TC Player vs Player is a reality!
There are many players of X games who have dreamt of bringing their fleet up against a fellow gamer's in an online battle. While that possibility has been talked about for some time now, there's no sign of that becoming a reality. That didn't stop Mutiny, a forum user, from bringing the dream of player fleet against player fleet to reality in the form of the X-Verse Fleet Fest competition, which has its origins right here.
The basic concept is that players are allowed a 250 million Credit budget to build a fleet. The details of the fleets are then posted in the competition's forum thread. The competing fleets are then assembled and scheduled for battle against one another. The actual battle takes place on the PC of Technojerk36, who kindly volunteered to host it on his high-end rig, and both sides are controlled by the game's AI. Technojerk36 then uses the Fraps application to record the battle and provides the video footage and links to uploaded savegames as evidence of the battle and its outcome.
In the first competition (XFF I) 33 fleets were entered. After one teaser match and a qualifying 'placement' match to even out the numbers, the competition got underway with one round taking place every weekend. You can check out the competition thread here and see how it's progressing.
You can watch the battles unfold by following the links on that page and also download the savegame and watch the battle unfold right inside your own game of Terran Conflict!