How multiplayer is working out for you guys...

[Thufir]

En Forcer said:
I'm curious how the mechanics of multiplayer are working out for folks. Especially since there appears to be several ways to run a game.

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But I am intrigued with the network-Online variant some of you guys are running. I also see some jargon like "quickhost" game and abbreviations for settings and such and am wondering how it works.

One of the nicest aspects of quickhost is that it automatically hosts when everyone gets in their turns, meaning that the first 10-20 turns go much quicker than they would if hosting were done on a fixed interval. I suppose you could have this effect in PBEM, but it's really much cleaner when hosted by a machine.

There's a guy (one Esben Mosehansen, by name) in this forum who's setup a server with a very nice web front end. Here's some links:
Dom2 Server Home Page
Example of a game in progress
mosehansen server thread

I'm trying to determine if I can get into one of these network type games given my busy schedule. If it doesn't require a constant internet presence or is somewhat flexible then I would like to try it out.

There are some members of this forum who are of like mind, so from time to time you'll see an announcement of a game that's starting where they'll say at the outset that it's 48h quickhost, or something like that. I believe there's on open now at: thread