MP Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI. Game Over. Team ACGHHS wins! - Page 35

melnorjr · #**341** October 15th, 2009, 02:08 PM

My apologies for the delay on the startlocations - I just pmed them to septimius.

I would like to note however, that there might be some issues with them, as one team has two instances of two of their capitols with only one intervening province, and one player has a start with 4 connecting provinces, one of them a swamp, and another player has 7 connecting provinces.(I was given what provinces to place people in, and used a random number generator to determine which team was where, so if your starting province seems unbalanced in some way, it wasn't me.

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Septimius Severus · #**342** October 15th, 2009, 02:26 PM

Thank you Melnorjr for your work. Every human team's capital has at least 4 province neighbors. Some capitals may have more but each team has some with more as well. The nature of the random geography of this small map with regard to placement led to 2 teams having one or two capitals that only have a single province intervening (yellow and green), however in both instances their is sufficient space for expansion, and I don't think anyones going to get Dom killed. In one instance a mountain range intervenes making it 3 provinces distant in terms of connections. Anyway these starts have been public for more than a month, everyone has had plenty of time to examine them. I recommened that we just get on with things and not sweat the small stuff. Unless you prefer more delays or option 2 starts.

Septimius Severus · #**343** October 15th, 2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DrPraetorious

I'm sticking with the old ones for now - but can't every team decide individually? We don't even really need the public areas on those forums, since we have this thread...

Yes, every team can decide individually and we will keep both forums, but I'd like to know which one the majority of people prefer so I can list one as backup and one as primary on the main post. I want as little confusion as possible. The neutral forums also provide a vehicle for inter-team coordination against the AI, rather than posting here, so I'd like people to tell me their preference.

The neutral forum also acts as a backup should there be an issue with the Shrapnel thread for whatever reason.

Thanks.

chrispedersen · #**344** October 15th, 2009, 02:57 PM

Hey, have the maps been updated with starting locations?

Septimius Severus · #**345** October 15th, 2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chrispedersen

Hey, have the maps been updated with starting locations?

Team starting locations will NOT be released. I want no grumbling, fussing, and anything else that might delay our already very delayed game. Once the game begins, you'll know where your team is (North, South, East, or West) of the center. As DrP says, you get what you get, so make the most of it.

If you mean am I going to write in the province numbers from the doc file, if someone wants to do so, feel free or create your own for your team. My image editing software might just make a mess of things.

Every individual nation within a team has been placed according to either the default placement I have specified or your submitted alternative (if you sent me one). Overall, most things are as balanced as I have time and desire to make them.

Next game, I'll play around with a larger map and I'll have room to spread things out a bit more.

Hmm, well as usual, I see few responses to my inquiries and requests for opinions, so I must take that as people don't care which forum is designated primary or secondary. Therefore we shall use the original forums as our primary forums and the new ones as backup. Unless I hearing something else soon.

Note: If this is the case, I will only be monitoring the original forums and this thread for any delay or substitution requests unless something happens again with our original forums. I really don't have to time to check both of them.

Thanks.

Immaculate · #**346** October 15th, 2009, 04:15 PM

Response:
okay, great- i think its best to keep the forums we have going since we already started there.

Now, like you say, lets get this game going so that we can actually make use of the forums to discuss stuff.

Septimius Severus · #**347** October 15th, 2009, 04:37 PM

Just waiting on Gandalf now, though I may be able to create the game before this.

rdonj · #**348** October 15th, 2009, 05:09 PM

I am with my team captain on this. It doesn't really matter to me which forum we use, and although the added functionality of the new forum is nice it is probable it will remain largely a backup forum.

Frozen Lama · #**349** October 15th, 2009, 10:29 PM

i should mention, i'll be gone from oct 19th-oct 24th, so i will not be able to comunicate with my team. i have a friend who can send in my turns for me, but he isn't on the forums. hopefully the first few turns will be ok for that.
thanks

Septimius Severus · #**350** October 16th, 2009, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Frozen Lama

i should mention, i'll be gone from oct 19th-oct 24th, so i will not be able to comunicate with my team. i have a friend who can send in my turns for me, but he isn't on the forums. hopefully the first few turns will be ok for that.
thanks

Probably won't be an issue, especially if you or they can get your turns in and receive your turns, without an alternate having to be brought in, and you or they can communicate in-game with Agema or one of us regarding initial expansion, assuming we are able to start by this weekend.

Thanks for informing everyone though.

rdonj, thanks for the input on the forum question. I may use the new forums as the primary forums for the next game to take advantage of the extra functionality, though I haven't decided yet. It is good we had that downtime in a way, since it spurred me to look for a better forum host.