AoE? Bullock? Wraithlord? Somebody!!!!

YellowCactus · #1 February 15th, 2013, 03:40 PM

Okay...I'm ready for a new game......

Somebody be nice a host us a good one!

Darkwind · #2 February 15th, 2013, 05:54 PM

You could also host a game yourself, you know. I'm told there's a nice thread somewhere in this forum that details exactly how to host a game. Perhaps it would be useful to have that thread somehow placed in some position of importance above all the other threads in the subforum!

Anyways, hosting a game isn't that hard. As a bonus, you get to choose what sort of game it will be! Maybe the power of choosing what the game will be along with the responsibility of being admin seems like too much, but it's not as long as you have a minute or two every so often to make sure to grant extensions to people asking for them (unless one of the rules is that you don't give extensions!). My schedule is full enough as it is even playing as few games as I am, but that's more about me than the heavy burden of being an admin.

Besides, if you host a game yourself, what's the worst that could happen? People don't join? Considering you felt antsy enough to post a thread asking for a new game, I imagine there are a dozen more out in the sidelines wanting to get a new game but also too afraid to make one themselves.

starcryst · #3 February 15th, 2013, 06:43 PM

YC - I'm in if you want to start a new game.

Gandalf Parker · #4 February 15th, 2013, 07:49 PM

OR there is another thread stickied at the top of the forum for how to start a game
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=42093
There are multiple people willing to host a game for you. But its the running (admin) of the game that is a problem. Do you want to design, start, administrate a game?

There are also some games always open for 1-4 players at
www.Dom3Minions.com
You can just art a thread saying which one and asking people to join you.

OR there are a couple of IRC channels (chat rooms) that are usually busy enough that you can jump in and ask people to join you in one of the games. In that case be prepared to stay and play. They tend to blitz the game doing continaul turns trying to finish the whole game in a few hours of play.

And finally, it should be noted that this is no longer the official forum for Dominions 3. The official forum is now at
http://www.desura.com/games/dominion...wakening/forum
so new games are most likely going to be formed there.

YellowCactus · #5 February 15th, 2013, 08:06 PM

No no no, I'm way too anal and mean to be hosting games on the internet. Best to just be the squeeky wheel!

Host! Host! Host!

starcryst · #6 February 16th, 2013, 10:43 AM

You can't fool me, you're not mean.

I can't speak to the anal part though...

Bullock · #7 February 16th, 2013, 02:40 PM

Yeah i'm on it Yellowcactus, new thread soon.

Gandalf Parker · #8 February 16th, 2013, 04:09 PM

I see no problem with those. Whoever runs a game has the options to make any demands they want.

As far as #2 my games often include the safety option. The pre.sh of the game runs as the first action of any hosting (the post.sh runs immediately after). My pre.sh often include zipping the entire directory and emailing it off the system to another account. That provides the safety you mentioned. And the ability to do rollbacks if something buggy shows up. Also it provides the ability to review all previous turns. And a safety of the game in case the host goes does so that another host can just continue the game from the last save.

parone · #9 February 18th, 2013, 04:34 PM

YC, i'd love to take another crack at ya. if you get this ***** off the ground, i'd like to get in

YellowCactus · #10 February 18th, 2013, 06:23 PM

Howdy Parone!
Bullock is launching in the next day or so. Message him! Get in that game! I'm not ever running games. Not while the current hosts are doing such a great job. If people depended on me to host games...well that would be like asking a Tartarian to stop talking with the dead.....It ain't happening!