Ascendant - Game On!
 

We're about to start an EA game for players who are new to Multiplayer. It will be version 3.15 with pure default settings on a medium sized random map. We'll probably get the Llamameister to host a PBEM, or if there's a lot of uproar for an Autohost, we'll see what we can do, but there shouldn't be, because you shouldn't know the difference, because I don't. HA! But really, this scenario will be limited to those who have 0-2 games played or playing please.

Sign-up will be limited to 15 players total; we don't want to lock what should be new players into maybe making some poor design choices in their first game, dragging on into the summer...

Renaming and graphs will be on. I expect to see some hilarious units out there; expectations are high.

Shortlist exploits will be carefully weighed and considered for censure. Probably almost anything on there that doesn't explicitly prevent a valid style of play from any given nation will be frowned upon and more.

Let's just get in there and have a random, wild, and clean first round of Dominions, boys!

Renojustin - Sauromatia (daddy didn't love us)
Kasnavada - Abysia (molten hot lava lamps)
Ossa - Helheim (if you can't beat em, hang yourself)
Darkwind - R'yleh (we're here, we're weird, get used to it)
FrozenFalcon - Tir na n'Og (Pretty hot compared to Fir Bolgs)
Mozkito - C'tis (full nude serpent dancers nightly)
Wrana - Ulm (the height of antler-based fashion)
Frumious - T'ien C'hi (I'm dynamite, and I'll win the fight)
Fickle - Fomoria (how do you like my curse, Cursedy?)
Shigure - Kailasa (we don't need no stinkeeng PD)
Zenzei - Caelum (good raptor, that's a pretty raptor)
charshep (now Carkaton) - Atlantis (de seaweed is always greena in somebody else's lake)
secretperson - Lanka (eep)
deadboi - Marverni (with optional pointy nipple attack in cold domain)
Vellon - Arcoscephale (hemlock shots all around)

Victory Condition: Hold 7 capitals and fortifications for 1 turn.

Map: pre-randomized, amazingly tactical and balanced map, 225 provinces

Hosting period will be 24 hours for the first ten or twenty turns, and then if there's popular support for it, we can move to 48 hours.

***NEW - Download the Ascendant map files, it's the attachment at the top of the post!***

Re: Ascendant - EA Game For New Players (Sign Ups
 

I've finished 2 multiplayer games and am currently playing one; If I still qualify, I'll try Tir na n'Og.

Re: Ascendant - EA Game For New Players (Sign Ups
 

I'd like to join with Helheim - no games so far.

Re: Ascendant - EA Game For New Players (Sign Ups
 

Sorry Falcon, I'd really like to keep this one quite strict with respect to the 0-2 rule, even if it takes slightly longer to fill the nation queue.

Thanks for your interest man, we'll be mixing it up soon I'm sure. Appreciate your honesty.

Re: Ascendant - EA Game For New Players (Sign Ups
 

I would like to play as well, although I'm not certain if I qualify! :O

I've played 2 PBEM games vs my brother, and I am currently on the 3rd one. (I guess this counts as MP games? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif)

I've played a blitz vs the guys who hang out on mIRC.
And I'm currently subbing for my brother in the Onomancy game.

I doubt I qualify, but it was worth a try http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Re: Ascendant - EA Game For New Players (Sign Ups
 

No multiplayer games(and currently no Dominions, I need to reinstall it - rewriting sucks). I'll take R'lyeh(Hey, why not? I haven't played as the Aboleths even in singleplayer).

Re: Ascendant - EA Game For New Players (Sign Ups
 

Well, one on one games are hardly multiplayer imo, unless your brother is uber and you'll be taking lots of advice from him... you qualify Moz, what nation would you like?

Re: Ascendant - EA Game For New Players (Sign Ups
 

Oh hey, we get little slogans next to our names! Can I pick mine? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

If I can, I'd like "Cthulhu R'lyeh ftaghn". Not original, but I like it better than yours, no offense meant http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

Re: Ascendant - EA Game For New Players (Sign Ups
 

Hmmm, you will be the first to fall.

Re: Ascendant - EA Game For New Players (Sign Ups
 

Well since we made a little exception I guess we're not going to be all THAT strict with the 0-2 rule... ok THREE and that's it!

Falcon is IN.