PBEM, Anyone?

[FrustratedPoet]

Us Euros will very likely get the game a few weeks after the Americans, which might make things harder to arrange.

PBEM games always go on for a long time, so the smaller the map the better IMHO. Of course, the size of the map will depend on the number of players...

[Adagio]

Originally posted by alva848
Should we make some preferences??
I.E. map size, etc,etc,etc,......

I vote for random everything, that way, the world is a supprise

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Trifna
UberKruX, who said you need any AI civs?...
I have some kind of snobism over AIs... If you can do without, nothing beats human INTELLIGENCE (not reflex).

So Uber, you stil looking for Gallactic Civ?

yea im looking for galciv

oh, and i meant in PBEM, the AI does YOUR nations negotiations, when it's not your turn.

[Lung]

PBEM is great if online is too slow. Call to Power would have died a lonely death years ago if it wasn't for PBEM. Curiously, PBEM has allowed a revival of online multiplayer in CtP years after it was released. Even stranger is the fact that more people are playing Call to Power now than they ever were

Considering the flaws in CivIII, multiplayer in all it's forms may be a godsend for it I for one have still not bought Civ3 as i'm still waiting for multiplayer. Not long now!!!

[Raion]

Not played CivIII. May want to practice, as its a different game then Civ II.
Might want to get use to it!

[Jon Shafer]

PBEM games will probably work best for me, since I don't have large blocks of time to play usually (unless other people are willing to only play a couple hours at a time... I have a cable connection so connection lag won't be a problem). I'm thinking MP scenarios will also be fun.

[Tiberius]

I'm playing usually on monarch, but except if we will be playing with a lot of AI civs, in what way does it matter? Other than how much does the AI cheat, is there any difference between the difficulty levels ?

I've got my civ3 copy only a month after I ordered it, so don't count on me too soon (considering how many people are actually buying games in Eastern Europe, it is not much a surprise)

But after I get it, count on me

[Tiberius]

Oh yes, everything on random is a good idea. This will make the games interesting, challenging and more diverse.

Edited:
I forgot something. I want to play with culture flipping on

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Tiberius
Edited:
I forgot something. I want to play with culture flipping on

Me too, even though it proberbly wont be me, who gets the cities that flips

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by ADG
Me too, even though it proberbly wont be me, who gets the cities that flips

Then I want you to be my neighbour
Culturally linked location: ON = Always start near ADG

[Adagio]

[Buster13]

I've never done the PBEM thing before. I'd like to try it too. I'm a regent player as well, so that should make me a target....

I'm concerned about it being particularly slow, especially early on. Is there any way (I wonder) to play several turns at a time early in the game? Probably not...

I vote for random everything. Let me know when you intend to start...obviously some time after Nov 3.

[Adagio]

Ok, let's start making a list, who's in 'The first PBEM game'?

Don't look at the votings here, since they might be screwed up...a new (better) voting has begun on the next page

'The first PBEM game':

Map:
- random (What can be random, will be random)
- Size: Not decided (Give your vote)
- Standard (2 vote)
- Small (1 vote)

Culture:
- On

Max number of Human-Players:
- Give your vote!
- As for now: 8 (2 votes)
- 8 (2 votes)
- 6 (1 vote)
- 5 (2 votes)

Players:
- ADG (Playing as random)
- (Tiberius (Playing as random))
- Buster13 (Playing as Aztec)
- Trip (Playing as random)
- alva848 (Playing as random)
- FrustratedPoet (Playing as 'one of the new Civs')

AI Civs:
- Give your vote!
- 1 for; 2 against

Babarians:
- Give your vote!
- Random (2 vote)
- Standard (1 vote)

Accelerated production:
- Give your vote!
- On (2 votes)

Victory condition:
- Give your vote!
- All on (2 votes)

I vote for:
Max human.players = 5
Map size = Standard
Babarians = Random
Accelerated production ON
Victory condition: All on

If you want to be in this game, PM me, or post here, and I'll update the list.

If the set number of Max human players is reached, the people who "join" afterwards will be set as 'maybe', in case one of the players decides not to play the game. If there's any of those, they will be showed in ()

Tiberius is set as 'maybe', if he's ready when the game starts, he'll be the one, if not...well...then he's not in the game

This game starts ASAP (You'll have to buy PTW ASAP)

[Tiberius]

Nr. of players?
With or without AI civs? If AI civs, on which difficulty?
Map size? Maybe regular for 8 human civs or big (huge?) for 8 human civs + 4 AI civs
Barbarians?

I'll join as soon as I'll have PTW. Since I preordered it, probably next year

[Buster13]

I'm in, playing as random. How do you propose to assign Civs to players? The administrator will have to pick them for the players? Shall we draw electronic straws?

I'm voting for no AI civs. I want to see what it'll be like playing against all humans, especially experienced ones like yourselves. I may have to arrange for a DSL line just to play online...but we'll see.

Otherwise I agree with it all, I'll have my copy as soon as it can be purchased in a store, which should be Monday the 4th around here.