Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Recruiting.
 

Welcome Melnorjr, it is good to have a co-admin and one of our NvV alumni to help me out and act as an extra set of eyes. I think it will benefit everyone.

Since Gandalf will be doing the AI nations, I've asked for his recommendation as well. Gandalf is more familiar with stock and would prefer non-CBM in terms of his ability to work with and produce good AI builds and pretenders.

Though, I like Executors idea of using the CBgods in the split CBM only, I am concerned about the above and want to keep things simple and avoid any more delays if possible.

I am also concerned that with the complete CBM 1.6 that some may be advocating, the changes to gem gens, clams, fever fetishes, etc. may adversly affect some nations.

Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Recruiting.
 

I'll go with the blessed ones unless Septimus has a preference. Otherwise I won't be able to shake the feeling I'm on a genocidal crusade to promote the worship of a Mexican wrestler.

Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Recruiting.
 

Hah, yes, the Mysterios. The team's name is deeply ingrained in the lore of NvV. :) Wonder if Executor will change it.

Ok, Rabbit, your on the Blessed Ones, hope you guys can find a captain soon. I am doing what I can to help.

Settings note: I'm changing the starting hosting interval to 32 hours to match what we had in NvVIII and allow more time for intra-team communcation.

Team Captains: If your starting team is complete you can begin the process of drawing up your ranked list of 15 nations. If you have a theme or concept in mind, might be a good time to discuss it with your group. After that or in lieu of it, one way to do it quickly is to have each member of your team send you their top 3-5 nation choices and build your list from those.

Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Recruiting.
 

Ooooooookay, I don't get the whole Mysterious thing but no matter.
I have no problem with the team name, but we could always go for Dominions United. :)

Shouldn't we wait just a bit more with nation picks until we have all the teams filled?

Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Recruiting.
 

Actually, those teams who have their 4 starting members already (excepting our team and The Blessed Ones) can go ahead and draw up their list if they want. I forgot in my above post that we still need 1 more captain and his nation pick to exclude from our lists, but if The Deva's and Noobheim wish, they can just turn in the 15 + 1, and we will just cross off whatever the final captain picks from their lists when they submit them to me via PM.

It is optional, but I figured we might as well get something done while we are waiting for the last 2 starting slots to be filled.

Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Recruiting.
 

While I'd love to play in future team games along these lines (without AIs, I'd say), I think I'm passing on this one. If you need help designing pretenders for the AIs or such, though, I'd be happy to help Septimius.

Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Recruiting.
 

Thanks for your offer Iainuki, I'll keep you in mind. You were quite reliable and effective as an alternate in the last game, and I do wish you'd help us by filling an alternate slot on the team of your choice. This game has an interesting dynamic: multiple teams, mixed experience levels, an AI element, and since it is the first in this planned series, how it will play out, is anyone's guess and should be quite interesting to watch and/or be a part of.

Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Almost Full.
 

Hi folks,

I'd like to try this game as my first multiplayer. I read the categories and I guess I'm not a true noob because I've played a hundred or so SP games although they are mostly experimental. However, if you'd consider me a noob I'd like to take the spot on the mysterios.

Oh and my favourite nation is monkeys any age. Kailasa I mean. I've never tried Lanka.

Regards,
Maerlande

Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Almost Full.
 

Welcome Maerlande. While you might not qualify as truly noobish, the majority of this game (around 80 percent) is purely MP, and since this is your first MP game, I'd say you qualify. Welcome to The Mysterios.

Now we just need a team captain for The Blessed Ones and we can get going.

Re: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI, Almost Full.
 

Suggest if a noob comes along that you let Rdonj captain.
He is certainly good enough.