MP Game -no Quickhost closed(Ret.of the Rejects)

[CUnknown]

I'll be Ulm if there are still slots open.

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
I don't use email. Can't we just do this the regular way? You can't email binaries anyway, it garbles the telnet.

My guess is that he doesn't want to post the IP and port publicly, as there's numerous valid reasons for avoiding that. (Security reasons, making sure that only the players who are _supposed_ to be in the game are uploading the correct pretenders, etc.)

Still need a finalized list of players / nations, both for us, and him.

Actually, a suggestion - everyone should at least email the name of the theme they're playing, along with the pretender file, to Sheap. Best to have at least half-arse validation that everyone is only selecting the themes that are allowed.

(One of my games recently, turn 16, we had to restart because someone (oops!) hadn't abided by the rules. It happens to us all - but better to try and avoid it.)

[Sheap]

Of course you can email binaries. Well, maybe you can't, since you don't have email, but everyone else can

Security wasn't really what I was thinking (although that is a good point) as much as, there is just less chance of random chaos if game setup is done manually. In my experience it is a rare day when all the players do all the setup steps correctly. But I am flexible.

How about this: Once we have a particular start date and schedule agreed upon, I will just put the server up a sufficient amount of time before game start and people can upload their pretenders "normally." I'll wait to upload mine until Last, that way if someone does bungle something, there'll be a chance to correct it without the game accidentally starting and then having to do it all over again.

[Mardagg]

So,we have a total of 12 players now,Gandalf Parker has still not chosen a nation though.
Here is the final player list(in order of appearance):

Cohen(Abysia--Blood of Humans)
Boron(Marignon--Diabolical Faith)
Cainehill(Man--Last of Tuatha)
Gandalf Parker(nation undecided)
Sheap(Jotunheim--Iron Woods)
Reverend Zombie(C´tis--Desert Tombs)
Norfleet(Caelum--Return of the Raptors)
Mark the Merciful(Mictlan)
djtool(Pangaea--New Era or Carrion Woods)
YellowCactus(Tien Ch´i--Spring&Autumn)
CUnknown(Ulm--standard or Iron Faith)

Mardagg(Vanheim--Helheim)

The game is now closed and as soon as Sheap has set up the server,Pretenders are ready to upload.
Please renember that only certain themes are allowed for each nation.
The detailed list of the settings/allowed themes can be found at the start of this topic.

How about disabling the score graphs btw?

[ July 11, 2004, 12:26: Message edited by: Mardagg ]

Originally posted by Mardagg:
How about disabling the score graphs btw?

I like score graphs on. Mostly I think it's reasonable that everyone have some idea what's going in the world.

Mark

[ July 11, 2004, 13:09: Message edited by: Mark the Merciful ]

[Reverend Zombie]

Originally posted by Mark the Merciful:

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Originally posted by Mardagg:
How about disabling the score graphs btw?

I like score graphs on. Mostly I think it's reasonable that everyone have some idea what's going in the world.

Mark

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The stock response is, of course:

"use your scouts and/or spies to figure out what's going on"

and

"score graphs make the advantage of nations with good spies less relevant."

I vote for off.

[Sheap]

First I should ask: What is the time of day (including timezone) when the turn should be generated?

I definitely want score graphs on. They don't give you enough information to do anything except know, in general, where you stand. I think every player should have this information, otherwise they may suddenly find they are in bad shape and not have an opportunity to correct it.

You can say "just use your spies." Having to blanket the entire world with spies #1 increases micromanagement by a huge amount, #2 gives an advantage to the empires that actually have useful spies (or lots of money) and #3 doesn't really increase the fun factor of the game. Finally there is still information, such as research, which can't be seen at all, and income, which you CAN see with spies, but is a tremendous hassle to do.

[ July 11, 2004, 18:34: Message edited by: Sheap ]