Hi everyone,
is anyone interested in a long, epic PBEM? I think it can be done if we start soon.
--> 4 or 5 human players
--> 10 to 12 computer factions
--> "Terra" or "continental" landscape
--> "Giant" world
--> all other parameters set to custom
Important:
Such a long enterprise requires us to do our turns very regularly. I intend to get one complete turn done every day, in the beginning maybe more. Of course, that doesn't mean you're obliged to say good-bye to out world life. Everybody goes to the cinema now and then or goes on holiday. But the general idea should be to get things moving. So if you don't have internet at home, are regularly out of town for the weekend or if you are planning an expedition to the North Pole, then this should probably not be your game.
If we have different players from all over the world (I hope so!), then we should set the turn order in accordance to the time zones. That's pretty cool, because you can then do your turn in the evening, send it around the world and the next morning you have the following turn on your desktop.
Finally, I understand there is a built-in "handicap feature" which we should use. I.e., experienced players should choose a higher difficulty level to give newbees a chance. I personally will start as "nobleman", maybe "prince" (forth-/fifth-easiest level).
Ah, and of course cheating of any kind is strictly forbidden, even if the other players have no way of finding it out. Everyone should be mature enough to be trusted and to trust others. Cheating means hacking other people's passwords, replaying a turn multiple times before sending it on etc. Sorry, this sounds stupid, but I've had some very bad experience - cheating and mistrust can really crack a game.
Poo, that was long. Sorry for that, I hope, you're still interested in playing. :-)
I personally will take Germany under Frederick the Great. It doesn't really matter because I will lose any way. :-)
1. Claus, that's me :-) [Germany, Friedrich - Nobleman]
2. Redstar1 [Russia, Catherine - Nobleman]
3. MFCamillus [Random - Nobleman]
4. Sabrewolf [Hatche ... Heptchs ... the Egyptian Lady , Nobleman]
5. Emperor_V [USA, G. Washington, ?]
[Edit:]
You could already send me your player account preferences. As you will probably know, I need the following data:
1. Leader name
2. Civ name [eg. "Swedish Empire"]
3. Civ short name [eg. "Sweden"]
4. Civ adjective [eg. "Swedish"]
5. Your secret Civ password (If you prefer I will choose one for you).
6. Your Email adress
7. The name of your SMTP server, if you know it.
(It's not a problem if you don't know your SMTP server or don't have one. That just means that you can't send on your played turn from within the game but have to do it "by hand").
As it is probably not a very intelligent idea to put the secret password into a public forum , you should send me your data via email:
Claus.Fritzenkoetter ät t-online dot de
Then, I'm thinking about taking Mahatma Gandhi instead of Frederick the Great. I haven't decided yet.
is anyone interested in a long, epic PBEM? I think it can be done if we start soon.
--> 4 or 5 human players
--> 10 to 12 computer factions
--> "Terra" or "continental" landscape
--> "Giant" world
--> all other parameters set to custom
Important:
Such a long enterprise requires us to do our turns very regularly. I intend to get one complete turn done every day, in the beginning maybe more. Of course, that doesn't mean you're obliged to say good-bye to out world life. Everybody goes to the cinema now and then or goes on holiday. But the general idea should be to get things moving. So if you don't have internet at home, are regularly out of town for the weekend or if you are planning an expedition to the North Pole, then this should probably not be your game.
If we have different players from all over the world (I hope so!), then we should set the turn order in accordance to the time zones. That's pretty cool, because you can then do your turn in the evening, send it around the world and the next morning you have the following turn on your desktop.
Finally, I understand there is a built-in "handicap feature" which we should use. I.e., experienced players should choose a higher difficulty level to give newbees a chance. I personally will start as "nobleman", maybe "prince" (forth-/fifth-easiest level).
Ah, and of course cheating of any kind is strictly forbidden, even if the other players have no way of finding it out. Everyone should be mature enough to be trusted and to trust others. Cheating means hacking other people's passwords, replaying a turn multiple times before sending it on etc. Sorry, this sounds stupid, but I've had some very bad experience - cheating and mistrust can really crack a game.
Poo, that was long. Sorry for that, I hope, you're still interested in playing. :-)
I personally will take Germany under Frederick the Great. It doesn't really matter because I will lose any way. :-)
1. Claus, that's me :-) [Germany, Friedrich - Nobleman]
2. Redstar1 [Russia, Catherine - Nobleman]
3. MFCamillus [Random - Nobleman]
4. Sabrewolf [Hatche ... Heptchs ... the Egyptian Lady , Nobleman]
5. Emperor_V [USA, G. Washington, ?]
[Edit:]
You could already send me your player account preferences. As you will probably know, I need the following data:
1. Leader name
2. Civ name [eg. "Swedish Empire"]
3. Civ short name [eg. "Sweden"]
4. Civ adjective [eg. "Swedish"]
5. Your secret Civ password (If you prefer I will choose one for you).
6. Your Email adress
7. The name of your SMTP server, if you know it.
(It's not a problem if you don't know your SMTP server or don't have one. That just means that you can't send on your played turn from within the game but have to do it "by hand").
As it is probably not a very intelligent idea to put the secret password into a public forum , you should send me your data via email:
Claus.Fritzenkoetter ät t-online dot de
Then, I'm thinking about taking Mahatma Gandhi instead of Frederick the Great. I haven't decided yet.
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