Begginer PBEM

JMO707 · April 10, 2007, 11:16

Hi there.

Im looking to make a PBEM without to much level to take me out at the fifthy turn

Even when Im not a begginer, I never played against other persons, so I assume that the thing will be hard enough.

Anyone wanting to play with me?

Flubber · April 10, 2007, 11:36

Most PBEMS have a moderator that sets things up on a "fair" map which usually has people far enough apart that the chance of getting wiped out by turn 50 are very very slim.

Also, knowing that a proximate neighbor is rare, most of the best players focus on infrastructure early and not military.

Personally I never saw the point of early conquest of a human player anyway. Usually the cost in units and time and support is more than the resulting captured bases are worth. At year 50 I still want to focus on tech and crawlers.

Oh and I'm not up for this game at the moment but I could be interested in a couple of months ( so for your next one). BUt give it a couple of days and you should have some takers. I recommend 4 humans as optimum.

Flubber · April 10, 2007, 11:39

Oh and in the ladies team party game, there is a player 'drow21" who is a beginner and who has expressed interest in playing another. He plays his turns reasonably fast as well( Note that that game went over 100 turns without any human attacking another and we had no computer controlled factions)

Scorpi40000 · April 13, 2007, 18:03

I'm a PBEM newb too! I'll play with you if you set up a game.

Addled Platypus · April 14, 2007, 05:17

room for three ???

JMO707 · April 14, 2007, 16:35

Great =)
I'll try to contact drow21.

I think that 4 players is a nice number =p

Stay in tune!

Addled Platypus · April 14, 2007, 20:07

fantastic

platrex@gmail.com

Scorpi40000 · April 17, 2007, 10:43

Nice!

My email is scorpi40000 at hotmail.com.

JMO707 · April 17, 2007, 22:34

No responses from drow21 =(

(jmo707 at gmail dot com)

Flubber · April 18, 2007, 01:53

Originally posted by JMO707
No responses from drow21 =(

(jmo707 at gmail dot com)

he has been quiet in our game as well so he may be a way for a couple of days

Addled Platypus · April 18, 2007, 04:09

willing to wait for the HERO

Kaleidoscope · April 18, 2007, 05:31

If there's space I'd like to sign up.

I have never played PBEM before, and I suck pretty hard at single player, but I put my name down all the same.

JMO707 · April 18, 2007, 07:17

Great!, that made us 4.

Someone knows how to set up a game?

Addled Platypus · April 19, 2007, 03:47

I could try, but usually have issues once it passed on to the next player

please post:

e addy's
faction to play

Kaleidoscope · April 19, 2007, 05:27

tentailedcat (a) walla dot com

Would ideally like to play Hive, but don't really mind if someone else wants them.

JMO707 · April 19, 2007, 15:25

jmo707 at gmail dot com

Peacekeepers here.

Flubber · April 19, 2007, 17:42

Perhaps I can offer my services as creator of a map here. generally in PBEMS it is much more satisfying to have a designed map so you don't get crappy unequal computer generated starts where the Hive starts in the jungle while someone else is on an arid 4 tile island. Most people don't want to invest months in a game that is ruined by such crap

It also allows me to engineer more beneficial starts (ie everyone gets a river and a monolith) so that the game advances more quickly. Its a real benefit to get into the real action quicker--You can also add additional units ( for instance, some games I played started everyone with FOUR colony pods each)

Let me know

Kaleidoscope · April 20, 2007, 07:29

Nice to see everybody so eager and excited to get started.

Oy gevalt...

JMO707 · April 20, 2007, 11:21

That would be nice Flubber!
It would be a shame to have inequal starting possitions, let say, a contienent for one and the other one for the rest =p

Im going to install the game right now, I only have one question to confirm my participation: would it be any problem the OS?, cause Im using the Planetary Pack for Linux. For what I had understood in some internet page, there should be no problem in PBEM.

Flubber · April 20, 2007, 13:38

Originally posted by JMO707
That would be nice Flubber!
It would be a shame to have inequal starting possitions, let say, a contienent for one and the other one for the rest =p

Im going to install the game right now, I only have one question to confirm my participation: would it be any problem the OS?, cause Im using the Planetary Pack for Linux. For what I had understood in some internet page, there should be no problem in PBEM.

My understanding is that dofferent OS is not an issue but I will double-check with a more experienced PBEM creator

vyeh · April 21, 2007, 00:06

Flubber,

There are problems with Mac OS. In ACDG III, Kody wrote a problem that solved it. See the turn tracking thread near the end.

I also have problems with single player. mart7x5 found a solution. You could PM him. My issues were idiosyncratic to Mac OS. i don't know about Linux.

Addled Platypus · April 21, 2007, 01:14

thanks for the map skills Flubber

give us a noob suprise

spartan - platrex@gmail.com

Scorpi40000 · April 23, 2007, 12:03

Ideally i would like to be Peacekeepers but if that's impossible then Morgan, Gaia or University.

JMO707 · April 23, 2007, 12:38

Well, I think we are ready. Flubber, when you got something, just post it =)

Addled Platypus · April 23, 2007, 13:40

he just doing the map ?

or set up as well ?

does not matter to me

let me know if I need to do set up

Flubber · April 23, 2007, 15:40

Ah you folks are beginners so perhaps I should have mentioned that I need more information.

Here is most of the setup of my last PBEM-- please advise if its all ok

AIs-- do you just want 3 AIs and not care or do you want me to eliminate them and play with just the 4 of you?

Map settings
- Large world:
- Standard Planet
- 50-70% Ocean Coverage
- Average Erosive Forces
- Average Native Forms
- Average Cloud Cover

Everyone starts with ???

( MY last game started with 4 colony pods, 3 scouts, the usual techs and other advantages for faster development

Rules are:
- All victory conditions on
- NO Coop victories-- this was a game specific rule since we eliminated all the AIs and did not want two humans winning together
- Look first
- Directed research
- No unity survey
- No contacts before meeting ingame

Energy Stockpiling after unit builds: allowed
Crawler upgrading: allowed
Upgrading via Workshop and attacking on the same turn: NOT allowed

If all this is good -- please reply to say it is, I will get to work--

Oh and PBEMS are almost always on TRANSCEND level but since this is a first PBEM for you, I didn't know if you all wanted a lower difficulty level

Addled Platypus · April 24, 2007, 05:50

since its us noobs

4 humans only

agreed to your set up

player order does not matter to me

I am west coast USA. work nights
usually play 12-3am PST

Kaleidoscope · April 24, 2007, 05:53

All sounds good to me, Flubber.
Your effort is appreciated.

JMO707 · April 24, 2007, 10:28

My votes:

4 players is fine.

I would say "Thinker" level.

I would like the Coop victory allowed =p

2 Colony pods, 2 scouts. I, personally, enjoy the beggining of the game, but thats just me.