MP Game - Back to the Fray (noob/int game)-running

[Breschau]

I'd like in as Vanheim.

Not sure how many games I've played mp, but it can't be far from 10 (maybe a couple less or a couple more). I've yet to win one, though a couple were close. I'm not a newbie, but I'm definitely not a veteran either.

[Thufir]

You're in!

Pythium - Boron
Ulm - Soapyfrog
Man - Thufir
Ermor - Cheezeninja
Abysia - Edi
Marignon - bleach168
Jotunheim - bluebird
Atlantis - odd_enuf
T'ien Ch'i - Anatoli
Pangaea - jeffr
Vanheim - Breslau

This brings us up to 11, and so we're getting close to the desired 12 players. With one more player, if everyone uploads today, we could be starting as early as tonight.

I'd like to get some more opinions on maps. So far Edi has voted for Zen's Cradle, which does look like an interesting map, to me. Any other votes? And along with the map question, you might want to comment on how many players we should shoot for.

[Boron]

I vote for cradle because i haven't played it so far

[Soapyfrog]

The cradle sounds great... never played it and besides I am already hosting an Orania game

[Edi]

Cradle is going to be a tight fit, max recommended number of players for that map is 12, and it starts getting real congested already with 10 players, 8 or 9 is best for it, so I say we just go ahead and get cracking with it.

Edi

[Thufir]

Edi said:
Cradle is going to be a tight fit, max recommended number of players for that map is 12, and it starts getting real congested already with 10 players, 8 or 9 is best for it, so I say we just go ahead and get cracking with it.

Edi

OK - so Zen's cradle it is, I've closed the game, as it looks like we've got enough players. I think we'll be fine with 11 players, that works out to 20 provinces per player, which is actually quite sparse (at least compared to what I'm used to).

I'll do another post in a little bit with instructions on naming files, but in the meantime, if everyone can get to work on their uploads, we'll be off and running!

[Thufir]

We're almost all uploaded now, just me and Cheezeninja left to go. I'll start as soon as everyone's up there.

jeffr, Boron and odd_enuf, you still have to claim your positions on mosehansen. No anonymous players allowed!