Chinchilla - Running

[llamabeast]

PS Ubercat - glad to have you in this game, but be careful not to join too many games - later on they can get more time consuming if you aren't knocked out. I reckon 2-3 is probably a good limit for simultaneous games in general, depending on how much free time you have.

[llamabeast]

Looks like space for just one more if we're going for 14 players on the Cradle of Dominion map.

If you see this post after the game's filled up though, post anyway and I'll put you down for the next newbie game (which I can start as soon as I get the impression it might fill up).

[llamabeast]

Okay, here's an outline of how to upload your pretenders when you've got them designed:

- Go to Game Tools -> Create a pretender god in Dominions
- Go to the savedgames/newlords folder in the dominions directory, and find your pretender file (e.g. mid_pythium_0.2h)
- E-mail the file to: pretenders[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net
- Crucially, you must have the game name, 'Chinchilla', in the subject line of your e-mail

You can see who's joined so far etc at www.llamaserver.net .

I hope that's clear-ish. Let me know if you have any questions.

[llamabeast]

I suppose I should say when we're going to start the game. Let's set a target of midnight (UK time) on Wednesday - that gives everyone a couple of days to choose a race, design their pretenders and so on. If you want a bit more time though, just say.

Oh, I should also have mentioned - the game will be on 24 hour quickhost. That means it'll host 24 hours after the last hosting, or before once everyone gets their turns in. Generally people find this to be a nice speed.

[Salamander8]

Quick couple of questions.

Is this going to be like the 2 servers of Velusions' that I am on? The pretender sending via E-Mail is more like the one PBEM I did before, but the auto-host sounds like a TCP/IP game.

Should we use/not use passwords?

When I did a quick check on the server it said Chinchilla was a late age game, but this is MA I thought?

[llamabeast]

It's a PBEM, but ingeniously automated. It checks its own e-mail, updates the website and hosts at the right times, by itself. It's been my big project for quite a while.

There's no need to use a password, since you'll be the only one to ever see your turns. Probably better not to in fact (easier if anyone needs a sub).

It is mid-age, and for some reason I put late when I was creating the game - well spotted! Fixed now.