Convinced! Now looking for MP game...

Argitoth · #1 February 5th, 2004, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Nahh the fastest way to get in a game is to say "HEY Ive got the host mode up and running on my machine IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and port xxxx"

I beg to differ! Because you need to wait for people... well I guess you have to do that regardless. But if you message me I'd be happy to do a 1v1 to show you how it's done! You know, just for fun! Don't you know how I run?

Reverend Zombie · #2 February 5th, 2004, 10:03 PM

Are hosted internet games typically finished in a session, or do folks save and resume later?

Argitoth · #3 February 5th, 2004, 10:55 PM

Games that are supposed to finish in one session are called blitz. That's when you get a group of players who are already availible to play Dominions and you go through a whole game. Usually you cannot finish a game in one session so you need to either schedual another session time to resume the game OR you leave the server on and let people take turns slowly over a period of days.

Gandalf Parker · #4 February 5th, 2004, 11:09 PM

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Originally posted by Reverend Zombie:
Are hosted internet games typically finished in a session, or do folks save and resume later?

Most games were hosted on machines running all the time on a permanent connection like DSL or Cable. The turn processing was set to happen once a day giving everyone time to connect, grab their result file, make all the decisions at leisure, then upload their turn file.

Solo games of course go much faster. A blitz game might be setup to try and finish a multiplayer game the same way a solo play game would be done. If it gets late and the game is good they might all decide to quit for the night and start again the next day.

LordArioch · #5 February 6th, 2004, 02:23 AM

I'd say in Dom 2 games start more than once a month, since there's alot more people than when Dom1 was around. And also if no game starts just say you want to start a game and people will gather round.

And Norfleet, maybe that needs to become a marketing slogan.
"Dominions II. It's !Warcraft."

[ February 06, 2004, 00:23: Message edited by: LordArioch ]

Gandalf Parker · #6 February 6th, 2004, 02:37 AM

How about a T-shirt that says...
"DOMINIONS 2: It's not your childrens Warcraft!"

Goes well with..
"DOMINIONS 2: there can only be one."
"DOMINIONS 2: more strategy than joystick"
"DOMINIONS 2: if you can learn it, you will never delete it."
"DOMINIONS 2: like RISK on steroids"
"DOMINIONS 2: like MoM *10"
"DOMINIONS 2: like Stars! played pre-science"

Norfleet · #7 February 6th, 2004, 04:10 AM

The one thing I should note about Dominions II is that, for me, this game has really hilighted the fact that people's attention spans these days are simply not what they used to be: Everyone seems to suffer from attention span problems. In *MY* day, if somebody couldn't concentrate on something for more than about 20 hours at a time, something was WRONG with him. Now people are whining that they're "tired" after a mere 6 hours. Wimps.