MP: Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI. Game Over. Team ACGHHS wins!

[chrispedersen]

Melnorjr, your right, they probably thought everyone else was going to grab hinnom, but why did'nt the other team captains do as DrP did and grab Neifel or Hinnom? Hmmm.

One reason only: At the time I stated prefernce, Executor was in the game, whom I consider to be the finest Mictlan player around.

As for the pic choices - I knew you had me picking last in at least one of the methods - so there was zero chance it would be available. Better to get one good nation, than an almost impossible chance on a great one.

[DrPraetorious]

Ah, okay, then everything is cool, we get Pangaea and whoever wants Caelum can have Caelum?

[AlgaeNymph]

Originally Posted by Septimius Severus

Algae, method 1 or 2?

It's moot now but I'm okay with either method.

(I forget to click on one auto-message link and I miss 5 pages? )

[Septimius Severus]

There was a misunderstanding on Drp and Pyg's part, I wanted the method picked first before any swaps started. They jumped right in before the majority had voted for method 2. Was trying to keep a semblance of order. Perhaps I should have been clearer. No problem though.

Ok, a swap between teams, Deva's get Pangaea, and The Mysterios get Caelum, that leaves the following nations still available from the unassigned pool if anyone else wishes to swap:

Abysia
Marverni
Agartha
C'tis
Yomi

Here's the team nation assignments so far:

The Mysterios

Lanka
Fomoria
Kailasa
Caelum

Deva's Darlings

Neifelheim
Hinnom
Ulm
Pangaea

The Blessed Ones

Vanheim
Helheim
Tir na nog
T'ien Chi'

Noobheim

Mictlan
Sauromatia
Arco
Ermor

[Septimius Severus]

Originally Posted by chrispedersen

One reason only: At the time I stated prefernce, Executor was in the game, whom I consider to be the finest Mictlan player around.

Heh, well, you could have changed your preference once Executor left and before the rest of the nations were selected.

OK, everyone, let me know if there are any more swap requests, if not then we will move on to:

1. Team Captains assign nations to their members
2. Post who is playing what nation (so I can update the opening post and the .map file)
3. Design your pretenders
4. Gandalf's wizardry

[DrPraetorious]

pyg is playing Pangaea
ghoul21 is playing Hinnom
rdonj is playing Ulm
I am playing Niefelheim

[chrispedersen]

Grudge is playing Arco
Hop is playing Sauro
Hunt is playing ermor
chris is playing mictlan

[chrispedersen]

Heh, well, you could have changed your preference once Executor left and before the rest of the nations were selected.

I did not know that.

Hey guys, Grudge is unable to post in the forums. Could you check that all his settings are right?

[Septimius Severus]

Originally Posted by chrispedersen

I did not know that.

Hey guys, Grudge is unable to post in the forums. Could you check that all his settings are right?

I will check on it.

Now just my team and Algae need to report who's playing who. Any more swap requests?

Before you design your pretenders take note:

Given we are using option 1 starts and given the relative short distances involved I think it best to implement a 5 turn hands off capitals rule, like we did in NvV3. I want to give the AI at least a little breathing room.

The Neutral Ground forums can be used for coordinating attacks on the AI. A good idea may be to create threads for each AI nation, once we know which 4 Gandalf will use.

[Agema]

Agema, Lanka
Frozen Lama, Caelum
Septimius Severus, Fomoria
Maerlande, Kailasa

* * *

My access is generally once per day, and it looks like you need to get stuff organised faster than I'm always going to be able to respond to. Consequently, we've had a chat at Mysterio HQ and Frozen Lama will be a better choice for running our team's day-to-day decision making. I'll act as the team's vet for strategy & advice, but not carry executive power.