Any interest in Multi-Team Democracy Conquests?

[joncnunn]

I'm not sure if this is the right forum (mod please move to correct forum if this is the wrong one), but here it goes.

Basically it would be playing one of the multiplayer conquests, but to keep it interesting:

1. Demigod or above difficulty level

2. Raging Horde barb setting (not sure how much affect this would have on this, but wouldn't hurt.)

3. If there are fewer teams than number of playable civs in the game (eight on most of them), then the AIs would be given the best civs in that conquest, and the humans the worst.

Example 1: If there were three teams on the Age of Discovery, humans would be playing Dutch, Mayas, and Incans, and the AIs the rest.

Example 2: If there were four teams on Fall of Rome, humans would be playing Celts, Sassidens, Vandals, and Visigoths.

[Paddy]

sounds great value



although Mark G may need to set up a new forum for it

[MrWhereItsAt]

Re: Any interest in Multi-Team Democracy Conquests?

Originally posted by joncnunn
Basically it would be playing one of the multiplayer conquests, but to keep it interesting:

What exactly do you mean by this? I have tried one or two Conquests, but are there particular MP suited ones? Or do you just mean taking a Conquest and MAKING it MP-friendly?

[joncnunn]

The second one.

Tweaks really, with locked alliances and wars, additional barb units in territory open because of the 8 civ limit.

[Paddy]

raging hordes

[Tassadar500]

Sounds neat, but I do have one problem with this though. We already have four Civilization III Democracy Games going on, and I doub't this would generate enough interest.

[Paddy]

the way I see it is that we need one core player per team

the leader of the nation

some one who will rally the troops - get the gov happening etc

yea a despot of the highest order

personally I think we can do that

with that sorted then the others can come along and enjoy the party



with 8 committed player we can get this party rolling along

as to there being several civ III demo games - well that can be a good thing

and this would be a great C3C demo game

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
the way I see it is that we need one core player per team

the leader of the nation

some one who will rally the troops - get the gov happening etc

yea a despot of the highest order

personally I think we can do that

with that sorted then the others can come along and enjoy the party



with 8 committed player we can get this party rolling along

as to there being several civ III demo games - well that can be a good thing

and this would be a great C3C demo game

One core player? That just basically makes it a normal PBEM game. Each team would basically need three core members, to manage all the aspects. Well, you say it can be a good thing, but only if you have enough people. Everbody has been spread so thin, it's not even funny. I guess I'd join, but I just don't see it happening. A very good example was the Feudal game, that failed in the second round after so much hype.

[conmcb25]

Great idea but only if you limit yourselves to conquests that have a max of 8 sides.

[Paddy]

Originally posted by Nuclear Master



One core player? That just basically makes it a normal PBEM game. Each team would basically need three core members, to manage all the aspects. Well, you say it can be a good thing, but only if you have enough people. Everbody has been spread so thin, it's not even funny. I guess I'd join, but I just don't see it happening. A very good example was the Feudal game, that failed in the second round after so much hype.

I agree that you do need / want more than one player per team

just that at the end of the day you need one person who is going to kick your game turn along every time is all

well they list that we have over 50000 members
so we could easily fit in another - right

as to it being a pbem, well any game with multiple teams like this can easily be described that way
the goal would be to get others interested
build up ya team

then get the game hooting at a good speed

there are a lot of demo players around

not sure why the feudal game really did die so quickly

it just may have been that the core game was changed so dramatically
and thus people had to stay on top of new rules and different ways to play civ, the game they love

[Paddy]

Re: Any interest in Multi-Team Democracy Conquests?

Originally posted by joncnunn
I'm not sure if this is the right forum (mod please move to correct forum if this is the wrong one), but here it goes.

Basically it would be playing one of the multiplayer conquests, but to keep it interesting:

1. Demigod or above difficulty level

2. Raging Horde barb setting (not sure how much affect this would have on this, but wouldn't hurt.)

3. If there are fewer teams than number of playable civs in the game (eight on most of them), then the AIs would be given the best civs in that conquest, and the humans the worst.

Example 1: If there were three teams on the Age of Discovery, humans would be playing Dutch, Mayas, and Incans, and the AIs the rest.

Example 2: If there were four teams on Fall of Rome, humans would be playing Celts, Sassidens, Vandals, and Visigoths.

any further word on this

[conmcb25]

Not yet, but theres always hope

[Paddy]

indeed one can hope

[Beta]

I'm torn. Part of me agrees with the idea that we have a lot of demo games underway. On the other hand - if you put this in the perspective that Paddy has - sort of an expanded pbem - then I am interested. The two demo games I have really enjoyed are the two poly ptwdg's - because they were both internal to Apolyton (and thus avoided all that crap), and because I was on small teams that did not have big administrative or governance issues. You simply discuss the strategy and the turn in question, and someone plays when the turn rolls around.

Awhile back I was pushing the idea of 'dynamic duo' pbems. Sort of along the same concept, but with a two-person team. So, I think this is worth discussing further.

The problem with the conquests in C3C is that they are all unbalanced to a certain degree, In fact, most make better SP games than they do MP games.

My suggestion for a new MP demo game would be a good theme, an advanced start (say three settlers, 3 workers, 3 warriors.. or something like that), and a very strict play time format. But I am open to ideas.

Thanks for raising the concept j.

[Paddy]

let the ideas role

party party party

beers anyone