Re: No Diplo EA Game - NWA - Still Recruting
 

I'll play.

Re: No Diplo EA Game - NWA - Still Recruting
 

While I'm here, I way as well take this oppotunity to try and poach a few players :)......


I might be starting up a new game for Newbie players soon. And since there are so many new players in this game, some of you might be interested in a specific newbie game. So please post in the linked thread if you are interested,

http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/...?showtopic=232

Re: No Diplo EA Game - NWA - Still Recruting
 

Welcome Ossa, Baalz, some familiar faces.
ALL, I'll give it another 24 hours and than I'll close the sign ups.

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I will join.

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Hi, I am playing as well.

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Just don't quit the game the instant you get attacked, like your last 4 games

Re: No Diplo EA Game - NWA - Still Recruting
 

I'll play.

Re: No Diplo EA Game - NWA - Still Recruting
 

It is unwise to throw stones in a greenhouse.

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Sign ups closed as of now, Grijalva, you're in btw.

Re: No Diplo EA Game - NWA - Closed
 

On second thought I'm gonna sit this out, you guys have a great game.

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Executor, how much time are you allowing for pretender design/testing?

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I'd ask you to reconsider your choice Baalz.

Aethyr, all, is 2-3 days for pretender design enough for everyone?
I hope everyone will have their pretenders ready by the time Calahan and I sort everything out, and make a decision map vise.

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ALL, we only have 1 water nation which makes finding a map a little difficult, ideally we want a wraparound map and Asia Twist looks like the most suitable map for the current 18 players.

It has fixed starts(16 lands + 3 water), the only thing we need is a volunteer, someone willing to switch to a water nation and we're good to go.

If someone IS willing to make such a sacrifice please PM Calahan, I'll give it 24 hours, after that we're probably gonna have to go with a random map if we can't work it out.

Cheers all.

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Three days design time would be swell, as long as you don't think it will slow things down too much. Thanks

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Yeah, alright. I was indeed looking forward to a game with ya, you're one of the few names around here that could get me to do so. I'll come stomp ya some with my Eagle Amazon Giants...

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Baalz, I'm glad you reconsidered, I've always enjoyed playing in games with you.

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Good to have you back Baalz.

Now, everyone, I think 3 days for pretender design is quite enough, so, get to it, the game will be created as soon as some admin stuff are worked out and the game should start in 3-4 days. I have no intention in waiting or chasing someone to send in their pretender so, if somebody doesn't send in the pretender in due time don't complain if the game start without you.
I would rather lose one player before the start, than a few due to lack of interest.

That being said, folks, do pay attention to the game name and the rules listed, this goes without exception for everyone. If any of you plan to make a fuss and disrupt this game by bailing do quit now.

There's nothing really I can do to prevent this, however you will most certainly be black marked for any future games I, or Calahan, organize.
It really hurts only you, and if RL stuff intervenes, contact the admin.

Re: No Diplo EA Game - No Wankers Allowed - Closed
 

I just had a power surge fry my modem at home but I should be back on line tomorrow and have my pretender in on time.

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oops, I'm in too! thanks!

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Have it been decided what indie strength to use? That could be important for pretender design.

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There have only been a few votes for higher indie strength and harder research, and several for regular settings, so we'd best go with regular settings, and as per requested renaming will be ON, I just hope nobody screws up.

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Have I missed the official game name or is it to be decided yet?

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@ Grudge - See the thread title. The name of the game is 'No Wankers Allowed'.

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@ All - The final number of players, exact nation choices, map options etc etc are still a behind-the-scenes work in progress. Once everything is nailed down as definite though, I will likely post the full list of nations in the game. And of course the map being used (or a choice of maps to vote on if there is a choice available, with wraparounds likely to be highly favoured if at all possible)

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One more question...Executor made the remark in a previous post that we will NOT wait for tardy pretenders (which I agree).

I now know the name of the game and have my pretender ready. Are we sending it to 'Someone' (like you) or are we waiting for it to appear on lllamaserver?:confused:

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@Grudgebringer: My common sense tells me It will appear on llamaserver when map and mods are prepared.

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Ok folks, I've had a PM from a very kind player who has volunteered to swap his or her sturdy walking boots for a pair of flippers, and in doing so solve the slight issue we had regarding the lone water nation. My thanks certainly goes out to him or her for the help and sacrifice they're making for the good of the game :)

I will post the final nation list as soon as I get a spare moment to check it's correct (pretty busy right now). I will also be clarifying many of the game rules as well so that it's nice and clear what is expected of you all as players.

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@ Grudge - Pretenders will be sent straight to the llamaserver as per any other game. There's no point now trying to do fancy tricks like sending them to me just to hide the nation list. As with 19 players, almost every nation is in the game anyway, so little point trying to hide the obvious.

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NoWankersAllowed Player List

Land Nations

1. Abysia
2. Arco
3. C'tis
4. Ermor
5. Fomoria
6. Helheim
7. Hinnom
8. Kailasa
9. Lanka
10. Mictlan
11. Niefelheim
12. Pangaea
13. Sauro
14. T'ien Ch'i
15. Tir na n'Og
16. Ulm
17. Yomi

Water Nations

1. Atlantis
2. R'yleh


I'm guessing the map choice will come down to either Asia Twist or Alexander. Asia Twist seems perfect, but the starts will need sorting (as the pre-sets are only for 16 land nations, and we have 17)

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Ok everyone, the game is up on the llamaserver, so you can start sending in those Pretenders.

The final map decision isn't clear yet though, as someone needs to arrange the start locations, and right now everyone seems fairly busy. So we're not 100% sure of what to do regarding this yet. (although if there's any expert map editors out there reading this who fancy helping, then please don't be shy :))

There might also be another player joining after expressing interest on IRC. I will let you all know if this player is joining as soon as I know myself.

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And all of you interested in playing this game, please don't say "pretender sent" or, "uh, sorry I'll send it now" and crap like that.

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Yes, good point Executor.

Please can everyone turn on their common senses, and do not post any comment at all about your Pretenders or when/if you are sending it, sent it, having it in soon, still designing etc etc. As anything along these lines is likely to give away clues with regards your nation ID.

Also don't post things such as "just 5 Pretenders to go", as this either implies you have already sent your Pretender in, or you are trying to play games and mislead others into thinking you have. I want all the game playing done in-game, and not out-of-game.

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What's the sitch on banned spells ? Do we indeed ban Astral Corruption, Arcane Nexus and the Forge ?

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I think it's a good way to go, and I think BoT should be included.
All those globals give too much power to one single nation which without diplomacy (global dispel, or attack) might just hand over the victory to the player that cast it/them with little or no effort.

But if guys want the spells in I guess we could keep them.

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I'm positive to banning them.

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Would you be banning them because of their power or becaue of the no diplomacy (or both)?

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Yeah, Burden of Time probably needs to go too. It's less powerful in the EA but it's still basically a you-lose button to all the human nations (esp. considering few of them are big Astral players)

@Ragnar: Well, they are really powerful anyway, but in a no diplo game the rest of the world pooling their pearls to counter them is a no-go. Which essentially means the rest of the world would rely on the usual Astral suspects (Kailasa, R'Lyeh...) to dispel them, who may or may not be around at that point. Besides, they can't be expected to dispel the broken globals thrown around by 16 other nations on their own.

This would be even more true of Astral Corruption, since that spell relies on slaves which are and will always be more plentiful than pearls in a 1-on-1 context.

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Yeah i'd say definitely ban all the big 'I win' globals as they are normally balanced by being a declaration of war on the entire world but that doesnt work so well when there's no diplo.

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All

I just found out about a death in my close family, so I'm sorry but I'm not going to be around for the next several days to get this game started.

I think the game can start with any admin though (a non-player admin only really needed to sort subs, check-up on stalers etc. once the game is well under way), so I'll PM the password to Executor for him to sort the game start out.

I should be back by next weekend.

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Sorry to hear that, Calahan. No worries for the games, of course, and thanks for your involvement.
Bon courage,
H.

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I'm sorry for your loss Calahan.

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Still waiting on some players, the map question is still up, so it will probably be Asia Twist if I can add another start location, or Alexander.
It Should be sorted out during the day.

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I'd vote for Alexander - it looks nicer for one thing, and Asia Twist probably has too much water if there are only 2 fish people in the game.

You'd probably have to double check the water starts on Alexander though, it has a couple of 1-3 provinces seas.

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Yeah, I think I like Alexander better myself, however with Alexander there are about 14-15 provinces per player so I hope everyone's ok with that, should make for some interesting wars I guess. :)

Re: No Diplo EA Game - No Wankers Allowed - Closed
 

More action and less micro, what is there to complain about? :P

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15 provinces each sounds fun, I'm kind of a fan of early wars.:angel

Re: No Diplo EA Game - No Wankers Allowed - Closed
 

Alex it is.
I'll try and squeeze another start province on the map, If I fail, we'll just go random.

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Holla folks, I'll start the game in 24h. All pretenders better be in by than.

I was rather hoping I'd set the 19th start location today, however I'm currently operating on a rather crappy old PC that can barely run Dominions properly, so been down on luck with opening the map tga file with any image analyzer to even look at optional start locations let alone set them.
I was supposed to work this out with Calahan, but unfortunately as you all know he had this terrible event and won't be around for a while.

Now, if I somehow manage to add the last start location I'll upload that map file, if not you all better be prepared for random placing location, unless someone volentires to help with this.

BTW, as Calahan is the game admin, there aren't going to be any delay requests (don't send them to me please), I know the admin code, however I don't know the nations/players and would like it to stay that way. We can keep the clock on a bit longer host pace til he gets back if You want, and if anyone needs a sub, can't get his turn in on time, I suggest you ask for a temp sub.

Cheers all.

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I think I'd rather wait another day then have totally random placement.

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I agree with Fantomen.

Re: No Diplo EA Game - No Wankers Allowed - Closed
 

OK, the map is ready, special thanks go to Maerlande for helping with the admin issues and fixing up our map.

The game should start any moment now so happy hunting,
Cheers.

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My dad is out of town (GrudgeBringer) and he asked me to find out... (Quote)Is the map altered as I suspect and need to be D/l, and if so where can I get it and what exactly is it called as I have about 4 Alexander maps? (end quote)

I am supposed to D/l it for him as soon as I get the info (YEA!!! Free food)).