Forum splitting poll

[Edi]

Two or three, at least the ongoing games/AARs should have their own section, with the game mechanics, faq, and mapmaking/modding discussions in the other (or mapmaking/modding in a separate forum, if warranted). It gets bloody tedious to scan past all the MP threads that clutter the first page, more difficult to find anything.

Edi

[Ivan Pedroso]

deccan said:

Actually I even read MP threads that are closed and that I'm not playing. I find that much useful info can be gleaned therein. Not only strategies and such, but also individual player personalities and how they usually play and so forth.

Well to be honest I've read alot of them too

I've not learned alot about tactics from them, but you are right about player personalities. There are definetly some persons I've discovered I wouldn't wanna play against (i.e. spend months in "company" with), but that's only a few. There are lots of (mature) people who manage to play competitively AND retaining a friendly attitude. Myself and my real-life buddies (see "Battle of the Danes") have talked about entering the MP-scene, but ALL (or at least the majority) og the games announced in here are played on HUGE maps, which in my oppinion leads to boring games, with boring strategies (see the various threads on "clams", "soul contracts", "wish", "mad castling" etc).

[damn I'm in a rambling moode ]

Perhaps I should just start a public MP-game on a smaller map - anyone interested ? (send me a PM if you enjoyed our semi-ARR and would like to participate in a game that'll be played in a similar atmosphere).

[Pickles]

Ivan Pedroso said:
Perhaps I should just start a public MP-game on a smaller map - anyone interested ? (send me a PM if you enjoyed our semi-ARR and would like to participate in a game that'll be played in a similar atmosphere).

Yes me.

I am all for little intense maps

Pickles

[Cainehill]

Ivan Pedroso said:
Perhaps I should just start a public MP-game on a smaller map - anyone interested ? (send me a PM if you enjoyed our semi-ARR and would like to participate in a game that'll be played in a similar atmosphere).

Depending on the planned pace (after around turn 20 or 30, 48QH gives more flexibility in finding the half hour to hour a turn can take), I'd be interested. The smaller maps are definately a nice change of pace, and also avoid the micromanagement hassles of large maps in the late games.

[Soapyfrog]

For sure I'd be up for a small map game! My disdain for the effects of large map/long games is well registered

[Truper]

Gandalf: One thing about the PBEM forum which already exists - it isn't a Dominions 2 forum, but a Shrapnel Games forum - or at least that's how I recall Richard describing it when he instituted it. I think if we had a Domionions 2 Multiplayer Games forum in addition to this one, people would use it. Looking for a game to play in? Go to the multiplayer forum. Looking to polish up your game before taking the MP plunge? Use this forum, where discussion on strategy won't be buried in new game annoncements, and ongoing game problems/propaganda.

[Ironhawk]

So... I'm curious about the poll at the top of this thread. I just added up all the percentages and it only comes out to ~60, not 100. What gives?

[Gandalf Parker]

Truper said:
Gandalf: One thing about the PBEM forum which already exists - it isn't a Dominions 2 forum, but a Shrapnel Games forum - or at least that's how I recall Richard describing it when he instituted it. I think if we had a Domionions 2 Multiplayer Games forum in addition to this one, people would use it. Looking for a game to play in? Go to the multiplayer forum. Looking to polish up your game before taking the MP plunge? Use this forum, where discussion on strategy won't be buried in new game annoncements, and ongoing game problems/propaganda.

As I remember it was created due to conversations here, and announced here. Im not even sure if it was announced in other forums. And everything has its pros and cons. Having the communitys wall themselves off from the rest of shrapnel isnt really in shrapnels best interests.