and in fact what addons were deployed in what fashion was often what set one BBS's game apart from another. Perhaps someone well-versed in what all these addons were could write up a section on them?
[edit] Missile Frigate merge
The AfD on Missile Frigate was just closed with a "merge" result. I think this article is big enough that we should just make a single new tradewars 2002 ship types article containing missile frigate and the others, rather than the current collection of small articles for each found in Category:TradeWars_2002_ship_types. I'll wait a day or two for feedback here, then if there's no objection i'll put up merge templates and start off the WP:MERGE process (Which I've never done before). BCoates 11:14, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merchant Cruiser
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merchant Cruiser has been closed with a large number of related articles now redirecting to TradeWars 2002. Feel free to get the content from the old revisions and merge them to here or to one separate article. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-27 07:46Z
