Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - In Progress (7/7)
 

Couldn't find a game, so I'm making my own.
Newbies to intermediate welcome.


Map: Land of Etherial Sqirrels(no lake start)
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showpost.php?p=798212

Players: 7
Mods: CBM 1.94
Era: Mid age
Hosting: Llamaserver
Turns: 24h until and including turn 20, then 48h turns. We can increase as needed.

Settings:
Renaming ON
All other settings default (please mention any settings you consider necessary)

Disallowed exploits:
Copying Bogus orders and overfilling enemy lab to prevent his own forge.
Probing armies with scouts/commanders must be done in such a way so as not to block movement.
Being a douche.

Diplomacy and trade: Non-binding. If you break an agreement you own the consequences, including being the subject of much rumor mongering and possibly personal angst.


Please do not abandon the game. If you do leave the game, please notify me so I can find a sub.
Please do not use a password(can be awkward if we need a sub, although I will have a Master password).
Please do not join if you are likely to be short of time and will likely stale repeatedly.
Please notify me(personal message and forum) if you need a turn delay.

Most importantly, welcome and have fun :)

Players: 7/7

Smeghead - Jotunheim
Ossa - Ctis
starcryst - Caelum
Pymous - Machaka
Zookeeper - Abysia
Skymoon - Shinayuma
Psycho chick - Ermor

Game link:
http://www.llamaserver.net/gameinfo....Smote_Mightily

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (1/8)
 

Something that I never got working to midgame:
Ctis

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (1/8)
 

Caelum

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (1/8)
 

Hello,
I'd like to join as Machaka

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (4/8)
 

Would like Agartha, Intermediate.

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (4/8)
 

Hey Ragnarok-X, you aren't a newbie or intermediate .. more like a battle-hardened elite veteran, judging by how long you've been playing :)

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (4/8)
 

eh lol. While i like the sound of that, i dont feel like a battle hardened veteran. Ive started dom3 mp about 9 months ago, formerly i registered for SE IV.
No offense, have fun !

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (4/8)
 

Ok, Ragnarok-X, you are in if you still want to play.

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (4/8)
 

Agartha, thanks.

If someone objects to me playing, NO PROBLEM !

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (5/8)
 

I'd like to play with Abysia

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (6/8)
 

I'm in. MA Shinuyama.

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (6/8)
 

Hi smeghead, I want play as ma eriu. thanks

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (6/8)
 

Hi, Psycho chick, I was looking at Eriu myself just yesterday.
Interesting choice.
Are you really Psycho?
Are you really a chick?


Hey guys, we are all set to go :)
Let me get the game up on Llamaserver.
I hope I do this right :)

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Oh, I can't see the map "Victoria" as a starting map option.

We'll go with "Glory of the Gods (multiplayer)" if there are no objections, downloadable from Llamaserver.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Ok, the game's up.
Please note the game map is now "Glory of the Gods (multiplayer)" downloadable from Llamaserver; the "Victoria" map was not an option on Llamaserver without uploading it ... just want to keep it simple at this stage.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Please note: your email header should read "Smote_Mightily", when you submit pretenders.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Just for the record, is the map wrap ?
Ill design my pretender but i can only upload it tomorrow fyi.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Don't know about you, but I'm not seeing a download link for Glory of the Gods. All the other maps have download links, but not that one. Anyone else have this problem?

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Thats because the map is stock dom 3 map, its in the games folder by default.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Ragnarok-X, the map is not wrap.

If uploading your pretender is more convenient for you tomorrow, that's fine. Still waiting on a few players.

Ah, sorry for misleading you, starcryst.
When I was setting up the game the map "Glory of the Gods (multiplayer)" was listed as an option.
I assumed the list I saw was a list of downloadable maps on the server.

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (6/8)
 

:D
I'm a little psycho but not reaaly chick.
Smeghead, can I change to MA ermor? I already upload the pretender.:re:

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

OK, Psycho chick, Ermor is fine ... I think.
I notice in other games that Ermor is sometimes banned and I don't know why they would be bannned.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

So, whom are we missing?
Ragnarok-X says he'll upload his pretender tomorrow; that leaves Ossa.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

No worry buddy. Which be banned is LA Ermor but not EA/MA Ermor.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Ah, LA Ermor sounds eeeevil.

Ossa, you there?
You still interested in playing?

I am new to this and have no idea how long we wait for Ossa to show before we advertise for a new player.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Ossa uploaed. Now wait ragnarok x.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Just for the record, we are using a map with 230 + 50 provinces for 8 players ? That is 28, 25 without water per player.
Did anyone even think this through ?
No offense, but 25 is way, way off.
10, a max of 15 is a more reasonable approach.

Land of Legends (135+20) or even better Land of Etheral Squirrels (103+13) would be better imho.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

I'm OK with a map change if that's what people want.

Who agrees to a map change to Land of Etheral Squirrels (103+13)?

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Agree.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Agree too (but I can't find a link to download this map, removed from this forum)

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

this one should do, i guess ?

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showpost.php?p=798212



by the way. I noticed all but Ossa and myself are really new on shrapnel. I think i might be too intermediate for the game. Im out. Dont want to spoil your fun.

good hunt !

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

I agree as well

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

So Raganarok-X is out.

What now?

Delete the game, set up a new one with the suggested map, "Land of Ethereal Squirrels(no lake start)", and recruit a new player, then submit our pretenders again?

I'll do that after a few hours and send a message to each of the players, unless someone has a better plan.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Yeah - go ahead and do this. Might want to edit the initial post to highlight / reiterate that this is a NewB friendly game.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Yes just rename and ask for one more player

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

Well, I sent an email to everyone.

Hopefully this is not a huge inconvenience for people.

I'll just go ahead and delete the game on Llamaserver, change this topic to read: "7/8 Recruiting" and change the map in the opening post.

Re: Smote Mightily - In Progress (8/8)
 

It's not a problem. It's your first time organizing a game and you told everyone that in the OP, so anyone that's not tolerant of learning pains shouldn't have signed up for the game.

It's all good! :)

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (7/8)
 

Thanks, starcryst :)

I feel like an idiot, messing people around like this.
We will need to re-submit pretenders when we find someone to take Ragnarok-X's place.

Re: Smote Mightily - Recruiting (7/8)
 

No worries! Just send me a couple hundred gold a turn in the game and we'll call it even, k? :D

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

Im sorry for the trouble.
But with a different map and a more balanced player base it will be far more enjoyable experience. Sorry for putting you through this !

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

I just played a dozen turns of a test game on Ethereal Squirrels.
Man, we start literally just a few provinces from each other, maybe four in each direction.
We might need to rethink pretender design as the map seems very suited to rush strategies rather than long-term.

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

Seems to me that being four provinces apart is pretty typical. I'm just three provinces away from my nearest neighbor in another game and we're not playing rush strats. One thing you could do is increase the level independents to 6 or 7 to block rush strats if you want to.

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

Well, I played through an old tutorial that had a lot more room; maybe 7-8 provinces between players and thought that might have been standard.

http://lparchive.org/Dominions-3/

The lack of room on Squirrels feels a tad claustrophobic to me.

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

You can always change it to a bigger map. But 4 provinces apart is pretty normal regarding MP. If there are more provinces, you basicly only conquer indoes for the first 2 years. It takes away a lot of tension in midgame and the importance of proper expansion.
While you may like the sound of unlimited expansion, it gets very boring very fast, because there is no interaction and beating Indi AI aint so fun after all.

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

I'm leaving the map open at this stage until we get a few suggestions.
I'd prefer something larger than Ethereal Squirrels for 8 players.

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

The map is fine for me. Too big is boring and no fun like said Ragnarok.

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

Smeghead, Please change me to Ermor in first page.

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

Ok, Psycho chick, done.

How would people feel if we compromise on map size and go with Primea(147 land and 9 sea).

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

This map is ok for 7-12 players. BTW, should we start or keep waiting next one?

Re: Smote Mightily - Noob to Intermediate - Recruiting (7/8)
 

Well, I was hoping for some extra feedback from people on map and map size preferences before proceeding.

But it seems this game thread has been Gotterdammerung'ed.