Looking for 2 PBW recruits...

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by LGM:
One of the problems with Team Games in my opinion, is they quickly get decided in favor of one team. Key objectives include linking up COM channels with each other and attempting to isolate one of the enemy players from ever linking up (unless you force all players to gift COM channels to everyone they meet). The team that links up first is at a huge advantage as they can exchange all Colonization techs with each other and exchange breathers. It is very hard to a persistent balance in a two team game and the team with the advantage can usually keep it quite securely.

The game description did say that the two teams would start on opposite corners of a decent sized map, with the respective homeworlds in close proximity to their allies

These games also feature fast tech development as you divy up who researches what. Racial tech will not be useful unless all players can agree. Only quickly optianed racial tech seems to be beneficial, which makes Organic or no Racial tech the two principal options. Religious tech is good for three teammates, but the game can be over before you get it.

Pre empire-posting strategizing was encouraged.

Ancient race should be Banned in games such as this, otherwise, one player per team can buy it and the others can get his password and peek at the galaxy before they link up.

Since both teams start in opposite corners, this may not matter too much.

If you force players to take different Racial tech, they will probably just never research it. Tradeable tech is much more cost effective.

And your point is...

Turn off intelligence, so that a players can not triple team one defender.

The host already stated that intel was going to be unavailable. I get the impression he's done this sort of thing before...