YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [Isokron's Midgard wins!]

[Dimaz]

9 VPs is fine.
Ban Ermor, I hosted no-diplomacy game once with some experienced players - still they had no chance, he ate one of the weaker ones and then rolled everyone.

[TwoBits]

Originally Posted by WraithLord

ano, do you object to CBM?

got your point WRT LA R'lyeh.

So far we have one player vote against LA Ermor - yours.

My last "friendly" MP game, meaning among my RL friends, before I dipped my toes into the Llamaserver fun, I was LA R'lyeh, and I was being thwarted even before the nerf-patch came out (a billion free-spawn, even if they only suck up 1/10th the upkeep, still can suck you dry) by a demon-heavy Bogarus. Post-nerf (which was when I threw in the towel), there's no reason to ban R'lyeh.

Can't say about Ermor though.

[WraithLord]

ok. LA Ermor has three votes against it. It looks like it's on it's way out of this game.

9 VPs it is then.
CBM out b/c the thread originally stated no mods and b/c ano objects to it.

I'll wait for more comments and edit the first post with the updates tomorrow.

[Calahan]

I vote for both R'yleh and Ermor personally.

And I don't agree at all that more relaxed games tend to die. Yes they will die if players who prefer fast games sign up for them, as these players get bored and disappear. A slow paced game is fine if the players know what they are signing up for when they agree to play, which in this case they will if they bother to read the status page. If players who like fast paced games sign up for this game, and then drop it due to it's slow pace, then it's full shame and blame on them, and nothing to do with the pace of the game at all.

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

Personally the only problem I see with relaxed hosting times is if the same person ends up holding everything up for extended time on every turn (thought that does bring to mind the musical chairs game version which fixed that). Also with a rand game, conversation about that in this thread would be extremely difficult without giving away who is who. But if the person running the game is willing to do abit of judge/jury/executioner without calling for votes then it can be workable. Maybe it should be clearly stated how long with no contact will be considered too long before admin takes action.

I don't quite understand this. Is the 'holding everything up' reference in regards to someone who is staling, or someone who is always leaving it until the last minute to submit their turn? If it is the former, then they can just be dealt with like normal stalers (assuming non-playing admin involved somewhere). And the latter for me is not even an issue.

[Zeldor]

I wouldn't agree that RAND games last shorter. Maybe in a previous one it was the case, but in RAND that is happening now everyone is still alive. And people are way more afraid to attack with no NAPs to secure borders.

[Natpy]

Count me in please. I vote for ban R'yleh and Ermor

[ano]

If voting is enabled than I am also against R'lyeh and not because it is overpowered but because it is underpowered with such settings.
First, indy 9 is a normal setting nearly for every nation except them. If you don't believe, try creating a game with indy 9 setting and playing several turns. If you took an awake SC, repeat without it.
Second, separate water regions and random starts make things even harder for them.
Third, everything I said above.

Sorry, for too much noise. Just want this game well-balanced.

[Frozen Lama]

Count me in.
I vote against Ermor, but not Ryleh.
I love CBM, and its been a long time since i played vanilla, but i'm ok without it. (btw, the origional post still says CBM is in.)

[Dragar]

I'm in

I'd prefer CBM, and any gem item/tart nerfing

[Strabo]

If this game is newbie-friendly, then sign me in