Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

I've just set up a game for new/newish players in the multiplayer forum. It occurred to me that some people new to the forums might not think to look there, so I thought I'd put a post here.

If you haven't tried multiplayer yet I'd really recommend you try it, it's really excellent fun. Those of you who've been playing single player for ages are also very welcome indeed to join - you really should give it a go.

The game thread is called 'Manatee'. Just post there and choose a nation if you'd like to play.

(Note although this post is really old, I rewrote it just now (18th January 2008), so this game is genuinely open)

Re: Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

I have no problem with an announcement here. As long as the conversation is directed to the MP forum so the announcement will roll off the screen after a couple days.

Re: Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

Bump, since I've just created a new game for newish players (Chinchilla, now overspilling into SmokyBat)

Re: Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

I would love to join, but I'll be in Paris. I jsut finished writing thousands upon thousands of exams, then working on writings of all sorts, and now I'm being flown away, so It'll be a few weeks yet before
1) I can join a multiplayer game and
2) I can finish my chaos mod.

But I'd be willing to join anything after that.

Re: Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

Yet another bump as I have the first newbie game in ages just set up (Mongoose). Please read the first post above, as I just edited it.

Re: Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

Sorry, this game has so much damn content that I'm still trying to gauge the abilities of EA factions in SP alone.

And I'm not getting enough sleep, and my butt hurts...arrgh...

I need more problems like this in my life http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

Sorry to hear about your butt, Autochthon. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

I was asking for that one, wasn't I? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Re: Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

I would like to play a MP game but how does it work, a turn a day?

In some threads in the other forum I read 1x day and later up to once /72 hours later in the game... ? It would be so much better if SOMEHOW we could play faster http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Re: Any new players fancy multiplayer?
 

It'll be on what's called 24 hour quickhost. This means that the turn will host 24 hours after the previous hosting _or_ when all turns are in, whichever is sooner. With a keen group of players it can therefore go significantly faster than 1/day to start with.

Nevertheless, when the game starts you'll probably wish it was going faster, as it's really exciting. Unfortunately you just patience really. After 20 or so turns 1/day will probably feel about right, then eventually when the turns get really long a 48 hour timer might be better (I'm not a big fan of 72 hour turns as I forget what I'm doing).

One thing to avoid is joining several games at once because each turn is so quick to start with - 50 turns down the line you'll be regretting it! I'd recommend 2 or 3 games as an upper limit, and it's best to stagger when you start them.

If you really fancy quick games, I believe there's an IRC channel where people organize blitzes - I think it's fairly busy and you should probably be able to get a game going. Details in a sticky at the top of this forum I think.