CIV Multiplayer: A second chance?

[sabrewolf]

but can someone please explain me what this pitboss thingy is???

[CanuckSoldier]

As is explained in a few public reveiws, "pitboss" is a "Persistant turn-based server" basically an always on PBEM game that doesn't need people to email saves. More details than this have not really been published, but it was published that this will be added after the initial release unfortunately.

CS

[Fried-Psitalon]

The correct URL for CIV4Players - the next generation of the massively successful ladder Civ3Players, is here:

http://www.myleague.com/c4p/

and will soon be changed to

http://www.myleague.com/civ4players/

[notyoueither]

Forgive if this has been asked and answered, but are there any plans for pitboss to be part of the ladder?

[CanuckSoldier]

We will support(as we always have) any and all variants of MP games, be they "realtime" games or PBEM or Pitboss. The software we use at Cases doesn't care in the least what game it is let along what style :-P We welcome all MPers and even at Civ3players we have a vibrant active PBEM section, and we plan on continuing this support to all types of MP games at Civ4players.

CS

[notyoueither]

Why don't you guys and Dan & Markos get together and weld these two good projects together?

[CanuckSoldier]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Why don't you guys and Dan & Markos get together and weld these two good projects together?

Which two projects are you refering too? I'm sure we could cooperate on areas we cross over on like PBEM/Pitboss, is that the jist of your question?

CS

[notyoueither]

No. MP for civ3 was ... weak here. PBEM boomed.

Cross fertilization. Poly and the Ladder combine forces. You have what Poly lacks, discipline and ranking. Poly has traffic and a lot of people working on strat and figuring out mechanics to the last farthing.

Seems that some cooperation would benefit both.

[CanuckSoldier]

Well we do have our our Ladder forums for MP and ladder specific expertise, I'm sure that if poly would like us to offer that expetise to this community(which we did in a small fashion in the MP tournaments that were tried) that we would gladly do that, the best way to build on each others strengths ofcourse would be the topic of detailed discussions.

CS

[Krill]

Well, when we get an onsite CIVDG started, you're all welcome to join, I'm sure of that.

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by CanuckSoldier
As is explained in a few public reveiws, "pitboss" is a "Persistant turn-based server" basically an always on PBEM game that doesn't need people to email saves. More details than this have not really been published, but it was published that this will be added after the initial release unfortunately.

CS

hey, thanks for the explanation! with a bit of luck it could even play turns after some body takes too long and take over the role of a lost player (i think i read the last somewhere already)

and the automatic game forwarding: i was thinking of programming something like that for civ3 - of course without the turn playing part

[Paddy]

I am looking forward to all kinds of CIV MP.

[Paddy]

Originally posted by Krill
Well, when we get an onsite CIVDG started, you're all welcome to join, I'm sure of that.

The Horde looks forward to it