Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Will be about 24hours turnaround on this.
Nations will be assigned randomly by my non playing gf. So pretty random http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Map is random, mid size (15*p). Vanilla so no mods.

No graphs, renaming on. EA.

Players will be:

Digress Agartha (pretender received)
Potatoman Arcoscephale
Herbacious Pangaea (pretender received)
Cybergmoses Ulm (pretender received)
Smu666ler C'tis
Lolomo Abysia (pretender received)
Jazzepi T'ien Ch'i (pretender received)
Tromper Marverni (pretender received)
Ereesil3 R'lyeh (pretender received)
Tommo Atlanntis
Ogremkv Helheim (pretender received)
Methel Kailasa (pretender received)

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

You might mention what age.

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

Also, how many provinces/player do you anticipate?

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

You can count me in, but Spring Break is week after next and I will be gone for about four days (Monday-Thursday).

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

I'm very keen

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

Can MP noobs play? This would be my second game ... and the first one started the day before yesterday =)

You could give more info about the game; Age and how many players are a good start (as suggested). Also rules about diplomacy and such ...

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

I'm looking for one. Count me in.

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

I'd like to join up if it's not too late. But yeah, give us some more details. I love the random nation part.

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

Count me in. I'll play whatever.

Jazzepi

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

I'm in too!

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

Game will be EA and mid size map so about 15 provinces pr player.

number of players is just after how much response i get.

Players of all skill levels welcome.

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

OK then I'm definately in

the response is spectacular ... it's like 10 people already - just say "when" =)

thanks for hosting

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

Sign me up, if there is room left.

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

Hi there, is it to late to get in on the game? I'm a noob to mp games but I did play a lot of single player...

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

I am interested in playing.

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

I wouldn't mind playing either.

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

Edit:

Ooops, on second thought better wait before jumping into my next game. Have fun!

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

Game closed and updated first post with names.

Re: looking for players for a new pbem game.
 

*shameless copy of sheaps diplomacy rules*

Tip 1: Code of personal conduct.
1) Don't berate the other players.
2) Do remember to draw a clear distinction between your in-game (role playing) persona and your out of game self. This is especially important if you are planning on lying and backstabbing.
3) Keep the wall between the game and the forums/real world. Someone can be a colossal jerk in the game without being one in reality. As long as they follow rule #2, this is perfectly fine.
4) There is no karma, there is no greed, everyone is trying to win the game and the only way to do that is to grow your nation at the expense of the others. Treating other players with fairness might help your nations get along, but nobody has a right to demand or even expect it.

Tip 2: Code of in-game conduct.
1) Don't make any agreements prior to the start of the game.
2) Don't bring alliances or enemies from one game into the next.
3) Don't trade things in one game for things in another game, or use position in one game as leverage to bargain in another one.
4) If you agree to a trade that requires several steps to complete or is otherwise more than simple gems or gold, you are obligated to complete the transaction once it has begun, even if you change your mind later. If something intervenes (a third party invades the province you were supposed to give away, for instance) you must make a good faith effort to come up with a mutually agreeable settlement.
5) Sometimes you will be ganged up on and lose. This is part of the price for playing with human opponents. On the other hand, sometimes you will be ganged up on and win anyway. This is part of the rewards of playing with human opponents

Tip 3: Offline turns.
When playing on a network server game, you can gain some flexibility by playing your turn offline. This is good if you pay per-minute for Internet access, are on dialup and don't want to tie up the phone, need to play your turn over several sessions, or want to play on a laptop where Internet access is not always available. Follow these instructions:
1) Connect to the server normally by putting in the IP, port, and password.
2) When you get to the screen that displays the flags of all nations, instead of clicking the name of your nation, click "quit" and go back to the main menu.
2a) You can disconnect from the Internet at this point.
3) Choose "Play an existing game" from the main menu. Choose the name of your game and play your turn. You can end turn, and your orders will be saved, but will NOT be uploaded to the server at this point. If you want to go back and change your orders, you can repeat this step as much as you want.
4) When ready to upload your turn, reconnect to the network server. You will see "2h file uploaded" and this is the signal that all is well. DO NOT FORGET to do this step, as if you do, your turn will be as stale as month-old Marignon hardtack.

Tip 4: Running multiple versions of the game (Windows, advanced).
If you are in several multiplayer games, and the games are running on different patch versions, you can maintain multiple versions of the game. This way, you can play each game in the correct version, and your battle replays will always be accurate. The same principles will work on Linux and Mac although the specifics will be different.

Once you have installed dominions, you can make a copy of the entire dominions3 directory. I usually name them by version, for instance dominions300, dominions301, dominions303, etc. Suppose you are starting from a fresh install and want to upgrade to the 3.01 patch, but still keep 3.00 because I'm hosting your game and won't upgrade it to 3.01.

You'll start with a directory in Program Files called dominions3. Make a complete copy of this folder and all its contents. You should then have two folders, "dominions3" and "Copy of dominions3". Rename the copy folder to "dominions300". Then install the patch, and if it asks, point it at the original "dominions3" folder. You'll now have the patched version installed in one directory, and the unpatched version in another.

You can run your patched version with your Dominions 3 shortcut, and the older version by double clicking the "dom3" file in the old directory. The game will display the version in the lower left corner when you launch the game, so you can make sure you have the right version.

You can create a shortcut to the old game version by right-clicking the copied old version's dom3 file and choosing "create shortcut." You can then rename this to, for example "Dominions 3.00" and drag it to the desktop, start menu or whatever.

Tip 5: Better Living Through Shortcuts (Windows, advanced).
There are some commonly used command line options that are useful to set on the game shortcut. If you have multiple versions because of Tip 4, you'll need to set this on all your shortcuts. Append these options to the end of your dominions command line. Examples forthcoming.

(note: These might be wrong until I get home and verify them, I just want to write them down so I don't forget)

"--nocredits": Don't show the credits when you quit game, speeds up exiting.
"--windowed" or "--fullscreen": start the game in windowed or fullscreen graphics, regardless of what you set in the game preferences
"--noclientstart": If you are planning on hosting, this will prevent suffering.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Well now the map and turn one is sent, if theres any questions feel free to ask me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Hey Why you don't simply use the same map file anyone can send it ? This is awfully suspicious I have to admit ? How come you deleted the map and want to use a new one ? That sounds ridiculous ...

EDIT: Nevermind the small rant I sent you the response to the second map http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Cheers

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

its not the map file thats gone, its the fatherland file or the actual host file thats been deleted. If its any consolation I had a great starting position in the first map.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

If it's any consolation - I had the best one ever in my life - both SP and MP included (can't you just see that from my post http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif ). It was like 7 provinces connected to my capitol http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif and right next to them 3 wheat fields one next to each other, also it was a nice strategic position .... buhuu I want to cry =)

altho to tell you the truth this one is not awful either ...

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Turn 1 sent in! I had a good position too, now replaced by quite a more disadvantageous one, but you never know what's just beyond the border. I would rather be tucked away far from everyone else than have everyone after my rich independent neighbors =)

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

now theres only one big lake also, should be better for you lolomo.

If everyone can check around the map a little, having some reports it bugged but cant seem to find any bad provinces.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

I had a great starting position (Strategically speaking)... sigh.

Umm... I haven't gotten the second map yet.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

I'm terribly sorry, but I'm going to have to withdraw from this game. My video card began abruptly malfunctioning two days ago and my machine has consequently become unable to run dominions (along with everything else!)

I am putting together a new computer, but it could be a week or two before it is working well enough to resume the game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Well I hate to say it but this restart is a major boon for me. My location in the first game was about as bad as it can possibly get. I'm excited about this game, first PBEM and almost my first time with Pangea.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Lol ... well I don't know, if potatoman is out, we might have to do a third map or find a replacement ....

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Hmm, lets look for a replacement then set to ai if noone is to be found.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

I vote for turning AI so we can get started! And hope we can do multiple turns over the weekend too =)

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Yeah whatever, just get this party started ...

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Yep let's go !

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

My pretender wears bigger diapers than your pretender!

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Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

I guess that gambling with that first turn blind attack wasn't such a great idea after all (or "shoo!" says heavy cavalry) ... well who needs a pretender anyway ....

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Oops, forgot that you can't just raise the bid by 5 to get all the mercs haha... to much singleplayer...

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Jazzepi, just use this forum's privage message feature for diplomacy.

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Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

These forums are googled.
Put this into google to see
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If you put your email you might at least want to munge it to make the spammers work harder
http://members.aol.com/emailfaq/mungfaq.html

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Yeah, I would prefer you guys PM me for diplomacy.

With my new 'improved' starting position, I'm sure I'll be seeing everyone painfully quickly... sigh.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

+1 on that

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Guys, I'll be home for another 24 hours, then I'm headed for Austin until Thursday Afternoon.

So whatever we can get done in 24, I'm in for.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

My internet service has disappeared; depending on the reason, it might take a day or two to get reconnected. If you folks would be willing to wait, I'd appreciate it.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Never mind, it's fixed.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

i'm back and turn is in.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Just waiting for the last player now. Wont force host in the weekends, but this week I have a better work schedual so should be more consistent hosting.

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Can someone remember me what are the victory conditions in this game ?

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

Its like highlander, last man standing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Ragnarok PBEM (full)
 

I hope it's not like Highlander 2, with the reward being old age and an inevitable lonely death.