The Winnowing - DaMilano wins!!

Ironhawk · #1 January 27th, 2006, 11:40 PM

New to dominions? Want to play an MP game but worried about getting slaughtered by bloodthirsty veterans? Well, here is your chance! This game is being hosted in response to the desires of new players to get some experience against players of the same skill level. It will be a pretty basic game so that players have the ability to make mistakes and experiment. So noobs, come one, come all and try your hand at dom2 MP. See if you are skilled and daring enough to survive The Winnowing!!

House Rules
1) Only new or newer players allowed (no hardcore veterans)
2) No water nations unless BOTH water nations are selected
3) No population-killing dominion themes (Ermor AE/SG, Pan CW)

Server
IP: 67.190.105.206
Port: 2002

Map
Inland formerly Aran

Mods
Conceptual Balance 5.2 (download here)

Settings
Starting Provs: 1
Indies Strength: 6
Site Frequency: 65
World Richness: rich
Random Events: common
Score Graphs: enabled
Hall of Fame: 15
Research: normal

Players - 15/15
Abysia - Nihilistic
Pythium - Castigated
Man - The Watcher
Ulm - Zywadugu
Ctis - Shovah
Arco - Shmonk
Caelum - Peackeeper
Ermor - Bluebird
Marignon - Nah27
Pangea - Folket
Vanhiem - OG_Gleep
Jotunhiem - Tom_Scudder
Mict - Oversway
Tien Chi - WishForBloodSlaves
Machaka - DaMilano

Ironhawk · #2 January 27th, 2006, 11:46 PM

Since this game is for newer players and it might be your first time using a mod, I will give some instructions. Before you go about designing your pretender, you must install the CB 5.2 mod. To do this, first download the zipped mod file from the link I've given above. Then, unzip the files into your dom2/mods directory. Once you have done that, run dom2 and go under Preferences->Mod Preferences and select Conceptual Balance 5.2. When this is complete, you will be ready to make your pretender.

Tom_Scudder · #3 January 27th, 2006, 11:57 PM

What map are we playing? Or will you decide that later?

In order of preference, I'd like 1 - Jotunheim 2 - Machaka 3 - Marignon, but I'd be willing to play pretty much anyone but Mictian or Atlantis.

PashaDawg · #4 January 28th, 2006, 12:05 AM

The map is Aran, which I think came with the game.

Ironhawk · #5 January 28th, 2006, 12:26 AM

Quote:

PashaDawg said:
The map is Aran, which I think came with the game.

Yep, it is Aran, as I listed in the initial post. It is not the best map but it does come with the game. I played my first games on it so I figure it will work well for you guys.

castigated · #6 January 28th, 2006, 03:21 AM

i am definitely in. shotgun pythium.

condors · #7 January 30th, 2006, 01:06 PM

i will take ulm if your still looking for players, i have very limited mp experince

shovah · #8 January 30th, 2006, 01:31 PM

so who is van? im confused (if someone drops as van i will take it but if not i will stick with the scaley guys)

nihilistic · #9 January 30th, 2006, 01:36 PM

LOL, this is getting interesting and we haven't even started yet.

Morkilus · #10 January 30th, 2006, 01:46 PM

I think we need a Wiki-like web page for claiming nations, since only the thread starter can edit the "official" post. But until that happens (i have no server space or knowledge for this sort of thing) we have to use the board and the good graces of Ironhawk for organizing (thumbs up!)

All that said, I have to be out-of-town with no computer from Thursday to Sunday. So though I'd love to be part of this, I should probably bow out so Ermor is up for grabs. Keep in mind that you have to play base (Broken Empire) since that's their only non-pop-killing theme.