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Things are getting desperate. Two to three turns played in three hours or so. Computers just take that long to work through a turn with so may civs and such a huge map for them to be spread out on.
So, discussion has occurred over what to do - do we restart or continue? Several possible options have surfaced for a new game if we wanted one - here they are.
Rhothaerill's suggestion was that we have a Democracy Succession game, where EVERYone who wants to plays the game for a short time, then saves and posts a report at a certain time. Then we all vote on which save to use, decide on what to do next (broadly), then continue from that save, repeat ad inifinitum until we finish. This would mean everyone can play the game in their own time and understand what's going on in the game ( a current concern is that many just don't know what's happening). We may need to revise the structure of our Government though, since the essence of the game is diversity in the play, so there is no one person who controls units in every game, for example.
donegeal suggested the interest could come from a restart of a regular Demo game but with the Double Your Pleasure (DyP) modifications. For those not in the know, the DyP mod came with Play the World (and is also free for all versions of Civ3 or PtW from www.civ3.bernskov.com if you want to try it), and adds loads more lucuries, techs, units, improivements, wonders and even more Forbidden Palaces! There are some major changes in the game eg the only improvement you can make to terrain is road up until the Medieval Era. It would indeed be a difference from the last game to adapt playing styles to exploit all the new stuff.
Of course there is always just the option of just a restarted game where we have a world with no more than 16 civs and stay away from the huge map size. This map could be made again, by Togas and BigFurryMonster, who made the map we are currently using. This map is very cool, and if you haven't seen it I suggest you take the time to load the save some day to look at it and see how great that map would be to play if we didn;t have the endturn time issues. This wouldn't change anything drastic to attract any more attention, but it would resolve the other of our big issues - the time needed to play turns early on.
Vote now - this poll will go for 10 days as we want everyone to have their say and discuss this a lot. If there is a clear majority with in a week then I guess we could declare the poll closed and keep going from there.
Let's get this done.
So, discussion has occurred over what to do - do we restart or continue? Several possible options have surfaced for a new game if we wanted one - here they are.
Rhothaerill's suggestion was that we have a Democracy Succession game, where EVERYone who wants to plays the game for a short time, then saves and posts a report at a certain time. Then we all vote on which save to use, decide on what to do next (broadly), then continue from that save, repeat ad inifinitum until we finish. This would mean everyone can play the game in their own time and understand what's going on in the game ( a current concern is that many just don't know what's happening). We may need to revise the structure of our Government though, since the essence of the game is diversity in the play, so there is no one person who controls units in every game, for example.
donegeal suggested the interest could come from a restart of a regular Demo game but with the Double Your Pleasure (DyP) modifications. For those not in the know, the DyP mod came with Play the World (and is also free for all versions of Civ3 or PtW from www.civ3.bernskov.com if you want to try it), and adds loads more lucuries, techs, units, improivements, wonders and even more Forbidden Palaces! There are some major changes in the game eg the only improvement you can make to terrain is road up until the Medieval Era. It would indeed be a difference from the last game to adapt playing styles to exploit all the new stuff.
Of course there is always just the option of just a restarted game where we have a world with no more than 16 civs and stay away from the huge map size. This map could be made again, by Togas and BigFurryMonster, who made the map we are currently using. This map is very cool, and if you haven't seen it I suggest you take the time to load the save some day to look at it and see how great that map would be to play if we didn;t have the endturn time issues. This wouldn't change anything drastic to attract any more attention, but it would resolve the other of our big issues - the time needed to play turns early on.
Vote now - this poll will go for 10 days as we want everyone to have their say and discuss this a lot. If there is a clear majority with in a week then I guess we could declare the poll closed and keep going from there.
Let's get this done.
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What's wrong with that? It works for the United States.
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