Platypus: Noob Team Game Full

[ExitJudas]

hehehe. i'd like to try my hand at Man

doh man is ME let me try tir na nog.

[Janlm]

my prefered nation is Mictlan

[coturnix]

If there´s enough space i would also like to join the game. I´m a quasi-total noob, bought the game weeks ago, and haven´t played multi (and only once in single, but i have read the manual and know how to play). I don´t mind playing Eight Gates.

My preferred race would be Bandar Log.

[Egoix]

Hello, i´d like to join the game if it is possible too. I have no experience in multiplayer (only in single mode)and i´d like to play with C´tis.

Regards, Egoix.

[Zoshan]

Hey if you play your map and their is no water on the map, I would like to play Agartha.

[Zylithan]

Folks - In the first post I said I was hoping for 8 people, 4 teams of 2. We had 11 sign up, 8 of which seemed be to newer. I'm going to use this as a cut off, and apologise profusely to the 3 people who did not make it in. I will send your name on to Llama - he recently started a noob game (Opossum) that, once again, 3 people didnt get into and 7 did. Perhaps he (or one of you) can start a third noob game with those three.

Apologies, and I hope to play with you folks in a different game. I just didn't want to get this game too big!
Thanks for understanding.

[Janlm]

wtf???

[llamabeast]

Host's prerogative! It's sensible to keep the game smallish, and probably also to take the most new players. Frustrating for those of you who're left out though.

I am intending to start another newbie game soon, and also an anyone-can-play Eight Gates game once I get my internet back at home, which will be in a fortnight or so. So there will be other game soon.

[Zylithan]

Okay, I'm gonna make a stab at a few game settings now.

Please let me know if you have STRONG objections to anything below. I want all to enjoy the game, but if minor objections keep coming up we might not start ever...

Llama suggested people might want to know their teams for thinking about making a pretender. This made sense to me. I didn't know a better way, so I have randomly made teams of 2, they are color coded in the first post.

I am willing to do Urraparrand as a map. I have never played it before. I was thinking I would look at it this weekend, and pick 4 sets of start locastions for 4 teams. I would try to make them all as balanced as I can. I would then number them 1-4, and tell Llambeast the numbers. The three teams I am not on would each pick a random number, first come first serve. My team gets whatever number is left. Everyone would then know where everyone else starts. This is the only solution I can think of for Urrapparrand. If we did 8 Gates, we could have random starts (well, each start is roughly balanced). That is easier, and perhaps more balanced, but I think we have objections. One advantage to 8Gates would be that because of the gates you could probably make it to your ally pretty quickly no matter where you started on the map.

I will have graphs off, renaming on. All othe settings default. For Urraparrand, it is set to 150% gold I think. I would leave this as is.

So.. in summary:

-randomly made teams of 2 (1st post)
-default settings, graphs off, renaming on
-urraparrand with semibalanced, semi lottery starts

Please post to confirm this is okay, or to post major issues. Thanks!

[Cicadian]

I don't wish to offend anyone, but I think it might be better to balance the teams a bit. Cleveland and I both have 0 MP experience; I have a little enough SP experience and he only bought the game a couple of days ago