multiplayer demo game?

[H Tower]

are any of you multiplayer greats going to participate in the multiplayer democracy game? we're going to be squaring off against gamecatcher and Civ Fanatics. You could probably help us out a lot, seeing as how many of us have never played a multiplayer game before. You wouldn't want to be part of a site that was bested by another civ site would you?

[War4ever]

no we wouldn't

[Hydey]

Originally posted by War4ever
no we wouldn't

CARE

[rah]

Somehow I can't imagine a MP democracy game. Chariot finds enemy settler......what, you have to discuss for 10 minutes whether to kill it or not.
MP games are about fast decisions and going with the flow, not argueing over philosophies.

RAH

[SlowwHand]

Yeah well, there seems to be a lot of Diplo Game fans.


And what the hell is that avatar, RAH ?
It looks like a duck hunting stamp.

[WarHawk]

i think it's suppose to an amulet sloww.. the amulet of Rah

[rah]

Yes, it's the head piece for the "staff of RA"
Used in Raiders of the lost ark but with a crystal in the middle for the locate the ark scene.

[War4ever]

what exactly is the staff of Ra...some sort of religious monument i assume?

[atawa]

Never saw raiders of the lost ark?

[drake]

Somehow I can't imagine a MP democracy game. Chariot finds enemy settler......what, you have to discuss for 10 minutes whether to kill it or not.
MP games are about fast decisions and going with the flow, not argueing over philosophies.

Dialogue and imagination require a bit more effort than "kill everything you see".....I can see why some people would have trouble with it rah

The idea is to make the game, more than "just another game".

[rah]

Originally posted by drake
The idea is to make the game, more than "just another game".

Yes, there seems to be a lot of that lately, and it's rarely successful. Reading up about the "SPECIAL" diplo games makes you realize just how special they're NOT.

Actually all I ever need is "just another game".

Give me some competitive friends that I know will kick my a** if i make a mistake or get a few bad breaks, and ones that I know won't cheat, and I'm a Happy Happy Camper.

RAH
Sometimes it's the simplest things that are the best.
Cherish every game.

[drake]

Recent dip games have been miserable failures, I agree......it takes a special cast to make them work like they should, and its difficult to assemble such a cast.

You need, dedicated -reliable- people, and they are few and far between quite candidly.

I am not knocking your games rah, I am all for doing what you enjoy, but your mocking tone warranted some sort of response

[rah]

Actually I didn't intend for it to sound mocking at all. I just wanted to state my 2 cents on the value of the everyday game, and that I consider almost any game special.

You're right, it's the players, not the game that makes it all work.

Rich

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by rah
Actually I didn't intend for it to sound mocking at all.
Rich

Reminds me of my daughter when I tell her not to take that sarcastic tone with me.


It won't be 2x1x anyway, Rich.

Haven't really checked it out yet (just got back), but my guess is that H Tower is Very Correct that a member or 2 from the 'poly MP group would be a huge boost.;

[rah]

I really didn't care what the settings were going to be since I never had any intention of playing in it. It sounds like a stupid concept and I'm sure it's implementation will be equally stupid.

RAH
For the record, that WAS sarcastic, just so you know the difference in the future.