History of the World XI [Diplomacy Game] [Organization III]

[deity]

Yeah, I've had a few chats as well and we should capitalise on the goodwill and Toni genuinely wants to understand our position and I his.

My initial thought was that you can't really make rules as was suggested but I've had a think about it and some of this I posted a long time ago but maybe more relevant now. So for big diplo-games:

* Max 9 players with IC attitude
* All players to provide technical quality of their network connections
* Anyone drops we wait max 30 mins then play on (luck is luck with storms etc)
* Have reserves on standby
* Terra or Earth map to advantage all traits
* Maximum 3 civ defensive pacts
* Tech Brokering needed to help some players
* No tech gifting (otherwise it totally brings OOC into the game)
* Tech bloc limits? Maybe not...
* If AI must take over a civ you make no contact other than to keep the peace (go with the flow if you temporarily lose resource deals as the AI often cancels these)
* All in chat dialog is IN CHARACTER (NO EXCEPTIONS)


An idea I'd love to explore for the next diplo is total anonymity!

First we decide on civ choices in secret or go random.

What we do is all create obscure Lobby Logins. We can assign a random number to each civ choice. One of us loads up the game (maybe even before the game starts) but with all players present and anonymously logged in.

The host is a random number decided in Yahoo/MSN chat. We all then pick civs if not random and go to the map to make sure all is well for all players. It would be nice if we could somehow decide on our Lobby login so it is the same as our civ choice.

All OOC discussion refers to civ leaders or the number.

Now, the story thread...

Well, Maybe Cyber and Ozzy could allow us to create a special Apolyton login that is also the same name as our civ leader.

This all sounds cumbersome but the dividends would be huge!

All OOC baggage is gone!

We play with the full mystery and excitement of genuine alter-egos!

Perhaps to help avoid trying to guess who each civ is we actually dont chat in game. Just use the diplo mechanics without text.

I'd love to do this guys.

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If Cyber and Ozzy and the rest think this a good idea for HOTW12 maybe use this post to start a new thread?

[LzPrst]

wow.

[LzPrst]

fubar. triple post. using a mac. a bit off.

[Mr.Lincoln]

Um im not sure wahts going on here but are we ending this HOTW and starting a new one? if we Ozzy or CS send em an email i dont want to read all this spam. :|
anyway...assuming we are pl;aying tomorow(december 7 or 6th i dotn kow date) i cant make it...so..yeah...if your playing tomorow please tell my possible sub(fi there is any) to focus on my ecoomy and nothing else and to follow the preset tech path and not to stray from it-peace out

[Mr.Lincoln]

but waht is going on here are we stoping this HOTW for good?

[deity]

Originally posted by Mr.Lincoln
Um im not sure wahts going on here but are we ending this HOTW and starting a new one? if we Ozzy or CS send em an email i dont want to read all this spam. :|
anyway...assuming we are pl;aying tomorow(december 7 or 6th i dotn kow date) i cant make it...so..yeah...if your playing tomorow please tell my possible sub(fi there is any) to focus on my ecoomy and nothing else and to follow the preset tech path and not to stray from it-peace out

HOTW11 is continuing tomorrow.

I agree that we should have started a new thread for HOTW12 discussions (maybe Cyber can fix?)

However, if you want to be part of it I suggest you read all this 'spam' and let us know your thoughts!

[Mr.Lincoln]

the thing about my connectivity thoguh is after i have reinstalled BTS i have been one of the lowest people to lag or bug in the system i doubt having me in often would cause many problems

[Mr.Lincoln]

arvracan I dont mean to critisize you but you have alot of connection problems that need fixing

[Mr.Lincoln]

so that makes what 2 down now? Ozzy is a key player in this game i think losing him would be bad-my civ could(but it be very bad for me)handle being AI but at my own request i request some1 subs for geremany even if it measn i lose a sub.(assuming Germanys owner wont be here)

[The_Aussie_Lurker]

Well, your plan worked a treat, because England & Ethiopia DID go to war-over territory! Plus, England was becoming increasingly...."muscular" in its relations towards me-especially when it closed my borders, but I have to say you were VERY devious-you had me totally fooled !

Aussie_Lurker.

[Robert]

We need 2 subs for tonight, right?
LzPrst, can you sub?

Can everyone search for subs? Both Germany and Russia need a sub (At least)

[Robert]

Please continue Diplogame Rules and Victory debate in the giant merger thread: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...76#post5132276

[Robert]

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=5132668&t=4577#post5132668

*cough* vote Deity *cough*

[Robert]

Players:

	Civilization	Leader	also known as	Former players / Subs
Arvcran	Inca	Huayna Capac
The_Aussie_Lurker (2*)	Ethiopia	Zara Yaqob
Mr.Lincoln (1) / LzPrst (3)	Russia	Stalin		Mr.Lincoln (s1,7,10,11), LzPrst (s2-6), AI (s8,9)
Dacole (2)	England	Elizabeth	Daniel, Cole	LzPrst (s1), AI (s8-10), sub (s11)
Beta (1)	Rome	Augustus	Toxoxi	Mr.Lincoln (s6)
Nolan (4)	Byzantine	Justinian I	condor233	AI (s3)
CyberShy (5)	America	Lincoln	Rho'd Berth
Deity (15)	Portugal	Joao II
Asmodeous	Native America	Sitting Bull		AI (s1), Deity Dude (s2), AI (s10)
Toni (3)	Dutch	Willem van Oranje
Frank Johnson (15)	Germany	Bismarck	Dangime	OzzyKP (s10,11)

* The number behind the players name indicated the number of Diplomacy Games played by this player, as can be found in the Diplogame FAQ.

Session details:
Session 1: 96 turns
Session 2: 90 turns
Session 3: 63 turns
Session 4: 57 turns
Session 5: 58 turns
Session 6: 14 turns
Session 7: 36 turns
Session 8: 30 turns
Session 9: 50 turns
Session 10: 17 turns
Session 11: 1 turn

[Toni]

Well it would be nice to see if ppl want to play today - without germany and russia?

I had Marcus ask me earlier if we were playing i told him yes

I will go with the group on this - but just to remind ppl on the schedule that we are not playing on Dec 14 (due to my wedding) I've asked some and they seem to be ok with taking a session off.