New Diplogame... who wants in?

[Mr Dimbleby]

I'm not really attached to the idea of being the Chinese. Instead I will be the Israelites.

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Thousands of monkeys are creating havoc in the corridors of power, barging into government offices, stealing food, threatening bureaucrats, and even ripping apart valuable documents.

You little scumbag! I've got your name! I've
got your ass! You will not laugh! You will not
cry! You will learn by the numbers. I will
teach you. Now get up! Get on your feet! You
had best un**** yourself or I will unscrew
your head and **** down your neck!

Dog spelled backwards is still man's best friend

[Curumbor Elendil]

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Here's a solution, one of you can play as the Chins and the other the Manchu, or something like that. There's ways to get around this.

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Yeah - except that I'm sure neither of us would want to start right next to each other. (I'm not tied to the Chinese culturally; I just like the starting location! )

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Anyone else considering similar actions?
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One thing I like about smaller-scale maps (like Europe or British Isles) is that they make the whole roleplaying thing a little more plausible. Whereas on a world map you have Egypt controlling all of Africa, the Italians controlling all of Europe, etc. --> not very realistic.

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Curumbor Elendil
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~jps35/
ICQ 56126989

[War4ever]

I like to be the Mongols...... I AM set on being them of course but might be bought out to be someone else , then i would have an excuse if i should lose

[sekong]

Capo: I'm new to this board. If I said any thing improperly, please forgive. Never mean to horn in other's game or idea. I just have some thought want to speak out.

[Capo di tutti Capi]

Alright, so far the people that have said their tribe are as follows....

Me - Italians
Dimbleby - Israelies
Cur - Chinese
Kent - Indians (He's European so there could be time issues)
Chris - Mali
War4 - Mongolia
Drake - Zulu

I believe those are the only proffered tribes so far, and like I said its pretty much totally open. You can be any tribe/nationality/ethnicity/Empire/kingdom/sect/territory that has ever existed in human history. You will start in their historic locale as well.

I still want a whole bunch of people to post up where they want to begin, this is by no means the final list because we haven't finalized anything yet.

But for now what I need are the people listed above to give their best times, currently the plan is for either Wednesdays from between 6:00 pm eastern to around 11:00 pm eastern, also the same times on Thursdays. If you all can make either of these times then great. If not we will have to make due. Kent especially as you are European and have a differing time schedule.

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[War4ever]

Realistically if i am to play on a weeknight.... it needs to be 5pm PST otherwise i likely can't make it in time from work... i am usually home by 4pm PST but not always therefore the five pm PST time is my best suggestion for myslf.

[Capo di tutti Capi]

Kent are those in American times or Norwegian?

[Capo di tutti Capi]

Alright, then 8:00pm eastern to 11:00pm eastern, sounds fair to me.

[Mr Dimbleby]

It sounds good to me too. Especially since it is the only time I can play.

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Thousands of monkeys are creating havoc in the corridors of power, barging into government offices, stealing food, threatening bureaucrats, and even ripping apart valuable documents.

You little scumbag! I've got your name! I've
got your ass! You will not laugh! You will not
cry! You will learn by the numbers. I will
teach you. Now get up! Get on your feet! You
had best un**** yourself or I will unscrew
your head and **** down your neck!

Dog spelled backwards is still man's best friend

[Capo di tutti Capi]

Things are going much faster than I had previously expected. So far we actually have seven tribes in some pretty interesting spots...

Capo - Italy (maybe Rome or Venice instead)
Chris - Mali
Drake - Zulu
Dimbleby - Israel
Kent - India
Curumbor - China
War4 - Mongolia

That sounds like a nice mix to me, the only issue we have is whether or not Kent (sine he is in Europe) will be able to make the 8:00pm to 11:00pm eastern time for this game.

I suggest we play on Wednesdays, does anyone disagree?

If we decide upon everything quickly enough, we can get started as soon as this comming Wednesday, which is six days off.

So get any rules complications out of your system, here are some things off the top of my head that will be added to the game:

1) Slowed Tech Rate.
2) No SDI.
3) Facism instead of Fundamentalism.
4) Longship.
5) Mobile SAM and Recon plane.
6) Realistic starting locations.

If you can remember anything else we've discussed, or want something added or removed, speak now or forever hold your peace. So far I am assuming this is our roster of players, if you can't make the 8:00pm - 11:00pm (est) session, please let us know so we can make proper arrangements.

After recieving enough posts I will ask the final cut to make a "confirmation e-mail" so I know everyone is aware of rules changes, starting locations, and playtimes/days.

Also if there are any nitpicky details, such as which flag you want to use or something of that nature, please contact me at, NKreefer@aol.com, or post on this forum what type of flag you wish to use.

One more thing: As far as city bribing goes, I think we should limit the bribing to only cities that are in disorder, failure to comply with this rule will be subject to mediation by three other players who were not involved in the incident. Whatever "punishment" they decide will go, if you ignore their punishment we will save and exit and you will be kicked out of the game. Does everyone agree with this?

And another thing: As far as my suggestion of Mandatory posting, a simple "state of the union" type post would be fine for these purposes, you don't have to tell an epic unless you wish to do so. But I do stress that it would be nice if everyone a fufilling post after each session, so the community can appreciate our game.

That's pretty much all I had to say, oh yeah Curumbor, despite the short time I had playing in it, the European Diplogame you have was fun. Anything I may have done or said to anyone was nothing personal, I was just having fun. Peace.

[Capo di tutti Capi]

Jesus, one more thing that got into my head.

In the event that one of us on the list of seven cannot play, what does everyone say to putting a "Native" AI in the Americas so straight up colonization isn't as easy?

[drake]

I will happily customize that site I made once we know who our cast is.

I'll get the appropriate graphics from you capo.

Oh yeah, if we do decide on an ai tribe in na (granted someone drops), I think we should give it some sort of head start, say a few cities? It shouldnt be real easy to uproot them if you ask me.
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[Curumbor Elendil]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Capo di tutti Capi on 02-07-2001 09:28 PM</font>
Alright, so far the people that have said their tribe are as follows....

Me - Italians
Dimbleby - Israelies
Cur - Chinese
Kent - Indians (He's European so there could be time issues)
Chris - Mali
War4 - Mongolia
Drake - Zulu

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Well, if this is the way it's going down, can I be the Americans?

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But for now what I need are the people listed above to give their best times, currently the plan is for either Wednesdays from between 6:00 pm eastern to around 11:00 pm eastern, also the same times on Thursdays. If you all can make either of these times then great. If not we will have to make due. Kent especially as you are European and have a differing time schedule.

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I can't do Wednesdays - I have another diplo game then.

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Curumbor Elendil
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~jps35/
ICQ 56126989

[Curumbor Elendil]

Maybe I ought to drop out - Wednesdays aren't good, and I was under the impression this game would be starting in about three weeks or so, not right away. Sorry... But I'm sure y'all will find a sub easily.

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Curumbor Elendil
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~jps35/
ICQ 56126989

[Capo di tutti Capi]

I said EITHER Wednesday or Thursday.

And we haven't even set a start date yet, so you're still good.