Tarrax3 - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players (running)
 

So it's been a while since my second game... With the recent release of CBM 1.94, I thought I should organize another game. Here are the game settings and my thoughts behind them:

* LlamaServer
* CBM 1.94
* Streamers & Standards
* Late Age (My previous games were EA and MA so this time it's LA).
* 12 players (1 water)
* Map: Shadowshore (This is one of the reasons I am organizing a new game: to play on this gorgeous map)
* Mercs are OK
* No diplomacy
* No score graphs
* Last pretender standing
* Turns every 48 hours (quickhost) adjusted as necessary (I am busy these days plus longer hosting time will hopefully prevent stale turns with 12 people)
* Renaming on

The rest of the settings will be standard or will be clarified if needed.

I will update this post with the nations as people sign up. We will start once we have all slots filled.

Players signed up:

* Tarrax - C'tis
* Gargouille - Jomon
* Tiavals - Marignon
* jimbojones1971 - Utgard
* Minden - Bogarus
* heymynameis - Arcoscephale
* galahad - Midgard
* SoNinja - Ulm
* HoleyDooley - Ermor
* CCRun - T'ien Ch'i
* Unoptimized - Agartha
* KeithZ - Atlantis

If you're interested, show your interest by posting here.

Thanks.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Hello, i'm interested for play with Patala (and i have no prefer for the settings).
The map is pretty. There is an option (no diplomacy) to prohibit trade?

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Hi Gargouille. I put you down for Patala.

No there is no game option that enforces no trade / diplomacy. It's just a game rule that I expect everyone to follow (hopefully) that's all.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Ok, hope you are listen. I burned my brain with the reasons of my last "Jomon failure" (Primordial_Cake game). And i found a new idea. Perhaps it's bad idea, but i would try an other game with Jomon. So sorry, forget Patala (probably easier to play), Gargouille try a last time with Jomon.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Haven't played a no diplomacy game yet. Sounds bizarre. I'll join as Marignon.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

I like no diplo games. Can I take Utgard? I am pretty terrible with the various cold giants (well, I do OK with Jotunheim but am totally pants with Niefelheim and Utgard) but i do still like them a lot :-)

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

No prob. Changed Gargouille to Jomon and added you two.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Hello, Bogarus for my please.

Is my first post in the forum but i have some experience in the game (spanish forums).

Thanks,

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Hey my name is HeyMyNameIs and I'd like to play Arcoscephale if that's ok ;) got around 4 games, first one online though.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Hi there! I would like to join as Midgard.

This is my first post here in the forum as well, and my first game with Midgard :) ive played a few MP with friends and a bunch of SP games though, so hoping Im up for the challenge.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Hello everyone this is my first post.

I would like to join as Ulm, this will be my first multiplayer game so I might be a bit of a noob.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Wow 4 players with first posts.

Welcome Minden, heymynameis, galahad, SoNinja.

We have 8 players so far. We still need a water nation.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

I'll throw a spanner in the works by selecting LA Ermor. never played them before, and nothing like going into a game as public enemy number one!

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

I am half tempted to switch to R'yleh, just to complement HD's choice of LA Ermor, but the Utgard pain-train of failure must go on so I will stick with them. :-)

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Ermor and R'lyeh in a no diplomacy game are pretty interesting, that's for sure. :)

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

I've got my pretender (sticking to Utgard) ready to go - when will the game be up on llamaserver? Keen to start :-)

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Yeah I gave some thought to my choice in a no diplomacy but figured
no one would ally with me any way.

In BSoD there was many reasons for rev2 (LA Ermor) why he won that game, and one was he had an ally when really that ally should have joined against him. So in one respect a diplomacy game can/may work in LA Ermors favour.

I agree though that R'lyeh as well would really open a Pandora's box!

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

You'd have to be pretty crazy to ally with LA Ermor, in my opinion. The disadvantages on the long term severely outweigh any short term advantages. Unless, I guess, someone is steam-rolling you and you're really desperate for an ally. :)

It's tough for one nation to take on Ermor alone, and in a no diplo game, there can't be any formations of alliances and coordination of attacks, which I think is very much to Ermor's favor.

But I don't mind, I'm Marignon after all. Bring all the undead you can. ;)

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

I would like to join as Tien'Chi.

It there is still room!

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

if you still have space (not sure if im counting all nations)id like to join as R'lyeh unless one of the above players has them then caelum (wing people).

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Yes, I added shonuf and hawk120. That makes 11 people. We need one more person (non-water nation) and we'll kick the game off.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Anyone? If we are one short still in a day, i vote for starting anyway.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Let's wait a couple of days if we can jimbojones1971. The reason I picked 12 players is it gives everyone roughly equal number of provinces (while giving the water nation a couple of more since they won't be able to expand beyond indeps as easily).

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Well, let's get it started. I'm in as Atlantis.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Why hello! If there is still room, I'd be interested in giving LA Argatha a shot.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Sorry I have to pull out due to time constraints.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

No problem shonuf. Unoptimized, yes I put you down for Agartha.

Even though we have an R'lyeh, I guess LA Atlantis is technically a land nation so that makes 12. If no one has any objections, I'll create the game soon.

Re: Tarrax3 (recruiting) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

OK game created. I also added Streamers & Standards v3.1 in the game because the flags look prettier (has no effect to the game).

Please submit your pretenders.

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

guuuuuuurrrrrrrllllllll the god of Ulm has been sent in

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

OK. Will redo my god tonight with Streamers and Standards mod turned on.

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Ready to play, good luck all.

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

ok this might be a noob question, but how do I send you my pretender...?

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

You'll have to send an email to pretenders@llamaserver.net

The title of the email should be "Tarrax3" without the ""s.

You must attach a pretender you have made with Dominions 3, with the Create a Pretender feature in the Settings or something. It will save the pretender in savedgames/newlords or something like that. Anyway, attach that file to the email and it should be okay.

Since you haven't used llamaserver before, you should check this out:

http://www.llamaserver.net/gameinfo.cgi?game=Tarrax3

And http://www.llamaserver.net/ overall. There's somewhere an explanation of how it works. In practice, it will send a new turn to your email when it has arrived.

Oh, and the pretender you made should be made with the CBM 1.94 mod enabled, otherwise the pretender won't be accepted.

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Also the Streamers & Standards mod needs to be enabled as well.

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

ok, thanks for the information. I downloaded the Llamabeast version of Streamers and Standards from the Mod List, hope its the right one?

EDIT
ok, just saw the Mod in the Tarrax3 Game status on llamaserver, all good. gonna send my goddess in the next hour

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Medea of Utgard has joined the fray. Let the stabbination begin!

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

sorry for letting you guys wait, i'll check the how-to-desription and send my god in asap, two hours max

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Just thought this should be posted for people still confused about multiplayer. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=35160

Its what I am using to learn how to do this :)

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Thanks for posting the link. Only hawk120 missing and we're ready to go. I sent him a PM.

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Might be time to throw hawk120 under a bus and get the game rolling, unless he has been in contact with you about his situation Tarrax?

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Today is the 8th, he was last on the forums on the 3rd. I think its a safe bet to find a sub or just start without him

Re: Tarrax3 (awaiting pretenders) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Im for starting the game by tonight.

Re: Tarrax3 (looking for a r'lyeh player to start) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Player
 

Well we do need a r'lyeh. I advertised again. We'll start as soon as we get one.

Re: Tarrax3 (looking for a r'lyeh player to start) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Player
 

I think we just need one more player. I'd like to have a try with R'yleh if the new guy don't want to play it.

Re: Tarrax3 (looking for a r'lyeh player to start) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Player
 

Great, Keith send your pretender in and lets get started.

Sorry if I "appear" to be overstepping my mark as I am NOT the admin but we have a sub so lets gets moving.

Re: Tarrax3 (looking for a r'lyeh player to start) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Player
 

I'm already in the player list...

I mean we don't really need a R'yleh player, the new player can pick any nation he want.

Re: Tarrax3 (looking for a r'lyeh player to start) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Player
 

R'yleh seems like it would have an amazing position on this map, and bug everyone with its insanity spreading dominion that you need to invest alot to hold back, I also would be ok with someone replacing hawk120 as any nation they want to be.

Re: Tarrax3 (looking for a r'lyeh player to start) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Player
 

Well I wanted the game as balanced as possible: roughly equal number of provinces for everybody. I'll change the game thread title so we are looking for just one more player but since there is an Atlantis it may be kinda advantageous for him if there is no R'lyeh.

Re: Tarrax3 (looking for ONE player to start) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

LA R'yleh is kinda crazy bad a55, whereas LA Atlantis is ... OK. And with the improvements to underwater / land interaction in CBM, its not like he won't have to content with land guys roaming around in the water.

Also, keep this in mind: LA Ermor is all undead, and as such water is not much of a hinderance to them. They are a bit disadvantaged, but given how many of them there are going to be, I'm pretty confident that they will make their presence felt :-)

Re: Tarrax3 (looking for ONE player to start) - Newbie/Intermediate LA 12 Players
 

Jimbo mate, ease up on poor ole Ermor...we are a peace loving nation who only want to provide everybody with the best funeral arrangements gems can buy.