Do you play scenarios?

[War4ever]

tradition is important, so is variety...pre made maps are not tho

yes falling off the chair is a no no....especially when you bump your chin

[rah]

Hmmm, sometimes I wish it was my chin that I hit.

[War4ever]

well THAT is disturbing !

[SlowThinker]

Originally posted by rah
Premade maps are not my favorites. You never know who's looked at them.

IMHO there is always an abundance of ways how to cheat. You must trust.

Originally posted by War4ever
kibitzing the screens and how poeple open gave me insight...

Is there a way how to watch a game of other players? That would be great...

[rah]

Originally posted by SlowThinker
Is there a way how to watch a game of other players? That would be great...

War4 and Berz were visiting Ming and I, and we had 3 computer's set up in Ming's gaming room. The person that wasn't playing would sit behind one of the other players, or move from player to player. It was quite educational.

[War4ever]

if not entertaining

[SlowThinker]

I have an idea! A new one after 4 years and 5 months.
Kibitzing is possible on the net too: Take the starting position, go to cheat mode, take purple civ and give him a city that cannot be developped by the AI. Everybody who wants to kibitz can join as purple, save a game, disconnect and reveal the map in cheat mode.
(The adjustment of the starting map could be done automately by a program)

[rah]

Why go through all of that? If someone wants to kibitz, just save the game and send him the file. We've done this a few times before.

RAH

[War4ever]

yup its fun to see what the game is doing....and how some people just don't have a clue

[rah]

Yeah, I was sent a few files once and was shocked at what I saw. But it's tough when you see the file to not just scream at the person. "all you have to do is.........."
Sometimes it's so obvious but some are oblivious.

[War4ever]

some people get pinned by barbs, or can't get to sea, etc...there are a ton of reasons, of course if somenoe loses the second set i will cut them more slack...

but i know a few players who if they lose their second set are remarkably competitive

[rah]

Only if they get a few other breaks.

[War4ever]

the game either gives you the breaks, ie nomads and tribes or screws you with barbs and no kings

[rah]

But sometimes you have those nights where everything goes bad.

[War4ever]

uh, what part of barbs and no kings didn't you understand