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  • #16
    Yes the mountain city thing will defiantly improve tha ability to attack early , good for someonewith the nichname "War4Ever"

    I agree with CapTVK , the removal of Cravans will speed the turns up as you no longer need to move the dman things slowly along a rail or road to the destination city, making sure you enter the city from the correct square. Too much of the slowness with civ 2 is caused by players who know too much about the coding of civ2 and utilisng this to their advantage.. Intricat eplanning of caracan moves, clicking around the blackness to discover sea and land. using diplo guiding to move amries past enemies, all of this slows down the game. I dont bleeive any of that was meant to be used as such be the game designers, but it is too late now.

    Civ 3 wil lbe quick turns for thefirst yer maybe longer, till players once again disect the game and set up the civ 3 Great Library and exploit inherinet weknesss in the game.

    As capTVK says civ 2 was menat to be SP only it later had MP added but that added many loopholes in as it was untested.

    Civ 3 MP hopefully wil lbe tested fully and not just be an addon, (well we know it is an addon now) I always hoped civ 3 MP was going to be an integral part of the game.


    Yes I think we will need the ability in civ3MP to modify the rules and use a MP set to make it work.. But hard wired rules not just Honour ules like we use in civ 2 like no city brbing etc...
    GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71

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    • #17
      Well one thought of mine for the future of diplogaming I certainly think that us diplogamers need our own place to go. With the increasing popularity of diplogaming i think we could have our own forum here at apolyton for Civ2, civ3, CTP, SMAC, etc. diplogames. We have quite a lot of support from players and many threads and games going on.

      Another option that i have been throwing around with John Barbarossa is a new page for Diplogames. He is interested in making a new page for diplogames, with forums and places for maps and everything else like the HOTW2 page but for all diplogames.

      Both are good options, it'll need more discussion. what do you all think?
      Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012

      When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah

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      • #18
        i didnt realise that diplo games were groweing in populariy!! how many are beignplayed now, i only see two in the forums...
        GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71

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        • #19
          Well it did taper off for a bit, but just a few months ago there were half a dozen it seemed like that were going on. Right now there is HOTW2 with one that was just started and another that was introduced.

          I know several people are itching to get back to the genre once Civ3 comes out so that will deffinatly increase involvement.
          Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012

          When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah

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          • #20
            And Civ III MP will maybe be available by April

            I have to agree with Ras... Diplo games seem to be on a low note now
            Keep on Civin'
            RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Ming


              I have to agree with Ras... Diplo games seem to be on a low note now
              your making a habit of this ming, lets get back to me spamming and you whipping !!!
              GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71

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              • #22
                Well, Civ3 is out now and it doesn't bode well for MP.

                If SP savegames are already in the 2.5Mb category think about MP. Even PBEM will be a pain for players with normal (56k) connections. And as for 5-7 playing online, the data transfers will be HUGE, far larger than we've seen in Civ2MP!
                Skeptics should forego any thought of convincing the unconvinced that we hold the torch of truth illuminating the darkness. A more modest, realistic, and achievable goal is to encourage the idea that one may be mistaken. Doubt is humbling and constructive; it leads to rational thought in weighing alternatives and fully reexamining options, and it opens unlimited vistas.

                Elie A. Shneour Skeptical Inquirer

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by CapTVK
                  If SP savegames are already in the 2.5Mb category think about MP.
                  Not good news at all... I think I better take REAL GOOD CARE of my MPG disc
                  Keep on Civin'
                  RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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