MP: Silicon Wolves, GAME ON! (again) See OP for additional details

[Tryfan]

UPDATE: Game on! Everyone in the pool, and may the studliest win. As far as I can see, everything seems to have started properly.

Status of players having played their turns and time left until autohost can be found at:

http://game.dom3minions.com/bin/siliconwolves.cgi





Game to be played on Gandalf's server, 24h hosting with quickhost active.

Reminder for the newer players: this means the game will be run on a remote network (no messing around with emails, though we can set it up as an optional way of doing it if someone insists and doesn't mind making more work for Gandalf hehe).

Network game
connect to games.Dom3minions.com
port will be PMed

CBM/EDM mods
Aran map (the same one used in Somethingawful's big LP game)
Early Age
Magic site frequency is slightly reduced (35)
15 Hall of Fame
Scores are OFF
Renaming is ON
The rest is default or thereabouts. So, other than the two mods, this pretty much a standard MP game, good for people who aren't up for a giant number of gimmicks.

New players are welcome, veterans are welcome, its all the same to me. Just want a fun game.

I will put up the server address once we have a full game. Any EA nation is allowed, though if someone picks a water nation I would really strongly advise not to pick a second one.

I've had a hankering to try Caelum. Everything else is up for grabs.

Caelum: Tryfan
Atlantis: Finalgenesis
Niefelheim: rotarr
Hinnom: Cthuludreams
Fomoria: Kobal2
Vanheim: 13lackgu4rd
C'tis: Hylobius



I get the feeling the theme of this game will be... put on your parkas.

[Finalgenesis]

Atlantis

any chance for default site freq? no gem gen + low sites seems a bit harsh.

[Tryfan]

Trying to keep endgame micro on the sane side (in the unlikely event I actually survive to it), since I don't want to change from the default dom3minions hosting time of 24h. Besides, 35 isn't that low. Think of it as a late era game with early era units.

[rotarr]

This will be my 3rd game, but seeing as newbies are allowed I'd like to join up as Niefelheim.

And looking at the Somethingawful LP; I pity the people starting on one of the peninsulas

[Pjoo]

CthulhuDreams hasn't got manual confirmation to his registeration yet, but he would like to join in as Hinnom. He asked me to sign him up on IRC. Thanks.

[Kobal2]

I'm up for it. Total, absolute and complete MP noob here. I'll be playing Fomoria.

[Kobal2]

Originally Posted by rotarr

And looking at the Somethingawful LP; I pity the people starting on one of the peninsulas

Having played quite a few games on Aran (in SP), the northern peninsula is actually not that bad - the SA players only got thoroughly screwed because there were probably too many nations on a map not meant for that, and the three players scrunched up there were serendipitously well suited to destroy each other right quick. In the current setting, where land nations can expect about 15 provinces each, it's alright.

The smaller peninsula however is a deathtrap, period. Doubly so if your strat hangs around high resource, cap only units/commanders, since you're guaranteed to have your capital border 2+ water provinces which will be, if not entirely inaccessible, at least claimed and contested by Atlantis in our game. Those resources you were banking on are going bye-bye. So's that early expansion.

Yes, I'm sort of sweating this right now, why do you ask ?

[13lackGu4rd]

Vanheim please

[Hylobius]

C'tis please.

[Bann]

New player, would love to try my hand at an online game. If there is a spot left, I'd like to play as sauromatia.


*edited for spelling*