multiplayer demo game?

[-Jrabbit]

Rich, I was saying I was amused, nothing more. But now I'm...

Drake calls you out for a mocking tone, you deny it, saying "I didn't mean for it to sound mocking..."

I say it sounds like my daughter being sarcastic, and you deny it by saying "that WAS sarcastic" ???

Hmmm, uhh, OK, yeah. Got it...

* -Jrabbit walks away, muttering. "...guess I was gone longer than I thought..." *

[rah]

My reply at 13:15 was the mocking/sarcastic comment.

I still contend that my 9:47 post was not intended to sound mocking as Drake thought. Unlike the one from 7:24 on the 15th.

Does it make sense now? Or are pictures required?

[Deity Dude]

Pictures Please (he says sarcastically, but not mockingly)

[-Jrabbit]

Dipping into 'poly to relieve the unrelenting boredom of slogging through 411 pending emails at work -- Guess I wasn't paying very close attention. Just thought the reference to a 14-yr old rolling her eyes heavenward might ring true in your world, RAH.

Can't wait for high school to start.

[Chris 62]

Rah, you didn't let the kid explain, when he says "Diplo", he means several players playing as one tribe vs several players playing as another, and a third team as well, not a diplomatic discourse between the opponets.

Your example would go "our chariot has met Rah's settler, opinions?
Kill it.
It's dead".

You shouldn't jump to conclusions, different people have different ideas as to what "Diplo" means.

[rah]

DD,

Jack, High school , arrrrrggggggg

Chris, I think I got it right. If you have to ask for opinions on the smallest things, you might as well just hand me the gun to shoot myself now.

RAH

[drake]

You can't shoot yourself until the majority votes that its ok rah...this is a diplo thread!

[rah]

ROTFLMAO @ Drake.

Very good.



RAH

[Deity Dude]

How does this even work in MP. I thought in a democracy game people voted on what to do after each turn by viewing the saves. MP is a realtime game. How do the non-players view the game and vote?

[rah]

Yes, having an AI senate is bad enough, I can't imagine a real human senate telling me what to do.

"NO NO NO, You can't start a war with them"

"SCREW YOU, it's a f****** wargame we're playing here"



RAH

[H Tower]

wow, last time i checked there were 2 responses. now there are 15 responses by rah bashing the idea


and it wouldn't be as bad as you think either. besides, it would just add to the challenge of the game. can you force others to see your point of view and support your plan?

[Flatlander Fox]

The problem is that MP games take long enough as it is...

Adding the element of somebody telling the guy moving the pieces what to do, will just add too much time to it.

It is a GREAT idea though... I would suggest you do it by PBEM though...

[Deity Dude]

I still dont understand how it works mechanically - how do all the citizens view the game - its a realtime MP game - not a saved file

[rah]

Originally posted by H Tower
and it wouldn't be as bad as you think either. besides, it would just add to the challenge of the game. can you force others to see your point of view and support your plan?

Yes, that sums up why the idea is suspect. Any point of view that has to be debated is probably the wrong one.
But the main reason it seems silly is exactly what FF said. The games moves slow enough as it is, I can only see this type of thing making it take 10 times as long. Bah. Let's say you're attacking a city with 10 crusaders. You have bad luck on the first few attacks and have done miminmal damage. The last thing I would want at that point would be to have to pause while people debate whether we should risk the assets to continue the attack. (granted this may be an exageration) But anything that woudl be close to this would suck all the fun out of it. and take way way too long.

This is my personal opinion only and would preclude me from participating. I know there are a few people that have no problem with how long it takes or debating philosophies during the game. For them, this would probably be fun. Different strokes for different folks. And that's why CIVII MP is still alive. There are many many different ways to play it.

RAH

[Ming]

Just one silly question... If everybody is making decisions by viewing the same saved game file... isn't it really easy to just open the full map and take a look at what the opponents are doing