MP: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI. Game Over. Team ACGHHS wins!

[Frozen Lama]

ChrisP has not let me in on anything that i shouldn't know, so if i switch teams or something its cool. i can play on any of the slots, noob or otherwise.

[archaeolept]

I do like the concept behind this game (more so than the NvV series which had to engage in complex formulaics in attempting balance); two players who've been around and two who've less so.

I'm committed to one small game upcoming, and honestly that is at my limit, currently.

I wouldn't worry too much about the notion of "vet". As long as they've played a few games and seen a few tricks

[PsiSoldier]

Originally Posted by archaeolept

if you can't find another vet, I'd suggest exe moving over to fill the missing team's captaincy, promoting psi to the first team's captain (he's certainly capable), and adding frozenlama to that first team, who strikes me as a noob with a lot of potential.

of course Executor and Psisoldier probably have already created a terrifying plan for world conquest

Well, we have done a little bit of planning I'm the one that asked Executor to captain my team in the first place, although nothing has been decided concretely. We can do whatever we have to do to get things moving along though.

I would say I am not yet a Vet, I still find myself asking questions and learning new things all the time. But I am good and I know that much.

Maybe thats enough.

[shard]

I'll be interested in being an alternate; don't have time to commit as a player right now as I've still got a number of games running in the early stages.

[Septimius Severus]

Originally Posted by shard

I'll be interested in being an alternate; don't have time to commit as a player right now as I've still got a number of games running in the early stages.

Welcome shard, have you any team preference?

[Septimius Severus]

I've created 4 forums for those teams who wish to use them at:

http://noobsvets.silverforum.net

Contact your team captain or admins for the code you'll need before registering.

Thanks.

[shard]

Either Noobheim or Mysterios I guess, I'd like to see how a vet plays heavy blood nations.

[Septimius Severus]

Originally Posted by shard

Either Noobheim or Mysterios I guess, I'd like to see how a vet plays heavy blood nations.

Ok, I'll add you to the Mysterios, since Noobheim already has an alternate.

[chrispedersen]

I've been thinking about my original suggestion of nation picking and concluded that it will lead to a lot of rounds of conflicted picks. Which might be fun if we were all sitting in a room - but resubmitting pick lists based via mail might be a pain.

How about instead the following pick list

Team A
Team B
Team C
Team D
Team D
Team C
Team B
Team A
Team D
Team C
Team B
Team A

Then each team can (secretly) submit a list of what which team they would like to be. So for example B-A-D-C would say I want our team to be Team b- and failing that to be team A, then D, then C.



Sept would give any uncontested choices, and then roll randomly between contested choices.

[Septimius Severus]

Chris, can you clarify your above post. Your original intent behind your first suggestion was to ensure that some of the lesser picked nation's would be chosen via the groups of 3. But because of the conflicts, I suggested just a simpler method:

Each team provides a ranked list of say 12 nation picks (we need only 3 nations to pick on each team). I run through the four lists, line by line, and grant each uncontected pick (if present) on each line to the respective teams.

Myst.......Deva's........Blessed..........Noobheim

Hinnom....Arco..........Hinnom...........Abys (Deva's get Arco, and Noobheim gets Abys)
Arco........Ermor.........Sauro............Hinnom (Deva's get Ermor, Blesseds get Sauro, Noobheim gets Hinnom)
Ermor......Sauro.........Agartha..........Arco (Blesseds get Agartha)

Etc.

This would be much simpler for me (if I'm doing the distribution) and would ensure that generally lesser picked nations get choosen if the teams rank them high enough. True it is not likely teams will rank Machaka over Hinnom, but since we don't know what strategies the teams are pursuing, we can't be certain they won't choose or rank a lesser played nation high.