Cradle to the Grave--for noobies with a record of no staling--FULL

[earwicker7]

Hey, all. This will be my second MP game; I'm currently involved in one that is just reaching turn 40, and it's been great fun (although I'm getting destroyed lol) except for one thing... tons of stale turns. One of our water players only took a couple of turns before staling like mad, and by the time we picked up on it, he had given the other water kingdom a walk in the park. There have been other problems with staling, so I'm trying to establish a game for noobies that gets around the main problem for such games, which is people who are trying the game out, don't like it or don't have the time for it, and just give up without having the decency to let the administrator know.

Therefor, I have two criteria for who is allowed to play this one... first, you have to be a noobie, with no more than five MP games played. Since I will be asked, I'll say it now; I'M NOT BUDGING ON THIS ONE LOL... sorry, but the learning curve on this game allows players with more than that to slaughter those with less skills. The second criteria is that you must have a record of getting at least 30 turns into a game without staling. So this won't be a game for first-timers. I am asking for verification of your non-staling status through one of the following methods: preferably, an administrator from one of your games can post (or email me) that you have indeed not been a flake. The other method is to have two players from one of those games "vouch" for you. EDIT--3rd (and probably easiest method... thanks to P3D for pointing this out) way is to just give me a link to a game on llamaserver, and I can check your staling status.

Here's the rest of the details:

Middle Age.

"Cradle of Dominions" map.

Turns start at 24 hours and will be extended liberally as needed.

Number of player: 10.

Non-standard settings: Score graphs disabled, 15 Hall-of-Fame, re-naming allowed.

EDIT: No mods... it's vanilla.

Diplomacy is "Word of Honor". By this, I just mean that you keep your agreements. You're normally free to invade someone without notice, but if you have three-turn non-aggression pact with someone, you're not.

Water races are only ok if there are two players playing them.

Hosting will be done via llamaserver. I'm not creating the game there yet, because if I do, there will be random people who sign up without meeting the criteria, and it's a pain in the butt to get rid of them. Once we have enough people, I'll create the game.

One other thing... this is probably an impossible thing to do, but it would be great if all of the players were good sports. Win-at-all-costs people aren't fun to play with, as they tend to explode when someone puts one over on them lol.

I'll be playing Abysia, so here's the list:

1. earwicker7--Abysia
2. Saros--Vanheim
3. Nosantee--Arcoscephale
4. Korwin--Bandar Log
5. Gweldorf--Marignon
6. adder83--Tien Chi
7. Sopita--Pythium--DEAD
8. Sephorin--Ashdod
9. jimbojones1971--Ermor
10. Numahr--Agartha--DEATH BY AI

[Saros]

Doesn't cradle of dominions only work with EA or is there a MA version of the map? Also is it vanilla?
[e]Oops nevermind I was thinking of the dawn of dominions map.
Ill take vanheim =)

[P3D]

You can check the staling data on llamaserver for any game. It is in the admin menu, but requires no pwd

[earwicker7]

Originally Posted by P3D

You can check the staling data on llamaserver for any game. It is in the admin menu, but requires no pwd

Oh, you rock!

[earwicker7]

Originally Posted by Saros

Doesn't cradle of dominions only work with EA or is there a MA version of the map? Also is it vanilla?
[e]Oops nevermind I was thinking of the dawn of dominions map.
Ill take vanheim =)

Yes, it's vanilla.

Do you have someone who can vouch for you not staling? (or a link to a llamaserver game... see edit I'm about ready to make to the initial post). Sorry to be a Nazi about it, but I think it will really help with the game in the long run

[Saros]

Bogarus (1 stale from christmas holidays)
http://www.llamaserver.net/doAdminAc...ion=showstales

My other game just finished so no llamaserver data but you can see I came second/third placem not likely if I stalled regularly.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showt...=46463&page=10
You could also ask Valerius (game admin) if you want i'm sure he could vouch for me.

[Valerius]

Originally Posted by Saros

My other game just finished so no llamaserver data but you can see I came second/third placem not likely if I stalled regularly.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showt...=46463&page=10
You could also ask Valerius (game admin) if you want i'm sure he could vouch for me.

I'll definitely vouch for Saros. Crucible went 68 turns with a 30 hour hosting interval and he didn't stale once.

[earwicker7]

Originally Posted by Saros

Bogarus (1 stale from christmas holidays)
http://www.llamaserver.net/doAdminAc...ion=showstales

My other game just finished so no llamaserver data but you can see I came second/third placem not likely if I stalled regularly.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showt...=46463&page=10
You could also ask Valerius (game admin) if you want i'm sure he could vouch for me.

Alright... I'll let that one stale slide, since you have an admin vouching for you.

You're in!

[Korwin]

*counting*

1. Dominion of the Den - Sauroatia (active)
2. Last Rites - Ermor (active)
3. Rock the Cradle - as Vanheim (dead)
4. Rock the Cradle - subbing Shinuyama (not yet dead)
5. Dominons of Denizens - Vanheim (active)
6. MonkeyParadise - subbing Abysia (active)

If we dont count the subbing, I'm at 4 games.
But would I be able/ready for another game?
(No stall in any game to date)

Before I need to search my soul for an answer,
how do you count Earwicker7?

[Nosantee]

MA Arcoscephale reporting in! The things I've learned from Rock the Cradle will make this game go even smoother!

You're in the only game I've played EarWicker, so you know I've not staled =p