New MP Game - Random, Anonymous, No Diplomacy

[PashaDawg]

I find it spooky that the 1st and 2nd places in the RAND game were held by players from Finland. Have the Fins been spending their long winter nights honing some secret mental martial art turning them into supernatural Dominions Ubermenchen?

Ygorl: I would gladly accept your instruction! I'll send you an email.

[Alneyan]

Pasha, the people around the Baltic Sea *are* born strategists. On SEIV, we had the Lithuanian connection, several players that were quite good at the game (besides simply beyond numerous). This area will be the first I take over once I'm ready to become the King of the World.

If you are interested, I may be able to host a RAND game (PBEM way), while not taking part in the game. There are two potential problems, though:
- My ISP has been fairly instable recently, and it seems like a structural problem (too many people, not enough bandwidth). For now, I do just fine by making heavy use of proxies, but it could degenerate.
- I've lost the fatherland file in the last game I hosted (my backup system didn't *exactly* work as intended). Of course, I would do my best to have a backup of all files, but that fact still sticks.
- I've had problems with my computer crashing (when playing Dominions too) for a few weeks, but those have been solved since then (inadequate CPU cooling), so that won't be a problem anymore.

[Ygorl]

So, Alneyan could do a PBEM game, or I could do a TCP game. I'm happy either way. Alneyan, do you have a preference?

[Alneyan]

Ygorl said:
So, Alneyan could do a PBEM game, or I could do a TCP game. I'm happy either way. Alneyan, do you have a preference?

Well, there's no reason why I would have a preference, since I will not play in the game either way (I think, anyway... I shouldn't give in the temptation).

[The Panther]

I could go for a TCP game IF there is no quickhost option. By this, I mean that the hosting times are permanently time-fixed to something like 48 hours or 3 turns per week. I find that 24 hour turns are too frequent for me to keep up with these days. I do prefer PBEM, though.

If he decides to not play, Alneyan could set up the game and do the first turn for us. We could then migrate to a server if that is what most people want to do.

Alternatively, if Alneyan wants to play and takes Boron's spot, we could ask Boron to set up the first turn.

[WraithLord]

Count me in

[Jurri]

Pasha barked:
I find it spooky that the 1st and 2nd places in the RAND game were held by players from Finland.

Besides these, were any of the other players Finnish? If not, then this does make for good statistics indeed [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Finland.gif[/img]

As to the hosting, I'm happy either way: thank you guys! I would surmise a server based solution being less work in the long run to the host, though. Especially given the factors Alneyan listed.

Maybe it's time to start a new thread?

[The Panther]

Let's see, what is there to do in Finland during the dark of winter?

1. Sleep.
2. Have sex.
3. Play Dominions.

And not necessarily in that order!

[The_Tauren13]

I greatly prefer PBEM games

[PashaDawg]

I prefer PBEM games, too.