Platypus: Noob Team Game Full

[Sivoc]

I'm up for it, and it will be my first public MP.

Name .......... Preferred Race ...... MP turns
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Sivoc.......... Abysian.............. 0

[llamabeast]

Oh come on, Platypus are cool.

Platypi

[Zylithan]

PLatypussies are not south american I am sorry, they are Australian, but they are very cool. They have:

1. poisonous claws!
2. the ability to detect the electric fields that results from your muscle contractions!
3. abnormally low body temperature!
4. huge underground citystates!
5. other incredible things!
6. and more!

(If wikipedia lied about the citystate thing I'm gonna be mad.)

[ExitJudas]

i'd like to play aswell. any nation really. i have a massive 5 turn dominions 2 MP experience!

[Zylithan]

Great for all the sign-ups already!

If you havent done so, please let me know race preferences.

Also, tell me if you would be okay with playing Eight Gates map (let's say, version 2, gates exist and have bad sides effects if you stay in them too long, but do not enable recruitment of special mages)

If not, please suggest another map.

Thanks,
Zylithan

Edit... hmmm... I just saw Zoshan said R'lyeh. If he is in and playing them, we might need a diff map. Eight Gates has water, but I don't think its a very good start position. Honestly, I've never played or seen any water race, so I don't know much about their balance.

[Janlm]

I don't know it, can you link to it, or attach it or something?

[Zylithan]

Here's a link to the thread, with discussion, .rar and .zip:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...5&o=&fpart=all

As I have said, I made this map. I want to be very clear about that, and I would rather use a different map than have anyone unhappy. I propose it because:

1. I'd like to get it some pub/play.
2. I think it is more balanced than a random map.
3. I think it looks nice.
4. I think it has interesting connectivity, balance of open spaces and chokepoints.

[ExitJudas]

i would definitely prefer a normal map for my first multiplayer game. something that is easy to understand. I'm worried i will get owned by a map with gates and secret recruiting places etc. what about urraparand? it also has sea for rlyeh.

eight gates is a lovely map, but having a home province within 2 moves of 3 different gates to whereever is a bit too "connected" for my noob brain. i
I foresee me dying to an army than suddenly pops out of a gate i had missed, laying waste to my already feeble strategies

[llamabeast]

Poisonous claws?

Zylithan, if you want to try your map out, I would stick to your guns. It is up to the host to choose what game will be played, and people can choose to join or not as they wish. You are also free to say that there should be no water nations.

If you just want to start another ordinary newbie game up and don't really mind about the map then fair enough.

[Zylithan]

poisonous claws, for reals. it's in wikipedia! enough poison to bring an average human serious pain, or paralyze smaller creatures. The platypus is known to fight viciously if cornered, or if denied server space because of its lack of south american heritage.