looking for an early age pbem game (completed)
 

I am new to Dom III and am looking for an early age PBEM game. Please let me know if you are starting one...I would love to join...if you can put up with a noob.

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I will join you in an Early Era game, and would be willing to host if we limit the game to 5 or fewer players.

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Hello,

I would be interested in joining, too - but be warned, I did only play 1 MP game of Dom2 before http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Up to 5 players sounds good to me, too. This should allow us to play on one of the smaller maps which should help since we will not be stuck with any stupid mistakes we made for a very long time http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

CharonJr

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I would be interested in playing as well. I've only played one full multiplayer game, and that was back in PPP, so I should be novice enough... I may also be able to host if solo can't for whatever reason.

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I could join in too.

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BTW, IMHO we should make some "houserules" concerning the "über-bless" nations, especially for Helheim being bugged with being able to produce their sacred cav in non-home provinces.

Nerfix might have some good ideas concerning houserules since he seems to be the most knowledgable of us concerning Dom3.

CharonJr

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I'd propably go for something like no Hel or underwater nations. Hel is bugged as of now and we can't trust a player not to spam Helhirdlings and water nations can be very problematic in few player games.

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No Helheim and no underwater nations sounds good.

I would also propose a fast pace, with a 24 hour deadline in between moves, with an allowance for timeouts, should players require breaks during the game.

We have 5 players now, so if everyone concurs, we can start a game soon.

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Aye, Marverni or Agartha for me.

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So what will the settings be?

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I would like C'tis then (would have taken Atlantis otherwise), I haven't played them in Dom3 yet, but I liked them in Dom2 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif - Hmm, or maybe my Aztec-friends from Mictlan would be interesting, too. Haven't really played heavy blood nations before.

Oh well, lets wait for the rules/settings http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

CharonJr

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BTW, how about limiting sleeping/imprisoned pretenders to magic paths <9 ?

This should prevent the fairly often critizied abuse of high-bless strategies without taking hard hits on the scales.

CharonJr

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Great...I am ready to go. I was going to be Atlantis...hence my name Ichtarian but if you guys do not want to have water nations, that's fine. I will be Ermor as my second choice. Let me know when we are ready to start. I have a good week to play before I have to go out of town.

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Anybody having problems with the following "house rules" ?

1. No underwater nations
2. Helheim is banned due to the Helhirding-bug
3. Only awakened pretenders might have magic paths of 9 or 10

CharonJr

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Fine by me.

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I think we should allow Ichtarian his first choice as Atlantis, since this is his very first PBEM game.

My preference would be for using easy research and the Aran map as a means of countering uber bless rushes, but if the majority wants only awakened Pretenders at magic levels 9 or 10, I will agree.

Game options? Renaming is probably one to allow. Other than that, the defaults are probably fine.

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Aran has how many provinces (am at work atm)?

Edit: I don't know how effective easy research is as a counter to heavy-bless, but maybe with Helheim out of the race it might be viable. If you prefer no restrictions concerning magic paths and easy research this would be fine by me, too.

CharonJr

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I'd like to try Kaisala. I have no objection to the proposed easy research or banning lvl 9 bless on non-awake pretenders.

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I would love it if I could try out Atlantis (hey...I will probably get killed anyway) but like I said, I will be Ermor if not. Let's try to see of we can get started by 10-28 if possible. Thanks guys for replying...

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And Icht playing Atlantis is fine with me btw.

CharonJr

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Can I still fit in this game? I'd play Ermor probably.

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Okay, but let's get going before we are 7 or more. So we have:

ichtarian - Atlantis
Charon Jr. - C'tis
ajr - Kaisala
Nerfix - Marverni or Agartha, but not both, okay?
Celestial Gobyln - Ermor
solo - Sauromatia

Game guidelines:

1) No one can play Helheim
2) Only awake Pretenders can use magic 9 or higher
3) Aran map will be used
4) Easy research and renaming game options
5) 24 hour deadline in between moves, but players may request timeouts in advance if they have to be away.
6) Aran map will be used.

If there are not any objections, Pretender files and email addresses can be sent to me at pmhalf@earthlink.net Make sure to give your Pretender file a password.

I will host as often as a complete set of moves is received, so we may be able get in a more than one turn a day on some days.

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File has been sent. Ready to go.

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Would prefer Mictlan if that's ok, will prepare a file after I log off here http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

CharonJr

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Sent my pretender

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Hi,

my ISP is acting up atm, I will try to attach the file to this post. Please tell me if you have any problems opening it.

I had to change the extension to .txt instead of .2h, please rename it again http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Edit: Seems like my ISP is ok again... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

CharonJr

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Okay, so far I have received 4 Pretender files and have sent email confirmations for each player to test out communications. My email to the email address given by ajr for game files could not be delivered, so I replied to his original email address with details of this problem. Status:

ichtarian - Atlantis pretender received

CharonJr - Mictlan pretender received okay by email, so there is no need to download the file you posted

ajr - Kaisala pretender received, but problem with your game email address

Nerfix - Marverni pretender received

Celestial Gobyln - waiting for your Ermor Pretender

That's it for now. The game can start as soon as reliable a reliable email link to ajr is established. Hopefully, CG's pretender will arrive by that time.

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Sorry, everyone; minor setup error on my part. Should be fixed now. (Also sent to solo)

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I'm on now, i'm just making the pretender.

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Ermor Pretender received from Celestial Gobyln and no errors were produced by my test message to ajr, so we are underway, using the Aran map. Good luck players!

Turn 1 has been sent to all players.

Please let me know if you did not get your .trn file.

First moves are due a day from now, but I will host and send out the next turn whenever a complete set of moves has been received.

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CelestialGobyln,

I got a delivery failure when trying to email your first turn. Details are included in a private message.

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Ok, here we go, just returned my first turn.

Lets hope for an interesting game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

CharonJr

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1st turn submitted. Beware of the water!!

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I sent my turn now. I'm sorry for the delay. Here we go, folks.

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I got your move and am happy that your new email address works.

Move #1 has also been received from everyone else except ajr. Hopefully, the problem with his email was resolved earlier today.

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It was, I've just been out all day. You should have my turn now.

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Thanks, I have it, but it arrived after my bedtime!

Turn #1 hosted and turn #2 has been sent.

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Turn #3 sent.

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Turn #4 sent.

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Please resend it to me, Solo. I'm quite sure my E-mail was not working at that time.

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Okay, on its way.

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I'm very sorry, but it's a second e-mail adress of mine that's defective. I swear it never happened before with either of them, though. It would be easiest for me if you send me the turn using this forum's PM feature.
I'm seriously sorry for the incovience.
I can also be reached on MSN as 'GreenCelestial@hotmail.com'.

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Your hotmail address resulted in delivery failure. I shall try to attach your turn here, substituting the .txt extension for .trn

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Thanks. I should get it straightened up tommorow.

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Could you download okay and when you rename the file to .trn, is it usable in the game?

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Yes it works:)
Turn coming soon!

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I'm sorry, but I'm simply unable to send any mail normally. It might be because of my ISP, might be something else. I'm attaching the 2h file in this turn.

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This downloaded file is not working on my end. When I rename the file and run the game I get a game version error for your .2h file, so could not host.

It seems very odd you can not even send turns to me now by email. This was never was a problem before. Perhaps you could try emailing your turn again and make a note of the problem if there is a delivery error for you.

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Can you try setting up a yahoo account and then send it? If you can get online, then I would think any of these email providers should work. Just a thought.

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Sent from yahoo.
And yeah, it's very weird.