Hi I'm Lancer, you might remember me from such classics as 'The First Ever Civ 3...

[dainbramaged13]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse


stop being an arsehole imran - oh yeah, you can't.

clash of the titans (dieties)

lancer, im interested, but i hardly think im good enough.
so sign me up but i doubt id get in

[Lancer]

Deep regrets to the folks in the Civ 3 forum.

I didn't mean to bring OT BS into this forum. Now, let's get down to business.

Wittlich, is there anyone we can ask about the multiplayer possibilities? That would get us much closer to setting up teams and schedules.

Regarding this forum, I'm encouraged by the level of response and welcome given to a poster who doesn't post here that much. It's much appreciated, thank you all.

dainbramaged, glad to have you on board. There's lots of forums that might not be represented, so you and I have hope of getting in. One thing, it will be Civ, but it will also be new in many ways to all our experts. Maybe a chance to raise our games, pick up a few tricks, and maybe pick off an expert or two? Who knows...maybe the next headline will read 'dainbramaged conquers Apolyton'

Nothing ventured...

[Wittlich]

Re: Deep regrets to the folks in the Civ 3 forum.

Originally posted by Lancer
Wittlich, is there anyone we can ask about the multiplayer possibilities? That would get us much closer to setting up teams and schedules.

Good question Lancer. If you've noticed, there is another thread asking the type of questions needed - basically "what can we expect from the Multiplay side of CIV3," however Firaxis has, so far, been tight-lipped about revealing too much information.

I would hope that we can have an 8-player game (4 teams), but if the maximum number of human players in a game ends up being 7, then I believe we have to go with setting up a 6-player (3 teams) game with an AI thrown in for good measure.

However, given the amount of processing expected to be involved in this game, the maximum number of human players might be only 4. If this ends up being the case, then we could only have 2 teams - which would make this "Apolyton Championship" rather long...but it could still be doable.

So Firaxis, what is the maximum number of human players allowed in a CIV3 game? If we know this in advance, we could at least start drawing up the list of players wishing to participate in the Championship and start hashing out the ground rules.

[Wittlich]

I have sent an Email to Kelley Gilmore, Firaxis Games Communications Manager. Hopefully she will be able to lend some light to the number of human players allowable in a given CIV3 game. *keeps fingers crossed*

[Imran Siddiqui]

stop being an arsehole imran - oh yeah, you can't.

What a great response, Horsie. I bet you want to be attributed for another News Item that really doesn't have much to do with you .

[Cyclotron]

Although I am supposedly the 2nd best Civ3 player according to the all knowing IHN, I doubt I play Civ efficiently enough to win against other people! I'm better at having fun with the AI and making scenarios, thank you wery much...

[Wittlich]

So Cyclotron7, is that a yes to you throwing your "hat" into the ring?

[Alexander's Horse]

Re: Deep regrets to the folks in the Civ 3 forum.

Originally posted by Lancer

I didn't mean to bring OT BS into this forum. Now, let's get down to business.

What's BS is you trying to organise something like this - you have no multiplayer cred at all - we have NEVER seen you on the civ 2 MP forum.

[Lancer]

Wittlich, that's great! I appreciate you're getting into this as you have and emailing the powers that be regarding multiplayer.

Four teams of two! That's a thought. However in Civ 2 there was a limit of 4 human players for multiplayer, do you think that's gone in Civ 3?

cyclotron7, as AH here has so kindly pointed out, my experience in multiplayer Civ 2 is limited and back a ways. That hasn't stopped me...why not join us?

[Alexander's Horse]

4 Player limit?

Originally posted by Lancer

However in Civ 2 there was a limit of 4 human players for multiplayer

Really? Where do you get this crap from Lancer?

[TechWins]

How would it be decided on who gets to represent each forum? What would be the rules when we played? Level? Barbarian activitiy? Map size? Etc...?

BtW, AH were you born a jackass or did you just develop that trait over time?

[Lancer]

Glad to see your interest AH.

Got some news regarding how many human Civs?

[Lancer]

Techwins, you have suggestions? All that stuff is up in the air. I'll only make a final decision as the originator of the idea if there is disageement. Right now any input on such details would be a help.

I'm used to diety, is that ok or should we lower it a bit since it's a new game?

[Wittlich]

Settings

IMO, since no one has played CIV3 yet (and no one knows what to expect), we should set the difficulty on "medium" (or Prince, for lack of a known term for the game setting), or even medium-hard (I guess that would be the "king" setting).

I've been thinking about what Lancer said in reference to the "teams" being sponsored by various forums ... Are the teams being slotted in different forums a necessity?

You know, we could just have an open sign-up for a given period of time. Then, when the sign-up window closes, start the games with everyone on their own (no teams). For instance, depending on the maximum number of players allowed, the first 7 players that signed up start a game, players 8-14 start a game, players 15-21 start a game, and so on. The winners of these games would them move on to a second game (and depending on how many players we have signed up, there would be a 3rd, 4th, 5th, and so on game) - until there is only one player standing.

This brings another thought to mind - The Civ3 Release date. If Civ3 is released in America by mid-October, and the game is released in Europe in February 2002; we shouldn't have the championship until everyone can compete. What I'm saying is that launching the actual Apolyton Championship is dependent on the world-wide release on the game - since the Apolyton Forum is made-up from people world-wide.

So, any thoughts?

[TechWins]

A prince or king level would be the best in my opinion. This way would let more people play because of all the differing gameplay capabilities of the user. The barbarian activity should be at one of the higher levels. Anything civ-specific should be turned off (even though I will probably use it in SP). The map size should be at normal size and be randomized on the land formations. Maybe when the time comes for the playing of this we could take a poll(s) to decide which options would be best.

Wittlich, I too like the idea of a tournament. It will create a final winner and give everybody a chance to compete. A non comlex tournament could be to have 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 64, 128, etc... sets of games. If there were to be 100 people wanting to play then we could go with 16 sets of games with 12 games playing with 6 human players and 12 games playing with 7 human players. This would be the only way to be able to include everybody. When the time comes I would be willing to create the brackets and update the brackets. Would anybody like to have a two game elimination?