EmpiresRising MA game for new players - started

[zenphos]

With the recent surfeit of EA and LA games going around I thought I would try to get a MA game going.
Currently looking for newish players, basically somewhere between 0 - 5 games. Or at least that is my skill level and would rather not be crushed by a pro.

With Llamabeast about to head off the details of the game need to be finalised.
So therefore the game details are as follows
Age - MA
Map - Parganos
No. of players - 8 (max)
Hosting - 24 hours for the 1st 10 turns then negotiable
Mods - Worthy Heroes, anyone who doesn't have it please let me know
Everything else - default
Victory conditions will be standard victory conditions.

So there are 3 slots left, as soon as 8 players have uploaded their pretenders the game should start automatically.
So put your name down and the nation you want.
Anyone who wants any of the above changed please speak up quickly because Llamabeast has a plane to catch.

Players and nations so far

Zenphos - Machaka
Wookie1977 - Abysia
Ossa - Vanheim
Frozen Falcon - Man
sum1lost - Pangaea
Unoptimized - Ermor
secretperson - C'tis
lebarjack - Ulm

For anyone who does not know how to get their game going here are some instructions

- Make sure you have the same mods enabled as the game you're playing in (Preferences->Mod Preferences) although only mods affecting pretender design, such as Conceptual Balance, actually matter
- Go to Game Tools -> Create a pretender god in Dominions. Don't set a password, since for PBEM games they're not helpful and occasionally annoying (e.g. if you need a sub)
- Go to the savedgames/newlords folder in the dominions directory, and find your pretender file (e.g. late_pythium_0.2h)
- E-mail the file to: pretenders[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net
- Crucially, you must have the game name 'EmpiresRising' in the subject line of your e-mail

The server should send you a confirmation e-mail when it receives your pretender. Also you can see what pretenders have been received so far at www.llamaserver.net . In fact I recommend checking the site out anyway - it will be helpful all game.

[Wookie1977]

Looks good though would prefer normal victory conditions rather than victory point

[Wookie1977]

Lock me in as Abysia please

[Ossa]

I'd join as MA Vanheim.

[zenphos]

Well we could go 75% victory points. That way you have to be the clear winner but you don't have to track everyone down wipe them out completely.
I just don't like the idea of spending 2 or 3 weeks digging the last few pretenders out of their fortresses.
Especially if the losers get upset and don't have their turns.
But then I don't know what the victory conditions are for standard victory. But I assume it means you have to kill every pretender and take every province.

[llamabeast]

MP games never reach the point of trying to conquer every last province - that would be very dull. All the other players will surrender when the winner is clear, since no-one enjoys a hopeless game. So there is no particular need for something like 75% victory points.

If you were going to have VPs I would recommend capital-only ones, since people will always defend their capitals properly. I don't have any real opinion on whether the game is better with or without them though.

[sum1lost]

I would like to apologize to everyone in here who I've no doubt inconvenienced through my staling. I got stuck without almost any internet access the last two weeks with very short warning, and unfortunately, the forums were down in that time. I was able to get a friend of mine to sub for me in one game, but he only had time to do that one, unfortunantely leaving all of you high and dry.

[lebarjack]

I will stop playing dominions for the couple of month to come. I have found someone willing to replace me in this game. Who shall I give the new email to register on llamaserver ?

This is a great game and I had a lot of fun. If someone is interested, I am looking for a replacement in another game, featuring EA Ulm and a forging powerhouse

[zenphos]

Hi Leberjack,
If you are still around that is. I am still admin, although am happy to hand over the reins. I can switch you to an alternate email address. I am currently subbing for wookie who should be back in a week.

[sum1lost]

This game appears to be more or less over. Ermor went AI two turns ago, and lost around 1800 troops last turn, and many more mages, in assaults on my invading armies which have been cracking forts every other turn. Ulm hasn't taken a turn since a few turns after I Most Treacherously backstabbed him. (which turned out to be a horrible idea, as my air queens all died and my pretender managed to suicide on his own Astral Corruption. (which probably took out a number of Ulm's higher level mages)

Even if Ulm came back into the game now, burden of time is probably well on its way to killing most of his mages, and my armies have had several more or less unopposed turns to do their own damage to him.

If it is alright with Ulm, I would like to request that the game admin end the game.

OOC: My apologies to Ulm for backstabbing him like that. To be fair, it came at a point when we were the only two serious contenders left.