Nominated Players Tourney, Round 3 (MP)

[SmartFart]

I cooled off a bit
Looking forward to play 3rd round and i vote for 4 players.
Huts..no huts...whatever.

[finbar]

If you're talking about a fair contest - the so-called "level playing field" - and going as far as creating maps to achieve that, then you could eliminate huts. And barbs. At the risk of boring myself - let alone anyone else - to death, barb involvement in a "fair contest" is only "fair" if the buggers harass everyone equally. Which we know they don't.

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[Smash]

----pokes head in----

if you use the scenario editor it has an option to remove all huts

-----leaves quietly------

[Crustacian]

Thx for that candid thought in passing Smash.
Knew I seen it somewhere.

I love barbs as much as the next guy and when I want a shot at an occasional 150 gold and some cheap bribed units you know what I am lookin for. But no game against 3 other good human opponants can justly be called boring imo. The luck is minumized and strategy maxumized....yeah!!!

[Crustacian]

PS. BS:
Each pond should support at least 5 large bass or pike prowling unit, or 1 alligator.

[cavebear]

Oh no, "not the flying monkeys", err "the Scenario Editor..."

I'm not practiced with that yet, Smash, but thanks for letting me know about it. Still, for now, I'll have to do it the dirty way... Or at least the "wet" way. *s*

[cavebear]

Crustacian -

"Good" - The fish are biting
"Bad" - The fish are piranha
"Ugly" - The boat is sinking

[KenThur]

"Milo" here. The only entrant that has been invited to join the AARP.
Note: that means show respect & kindness to your elders.

I gather then these are NOT to be team events was originally envisioned? (Or was that another of my darned flashbacks )
I'm for this every ruler for thy self, if this is a tourney to determine who is "the best".
Having said that, are there yet posted/agreed terms of engagement? ie, NO formal alliances, NO doing things among civ's that couldn't be done in real life(double-use of wonders, units, etc), NO picking on or ganging up on old guys?
Ya know, all those important things? (right Iakins/DEITY )

As for...
> size; i too vote for the 4's as max.
> barbs; raging
> map; medium normal/default world
> formal alliances; NO, only good old fashioned horse-trading/bartering/dipolmacy
> AI; none (sorry AH, i too like but can't in a tourney)
> winner; the oldest (U'll will get your turn when i'm gone )
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As this bunch seems to know...scheduling times will be the biggest challenge.
PLEASE, if we are going to pull this off each of us HAS TO prioritize these contests. If not over real world then certainly over other Civ'ing / game playing.
This is an extremely unique opportunity! We have a very dedicated/fair/impartial tourney master. And as good a group in THE ENTIRE WORLD as will EVER be assembled to crown a "#1". Using the as-designed*, 1x1x, open, publicized format.

Yeah, yeah, i know there are others out there that are good, very good... but if they ain't willing to go with the flow & risk their reputation, or don't consider it "fun" to play & win tourneys or rankings... do they count?

Gentlemen, start your modems. Let's get it on!

*with the seemingly universally agreed upon no-no's, cheats, & city bribes

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[Crustacian]

Catchy tune there Cavebear!
remember an Ugly Stick fishin pole commercial where the guy in the bow of the boat hooks a beeg whan and while he is still fighting the fish with his "unbreakable pole" the fish pulls him and the boat down under the water, bow first while the second guy is freakin out!

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The journey itself is the thing~Odysseus

[hydey]

Get on with it you guys so those of us who missed out on this touney can take you all on in the next

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hooray hooray its a Hydey Hydey day

[Alexander's Horse]

Damn - I lOve HuTs. I like barbs too. I somehow feel an affinity for them, and I like the money

[KenThur]

Hear, here!! AH (once again) has it right.
This is a contest about Civ II MP, as designed, toughest settings & let the chips fall where they may.
Maps, barbs, & huts ARE PART of the game as designed. Come on, jeez, to listen to some of U if this were a golf tourney U'd want all the holes lined up, exactly the same distance from the tee, with no bunkers, roughs, or trees. Then U'd want it indoors because it mite rain or the wind blow & favor the OTHER players.

Gem'mie a break! Are U men or mice?

Adaptability & using what U R given & WHO U are given to work with is the very essence of MP. Unlike duels, both the program(thru barbs & huts) & the other players(thru cooperation) provide a counter balance to players that got "lucky" starting positions.
Part of the greatness of this classic game is the doz's of different ways to devolop/build your empire. If U can't do it 1 way, or your favorite way, well, try what's needed with the cards U R dealt... don't re-manufacture the game to give everyone the same hand. At this rate, we'll have people saying "There's only 1 Mic's & 1 Leo's, can't we change the rules so there are 3 or 4 of each?"

Save your time pls Cave. I know nothing about altering maps & rules, i do not believe in altering the original game, & i frankly will not play on/with anything but the as-designed, available-to-us-all game.

Other than THAT, gentle(?)men... have a nice day.

[Alexander's Horse]

What do you do when the game is dragging? Go and look for huts of course

I think some people who are having trouble with barbs may need to learn how to set "barb traps" - an endless source of fun and cash.

[Crustacian]

Most of us here are here because of a fondness for the random surprises and challenge of unsuspected things in this game. Horse and Milo are not the only ones to love these things.

However the luck hatchet does not allways fall in ones favor, and it still would be interesting to play a game in a tourny where the luck factor is minimized. My suggestions stand for what they are.

One of the things about this tourny originally was that it be well rounded in many aspects of the game...duels on varying situations, multy play, etc.

So why not consider the above?

Who of us does not love the "ca-ching" of the 150 gold, and the easily extorted gold and techs and premade wonders of any ai civ misfortunate enought to be near us?

But press human wits against each other without these highly variable things and you have a perfectly valid concept worth the cosideration of all.

Then who could rightly say "yeah they/he beat me cuz I had a bad start" or "oh yeah I would have won, but the barbs were lucky against me"....OH YEAH BUT FOR THE LUCK has made whiners out of most of us at some point or other. Is it not true? So lets try one where it is less-end?

I rest my case, and it is up to Cavebear, and or a vote.

I will as they say about me in the Pot Belly Cafe "tell how I like my eggs, but eat em whatever way they come" &lt;--and like it too!!!

"That is all I have to say" ~ Chief Ten Bears, in Dances With Wolves
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The journey itself is the thing~Odysseus
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[finbar]

Sorry, Milo, your (typically) erudite golf analogy misses the point just a tad. The discussion isn't about making the Civ game easier, it's about creating as level as possible a playing field for a particular competition, which is cavebear's perfectly reasonable intention.

My interest is in the barb situation. Huts are another matter, you can choose to open them or not, it's up to you. But the barbs are an uncontrollable variable, and it's early in the game that they can reduce the competition to luck. If you get hammered prior to the opportunity to research any sort of defence (or attack for that matter), and your opponent doesn't - you're stuffed. Skill doesn't enter into it. To adapt your golf analogy, you've got a competition played on different courses.

All of this, of course, is predicated on cavebear's interest in creating a level playing field. There's no point in going to the trouble of creating maps that provide equal opportunity when the barb variable can make a mockery of it.

And Horse - of course you can set barb traps, all of that. Great fun, and immensely profitable. I'm talking about prior to the opportunity to do any of that.



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