Marathon Game: Takers?

[Norfleet]

I'm pondering the starting of a marathon game: Illwinter's World map, non-scenario Version. None of that sissy PBEM 1 turn a day stuff, no snivelling about "having a life". Game runs start-to-finish, from kickoff to the Last man standing, breaks only for food: Sleep is for wimps.

Have a dedicated hoster lined up already.

Any takers?

[ February 07, 2004, 19:33: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[Karacan]

Could you please propose those at the beginning of a weekend, not at the end of it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

In three weeks (next week is an important birthday, the week after that is the german boardgaming team-championship), I'd be game. On a moderatley sized map, at least.

40 hours nonstop playing is nothing. *cough*

[Norfleet]

Meh. I figure it'll be at least a week before we get enough victims. I haven't set a kickoff date yet anyway.

Besides, as a retired hermit living in the equivalent of a hole in the ground, I don't have a good fix on what day it is at any point anyway, and my only bearing on what constitutes night and day is the activity level on the Internet sites I'm at.

All enormously huge maps *ARE* moderately sized. They're always too small at the beginning, and too big at the end. That averages out to be moderately sized, yes?

And birthdays, pah! I despise birthdays. It took forever to break my friends of that annoying habit, where they would always send me junk and expect that I should do the same. So annoying! You'd think that as an adult, you'd learn to buy your own crap. It's so much easier when you don't have to worry about what somebody might actually want, and just let them buy their own stuff.

[ February 08, 2004, 00:02: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[navrunner]

Food breaks? Isn't your fridge and microwave next to your computer?
I would be interested. I could play almost any weekend.

[cihset]

I'm sure interested in enhancing my sleep disorder, where do I sign up?

[condors]

if you don't mind a new player i would be interested

[Norfleet]

Awwright! We got 4 or 5 victims now. What time do you folks want to hold kickoffs, and does anyone have a national preference of sorts? I'm currently leaning a tad towards Ermor again...burnination is just so much fun.

[condors]

friday evening works for me. I am on est. Anytime after 4 is good for me

[Norfleet]

Okey dokey. Is this good for all of our takers? If so, I'll have him bring up the server so we can begin the sign-in.

[navrunner]

4PM EST on Friday, k. Pyth

[condors]

i am going to have to be ulm if that is ok
else let me know so i can "learn" another race

[Norfleet]

Ulm will be fine. So now we've got a Pythium, and Ulm, and an Ermor. Still waiting on the rest of the sign-ins.

[cihset]

Ah, alas I cannot attend this weekend, other duties call for my attention, sadly. =/

[Norfleet]

Okay, for anyone participating in the Marathon, the server will be brought up and sign-ins will commence at 0100 MST tonight, which is 3.5 hours from present posting. Feel free to connect to upload your God any time between then and kickoff.

Server: kludgemush.com (12.221.73.107), port 10811.

Everyone fights! No one quits!

[condors]

i don't know about anyone else but saturday is valentines day, not taking my wife out could result in a premature death of my pc. Is it possible to work a break 7-11pm est on saturday night? if not i will have to withdrawl from the game, although i would very much want to take part in the next one

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by condors:
i don't know about anyone else but saturday is valentines day, not taking my wife out could result in a premature death of my pc. Is it possible to work a break 7-11pm est on saturday night?<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Bah, fine. I suppose we can do that, if the game is still going at that time. It is clear to me that you have married the wrong person, however. *I* would certainly never have anything to do with anyone who would pester me about an annoying, silly holiday like that. That's a disqualifying mark right there.

[Norfleet]

As a reminder, please make sure you've passworded your god, so random passers-by and other players do not go about traisping through your stuff. That would be a Bad Thing.

Also, make sure you've downloaded the Earth map tga from Illwinter, as well as Catquiet's Caelum fix, in case anyone wants to play Caelum.

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
*I* would certainly never have anything to do with anyone who would pester me about an annoying, silly holiday like that. That's a disqualifying mark right there. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Guess that disqualifies me.

[Norfleet]

Holidays are purely sentimental silliness. Really, everyone would be better off if they ignored them, and it would save a lot of money and time.

Besides, everyone knows Dominions II is totally superior to any holiday.

[ February 11, 2004, 20:23: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[Norfleet]

Holidays are purely sentimental silliness. Really, everyone would be better off if they ignored them, and it would save a lot of money.

[licker]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
Holidays are purely sentimental silliness. Really, everyone would be better off if they ignored them, and it would save a lot of money. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Oh goodie!!! Can I play too?

Norfleet is a pure unsentimental boob. Really, everyone would be better off if they ignored him, and it would save a lot of bandwidth.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Norfleet]

Damn you, Condors! Now look what you've done! You've started a riot by pushing one of my rant buttons!

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by licker:
Oh goodie!!! Can I play too?

Norfleet is a pure unsentimental boob. Really, everyone would be better off if they ignored him, and it would save a lot of bandwidth.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Sure, feel free to sign in, if you want to join the upcoming marathon.

And hey, I'm not purely unsentimental. I'm actually rather partial to things like like fire, and burning, and people being horribly and gruesomely killed. But I try not to let that interfere with anything.

[ February 11, 2004, 22:13: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[licker]

Alas gone are the days where I could give up so much time to an endevor such as this. Honestly I can't even see myself wanting to give up that much time in a single block for a game, but even if I did want to, I still couldn't...

Maybe during the summer I could do it, but frigging dial up only at home usually causes enough pains in the @#$# for me to give up on trying anything like this before I start http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by licker:
Alas gone are the days where I could give up so much time to an endevor such as this. Honestly I can't even see myself wanting to give up that much time in a single block for a game, but even if I did want to, I still couldn't...<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Whaaa? You don't think this is the BEST GAME YOU'VE EVER PLAYED?!? Surely that can't be what you mean, that would be outright blasphemy. You wouldn't even want to dedicate a huge block of time for such a clearly awesome game? Just goes to show what I've been saying about people and shortened attention span these days. In about 20 years, the only things that'll sell will be Quake XVI clones. Bah!

I very much hope to be happily dead by the time things get that bad.

[mivayan]

Has the game begun yet?

[licker]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by licker:
Alas gone are the days where I could give up so much time to an endevor such as this. Honestly I can't even see myself wanting to give up that much time in a single block for a game, but even if I did want to, I still couldn't...<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Whaaa? You don't think this is the BEST GAME YOU'VE EVER PLAYED?!? Surely that can't be what you mean, that would be outright blasphemy. You wouldn't even want to dedicate a huge block of time for such a clearly awesome game? Just goes to show what I've been saying about people and shortened attention span these days. In about 20 years, the only things that'll sell will be Quake XVI clones. Bah!

I very much hope to be happily dead by the time things get that bad. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Best game I've ever played... maybe, that would depend on what kind of a mood I'm in though.

As to 20hour (or longer) time blocks... well those for me simply don't exist anymore, and its nothing to do with my attention span, more to do with the other things in life that are more important (blasphemy! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ) to me than any computer game ever will be. Hey I used to easilly give up weekends for nonstop D&D or board gaming (is my age showing? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif ) but those days are past, fondly remembered, and maybe relived later on, but for right now... yeah, I don't want them back http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by mivayan:
Has the game begun yet? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Nope. It's Friday 1600, and that's not until tomorrow. Why? Did you want to sign up?

[ February 12, 2004, 18:19: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by licker:
Hey I used to easilly give up weekends for nonstop D&D or board gaming (is my age showing? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif ) but those days are past, fondly remembered, and maybe relived later on, but for right now... yeah, I don't want them back http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">No, it's not. I'm absolutely certain I'm older than you are. It's just that I realized early on the annoyance and aggravation of being permanently hogtied to somebody else, and have elected to pursue my own path. I find it quite liberating. After all, they say a man doesn't know what true happiness is until he's married....and then it's too late!

Remember: You're only young once, but you're never too old to be immature.

[mivayan]

Nope. It's Friday 1600, and that's not until tomorrow. Why? Did you want to sign up? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah.. it sounds like fun. 16:00 in gmt+5, right?

I would like pangea.

[ February 12, 2004, 21:40: Message edited by: mivayan ]

[Norfleet]

No problemmo. Pangaea's open. Just sign in and upload. Do remember to password. This is a multiplayer network game, after all.

Remember: This is a Marathon. We play more or less nonstop, except for a brief break because Condors wanted to sacrifice a few goats to his wife so she doesn't smite him.

[Norfleet]

Okay ladies. T minus 2:30 to kickoff. Pangaea has not signed in yet. We might have to pronounce them AWOL. Turnout not as impressive as I had hoped for. And it looks like the patch won't make it in time.

Everyone ready?

[condors]

i will be done work in 71 minutes and should be home in time to get beat like a rented mule

[Arryn]

Originally posted by condors:
get beat like a rented mule <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">colorful ... I like it.

PS - posted turn #14 in my AAR (shameless plug)

[ February 13, 2004, 17:53: Message edited by: Arryn ]

[mivayan]

Pangea has signed in. 4 players so far, on the world map

[Norfleet]

Alrighty. 13 minutes to launch. Please make sure at this time that you have downloaded Illwinter's Earth map, in world.zip, from illwinter.com.

We seem to be Caelum-less, so the Caelum mod won't be necessary.

Navrunner/Pythium has not checked in yet. Although the game *IS* set for his schedule, he hasn't checked in on the thread yet. Maybe he'll make it.

Lastly, if anyone's starting position is absolutely intolerable, such as getting stranded on a no-exit-without-naval access island, call for a mulligan here early, while I still have the server guy on ytalk.

[Norfleet]

Server operator informs me that since everyone has checked in, he has launched the game.

Please inspect your starting locations and inform me if your starting position ended up being in New Zealand or something, and you can't leave so are hosed, and need a mulligan.

Let the games begin! Victory or death!

[condors]

it looks like you need the Caelum mod as i got booted

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by condors:
it looks like you need the Caelum mod as i got booted <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Guess the server guy forgot to turn it off.

It's time, and navrunner looks AWOL.

I'll give him 15 minutes to appear, then I'll tell the server host to bot him.

[ February 13, 2004, 20:03: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[Norfleet]

And he made it. Let the games begin.

[mivayan]

I am wimping out after 13 hours, with ermor/norfleet the only remaining player.

[Norfleet]

And that's the game.

Maybe I'll schedule the next game to run at fixed hours instead of marathon-style. This will be my umpteenth victory-by-endurance, which by far outnumber my victory-by-total-crushification-of-opposition count.

Maybe you should play some blitz games. There the winner is determined by both drunkeness, misclicks, and some smattering of strategy ;P

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Zen:
Maybe you should play some blitz games. There the winner is determined by both drunkeness, misclicks, and some smattering of strategy ;P <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Maybe, but I only play on enormous maps, which surely can't be completed in a mere 6-8 hours. I figure a typical Dominions II game from start to finish tends to run me about a day, and I take my turns faster than most people: I can avoid coming in dead Last on the turn clock while playing Ermor, which is surely the most micromanagement-laden nation.

Okay, Mictlan was pretty bad, too, until I found a number of shortcuts and discovered that you can sacrifice blood slaves out of a lab. Woo.