FreshMeat - EA Newbie - (RUNNING)

[GrudgeBringer]

Thanks Excutor for answering...NP, I just have played them the most in SP. They are a good race but what seems on the surface as good isn't exactly the best.....my hint to you.

Doesn't matter that much to me and it sounds like llamabeast is going to start the game today, but if INDIES are set higher then you have a little more time to set your Kingdom up before meeting someone.

Just a thought, makes no difference to me as playing Marverni will be challenge enough.

I would like to know how many we have, other than that....lets get the fighting underway!!!

[Bwaha]

what do we do? send in pretenders again? or is it all good? have to work today so will be back around 8 pm to check on things. hope to be playing with you all soon. Bwaha

[Executor]

Shouldn't we bring in another player or two, this is a somewhat BIG map for, how many of us is there now 10 or 11, anyway thats too much still, over 20 provinces per player,
but I don't wanna delay the game even more with my nonsense,
and that red-wek-neck dude whatever his name is and now with effeDom moving (all the best to you man).
It would be really nice to start this soon.

And one question if you don't mind answering please, ( not related to this game ), If you ask someone for a NAP, and he doesn't say nothing but, I killed you messinger bla,bla,bla,
and a couple of turn later I attack him, Is that really unhonourable?

[anticipatient]

No, if you offer NAP and he doesn't respond, feel free to attack him.

[GrudgeBringer]

Is this game going to be a go?

Or are we bagging it?

I'm in if we play

[llamabeast]

Right! We have restarted!

I took some executive decisions:

- Indies got set to 6, as a compromise between 5 and 7.
- The victory condition is now a sensible 5 capitals.
- I decided not to wait for more players, as the last newbie game filled up only slowly and I think people's patience here was wearing a little thin (it seems you had quite a cursed game so far). Also I decided to leave the map as Cradle, because it is lovely. Also I've done a 10-player game before on Cradle, and it was really excellent, so I don't think you'll find it to be too big really. Rather, you'll get a little space at the start to develop before you get attacked, which is nice.

Also, this thread is a mess and I can't edit the first post, so I am going to start a new thread and we'll use that one from now on.

Unfortunate as this game has been in getting going, I think it's going to be a really fun one. Good map, interesting nations, and lots of cheerful newbies. So have fun!

Right, move along to the other thread. I will give Ubercat the admin password, so he's the man to ask for extensions and stuff like that. Also he's been in a couple of games before so can answer questions about diplomacy and so on.

[llamabeast]

And one question if you don't mind answering please, ( not related to this game ), If you ask someone for a NAP, and he doesn't say nothing but, I killed you messinger bla,bla,bla,and a couple of turn later I attack him, Is that really unhonourable?

Strange question, really. No, attacking in that situation would be fine I think. The only time people can really get annoyed is if you agree to a non-aggression pact and then break it. Also sometimes people get annoyed if you appear to be in the middle of negotiations when you attack. Of course, you could see that as merely a cunning strategy.

[Ubercat]

Not answering a NAP request is just plain rude in my opinion, but it happens all the time anyway. Not showing another player enough respect to even answer their friendly gesture is insulting and doesn't even hide your hostile intent! You may as well just say "I'm coming after you soon."

If someone offers a NAP and you're secretly planning on attacking them, just say that you aren't ready to commit to anything yet, and you're still exploring your options. Who knows? You might change your mind and accept in a few turns. Circumstances DO change in this game. You have to be ready to adapt your plans.