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Re:Space Frigates by mst on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @12:12AM (#22244218)
Since www.rshl.org doesn't appear to be loading here, could you give me an ELI5 on how this differs from Trench Wars (which I still play periodically having owned a copy of Subspace itself) ?
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Re:Space Frigates by Neverending on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:34PM (#22250243)
Hockey Zone creatively shortens the bullet lengths for ships and decreases the respawn timer to simulate a hockey check. A powerball serves as the puck, and there is both public games (effectively pickup in recreational sports nomenclature) and a 20+ year running league.

Technically Hockey Zone runs on something called ASSS (a small subspace server) which enables significantly more advanced features than the base client such as instant replay and dynamic scoreboard overlays.

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Re:Space Frigates by mst on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @09:34PM (#22252979)
That's fascinating and something I should definitely try one day - I doubt it'll replace Trench Wars in my heart but I bet I'll really enjoy experimenting for a bit.

Thanks!

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Re:Space Frigates by hnhnhnhnhn on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:41AM (#22244786)
www.rshl.org doesn't work, but rshl.org does. In Hockey Zone you play hockey with a powerball.
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Re:Space Frigates by mst on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @09:34PM (#22252982)
Ta.
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