The Winnowing - DaMilano wins!!

Peacekeeper · #1 January 28th, 2006, 03:14 PM

id like to play. ive got 3mp games under my belt and a few sp ones too.

how bout ill take ryleh and you atlantis folket?(ill understand having to change to a land race if the situation/map calls for it)

shovah · #2 January 28th, 2006, 03:22 PM

just be careful, 11 water provinces with 2 water nations could get messy (this will be fun)

Tom_Scudder · #3 January 28th, 2006, 03:48 PM

At least when I play Rl'yeh, I usually end up doing most of my expanding on land, because my squids are too chicken to go play with the tritons.

Wish · #4 January 28th, 2006, 03:56 PM

I'll take Tien Chi. I think I'm still considered one of the noobs, right?

Wish · #5 January 28th, 2006, 03:58 PM

it is important to take al ittle nature as rlyeh - so you can make anti poison gear

(or choose a pretender immune to poison)

Tom_Scudder · #6 January 28th, 2006, 04:11 PM

Ah. I usually take nature so I could get gift of health and have my 15-skill summoners get their brains back in order. (As well as gift-of-reason for the odd Vastness that pops up, and living castle just because.) One of my weaknesses as a player is I don't really use gear or rituals much in the early game.

Morkilus · #7 January 28th, 2006, 04:19 PM

This is a great idea! Glad to see new Shrapnel accounts. I'm pretty new at MP, but I'll let this one go unless you have a hard time getting full 17. I still haven't played all the nations yet, so I don't mind anything new (not Jotunheim)

Morkilus · #8 January 28th, 2006, 05:25 PM

I've been convinced... I'll play as Ermor.

Ironhawk · #9 January 28th, 2006, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Morkilus said:
I've been convinced... I'll play as Ermor.

Oops! Sorry mork - I forgot to mention that I will be banning pop-killing dominion themes from this game. We discussed it in IRC for a bit and decided that the experience noobs might gain fighting thru a pop-dead dominion would be outweighed by the sheer frustration of it.

So, no pop-killing themes please.

Note the new house rule...

Ironhawk · #10 January 28th, 2006, 05:28 PM

There will be a master password for this game as it is my policy to use one for all games I host. If you like I will share the password with QM or one or two other veteran players so that we can check your turns at your request.

Another small note on the topic of passwords. I want everyone to password thier pretenders. Doesnt matter if its just two letters or something. Just put a password on for your pretender own sake, ok?

This game will be TCP/IP and run 24hr QuickHost (QH).

Diplomacy is critical to any dom2 MP game. Without it, when you are the largest player, every will immediately turn against you. Be in constant contact with your neighbors, trading items, gems and intel. Forge NAPs and alliances as you see fit. Be very careful of breaking agreements tho as your reputation will impact people's desire to do business with you in the future.

Lastly, as for getting advice if you need it: while shovah does have some technical knowledge, it would be better to seek advice from the very highly experienced players like QM, arch, boron, and myself. This can best be done via IRC at irc.gamesurge.net in channel #dominions. And of course you can just post to the forum.