Version 3.08 Newbie game (finished)
 

Since my server is patched to 3.08 now and I plan to host more games soon, I'm opening another multiplayer game. This game is supposed to be for newbies. If you already have had lots of multiplayer experience then please leave the slots open to new players. I won't play myself, but I'll watch the game as a spectator. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon10.gif[/img] TCP/IP game, not PBEM.

These are the rules:

• Host interval will be 48 hours, quickhosting enabled. The first dozen turns shouldn't take that long, though, see if you can play one turn every day.
• If you are going to have to take a break from the game for whatever reason, then inform me about it. If you are going stale for two turns, I will search for a substitute player for you.
• If you want to set yourself to AI, then ask here if somebody else wants to continue playing for you before doing so.
• Everybody has to prepare his pretender offline and send me that file via email, including his password.
  Make sure that you set a password for your pretender! If I have everyone's pretenders, I will start the game.
• Talking about the game in this thread is encouraged, people who try to roleplay get bonus points. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif
  Don't take this game too serious though, it's supposed to be fun.

Now for the goodies:

• Vanilla game with the 3.08 version, everything set to default. No Mods.
• We will use the Parganos map, so I'm looking for 6-8 players. I will make sure that nobody will start on that island unless his nation is amphibian or has commanders with the sailing ability.
• The game will be in (early age or) middle age, to see the new 3.08 nations (Tír na nÓg and) Eriu in action. Edit: It will be middle age
• The game will have auto-notification via email when a new turn starts.
• The game will have a status webpage where you can see who has already done his turn, who hasn't, and how much time is left.

If you're interested in joining then post here with the age (early or middle) you want to play and the nations you'd want to play for both of the ages (can be different nations). I expect that the game will fill up over the weekend and I hope that I get your pretenders by Wednesday at the latest. I'll update the main post later on.

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The players so far:

• Eldanesh: voted MA, Lanka (EA) or Marignon (MA) - pretender received
• Bluebird: voted MA, Eriu (MA) - pretender received
• Mow: Abysia (MA) - pretender received
• Lily: voted MA, Mictlan (EA) or Machaka (MA) - pretender received
• jutetrea: voted EA, Tir na n'og (EA) or Pangea (MA) - pretender received
• Siever: voted MA, T'ien Ch'i (MA) - pretender received
• cupido2: R'lyeh (MA) - pretender received
• Horst F. JENS: Man (MA) - pretender received

Re: Version 3.08 Newbie game (waiting for players)
 

My vote is for mid age, no desicion on teams just yet. Maybe Magrinon.

Re: Version 3.08 Newbie game (waiting for players)
 

Alright, I'll say Lanka, land of demons for early age, and Magrinon for Mid Age. Ry'leh my favorite but I don't feel I can play them well enough in DOM3 just yet.

Re: Version 3.08 Newbie game (waiting for players)
 

Okay. You can playtest a little till we start the game and if you feel like playing R'lyeh instead and nobody took it then you can still switch. As soon as we have 6 people together I'll make preparations for the game. If somebody else drops by this thread then and we get 8 players in total, even better.

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Hi, I have a friend who I want to get addicted to the game. He is an utter newbie. May I register two players for the game? For him and me?

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U'd have to use the same comp, I've tried it on lanning and u can't use just 1 key.

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I expect that Bluebird does have two copies. I will check the game for duplicate keys before starting it to prevent it from getting screwed up.

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Sure - to be precise: I have purchased 4 copies and resold one of them to the friend - so there should not be any key colision, but thanks for the warning. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Version 3.08 Newbie game (waiting for players)
 

Hmm, I expected this game to be already filled up with players, maybe I was too restrictive. So, instead of requiring that you're not playing in other games already, now I'll just ask that you only join if you can really consider yourself still a newbie to MP gaming.

Re: Version 3.08 Newbie game (waiting for players)
 

I'm currently playing in my second MP game so I'm not a complete newbie. I'd be keen to play in this game, but feel free to say no if you'd prefer people who've played less.

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Nah, that's fine by me. Just say which age you want to play and a national preference for both of the ages.

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Cool, thanks. I'd like to play EA Mictlan or MA Machaka, I don't mind which.

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Same here, in my first 2 MP right now. So up to you.

EA Nief or Tir
MA Pan or Arco

Pref EA

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I've heard that EA Niefelheim can be quite overpowered. Trying to fight against an early rush with blessed Niefel Giants sounds like it might not be much fun for new players. Personally I'd vote not to have them in the game. If jutetrea is happy to play Tir n'a Nog I think that might be better. It'd be good to see one of the new nations in action anyway.

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Kind of agree, but I've never played a bless strategy and wanted to try one. Also, one of the game I'm in I think I'll be facing them soon *shudder*

S'all good though I'd love to try out the new nation in MP. Only played them a few times in SP so far.

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Okay, I've booked you with Tir now. I'd like to see how the new races are going to fare, too, after all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Since I never heard anything back from davegg I'm still waiting for one or more players. Could we already fix the age in which the game is going to be, EA or MA? Then you could already start designing your pretenders and playtest a little.

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Vote EA

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I've been playing SP Machaka today so now I'm keen on playing the game in MA. That said, if I'd been playing Mictlan I'd be all keen for EA so I guess it doesn't make too much difference to me which era we play.

So that's a vote for MA but not a particularly strong one.

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I vote for MA, as EA is more tricky for newbies with weak troops and magic as a very important factor. So, my vote is for MA, too.

BTW: I would prefer Eriu - and if that is not available - then Man.

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I'd like to play. This is my 2 MP.
I vote MA and I prefer T'ien Ch'i or Vanheim

Middle Age?
 

Okay, it looks like this is going to be a game set in the Middle Age. Bluebird, can I get a confirmation in this thread from your friend that he's going to play, and his preferences?

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Oh - forgot the name of my preferred EA nation. That would be Tir na n'Og ...

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I was told I'm not newbieish enough due to me having played Dominions (1) 5 years ago. :p

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If anyone has a suggestion to what I can play that wouldnt be unbalanced / not taken then I would be interested in joining.

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... and because disagreeing about going 1on1 after Bluebird. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Hey - first, I am not a really good player, because I never invest enough time in my games. Second, I am just joining because I want to play together with that friends of mine (whom I have to kick today to make a statement about his preferred nation), and third, I will play an easy, non-agressive game, trying out some new stuff, so please be gentle.

Re: Middle Age?
 

Oh my! Why does this game doesn't fill? If you need another player, I would give MA R'lyeh a try. If it will be EA give me a random nation.

Re: Middle Age?
 

The godfather, now operating under the banner of the Mindlords? Well, it seems like we have enough people now and I don't want to stall the start any further. It looks like this will be a middle age game, so I will emphasize the nation that have been chosen so far. Please design your pretender and send it to me by mail. I'll PM you my email address.

Game starting soon
 

Everybody who signed up should have received a PM now. Those who haven't specified yet which nations they want to take, please do so now. No more underwater nations available!

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I take T'ien Ch'i and soon I will send my pretender.

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I will take MA Man and send my pretender to Ich. This is my first multiplayer game with dom3. At least i know how to loose from dom2 :-)

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pretender sent to Ich's email.

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I am a true newbie. Played the demo briefly. I would like to give multiplayer a shot. I would like to try Argatha.

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Sorry, we're full. I waited half a week for players, now that I've forced the start lots of new players want to hop onto the game, strange. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

In case somebody drops out of the game I will contact you.

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I'm not sure I know what you mean by sending my pretender. Please explain.

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Create your pretender in the game, "Game Tools" -> "Create Pretender God", then when you are done (don't forget to set a password!) look in the "newlords" folder in your savedgames directory. Send me the file which was created for your pretender, mid_marignon_0.2h or something like that.

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You have to create a pretender god in the "game tools". Once you created it, send the file (it is in the savegame/newlords folder) to the e-mail-adresse you received. Don't forget to create it for the right age and your nation you're playing and give it a password.

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Ich was a tad faster than me...

The Godfather II The revenge from the deep. This time he doesn't just put fishheads in other pretender's bed.

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When testing the map, I was locked a couple of times with a non-water nation on province 31. Can you make sure that this does not happen?

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Yes.
I now have all the pretenders except for your friend, Bluebird. Is he going to join the game or is the slot open?

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Hi,

I'm the Friend of Bluebird.

I'd like to play Abysia.

I will send the pretender to "Ich" this evening when I'm back home.

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Okay. When I have your pretender I'll prepare the game. I will start it on Thursday because jutetrea is travelling at the moment. You'll receive an email from the host when the game starts.

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Oops - must have overread this point about the island in the game description. Sorry about the noise. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Please note that I will be out of town til friday evening. It might be possible that I'm a bit late for the first turn... sorry

lolwut
 

Ich, you said that I'm not newbieish enough for having played D1 five years ago, and now you let Bluebird AND Horst who've played D2 in the MP sense in? ...

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

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Yeah yeah yeah, I knew that this would come... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Sensori, I'm sorry for telling you that my game is "supposed to be for newbies" and letting those others in, and I'll never do it again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif

Honestly, I can't know for sure if other players are newbies or not, and even people that only kept playing SP constantly may be better than other players who did MP before. Siever and Eldanesh might be qm and Gandalf Parker in disguise for all I know, I have no idea. So I have to trust others when I ask them to "only sign up if you can call yourself a newbie". I'll start another game soon for Saint_Dude and you are especially invited to join that one.
Can we be friends again, now? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

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sent god again to karsten because i forgot to correctly set password for the last god.
As for the newbie-only debate, i play single-player (since dom PPP) but have only played two or three times multiplayer, and never with dom3. So if i this mean i am not a clean newbie please remove me from the game and let some of the more true newbies take my seat.

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No, it's not that, it's just that Ich told me that I'm not newbie enough to join the game and let others who've played the games too join. I'm not saying that anyone who's already in the game should be dropped now because I've been so horribly wronged by Ich. ;ppp

(And yes, I'm being somewhat sarcastic here lawl)

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I'm not qm, but admit I look like Gandalf Parker: gray beard and hair, glasses and probably the same age.