First time MPer looking for game!

[GrudgeBringer]

I am also looking for a nesbie game EA if possible...LOL, I looked into starting one but I am somewhat computer Challenged and don't think it would be a good idea if I did admin one.

See if this idea would fly eith you as your new also...

Magic seems to be what just beats me to death when playing this game..I always run into stuff that i am learning but it is costing me a game a lesson...(sigh).

What if we picked a game that had Research set on the hardest level and gems set to lowest (while Late Era would seem to be best because of the watered down magic anyway)I thought EA gives us a better range of troops we are all used to playing. And there will be SOME magic in the end game so we will get a lesson anyway.

We would probably want to ban some of the better races or perhaps make them all humsan ect...

I don't know, just a thought and am open to suggestions.

If you think this would be a good idea that would make 2 and if we went with a smaller game (like 8 or so) I might try and admin it...let me know

[cleveland]

In retrospect, I wish I'd subbed before I tried leading a nation from scratch in MP.

The reason is that the early-game for MP is pretty close to SP, but the mid-game is COMPLETELY different. So I spent a month carefully growing and nurturing a nation that was, from moment 1, destined to fail. As soon as the mid-game hit, it became very obvious how lame and uncompetitive my Pretender and Grand Strategy really were, and I had the depressing experience of floundering with my sorry nation till it's much appreciated demise.

So I suppose my advice to the new players (welcome!) is that you're going to do very poorly your first game...no big deal! So you might as well get through the Baptism by Fire as fast as possible by stepping in for a nation already at the mid-game (and that was hopefully designed by a non-novice). See how cleaver & vicious your cohorts can be. Get trounced in a few big fights. Send scouts in all directions to observe as many battles as possible. Track the score graphs to see who's winning and try to figure out why. Once you have your bearings, then go for a real MP game, and REALLY start learning!