MP: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 8: A Dance with Illithids

[Finalgenesis]

Nice, new CBM out. Tart spam is gone finally!

I'll shamelessly play:

MA Pangaea if map is Planes of rusty nail.
MA ryleh if map is Crown5.

[Soyweiser]

At 10dgems a tart is still a strong unit. (If you get rid of the afflictions). But the endgame is less decided by who has the most nature gems. Which is great.

[Thanatus del Dragos]

We should at least make rules against the cheap tactics mentioned, like the Bogus stuff. I don't want to deal with some uber nerds who desperately need a victory at any means to search the threads and find those cheap moves and use them guiltlessly. These games take months, would kind of suck to play for months only to be beaten by some dork using cheats.

[Gandalf Parker]

Just my humble opinion but I think the games tactics tend to have game responses.
Its just that some people dont like the tactics or the responses.
If CBM 1.8 is going to be used then its already 13,555 commands to that purpose.

But if you really want to make a list in case you set up a game then you might look at the "unofficial Official Exploits List" thread.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=44768

[Soyweiser]

Originally Posted by Thanatus del Dragos

We should at least make rules against the cheap tactics mentioned, like the Bogus stuff. I don't want to deal with some uber nerds who desperately need a victory at any means to search the threads and find those cheap moves and use them guiltlessly. These games take months, would kind of suck to play for months only to be beaten by some dork using cheats.

No worries, I won't be using any ******* tactics. Bad practice. And I think Calahan would kick me out of the other games if I did .

[iRFNA]

Ok, yay, I was hoping CBM 1.8 would come out before this started. If you haven't already, you may want to check out the changelog to see if whatever you were planning is totally ruined by the small tweaks or if a different nation is now quite appealing. I've updated the OP with a link to download it, but if you're lazy grab it here.

Since we're at 8 players, it's time to decide if we wanna stop at 10 or not. Lots of people haven't given any input. What do you guys think?

As far as rules are concerned, I say we massacre anyone that copies bogus commands, etc. It'll be great, we'll all smash into a single nation then try to be the first to backstab everyone else! And as far as motivation, look at it like this: if you don't kill the exploiter when they're using their trickery on others, you will eventually be next, and they'll be even more powerful than before.

[Thanatus del Dragos]

10 sounds fine, the more people the more people drag their *** on turns. And I'm not really planning anything...I'm a newb, I just make units and send the them to their deaths.

[iRFNA]

It is indeed a grim duty, being a newb.

[NaivePhilosopher]

10 sounds fine to me, honestly, though if more people want to get in I would definitely welcome it.

[Torgon]

Think I'm going to change it up and go with EA Niefelheim instead.

Torgon