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Game info:
server - dom3minions.com
port - 32179
mods - empty_mod.dm (does nothing, see attachment)

The map file is also attached.

We're restarting Popin', Pimpin' and Playin'!

This is a team game. Players in the previous, aborted PPP, can retain their team assignments if they wish, or open up for reassignment. If any of the players from the previous game either decide to quit, or don't comment in this thread in the next 2 wks or so, they'll be replaced.

I will be using a somewhat different map - if I have time, I will use my very limited artistic skills to make it wrap? What are the thoughts on that?

Any advice, commentary or feedback derived from the previous team games will be much loved. We also need someone to host.

Teams from Previous Time:
TheNotoriousDoctorPraetorious, Hadrian II - Mictlan/Abysia
Shovah32 no Micah, Lingchih - Pythium/Marignon
Foodstamp, Baalz - Ermor/Agartha
Revolution, BigDisAwesome - Man/R'lyeh
Peacekeeper, Aezeal - Patala/C'tis
Kristoffer, Quantum Mechanic - Atlantis/Bogarus
(these people have priority)

Introduce yourselves and start familiarizing yourselves with your nations if needbe. You can trade positions with other players if it is mutually agreeable.

Themes:
LOOK TO THE SKIES! - Man, R'lyeh
IT'S COLD, THERE ARE WOLVES AFTER ME - Atlantis, Bogarus
THE GIRLS ARE MINE - Mictlan, Abysia
THE SUN ALSO SETS - Ermor, Agartha
HOT LIZARD LOVE - Patala, C'tis
WEAR SILLY HATS OR ELSE - Pythium, Marignon

Following teams not in use :
HAVE STEEL, WILL TRAVEL - Ulm, Pangaea
1. DEATH MAGIC, 2. ?, 3. PROFIT! - Caelum, Utgard
THE SUN ALSO RISES - T'ien Ch'i, Jomon
PROCESS OF ELIMINATION - Midgard, Arcoscephale

Team Assignment and Map:
Players will be randomly assigned to teams, this means:
a) Players from the previous round get first crack at joining the game, and may keep their previous assignment if they wish.
b) New players, and old players wanting a new assignment will be assigned to a team at random.
c) Each team will have two start locations assigned to it. These may be the same start locations as before, or we can change them (thoughts?)

Within each team, you can work out for yourselves who gets which nation and which start location.

IP or E-mail:
Unless there is a massive revolt, the game will be IP. We do need to find a host.

Settings:
Graphs Off, Renaming On, otherwise standard.

Mods:
We will use some kind of hotfix mod, as provided by Edi for the current version. Even if we don't actually need it, it allows for fixes to be hot-patched in when new patches come out. Can Agartha bless their undead units right now?
Other than hotfixes the mod will not make any changes.

Returning Players:
TheNotoriousDoctorPraetorious (Mictlan/Abysia)
Micah (gets a new assignment b/c he dropped out and rejoined)
Lingchih (gets a new assignment b/c he dropped out and rejoined)
Aezeal (wants a new assignment)
Revolution (wants a new assignment)

New Players (first come, first served):
Unoptimized
nozshand
AreaOfEffect
EvilHomer
Folket
StrictlyRockers
Ossa
Nikelaos
Psisoldier
Ershalim
James243
Chrispedersen

Alternates:

???:
DakaSha (?)

Okay, here are the team assignments:
Mictlan/Abysia - DrPraetorious, Hadrian_II
Pythium/Marignon - James243, nozshand
Atlantis/Bogarus - Nikelaos, revolution
Man/R'yeh - Zeldor, AreaofEffect
Ermor/Agartha - Unoptimized, StrictlyRockers
Caelum/Utgard - Aezeal, EvilHomer
T'ien Ch'i/Jomon - Psisoldier, Ershalim
Ulm/Pangaea - Micah, Lingchih

To clarify! Each team can split the nations however they wish -if the team-mates cannot agree, I'll flip a coin. The order above doesn't reflect the order in which you get your nations, so I could be Abysia and Folket could be Mictlan, for example.

You probably want to contact your team-mate over the course of the next week.

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Sure, I'll bite, teams are fun.

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I will play again. Same team please.

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I am very interested in this game, please count me in http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

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im not in the previous game but i'd like to join if there is a spot available

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I'm in.

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what are the settings? mods ect

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Reserve a spot for me. As previous poster said, what mods, age, nations etc are you planning on ?

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I'm in.

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I would assume the settings will be simular to, if not the same as, the original game.

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I'm in

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ow and I'd rather change nation etc at random http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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I was with Ling last time DrP...

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Oh, right. Sorry.

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I know this may sound silly but have you ever thought of maybe having a team game that took a 'Good', Intermediate, and a new player as teams....

Kinda of like a Pro-Am type thing.

just a thought from a Noob that could learn a LOT from ot.
Thanks

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Yeah, sign me up. I'd like to play if there is still room

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I'd also like to join if thats still possible

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What sort of time table are we looking at?

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I think we're starting in mid-august? ~2 wks from now?

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That would be good for me. Allows me time to clear out of some other games.

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bumpity, bump, bump.

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I'm not in, even though I liked it the last time. I'll be gone for a week and some more days after that. Also Atlantis has been attentionized, so no need for me to play them again.

Good luck to you all!

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KO, we don't start yet AND we change races!

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It's true. Speaking of which, do we have any idea of who will get what? I'm just getting killed out of two games, and my third is a war of attrition. So the more time I have to prep out my god and such for this game, the better http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

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Now that the forums are up again, I'm interested in knowing what are assignments are. I would like a bit of time to talk with my would-be-partner about our overall team strategy.

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how much players do we still need?

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count me in.

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As long as I'm not LA Man again (shudder) I suppose I'd be up for round 2.

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I might be in. Having a bit of a hard time keeping track of all the games I am in right now. Micah might be able to talk me into it if he really wants to play this again.

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If more players are needed still I'll join up

Preferably Jomon or Tienchi

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I'd love to join! I'm not terribly useful, having not actually played MP yet, but I'd be a great partner, since I'd basically just do whatever my teammate told me to until I got the hang of things. :) If it's already full, good luck to the players!

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If players are needed please count me in too. I'm happy with whatever army really.

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I'd like to be in I believe. And if you don't mind someone with only minimal hosting skills.. I can host as well.. currently hosting Glory2, and BraveNewWorld

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Yeah, I'm out I think. I just spent over 5 hours doing my turns in various games and subs tonite. I think I am full up. I'll let the new guys have some fun with a team game.

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I'll post team assignments this weekend, and we'll start sometime during next week? Wednesday, say? Does that work for eveyone?

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That sounds okay for me.

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Sounds good.

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Cool with me.
(no whammy no whammy)

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With all the people wanting to join that there are...we could increase the number of people and use some of the unused teams from last game as well.

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That's fine with me, but I may not have time to do a nice, shiny new map.

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Okay, here are the team assignments:
Mictlan/Abysia - DrPraetorious, Folket
Pythium/Marignon - Micah, nozshand
Atlantis/Bogarus - James243, revolution
Man/R'yeh - ossa, AreaofEffect
Ermor/Agartha - Unoptimized, StrictlyRockers
Patala/C'tis - Chrispedersen, Nikelaos
Caelum/Utgard - Aezeal, EvilHomer
T'ien Ch'i/Jomon - Psisoldier, Ershalim

You can trade, if you wish.

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Oh, and how/where do we want to host? Last game was IP.

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If I may make an observation - the pythium/marignon team seems a little strong.

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As nations or as play skill? The assignments are, as I said originally, random :).

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Be happy that Micah is not LA Ermor...I've been on the receiving end of that and it was rather unpleasant

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A few comments on how trading positions works - supposing that I didn't like my team (to which I was assigned at random), and supposing that Micah didn't like his team, we could trade *with each other*.

So I would get the Pythium/Marignon team (and which nation I got, I could work out with nozshand), and Micah would get the Mictlan/Abysia team with Folket.

If Micah and I wanted to be on the same team like in the first team game, either I'd need to trade with nozshand or Micah would need to trade with Folket. Micah and I couldn't decide to be on the same team on our own - we could've done things that way, but I decided that random assignment was more fair.

Furthermore, you don't take the nations with you when you trade! The nation-based teamings were picked for game balance (and I think I did a good job, despite all the *****ing.)

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Can't please everyone, all the time, Dr. P.

I think random pairings are less important than roughly even pairings. I have essentially no knowledge of Patala - but rather than kvetch further about it, I will simply open the position up.

Best wishes all!

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You could have had C'tis, instead, but that's aside from the point.

I'll pull the Patala/C'tis team, which is the weakest, I believe, and make one of the players an alternate?

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I like both Patala and C'tis; I'd trade with you if you wanted to Chris.

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Okay, here are the *new* team assignments:

Okay, here are the team assignments:
Mictlan/Abysia - DrPraetorious, Folket
Pythium/Marignon - Micah, nozshand
Atlantis/Bogarus - Nikelaos, revolution
Man/R'yeh - ossa, AreaofEffect
Ermor/Agartha - Unoptimized, StrictlyRockers
Caelum/Utgard - Aezeal, EvilHomer
T'ien Ch'i/Jomon - Psisoldier, Ershalim

Alternate:
James243

Sorry James243 about that, sorry Nikelaos for reassigning you.

To clarify! Each team can split the nations however they wish -if the team-mates cannot agree, I'll flip a coin. The order above doesn't reflect the order in which you get your nations, so I could be Abysia and Folket could be Mictlan, for example.

You probably want to contact your team-mate over the course of the next week.