Any Interest in another Big Game this summer(May).

[Kristoffer O]

I think I might be interested, but I wonder how much time it will take and how long the last game lasted. I suspect the game will be a major commitment and I'm not sure how much time I will have at the end of the summer.

OTOH I can probably provoke enough players to get kicked before that if I want to

[Zeldor]

Kristoffer:

Or make a patch that will nerf all races except the one you are playing

[Hadrian_II]

oww, i want maenads

I just think it might be a problem to give casual players the race if there is also a good player, as for this to work, you would have to compile a list of good players in ascending order to get it working.

[Xietor]

Before the game starts, i will compile a list of the "hardcore" players. A player will have a chance to plead his case that he is a "casual" player. But if a player has won a big mp game that is not a newbie game, your chances of escaping the hardcore player tag is slim.

I will enlist others to help me make the decision, so that there is a group consensus. And I am perfectly willing to play MA Pangaea under the restrictions set.

[Kristoffer O]

How long did the last one go before the unit limit struck?

Was there more limits that got in the way?

[Xietor]

It went well into the endgame. I am guessing the game was in the 80's. Of the 62 nations, there were just a handful left.

I think 10 or so players had empires that could actually fight.

And the unit graphs for LA Ryleh and LA Ermor were off the charts. Way way above the rest. And the 3 Pangaeas, all of whom survived, had lots of chaff as well.

I think with the modifications this game will finish without hitting the unit cap. No other problems were encountered, except for a bug where your scouts could not see what was in the province. And that was just a hit or miss thing. Was not a consistent problem.

[Reay]

Yeah the Mega Game was probably the most fun Dom 3 game I have been involved in so far. The diplomacy alone was good fun.

Too bad about the unit limit, I thought it was up to turn 90+ before we stopped. There was about 11/64 nations left?

The problem was I think even if we all ganged up on LA R'lyeh it would have still taken 50 turns to defeat him with his huge amount of PD.

I would be interested in another one in May if it came up. Xietor's rules look reasonable. Perhaps a more achievable victory condition will stop the game becoming bogged down in the late game. Having huge empires result in long tiring turns of micromanagement that I do not think the game was designed for.

[Baalz]

I'm in.

[Hadrian_II]

Is there a 1000 province wraparound map? Wraparound eleminates all the problems with starting in the edge vs. starting in the middle.

Also will it be research hard, or very hard?

Why did you ban LA Pan from taking turmoil, they dont get maendads.

btw. im in

[WraithLord]

I'm interested but only if it starts on June, since on May I'm on vacation.