PBEM, Anyone?

[alva]

So, who's up for PBEM game???

Personally, I think this is going to be my favorite way of playing MP.
Afterall, this is sort of an SP game with a creative AI

I'will probably try the other MP possibilities , but I don't really think their my 'thing'

Anyone???

ps: Allthough I don't think it really matters, I usually play Emperor level.
MP is going to be a completely different ball IMO

ok, so far: (for the first Apolyton PbEM-game (whatever Warpstorm says )

Players:

ADG,--------------------(voted,random)
Tiberius,--------------------(voted,random)
Calc II,-----------------(voted, random)
Trip,-------------------------(voted,random)
Frustrated Poet,----------(voted, random)
Alva848,--------------------(voted,random)

reserves: Vondrack

VOTING
Map : random
Game mode : normal
Culture Flip : on
Randomseed : on
restart : players get's one 'veto'
rules : standard PTW rules
Level : regent
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Map size :

standard
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NO AI
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Barbarians :
random : 6 votes

random
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Accelerated Production :

OFF : 4 vote

OFF

male's

ADG = a_grau at hotguy dot com (replace at with @ )
FP = st_ua_rt_go_od_w_in_at_fast_mail_fm (drop all underscores, at=@)
alva = a"l'v!h at p(a(n(d(o(r(a dot BEelgium (drop all symbols)
trip = usernamegot at gotguy dot com
Calc II = jk_im_199_at_hot_male_com (Drop all underscores, at=@)

[Maquiladora]

I think this is gonna be my one and only option for Civ3 MP too, with 56k and my ****ty comp we may be seeing more people signing up for pbem games, after all the excitement has died down with turnless modes anyway.

[Athitis]

What's a PBEM game?

[Turambar]

Play By Email

[Sheik]

PBEM can be a little slow moving for my taste. Me and my friends all have cable so I probably wont play PBEM.

MP is going to be a completely different ball IMO

Your right. This is bigger then Deity. I am sure that the satisfaction of winning a MP game will be huge.

[Adagio]

I have never tried PBEM games before, so I'd like to try it...I like to have some time to deside the next move...can't do that in the other game modes

I usually play on regent, but I have played a few games on monarch, so I'm proberbly going to be killed fast...but hey, somebody has to lose, right

[Inverse Icarus]

i hate PBEM games because of the diplomacy. the fact that an AI takes over my diplomacy during YOUR turn pisses me off to all hell.

sure, they give you "buttons" and "sliders", but the AI never thinks like i want it to.

[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?

[Athitis]

Originally posted by Turambar
Play By Email

Oh, thanx. Well I don't think I will be playing PBEM much. Takes way too much time.

The MP will not be more difficult than Deity, IMHO, because 80% of Civ players have never beat Monarch level.

[Caliban]

As I've only a poor little 56k connection, PBEM will be the only option I have (if the download data won't be too much...)

Oh, and playing against humans means that everybody has equal starting units/funds and no advantages concerning anarchy and disorder. So the AI-cheating in Emperor level (I like that one, too) is much worse than a human opponent...

[Tassadar500]

You wont ever see me in a pbem. Its to slow and gets overwhelming with bordness.

[Emma]

i think pbem will be my favourite option, too. that's if i find anyone to play against.
will there be a special section on this site, so people can arrange to play a mulitiplayer game? i will probably have to play by email, as otherwise the bill would be huge, but evenso i would love to play a few games online.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by UberKruX
i hate PBEM games because of the diplomacy. the fact that an AI takes over my diplomacy during YOUR turn pisses me off to all hell.

sure, they give you "buttons" and "sliders", but the AI never thinks like i want it to.

Im hoping they fixed that in Civ3 PBEM, in fact they even fixed that in CtP1 so i dont see why not.

Originally posted by Emma
i think pbem will be my favourite option, too. that's if i find anyone to play against.

There will be some people im sure, even if it takes a while, they usually come crawling back to pbem. Its good for people with not enough time to spend 6 hours straight online, theres bound to be a few of those.

[FrustratedPoet]

I'd be more than happy to play.

All we need now is the damn game.....

[alva]

ok, who's going to make a list ?

Should we make some preferences??
I.E. map size, etc,etc,etc,......

btw, Where is Theseus, I really want kick his