FreshMeat - EA Newbie - (RUNNING)

[Ossa]

Sign me up as Helheim plz!

[Executor]

Just one question is it still without no mods or are we going with Worthy Heroes, like Bwaha asked, couse I have some really good heroes I count on?

[effeDom]

reno: ya i agree, i think the map is too big, but it is reccommended for around 10 to 12 players, cant remember exact reccommendation but something like that.

id rather go random but random maps tend to suck at connecting neighbors, and the barriers are all too few, typically. plus the terrain tends to suck hehe

i have a few random maps that ive generated and edited myself to be all-around more fair but i opt not to use these as i dont want to get into any nonsense of accusations of unfairness etc. i was thinking of using one of the smaller maps, namely paraganos. i think ill swap it to that if the concensus is that we need a smaller map. its a nice looking map though i havent played on it before, seems to be well made and balanced.

5% more magic sites thing i really dont think will make ANY difference (well, it will, supposedly, add 5% more sites ....5% more sites if the average is 2 sites per province (i think thats probably the rough estimate, no?) means out of 100 provinces=200 sites=10 more sites on 100 provinces.
thats nothing.

mods: i dont know why ppl keep asking....if mods arent listed in the stats thread up top, then obviously they arent gonna be used, i would assume
so no....no mods. once again. keeping it simple.

lets have fun everyone

[Bwaha]

ok, lets rock Bwaha

[effeDom]

waiting for llama to setup game then we can upload pretenders ))

maybe we can start monday, or perhaps even, if everyone submits a turn, have turn 2 by monday. well first things first

anything else need to be discussed before game settings are done, post now

[GrudgeBringer]

I am as new as new can be...I wanted Sauromantia but it is already taken.

I will take Marverni as I have read Baal'z guide and its the only other tribe I have played SP.

Nevr have played MP and will probably be cannon fodder but I need to get my feet wet somewhere.

I have never played MP in thi sgame but am used to LONG games as I plaed AACW and MOO2 Pbem.

I do have One problem...I am somewhat computer challenged and am trying to figure out how to send my Pretender to the Host.

My GF is a whiz so any help and I will be ok.

I will go and read llamabeast's rules and hope you have need for a "The charge of the Dumb Brigade" in your game.

Thanks!!!! Grudgebringer

[Darkstone]

Parganos seems fine.

Smaller maps are more fun, since it means less micro later on.

[anticipatient]

I'm in give me 5 minutes to pick a side

[anticipatient]

I would ilke Lanka please

[effeDom]

im adding you both, game is at 13 players, and closing it up, hows that for anyone else? hope no qualms with 1 extra

ive sent a request to llama to host the game. once he does ill see what i have to do as setup goes, and then you can all go to www.llamaserver.net and click on the FreshMeat game and check it, read the llamaserver FAQ to see how to send in your pretenders and all that, its here on the forum.

actually, heres the link, for convenience
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...o=&fpart=&vc=1

final issue is that the map still needs to be decided on...
i just looked more closely at parganos and i have one issue with it...the entire eastern plain area bordered by those mountain chains to the north and forest to south is wastes, i think i counted 11 provinces all next toeachother, all wastes....
if anyone lands there, they are going to automatically die i think....
i have 2 solutions to that unless i am wrong about the "landing in wastes and youre screwed" concept.
1) i have a good random map i use in SP (well, have started 2 games with it that havent yet finished hehe), its 200 provinces even, with small amount of water mostly land and well placed borders with mountains. lots of good chokepoints, ample farmland (i turned all swamps into farmland instead of swamps), and a good assortment all over the map of "extra sites" provinces and "large" provinces.
ive put it up as an attachment to the first post for whomever wants to look at it.

2) we just use cradle as previously planned, which i think is easier, though it will give us roughly 17 provinces per player with 13 players (the 200 prov random map gives us 15.x something per player, so its a medium map).

i dont care either way id rather that we get 6 or 7 people to look at the random map, and post their vote real quick and make the decision that way.

EDIT x2: ok i cant see where to add an attachment so, that idea is scrapped until someone can tell me .... or we just play on cradle....(unless that parganos really isnt a problem with the wastes area)