11p very large (TURN 69)

[Folket]

It is just that I would not feel comfortable with adding games without peoples consent.

I will add the game and players now, and people are welcome to come and write a short introduction to them self if they wish.

[Wikd Thots]

Shouldn't ladder be something that is part of the games description at the beginning so people can decide if they want to join? I wouldn't have been so experimental in my setup if I had known it was a ladder game.

[Folket]

The ladder is just a measurement on how well people do. It should not be taken to serious. I hope that the ladder will be used in all games so that it is a more accurate measurement.
It is not meant to make people play differently. Also I hope that people will use that Wiki to comment on their games and share their strats.

[Wikd Thots]

You hope. But you know that people will start pointing to it and saying "see? Gandolf sucks and Quantum rules!". I think people will want to separate their serious ladder games from their experimental fun games. It is not cool to have your don't give a [censored] game end up on the ladder after the fact.

[Folket]

Well, if you get that upset we will just remove the game.

[DrPraetorious]

It hadn't ocurred to me that anyone might object (since I don't care) - given that is the case, don't add it.

[Wikd Thots]

I do not mind the ladder. I just think it should be declared at the beginning along with the game settings. I would tend to balance if its going on the ladder against things like how much water, if its using mods I know, crazy boosted settings I haven't played with, if its victory points, how common are random events, and anything else that might affect my rating.

Just as an extreme example I don't think I will ever do "random assigned nations" if "will be added to ladder" are together in the same game. And I would be pissed if half way through it someone that was winning decided to have the results posted to the ladder showing how bad they kicked my ***.