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Actually yes it happens often. Very few people ever actually see the end game announcement of Dom3. Most of the games are ended by decision. Just agreeing on who the winner is.

This game is on turn 84. Thats impressive for a game that started with 9 players.

This one has more than usual AIs. But thats a common symptom of games involving new players. Especially IMHO if they have been encouraged to skip solo play and jump straight into MP

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What does skipping solo play have to do with giving up?

Re: Nub Bash 2010 - Late Age - Started
 

There are now only 3 players left (provided R'lyeh is gone), but for this part of the game, that would be normal. 3 people is still multiplayer.

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Well on AVERAGE (not every player maybe)
Solo game is when you do lots of just dropping the game when things go wrong to start a new one and try it different. At first it might be 2 turns in, then 5, then 10. Finally you feel like you have a nation and a build that works for you. Eventually even one that regularly lets you win the game. It would take an unusual game player in my opinion to be jump straight into multiplayer dom3 and be willing to stay in the game after what you feel is a catastrophic loss.

Whats interesting is how many of these games Ive seen those human-turned-AI players continue to kick tail and even win games. When the AI can play a players nation better than the player, that would tend to show a lack of time in solo play. Thats why Ive started adding a "cant turn AI" lock on many of my newbie games.

Re: Nub Bash 2010 - Late Age - Started
 

So what are we going to do with R'lyeh? It seems more and more like the only option for this game is to AI them, but... I was attacking him... With the exception of some Elemental Royalty and a pair of Shishi's, he doesn't really have any army that I saw--just a few water squishies and insanes--neither of which can kill demons. The SC's can though, and I was kinda looking forward to attacking them. -.-

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Well, r'lyeh does have a few tarts around his pretender. Pretty sure the ai Won't be able to effectively use them, and his income and territory is so boned I doubt the AI will accomplish anything, but there ain't much choice it seems...

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Well... I suppose, convert him to AI then. ...grumble...

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I can take a look at your R'lyeh, see if there's anything left to fight with... if not I'll just set it to AI for you guys.

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R'lyeh isn't password protected I think, so hop on and take a look if you want. He isn't terribly boned for a human, its just the AI wouldn't know how to use what he has.

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The stales of R'lyeh have resulted in the death of his pretender in my siege of one of his castles. I'm sure that if someone was actually playing R'lyeh, that he would have teleported his pretender out before the siege.