Traitors! Team Game! 1 Captain, 1 Player needed!

[zegc-ben]

I will go with Tien Chi at the minimum bid of 12 points (and not as a captain of course).

[Ragnars Wolves]

I chose Arco 6 points

[Wrana]

Hm. For now:
Arcoscephales 15, Ulm 15.
Lanka default 20.
I may think up something else (like my favourite Helheim), but these are my bids for now.
I hope I wouldn't have to be a captain, but may do it if more experienced players are lacking. Septimius?

[chrispedersen]

Wrana, I have you in for ulm at 15 (3 more than the minimum). You will switch over to Lanka at +0 (20) if someone out bids you on Ulm.

Your Arco bid is not 10 more than Ragnars. He beat you by seconds =).

[Wrana]

Originally Posted by chrispedersen

Your Arco bid is not 10 more than Ragnars. He beat you by seconds =).

You didn't say that the minimum to outbid was to bid 10 more. OK, you may consider it to be exactly 10 more for now.

[Septimius Severus]

Originally Posted by Wrana

I hope I wouldn't have to be a captain, but may do it if more experienced players are lacking. Septimius?

Wrana, I think your probably near the same experience level as me. I may have more team game experience, but you probably have more MP experience. I am sure you can handle it though. But if I am needed to join or captain a team I am available, don't know for how long though.

Being captain is not all that scary as it seems, it is really just an administrative label. You can make it as hard or as easy as you want, depending upon your play philosophy and management style. A team can be as democratic or as centralized as desired. Can be easy going or dead serious. Experience is desirable for a captain of course, but so is free time, energy level, motivation, communication skills, etc.

When players (or captains) choose their teammates it can help to eliminate some internal disagreements, but there is also something to be said for getting to know and working with players you've never played cooperatively with before. It forges new relationships. You don't really know a player till you've played on the same team with them.

Since chris hasn't set up pre-made teams (with names, identities and so forth), I am guessing he is letting players and potential captains organize themselves into teams.

Questions for Chris:

Can a captain bid his points (or more points) in an attempt to ensure the loyalty of his own team members? "Counter Traitorism"

Can traitors at some point decide to go "straight" and return their allegiance to their original team? Or has provision made for whether their allegiance can shift, be bought, or offered for sale, to other captains at some point in the game (perhaps for a certain amount of gold)?

[chrispedersen]

Originally Posted by Septimius Severus

Wrana, I think your probably near the same experience level as me. I may have more team game experience, but you probably have more MP experience. I am sure you can handle it though. But if I am needed to join or captain a team I am available, don't know for how long though.

Being captain is not all that scary as it seems, it is really just an administrative label. You can make it as hard or as easy as you want, depending upon your play philosophy and management style. A team can be as democratic or as centralized as desired. Can be easy going or dead serious. Experience is desirable for a captain of course, but so is free time, energy level, motivation, communication skills, etc.

When players (or captains) choose their teammates it can help to eliminate some internal disagreements, but there is also something to be said for getting to know and working with players you've never played cooperatively with before. It forges new relationships. You don't really know a player till you've played on the same team with them.

Since chris hasn't set up pre-made teams (with names, identities and so forth), I am guessing he is letting players and potential captains organize themselves into teams.

Questions for Chris:

Can a captain bid his points (or more points) in an attempt to ensure the loyalty of his own team members? "Counter Traitorism"

Can traitors at some point decide to go "straight" and return their allegiance to their original team? Or has provision made for whether their allegiance can shift, be bought, or offered for sale, to other captains at some point in the game (perhaps for a certain amount of gold)?

Captains compete only against other captains for their choice of nations. Captains also are the only ones who can earn traitor points.

Yes; a captain can spend points on his own team members. A captain wins all ties. So if Sept as captain, and Wrana as captain both bid 1 point on a team member - that team member stays allied with his nominal team.

Traitors cannot decide to go straight. They will win with their actual team.

[militarist]

I will be off this game, want to make some break.

[GrudgeBringer]

Sorry if I brought up a point that I shouldn't have...I would never do that bt I was just wondering about the few on here that 'might'think about it.

Should have just kept my comment to myself.

[Eximius Sus]

Murky Waters: Wasn't that some jazz singer?