MP: Noobs vs. Vets II: Mysterio's Revenge, EA, CBM, Game Over. Vets defeat Noobs.

[Septimius Severus]

Originally Posted by atul

You just put me into noob team on the list on 1st page. Fun as that might be, I dont think I'd qualify.

Any room in the more experienced end?

Whoops sorry about that atul, it is corrected.

[Septimius Severus]

Originally Posted by namad

i just wanted to join a cool sounding team game

i figured i might not qualify for either team, which seems to be the case... maybe what lingchih suggested would work? playing 5-9 or something and deeming the noob team too good? I'm definitely not "green" at all...


if you made it 5-20 and the 20players were using like pd50 and not scripting their mages or formations nor focusing on maximizing research the 20would still lose but you know... your probably right though ... maybe leaving me as a standby would be a good solution and only add me to one of the teams if your absolutely desperate to fill the ranks? maybe even then it might be a bad idea

I've moved you into the alternate side of the vets team. If they want you or need your in.

[Ironhawk]

Ok, I talked it over with QM for a while trying to find some kind of compromise and this is what I came up with. We play on Orania, the smaller of the two maps, with 5 vets (ling, atul, demon, qm, iron) and 9 noobs. I say 9 noobs here only to give more provs/player overall which is something that sept would like to see, not because I'm worried about numbers. Dont think anyone really minds 10, if that would be preferable. Anyway, that works out to something like 17 provs/player - seems a fair difference b/w qm and sept.

What do you think?

[Lavaere]

I like the Orania map, and random starts please. Make it more of a challange, though perhaps a NAP for maybe 6-12 turn. In case opposing players end up starting on each others doorstep. 9 vs 5 looks good, we'll just need a couple more players. Unless some of the alts join the noob side.

[TheDemon]

I don't really care what the settings are in terms of balance, but a high number of provs or provs/player makes for a lot of micro in the mid/endgame, which leads to longer turns and more players dropping or staleing. 20 per player is manageable however and the point about this being like a duel where there's no diplomacy and it's better to steal land from your enemy is a pretty good one. I'd be fine with either the default settings proposed in the OP or with Iron's compromise.

[Lingchih]

Sounds good to me Ironhawk. A nice compromise I think.

Originally Posted by Ironhawk

Ok, I talked it over with QM for a while trying to find some kind of compromise and this is what I came up with. We play on Orania, the smaller of the two maps, with 5 vets (ling, atul, demon, qm, iron) and 9 noobs. I say 9 noobs here only to give more provs/player overall which is something that sept would like to see, not because I'm worried about numbers. Dont think anyone really minds 10, if that would be preferable. Anyway, that works out to something like 17 provs/player - seems a fair difference b/w qm and sept.

What do you think?

[rdonj]

So lingchih, I see you joined the noob forum. Still waiting to see whether I'm creating a new forum or just adding an extra forum onto the forum for team noob.

[Lingchih]

Sorry, that was an accident. It really was.

Delete me please

[Lingchih]

OK, I've created a vets forum, but I'm not sure if we will use it, since it looks rather insecure to me. But it's there, and as I learn more about the security settings maybe I will feel confident about using it.

If so, I'll pm all the vets.

OK, I've figured out how to make it secure. I've set it up so only I can add new users. We should be good to go now.

[rdonj]

Glad to hear that's all sorted out. Now the teams just need to get ready!