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will parceces squares ever be a playable minigame

chesse20chesse20 Member Posts: 11 Arc User
edited July 2012 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
i want to play some pareces squares if u know what im sayin dog
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    chesse20 wrote: »
    i want to play some pareces squares if u know what im sayin dog

    This was talked about before, and it's possible someday could be playable beyond the current DOFF mission. The main problem is figuring out the basics of how the game is played, then making it done in a way that's playable in STO.

    And of course, the Devs would want to have the game mean something. So they would have to make a mission around it, then develop an infrastructure to have it replayable for years to come.
  • jkstocbrjkstocbr Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Darts at DS9 with a proc to hit Morn :p
  • skurfskurf Member Posts: 1,071 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    They should definitely include it. My friends and I sometimes set up a game on the weekends and it's super fun. I broke my toe on the corner-board last weekend so I'm out for a good month, but I'll still help them set up the court as that is a task in itself.
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Heres irony... That game is recreational... They don't have to make a mission for it...
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  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited July 2012
    As mentioned, before we make it playable, we'd have to figure out wtf it even is. And no matter what we decided on, a bunch of people would tell us we got it wrong. . .

    I think Poker, and/or 3D Chess are more likely*, but I would love to see Parrises squares too!


    *please note, nothing here is a promise, I'm simply stating the likelihoods as I see them.
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  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    As mentioned, before we make it playable, we'd have to figure out wtf it even is. And no matter what we decided on, a bunch of people would tell us we got it wrong. . .

    I think Poker, and/or 3D Chess are more likely*, but I would love to see Parrises squares too!


    *please note, nothing here is a promise, I'm simply stating the likelihoods as I see them.

    Even if you knew what the rules and playing field really looked like, I suspect that the odds are very high that it would be difficult or impossible to simulate in STO.

    From the sound of it, I would guess that a close analogue of the game might be a weird form of lacrosse involving regulated movement over a three-dimensional playing field and a ball knocked around at relatively high velocities. What purpose the 'squares' have, I can't do more than guess.

    If you did nothing more than try to simulate a baseball, basketball, or hockey game in STO, which would be less complicated, you'd still need new mechanics for interacting with objects in motion that we haven't seen in any Cryptic game yet.

    I think a lot of people would be happy if we just got Poker.
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  • captainrevo1captainrevo1 Member Posts: 3,948 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    And no matter what we decided on, a bunch of people would tell us we got it wrong. . .

    Yanosh has some words for you.
  • tanith1989tanith1989 Member Posts: 109 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    what about Kadis-kot dont forget Kadis-kot i would love to play that
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  • admlshakeadmlshake Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    As mentioned, before we make it playable, we'd have to figure out wtf it even is. And no matter what we decided on, a bunch of people would tell us we got it wrong. . .

    I think Poker, and/or 3D Chess are more likely*, but I would love to see Parrises squares too!


    *please note, nothing here is a promise, I'm simply stating the likelihoods as I see them.

    Just take the attitude of Apple, Facebook, and Blizzard. Say soothing things to your fans, then totally stab them in the back or TRIBBLE them over and do what you want. They'll get over it after a period of crying.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    admlshake wrote: »
    Just take the attitude of Apple, Facebook, and Blizzard. Say soothing things to your fans, then totally stab them in the back or TRIBBLE them over and do what you want. They'll get over it after a period of crying.

    They already are.
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
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  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    admlshake wrote: »
    Just take the attitude of Apple, Facebook, and Blizzard. Say soothing things to your fans, then totally stab them in the back or TRIBBLE them over and do what you want. They'll get over it after a period of crying.

    Yes, but it was perfected by Microsoft. :D
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  • hpcapulethpcapulet Member Posts: 419 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    3d Chess and poker please. Hell even Strategema.
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  • admlshakeadmlshake Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    bluegeek wrote: »
    Yes, but it was perfected by Microsoft. :D

    Lol, Microsoft can't really perfect anything. Outside of the Enterprise environment they are mostly playing catch up. And even in the enterprise environment they are playing catching on a lot of things.
  • darkstarkiriandarkstarkirian Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    As mentioned, before we make it playable, we'd have to figure out wtf it even is. And no matter what we decided on, a bunch of people would tell us we got it wrong. . .

    I think Poker, and/or 3D Chess are more likely*, but I would love to see Parrises squares too!


    *please note, nothing here is a promise, I'm simply stating the likelihoods as I see them.

    indeed.
    Most of the Trek games lack any real detail on their rules. getting them "wrong" would be easy.
    Some are so simple, you can't get them wrong. Like B'aht Qul, ie two arme arm wrestling. but B'aht Qul is in the Doffs, most likely because they (Cryptic) couldn't figure out how to do it in game.
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  • cusashorncusashorn Member Posts: 461
    edited July 2012
    All that is known about Parece Squares is that:

    1. It is a physical sport.
    2. It involves "Parece Mallets"
    3. Players usually get injured while playing.
    4. Harry Kim was a three-year running champion when he went to the academy.

    I'd rather see more minigames along the lines of dilithium mining.
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  • captainrevo1captainrevo1 Member Posts: 3,948 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I always imagined it was like duel in gladiators but with beam and ramps rather than two podiums.
  • dunespicedunespice Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    What? No love for Kadis-kot? :P
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  • captainrevo1captainrevo1 Member Posts: 3,948 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Or some kotra
  • dunespicedunespice Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Play Dom Jot human?
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tanith1989 wrote: »
    what about Kadis-kot dont forget Kadis-kot i would love to play that

    You mean the Star Trek version of Battleship? :P
    tacofangs wrote: »
    As mentioned, before we make it playable, we'd have to figure out wtf it even is. And no matter what we decided on, a bunch of people would tell us we got it wrong. . .

    I think Poker, and/or 3D Chess are more likely*, but I would love to see Parrises squares too!


    *please note, nothing here is a promise, I'm simply stating the likelihoods as I see them.

    Ah, he implemented the disclaimer. :D

    Well lets brainstorm, shall we? We know that Parrises Squares:
    • You are on a Team of 4 people, with one Subsitution
    • There are 2 Teams
    • The game is involved a Ramp, where you are high enough to be injured if you fell.
    • Requires an Ion Mallet.
    • You need Padded outfits
    So I could see you fight on a platform about 3 meters above the ground, where the mallet is involved in catching a particle ball of some sort and you use it to hit to another member of your team. And you're objective is get it to the other side. (I.E. Lacrosse on elevated platforms).

    Another possibility is that it's a type of dodgeball and where teams rush up accending ramps and you are being shot with energy balls, where you can use the mallets to deflect it towards your opponent, trying to knock them off.

    Well those are at the top of my head.
  • redshirtjohnson#9017 redshirtjohnson
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    edited July 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    As mentioned, before we make it playable, we'd have to figure out wtf it even is. And no matter what we decided on, a bunch of people would tell us we got it wrong. . .

    I think Poker, and/or 3D Chess are more likely*, but I would love to see Parrises squares too!


    *please note, nothing here is a promise, I'm simply stating the likelihoods as I see them.

    my best guess is that it's something like Go or Reversi Aka Othello ...
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  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited July 2012
    I always envisioned something like Raquetball, or Discs of Tron.
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  • meurikmeurik Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    I always envisioned something like Raquetball, or Discs of Tron.

    You mean like THIS Raquetball ?
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  • direphoenixdirephoenix Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I say it should be like Shuttlecock Soccer except replace the shuttlecock with a photon grenade that detonates if it hits the ground, removing a "Pareses Square" tile from the field ala Discs of Tron.
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  • tanith1989tanith1989 Member Posts: 109 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    azurianstar wrote: »
    You mean the Star Trek version of Battleship? :P

    hahaha I sunk your Kot
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,164 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    As mentioned, before we make it playable, we'd have to figure out wtf it even is. And no matter what we decided on, a bunch of people would tell us we got it wrong. . .

    I think Poker, and/or 3D Chess are more likely*, but I would love to see Parrises squares too!


    *please note, nothing here is a promise, I'm simply stating the likelihoods as I see them.

    well lets take a look... it can result in death when X player falls off w/e their standing on. ... teams have 4 players... involves some form of melee combat...

    So... its melee pvp on some platform.. if you fal off your out/dead.
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    thay8472 wrote: »
    well lets take a look... it can result in death when X player falls off w/e their standing on. ... teams have 4 players... involves some form of melee combat...

    So... its melee pvp on some platform.. if you fal off your out/dead.

    Or you have to listen to klingon accordions. Make it more interesting.
  • cusashorncusashorn Member Posts: 461
    edited July 2012
    tanith1989 wrote: »
    hahaha I sunk your Kot

    ...I'll KILL YOU! *lashes across the table with a right hook*
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  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I always imagined Parisses Squares as similar to lacrosse. Riker was always getting hurt playing it, so there must be some contact.
  • cusashorncusashorn Member Posts: 461
    edited July 2012
    Want to know a game that really truly has no set of rules?

    There was a TOS episode where a man walks into his house and asked his wife what she was playing. She was holding a hand of circular cards and replied "Double Jack".


    To this day, nobody has been able to make any form of rules for this fictional card game that doesn't already exist among the dozens of other card games out there.
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