MP: STACKERS, newbie game, (started)

[cwkjc]

Excuse my poor english (i wasn't a good student)

As we are all newbs in MP except 13lackguard and maybe 1 or 2 more players (tell me i'm not sure), it seems to me clear that we make errors and don't follow the established rules.
(what are they ? I don't know)

But all this don't shock me, i have a real fun to play with you, i think we don't have the same level in the game but in fact it doesn't matter.

One part of the game is communication and information. The difficulty for a strong nation in a MP game (i suppose) is to show/communicate enough weaknesses to not attract the attention...

If all the players agree on one unique threat, the threatener will have more difficulties to survive ?

So Naquan and 13lackguard are competing to explain that yes they are well developped but they are not a real threat, and have drawbacks (aquatic / lack of experience)...

And if i was 13lackguard i would be happy to have a drawback more : my pretender is public now !!! In fact it's a very good point for him and he would thanks naquan for it, is less a threat now (but he's still strong) this kind of communication and event is really good.

And now what will happen, if they decide to npa together ? the two strongest nations decide to divide the world, sure to the final fight ? having a neighbour or an ally in a stacker game is a real adavantage, you have just one war to manage each time, and you are sure to spend your armies on one side, i think it will be tremendous advantage.

I really like my first MP game...
Thank you Gandalf, stackers is a great idea for beginners

[13lackGu4rd]

do you see a serious army of mine at your border...? didn't think so... so jee, I don't know, you tell me? but no, we're not "friendly" if that's what you're asking, that would be stupid seeing that you're Ashdod and all that... for me to secure your north, and by a good margin(all the water area) would be suicidal both for me and everybody else(as it will allow you to run rampant with nobody to even attempt to stick a metal bar in between your wheels)

oh yeah and those Mermans were really funny, no idea what you tried to accomplish with them... but hey, come again, I'll welcome more of these attempts with open arms bring some commanders with gear too while you're at it, who wouldn't want some free gear?

[Nauquan]

On second thought, since I am new to MP games here. Did I just violate some etiquette by posting that screen? Since we did not have any sort of agreement, I thought it was fair, but I might be wrong.

I am not going to argue about who is winning. No doubt Ashdod starts well against independents, but I am sure my inexperience will tell in the later parts of the game.

[13lackGu4rd]

yes, it did break "etiquette" or whatever you wanna call it. private information is generally to remain private, or shared with specific parties involved in whatever the information is about. in this case there was absolutely no justification for it, heck, there wasn't even another party involved, not to mention everybody in the game...

and no, it's not just "Ashdod starts well against independents" it's more like Ashdod does that, and has terrific mid game and spectacular late game. forgive me for not explaining all your strengths in each stage of the game, as it'll basically give you a sword to chop my own head with... very unwise... yes your inexperience will probably take its toll, but we're all newbies here(some only a bit more experienced than others), but not realizing Ashdod's horrible imbalances is almost a crime.

[Gandalf Parker]

Was this info sent to you in private message or email? THAT would have been wrong.

But if you saw it in the game then probably the worst thing you did was post it negligently. It is game info. If you had sold the info, or posted it in an aggressive manner such as "this is what he has and this is where its located", or used it for propaganda purposes then that might have been more game-like Of course you would have to live with the impression.

[13lackGu4rd]

"game-like" maybe, but still it's not something that is being done around here... go ahead and look for previous examples on these boards of people posting such information publicly in the game thread. personally I haven't seen any but it doesn't mean there aren't, just that I haven't stumbled upon any, and I've looked into all the top 2 or 3 pages of MP games here...

[Gandalf Parker]

Thanks for the thanks. That is the payment that keeps free things coming.

[Greyjoy]

Aye. Both this game in particular and the server in general are awful handy things to have. Thanks for running them (and publicizing them; I'm a born lurker, probably would have taken me a while to throw something together myself).

[Jorus]

Void Lord Posting

Personally, imho just because something hasn't been done before doesn't automatically put it on the forbidden list.

So 13lackguard created a terrifying SC, and now he wants to sucker-punch every newbie in the game with it. Tough.

What would happen in real/fantasy life? - the word would spread like lightning. Because it's terrifying.

Naquan - don't worry about it.

[rdonj]

It's actually not that frightening really... without gear. I want to say more here about why it's not that frightening in comparison to certain other people but I don't quite feel justified doing so in a game I'm not in :P

And as far as the screenshot of the god, well, it's not exactly forbidden or anything, but it's a bit... hmm, I had a better word earlier, but let's go with unsportsmanlike. It's something I would frown upon seeing in a game. It's one thing if you are collaborating with someone to give them information about the enemy's god, but giving that out in public definitely doesn't quite sit right. Anyway, it's probably not a big deal for this game... it's a newbie game, and talking about things is a good way to learn about them. It's good to be aware that sort of thing might alienate other players though.