Newbie Slug Fest - Mose Hansen game - ENDED

[PashaDawg]

I have uploaded my God Pretender.

When do you hope to start the game?

[The Panther]

We now have a full house - maybe...

I have reserved a spot for Krool Death, though he did not reserve a race. I have also reserved Man for Lepakko in case he wants to play despite this not being a ladder game.

With these two, it will be 11 players. If both decline, then I will reopen the game to accept a tenth player.

I am still working on a Caelum pretender. Caelum seems hard to play so far with my limited practice in SP. The 8 indies with hard research make for a very slow expansion with the wimpy ice troops. The rout so darn easy, even the mammoths.

But I know Caelum must be a good race because all the pros like it!

[KroolDeath]

Guys, I think it is 24h, I just had made a comment that I would be out of town a couple of Saturday's this month and was wondering if we could temporarily switch it to 48h on those days (although I could just get a sub or staleI suppose).

Personally, I think 48h is ideal. Most everyone is going to take a turn daily, basically making it a 24h game, but 48h affords you the luxury of being gone for a day without staling, or if the wife is sick of watching you pour over the domII manual and dozens of spreadsheets and charts to plan your next move.

Krool

[KroolDeath]

Ok, I am in...Give me a few to see whats left and I'll post and create my pretender shortly.

And I was going to mow my lawn... darn.

Krool

[The Panther]

I already replied that I will change to 48 hour upon request. You have already requested it for the future, so all you need to to tell me right before you need it changed. Oh, and pick a race too.

I intend for it to stay 24 hours for the most part, so I will switch back and forth as people need the extra time.

I dont like a permanent 48+ hour thing because of people who go AWOL without saying anything. It can slow the game to a crawl. However, late game when the position is difficult, especially on a large map, then 48 hours is good. But on inland with only 13 of 30 VPs required, I doubt we will ever get to that point.

[KroolDeath]

I'll take Pythium.

And yes, I could see where 48h could lend itself to AWOL players.

I'll upload a pretender soon.

Krool

[PashaDawg]

Do we know if Lapakko is playing? He wanted to plan Man only if this was a ladder game.

[Boron]

The Panther said:

I am still working on a Caelum pretender. Caelum seems hard to play so far with my limited practice in SP. The 8 indies with hard research make for a very slow expansion with the wimpy ice troops. The rout so darn easy, even the mammoths.

But I know Caelum must be a good race because all the pros like it!

Your settings are rather Caelumhostile
The hard research prevents quite a bit expansion by mages / Scs .
Caelums troops need lots of supply

Caelum is not feared because of his troops but because of his mages + Sc abilities thnx to cold 3 , very fast research etc.

You still have preresearched wind guide though

[DragonFire11]

Deccan -- thanks for your offer re the giants. But you got it first. As long as we don't do a ladder, I'll gladly try Ermor.

[Beorne]

I just uploaded the Van pretender