Sloth - LA game with KO and JK - started

[llamabeast]

Okay, this is an ingenious spin-off thread so I can seize control of the first post.

This will be a large LA game, probably with all nations and on a slightly cramped map (suggestions welcome). Settings will probably be normal apart from difficult research.

The players so far are:

Abysia - Kristoffer O
Marignon - Johan K
Arcoscephale - Baalz
Utgård - DrPraetorius
Ermor - Jazzepi
Patala - Yucky
Mictlan - quantum_mechani
R'lyeh - Amhazair
Ulm - Sir_Dr_D
Man - Shmonk
Midgard - Aethyr
Caelum - Folket
Jomon - Hadrian_II
Pythium - llamabeast
T'ien Ch'i - Shard
C'tis - Cerlin
Atlantis - SqueekyDragon
Pangaea - Szumo
Agartha - Valerius

To upload your pretender:

- Make sure you have no mods enabled
- Go to Game Tools -> Create a pretender god in Dominions
- Go to the savedgames/newlords folder in the dominions directory, and find your pretender file (e.g. mid_pythium_0.2h)
- E-mail the file to: pretenders[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net
- Crucially, you must have the game name 'Sloth' in the subject line of your e-mail

[lch]

To be precise, the only nations left are C'tis, Pangaea, Atlantis and Pythium, while Folket hasn't picked yet.

[HJFudge]

I dont suppose I'd be able to change my pick to Ctis? For some reason I assumed that it was taken

[llamabeast]

Oh, thanks lch, I hadn't realised there were so few left actually. Can you be tempted to play?

Oddly they include three of my five top choices. I guess I must have unusual tastes.

[llamabeast]

Sure HJFudge.

[lch]

llamabeast said:
Can you be tempted to play?

Very tempting, yes, but unfortunately I'm all booked out already. Burned my fingers once when I got too greedy with playing too many games, now I make sure to finish them first before I sign up for a new one. But I could sub for some time if the need arises.

I suppose that to fix the broken things introduced in 3.10, like TC's Ginseng spell and LA Pythium, the 3.11 patch will be released before this game starts?

[llamabeast]

Aaargh, I am suffering from indecision. I think I won't play Caelum, but one of Agartha or Pythium. Now to choose which...

I think there's a mod that fixes all the issues with 3.10 lch, so we'll just use that.

Edit: I'll play Pythium.

Remaining nations: Agartha, Atlantis, Caelum, Pangaea

[Kristoffer O]

There will be other things added in the 3.11 apart from ginseng and hydrafixes. These are not ready yet.

I'm in favor of more content in patches, so a 3.11 with just a few fixes doesn't sit well with me. The hydrafix mod should probably be used in the Sloth game. Is there a ginseng fix mod?

[llamabeast]

I believe Edi's version of Endo's fix mod fixes pretty much everything.

[llamabeast]

Mapwise, I am quite inclined to use a handdrawn map, since they are lovelier.

Options include:

Glory of the Gods (MP) (274 provinces)
Cradle of Dominion (221)
Orania (279)
Zylithan's The Eight Gates (230) (quite interesting with portals scattered over the map but maybe a bit crazy)

Thoughts? Other suggestions?