Another Newbie Slugfest - Restarted

[Steerpike]

Is this game finished?
If it is, then bummer... lets move on.
For the next Slugfest lets have a smaller map, say 10 provinces per nation.
I really would like to keep playing this one, its just become a little slow.
Do all big games get like this towards the end?.

[Aku]

Nah I have been in big games and it goes fast. It just has to stay at 24hr quickhost.

The time is I think at 72 hour quickhost and all the crashes have given it an illusion that it is going slow.

When a game is longer than 24hr quickhost it does tend to feel way too slow.

[The Panther]

Big games always slow down at the end. It is a fact of life because turns start taking too long to do, and most people (like me) cannot commit the time necessary to make a full turn every single day. Almost no game on a map with 150 or more provinces continues at 24 hr QH past about turn 50. And games that try to keep 24 hr always seem to get a bunch of frequent stales.

That is why I hate games without victory conditions as they tend to drag on forever and cease to be enjoyable.

[Aku]

The game Pandemonium where I was Ermor on the map Inland and that game went to the bitter end with the surviving nations declaring me the winner because I had decimated everyone. That game for the majority was on 24hr then went to 48hr but most of the time turns finished in under 24hr so it hosted anyway. The game went really fast and was a lot of fun and went into the lategame you hate so much Panther. Maybe that map is unique because it is wrap around. Have you played any Inland map games Panther? You may enjoy lategame in it maybe.

[The Panther]

Inland is my favorite map. It is not all that big and the games don't last forever. Being wraparound helps a lot, imho. And you are right, Aku, Inland is good both midgame and lategame because everybody is so crowded together. My only MP win is on Inland.

Unfortunately, I simply cannot commit to making a turn every day as I am frequently too busy with RL. So 24 Hr QH is tough to do when turns start taking a long time.

In my Karan game, which was my third ever MP game, I have lasted all the way until turn 126. I am first in every single graph, yet I have zero chance of eliminating the second-place player, Pythium. But I think I cannot be beat either because I have a Hill fort in every province, a huge money and gem income with a growth scale, and can cast 10 ghost riders every turn I need to.

I think the game will wind up a stalemate. Maybe Pythium can overrun me in about another 60-100 turns, but there is no way I will play that game that much longer.

[Aku]

You could wish for armegadden a bunch of times like Boron did one game when he was Ermor. That will make the game interesting lmfao.

But I like short, middle, and late game. In each game I want to play all three parts because they are all fun in their own way. The time issue in late game is always a problem but what I do is play only one or two games. Like our game now is mid game so I am starting a new game. Basically it is nice to have one game in the mid-late and another game in the beginning. It is also cool seeing the strats people use with their empires and I am always seeing something new.

I really hope this game isnt dead because I still had cool stuff I wanted to try with Ryleh.

[Boron]

Is the game dead ?

[Aku]

I dont want to say its dead until we hear from Grim.

[Steerpike]

Wheres Grim?

[Aku]

Boron and I have wondered where he is too. He hasnt posted anywhere on the forums so I hope nothing bad has happened to him in real life.