29-06-2004 21:16									#61
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The times you can play your turns.
usually 2000 GMT to 0800 GMT

How many turns per day you hope to play.
at least 1? can easily do much more

Any time periods of planned vacation when you won’t be around


Whether you prefer stock or AU mod.
AU mod

The diffculty level you wish to play.
monarch

	29-06-2004 22:09									#62
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Thanks to Sir Ralph for volunteering!

	30-06-2004 02:26									#63
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Thanks Sir Ralph!

	30-06-2004 03:33									#64
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thanks SR !

for the game, andydog is probably best suitable oponent for me (good experience in several other PBEMs). that is, if he is up to yet another PBEM against me

	30-06-2004 06:37									#65
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quote: Originally posted by alexman Interested? Register here, stating: The times you can play your turns. How many turns per day you hope to play. Any time periods of planned vacation when you won’t be around Whether you prefer stock or AU mod. The diffculty level you wish to play.

I think I'll join. It should be noted that I've just acquired C3C/PTW and have no experience with multiplayer.

1. I work in a restaurant, so shifts vary. In any case I'm in EDT time (-6GMT?), and I can usuall play 8-11 am and/or after 10pm.
2. Probably two, on average. Blitzes would be appreciated, especially at first, however.
3. July 19-26, on vacation.
4. AU preferred.
5. Emperor

	30-06-2004 09:13									#66
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quote: Originally posted by Rommel2D This is almost exactly the setup Paddy and I did for a game, except with only 2 AIs between us on a tiny pangea. There's not much to put in a DAR, except that I started with the Aztec on a river against his Japanese and am about to gain a domnation victory going into the 400s AD. A carefully balanced map and tribe assignment are vital, since there is no third party human to ally with against a KH, but that was probably obvious already...

Grrrr but an interesting game all the same


I would like to play this AU as well please.

best times GMT 1000 to 1300 mon - fri

	30-06-2004 10:13									#67
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Will this require conquests? If it doesn't I'd love to play.

	30-06-2004 17:20									#68
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Sorry everybody, but I don't have the right time schedule to play MP games

	30-06-2004 17:24									#69
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Ah I need to register here:

1. The times that I can play vary, but I normally can play during the day. So I probably should be paired with a fellow European or someone in the far east/Australia.
2. I would like to do some sessions, then you can really dive into it. But otherwise I am pretty active so a couple of turns a day should not be a problem.
3. On vacation between July 3rd and July 16th
4. I prefer the AU mod
5. Monarch (I struggle on emperor)

	30-06-2004 17:37									#70
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MattH, unfortunately this will require Conquests.

	30-06-2004 19:04									#71
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quote: Originally posted by alexman MattH, unfortunately this will require Conquests.

Oh, well. I've been meaning to buy it anyways.

	30-06-2004 23:01									#72
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Any ideas about the two human civs? I propose France and the Netherlands. They should be relatively evenly matched on this type of map (pangaea), and even their UU are similar.

Also, this is the best I can do with pairings. Any objections?

1. Nor Me - MotownDennis (AU mod, Emperor)
   
2. Tarquinius - Krill (AU mod, Monarch)
   
3. sabrewolf - Andydog (AU mod, Monarch)
   
4. ZargonX - punkbass2000 (AU mod, Emperor)
   
5. alexman - jshelr (AU mod, Emperor)
   
6. snoopy369 - kwpulliam1973 (Stock, Regent)
   
7. Strollen - Aqualung71 (AU mod, Emperor)
   
8. Paddy the Scot - smellymummy (AU mod, Monarch)
   

	30-06-2004 23:38									#73
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just remember, he mumbled to himself....this is an academic exercise....doesn't matter if you get crushed.....

	01-07-2004 00:05									#74
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Hey, we are the only ones hoping to finish the game in a month! And besides, Mr. Hoplite rusher, who is crushing whom?

	01-07-2004 03:20									#75
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quote: Originally posted by snoopy369 And you euro guys could learn to add or subtract just like we've had to all of these years =D

Although I can intuitively grasp the concept of BST faster than Krill, this part is still beyond me.



So I can actually do 16:00-22:00 GMT on a weekday whoich conveniently doesn't overlap MotownDennis' 22:00-4:00 GMT.

	01-07-2004 03:29									#76
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I know, I know...

Unfortunately we have an odd number of European players, and the East Coast of the US (5 hours difference) was the closest I could find. I think you two might be at a comparable skill level.

Let's wait and see if anybody else becomes interested, or if anybody can make better matchups than what I posted above.

	01-07-2004 04:05									#77
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france and netherlands aren't a bad choice. but as this is a scenario and created map anyway, SR could edit the civs so both human civs have exactly the same traits, starting techs and possible even UU (or something ecqually "useless" like F16 and hwachas)

france's UU is just waaaay much more expensive than the dutch UU and is only slightly stronger. and the commercial trait won't be that powerful because conquering AI civs is not allowed and big empires (where commercial profits) is therefor unlikely.

	01-07-2004 07:55									#78
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quote: Originally posted by alexman Also, this is the best I can do with pairings. Any objections?

Difficult task, I know. However I am GMT+7 while Strollen is GMT-10, and since I am available mostly in the evenings, Strollen will be asleep before I'm online (unless he does shift work!), which may make it pretty difficult to do more than a turn a day.

But if there's no other way, so be it! We shall do our best.

Oh, and France and Netherlands huh? Hmmm....well I'm not sure about how well balanced they are, but I know which one I'd prefer How about Sumeria instead of France? Also Ag, and UU though quite cheap and earlier is also essentially defensive (didn't the AU Mod increase its cost anyway?)

	01-07-2004 07:58									#79
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Hmm... netherlands + france ... icck. I'd rather do like sabre suggests and artificially make 2 civs equal or identical. And perhaps with a useful UU particularly in the mid to late game (when we'll probably be actually attacking).

Second question -- if we successfully elim the other player are we supposed to play it out? (IE, are we supposed to be trying solely to beat the other player, or beat the AI as well just not militarily initially) (This would have a substantial impact on strategy methinks ... especially in terms of helping one or more AIs to the point that the AI might be able to beat yourself)

	01-07-2004 08:09									#80
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Well, the civs don't have to be perfectly balanced. If you get France, just chalk it down to bad luck along with all the other random factors in the game. The starts will not be perfectly balanced either, or we can even tell Sir Ralph to give France a slightly better start. However, if there are strong objections to France versus Holland, I propose France versus Greece.

Aqualung (and the others concerned), would it better to put you against Paddy, and Strollen against smellymummy, even though the skill levels might not match that well? Let me know.

I'm not sure what happens to a PBEM game once there is just one human player left. Does it turn into a normal SP game? If so, it's up to the winner to continue the game, if he wants to do so.

	01-07-2004 08:19									#81
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France vs greece would be interesting ... though different UUs by quite a bit, i'd consider Greek UU better in the scheme of things anyways (personally) so that maybe offsets their early-defensive-UU slight disadvantage (in my opinion)...

	01-07-2004 09:13									#82
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Pairings look good.

Snoopy, your post mentioned concern about being eliminated early... Don't worry. I'm frankly not that much of an ancient warmonger. I did notice that our pair was the only group not using the Mod. (Probably because we both said, "Mod? Huh? Yeah, I guess."

What's the general take on things in here? Would the overall purpose be better served if it was an across the board use of the AU mod?

Hehe, Also don't forget that the COTM at Civ-fanatics is being released within the next 6 hours or so, so no need to rush on that map release for a few days.

	01-07-2004 09:48									#83
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neh, i'll survive the early game a-ok, as long as the AI doesn't do me in. Mod is fine with me if it's fine with you -- first time for both of us anyways, so even.

	01-07-2004 16:34									#84
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I think you may actually be able to make both human players have the same civ just by asking for the civ twice, if that is of any interest here.

	01-07-2004 17:23									#85
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I got alexmans message with the details and am ready to set up your game within the next two days. However seeing this thread, I think you should take your time to discuss the details regarding the civs in question and the relative qualities of the starting spots. Remember, PBEM games last over months, and my experience is, that it's definitely better to sort everything out before the game starts, even though it may take a few days, than to rush it and regret some annoying issues over a long time. I will be at home over the whole weekend, will check in here regularly, and am ready to make your map anytime.

	01-07-2004 17:50									#86
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I vote for a very good starting spot for each human civ.

If we can't agree on Alexman's French conncection, and I could easily agree to it, perhaps two ag civs is a decent alternative. It might even be interesting to let players select their own human civs, leaving only the AI and map the same from game to game.

	01-07-2004 18:28									#87
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jshelr's idea sounds good, but i doubt it's possible without sending everybody the scenario and therefor opening up the map.

i also vote for a good starting location for both humans so we're not completely lost in the REXrace against the AI, where AI attacking isn't allowed. agricultural for both sounds good too

	01-07-2004 18:36									#88
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I'd have to setup 8 generic games anyway (with mod/without, regent-demigod), so it would take little extra effort to create 8 individual games instead.

	01-07-2004 18:41									#89
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Aren't you guys sick of that over-used Agricultural trait yet? All post-C3C AU games have been with Agricultural civs. Let's play some less popular, but more or less equally powerful civs.

Sir Ralph, it's better to set up the general games with fixed civilizations because people often start AU courses late, so we might end up with more than 8 games. (There is even talk about converting old vanilla civ AU games to C3C so people can play them).

	01-07-2004 19:14									#90
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SR, from the looks of the matchups ( http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...367#post3111367 ), you'll currently "only" need 3 types:
- AU mod emperor (4 games)
- AU mod monarch (3 games)
- stock rules regent (1 game)