Armadillo - started

GrayZ · #1 June 3rd, 2007, 09:59 PM

I'd like to play, and I want to try out Eriu.

cupido2 · #2 June 4th, 2007, 06:41 AM

If there is still room, I give MA Arco a try or any random nation.

zakna · #3 June 4th, 2007, 08:14 AM

hello want to get in too

not decided on nation yet.

llamabeast · #4 June 4th, 2007, 08:26 AM

Wow! This has filled up very fast!

Okay, we're up to 18 players now. What do people think - shall I keep it open until we get the full 22?

To answer an earlier question, people are more than welcome to join any number of games on my server, don't worry about that. If you haven't played MP before though, be careful about how many games you join at the same time. To begin with they're very quick, but later on turns can begin to take quite a while. Two games should be fine I think, but I would be inclined to leave it at that for a while.

A few of you have chosen nations that someone else had already taken - please check the first post, and if you have a question mark by your name you'll need to choose a new nation.

llamabeast · #5 June 4th, 2007, 09:01 AM

Right, I have created the game (see the website, www.llamaserver.net ), and if you want to you can now upload your pretenders. To do that:

- Go to Game Tools -> Create a pretender god in Dominions
- Go to the savedgames/newlords folder in the dominions directory, and find your pretender file (e.g. mid_pythium_0.2h)
- E-mail the file to: pretenders[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net
- Crucially, you must have the game name, 'Armadillo', in the subject line of your e-mail

Of course feel free to wait until we know the number of players/map. If you do upload a pretender, you can always change it later by sending it in again (from the same e-mail address).

llamabeast · #6 June 4th, 2007, 09:02 AM

I would also like to point out to those who haven't noticed that the icon for this game is, in fact, a view of an armadillo from above.

It has an unusually long nose.

Reverend Zombie · #7 June 4th, 2007, 09:41 AM

May I play as Shinuyama?

Reverend Zombie · #8 June 5th, 2007, 05:04 PM

From third page, could it be added to the first post, please?:

Quote:

llamabeast said:
Right, I have created the game (see the website, www.llamaserver.net ), and if you want to you can now upload your pretenders. To do that:

- Go to Game Tools -> Create a pretender god in Dominions
- Go to the savedgames/newlords folder in the dominions directory, and find your pretender file (e.g. mid_pythium_0.2h)
- E-mail the file to: pretenders[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net
- Crucially, you must have the game name, 'Armadillo', in the subject line of your e-mail

Of course feel free to wait until we know the number of players/map. If you do upload a pretender, you can always change it later by sending it in again (from the same e-mail address).

llamabeast · #9 June 5th, 2007, 07:28 PM

Thanks Reverend. Okay, the first post has now been updated with some useful info (how to upload pretenders, links to mods etc).

Now the last question: What shall we set for the victory conditions? I've not got a lot of experience with this, but I'd suggest a player wins when they control some proportion of the provinces. This prevents an annoying teleport-onto-victory-points win, while still giving a clearly defined goal. And I think I would set it fairly low - 33% perhaps - so that the game doesn't deteriorate into a grind. By the time one of 21 players controls one third of the map, I think they've probably clearly won anyway.

Thoughts?