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I've started a new game at www.mosehansen.dk to be played on the World map with indep=6, hof=15, sites=50, otherwise default.

The 2 house rules, which rely wholly on player honesty as cheating would be impossible to detect, are as follows:

1. This must be your first multiplayer game playing the nation you choose, but there's no problem with practising single-player.

2. You may only play the Vampire Queen if you are a newbie (i.e. this is your first multiplayer game ever) or you're playing Black Forest Ulm.

Also, I'll kick all anonymous players before starting. If you don't already have it, the World map is available from http://www.illwinter.com/dom2/maps.html (I use the Torvak Version, but the standard one should work fine).

Finally, the turnaround is initially 24 hours with quickhost, but that will probably increase once we get into the game.

[ August 07, 2004, 23:58: Message edited by: Zen ]

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Mmm. Crunchy. Well, Cohen has challenged me to do well with Abysia, after I repeatedly mocked him for failure, and I've honestly never made them work before in MP....and I do so love the World map....so count me in.

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I'll try Caelum.

[ August 05, 2004, 09:54: Message edited by: Cohen ]

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In as Pangaea

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I would be interested in trying to survive as Machaka (trying being the key word I guess).

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Oops... I picked my nation *before* making a proper Pretender. Is there a way for me to withdraw from the game, and then to make a Pretender whose powers are not limited to "being mocked by her kin and mortals alike"? Thanks!

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Norfleet please save your turns, and send me at game finished ^^

So I can learn how to play better Abysya.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The only way I know of is going annonymous and being kicked by the host (and then rejoining with the new pretender).
I can tell you from expirience that the new pretender won't replace the old and very sucky one >_<

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Thanks for the tip Agrajag!

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Splendiferous. In as C'tis, unless someone objects. Kudos on deciding to start with 24 hour quickhost, then slow things down. It seemed like a great suggestion when it was first brought up, I was wondering why no one seemed inclined to use it.

Update: Edit retracted. Definitely in as C'tis.

[ August 05, 2004, 16:55: Message edited by: Vicious Love ]

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I'm in as ermor. (shudder!)

This is definitely a first for me.

Rabe the Zombie Master

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Actually, I withdraw from the game.

I just tried an SP test with SG, and my expansion curve isn't very good. I need to practice a bit before sacrificing even the happy (un)dead.

Rabe the Necronewb

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">First time with the nation, or the theme? Those of us who skip around the various nations might find it difficult to find a nation we haven't played in MP.

( I have ... 2 nations I haven't done MP? No, 3, never did Mictlan. *shudder* )

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I'd like to try Mictlan. Every game I've been in, they're usually the first to go down. LOL this should be fun.

Vig

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I'll take R'lyeh while there's still a nation I haven't played MP yet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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I'll be Jotunheim

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">First time with the nation. If you've been everywhere and done everything then this game is not for you. My apologies.

[ August 05, 2004, 23:09: Message edited by: Zapmeister ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I've just kicked anonymous players which took out Machaka and Mictlan. Vigabrand, you will need to upload your pretender again.

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I would be interested in giving it a try with Ulm. So far this will be only the second MP game I have signed up for and that one only a few minutes ago so I have thus far played no turns in MP, only SP.

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In as Man.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">You're currently anonymous.
Don't forget to claim the position on mosehansen.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">odd_enuf appears to have gazumped you, taking R'lyeh. You might want to send some persuaders round to his house, since I don't have any powers to enforce your claim.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">odd_enuf appears to have gazumped you, taking R'lyeh. You might want to send some persuaders round to his house, since I don't have any powers to enforce your claim. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Feh. Figures, and nothing said that pretenders were to be claimed here either, right? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

If I convince him to go anonymous, please kick anon and I'll upload.

[ August 06, 2004, 04:54: Message edited by: Cainehill ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">No problem.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Cool. When did you start playing Dominions 2?

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Going in as Tien'Chi as I have lost Machaka after my blunder.

Deccan: While I gave Dominions 2 a try some months ago (a bit after the demo was available), I only bought the game a few days ago, and so I have started playing the game in the past two days. So we are both beginning I gather. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Heh. I bought the game back in December but for a variety of reasons didn't actually playing until a few days ago.

Hmm, looks like this particular game is full, though three players are anonymous. Next time I guess.

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Hmm, shouldn't there be enough room for seventeen players? We are "only" eleven as far as I know, with a few nations still left (Arco, Vanheim, Micland, Marignon or Ermor). Or is there a player limit I am not aware of?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Indeed there is - the world is a large map.

At the moment, there are 11 registrations, but 3 are anonymous. If they don't identify themselves on mosehansen by tomorrow morning (my time) I'll kick them to make those nations (Abysia, Man, Pythium) available for others.

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If there is still room for a new player when I get home from work, I will join up too.

I have only played 4 different nations - so it should be possible to find a spot.

Is renaming allowed? I really hope so, otherwise it's rather annoying with the random mages.

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If the anonymous guys bail I'll play Man or Pythium. Or if you need extras I'll pick one of the remaining races. I won't sign up on the other site just yet.

[ August 06, 2004, 12:47: Message edited by: T77 ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I've claimed what I think is the Man Pretender spot I loaded Last night.

Assuming Zap has not kicked anonymous since the first time he did, Man is I.

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I'll re upload and claim position tonight as soon as I get off work. (Mictlan)

Vig

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not to spread fear or anything ( http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ), but has this world map been gone through to identify #nostart positions? I remember the original world map had a horrific tendency to start land nations on one-province islands. I know norfleet cleaned up his own map, but I really would check out whether the one on mosehansen is good.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Pythium can be yours - odd_enuf has relinquished R'lyeh to me, and I'd grabbed Pythium as the only other nation open that I hadn't done in MP.

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I have just kicked anonymous for the second time.
We now have 13 players registered and identified.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hmm, I didn't think of that. The map file was copied straight from Illwinter's site, Torvak's Version (i.e. world3.zip)

Archaeolept, would you be willing to give it the once-over? If you do, and you change anything, you could forward it to me (to avoid claims you might have favoured your own nation) and I'll upload the new Version.

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OK I'll play Pythium. I've never played through that site. Do I join there (didn't see an option to) or through the game?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Upload your pretender by connecting with Dominions to dom2.mosehansen.dk at the port specified on the game page.

Then go back to the game page, check That's Me, and Submit.

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Thanks Zap, I'll do it in a little while, just got in from work.

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zap, just ask norfleet for a copy of his cleaned up world map. he's in this game isn't he?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">He claimed Abysia in the thread, but the only Abysian registration was anonymous (and kicked).

Norfleet, if you're reading this, can I have a copy of your mapfile ?

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Sorry, Alneyan, but I'm still out. The map file is just too big. 30 megs! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif That's a lot for someone on dial-up and remember this is middle-of-nowhere Solomon Islands I'm in.

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Hope no one minds a switch this late in the pre-game, but I've decided to go Ermor.
I actually think better of my chances of surviving with C'tis, but I was really looking forward to trying Ermor out in Ye Olde Dom 2 Game*.
C'tis has gone anonymous. Grand Funk, Father of Gods, He Who is at the Center, the Serpent Mind, the Fountainhead of Order, Prince of Civilization, the Groove, is dead, but still hardcore.

*Last time I forget to check md5sums after updating a pretender.

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I'd actually prefer C'tis if no one claims it.

[ August 06, 2004, 12:47: Message edited by: T77 ]

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I'm in as Vanheim
I am using the torvak map (world3) is this the right one?
any rules? like clams, etc
thanks

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yep

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Only regarding your choice of nation and pretender. See the first post in this thread.

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I bit the bullet and reworked the mapfile myself, adding nostart lines for all islands with zero or one adjacent land provinces. I'm not 100% sure I found them all, though. Here's the province numbers I nostarted:

10, 11, 13, 37, 42, 59, 125, 129, 192, 307, 333, 334

However, my home connection just isn't up the the job of uploading the 18 Mb package (you have to upload the .tga file at the same time, and it's 99% of the total file size).

If someone with a faster connection wants to make these changes and upload the file, that would be super. Otherwise, I'll mail the mapfile (without the .tga) to Esben, and ask him to install it manually.

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I'm busy working on my R'lyeh pretender - if I'm the Last one and the game is waiting on me, let me know and I'll upload tonight, or tomorrow morning. When are y'all aiming for the game start?

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I hope to start the game in 24 hours and 40 minutes from the time of this post, subject to getting the mapfile issue sorted by then.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Sound good - I'll have a pretender in by this time tomorrow then. It's taking quite a bit of time and experimentation, because water nations (and R'lyeh especially) are so different from land nations, and I haven't even done R'lyeh SP before.