Rated Challenges Thread

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Mark the Merciful:
After a year without SEIV I'm very keen to play again, and the 2v2 games I've been reading about on this thread sound quite exciting.

So, I'd like to invite Slynky to partner me against any 2 challengers in a fairly fast-starting game; say 3 Good planets and 100,000 minerals?

Other settings open for discussion.

Slynky? Any takers?

Well, I'm honored anytime a person who has beaten me asks me to be on his team. And I guess you figured I just finished a game (reading this thread and all) .

So, I accept your invitation and offer some suggestions to the settings:

Medium (a good-sized one) spiral map;
No intel/ruins;
Medium tech cost;
2,000 racial points;
Map placement so that teams start with distance between them and so that team members are on the same side of the map;
Team members must take same colony type and atmosphere; and
All tech/planet/ship gifting/trading allowed.

Additionally, I might suggest no ancient but I'm not really convinced of that.

So, any takers (and additional game suggestions)?