New team

[Beta]

OK Flash - I read the rest of the Cut Throats thread. You have my sympathies. Sort of. But welcome to the team. And you know - I kinda liked your philospohy to begin with. Slash and burn. But this is a 'new team'. We will have to determine our own destiny.

Dear Theseus - we may only offer 63% wines, but the other 37% is beer. And that is 'good' beer! Not that second rate stuff from south of the border (U.S.-Canada border to be exact.) Remember the very serious philosophical question - What does making love in a canoe and American beer have in common? Answer - They're both f***ing near water.

So Jon and fellow team members- I have a few ideas for a team name and theme - including Warrior Poets, Shakespearians, The Believers, Roman Around, and Canaan/Canine - under the last regime, when the peasants get out of hand - the mistress of the dictator declares - 'Let them eat Alpo'. Which incidentally - would be the fourth city name.

Dinner beckons - I will expand on my ideas tomorrow.

ps - someone else will have to come up with an icon - I haven't the faintest clue how to do that.

[flash9286]

well we need it by dec. 1

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

I'd be willing to help with the icon if you can come up with anything to base it on, like what you gameplay style will be, your team name, or anything else.

[Jon Miller]

hmmm

I wil contact the other 3, see what they think

Jon miller

[Zero]

BetaHound, as long as that good beer you refer to is Imported beer, (Heineken or Guiness) you have my good luck. I'm sick of 3 for buck special deal beers.

[Zero]

BTW who is the seventh team? Was it Cut Throat?

[Jon Shafer]

7th team is Borc's Demogyptica team.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by BetaHound
G'day Jon. A few questions, oh fearless leader.

1) How many folks on the team so far? 2) Any thoughts on a team name? and 3) Are you completely married to the idea of a tag team approach - or variants on that theme.

Also - I understand the intent is to use the PBeM option. Isn't that going to take forever with 8 teams involved?

it will take a while to play PBEM

there should be 5 or 6 people on the team

I have no thoughts on the team name

I am not completely married to the tag team approach

however, I must say that I strongly favor an approach where one person plays for a number of turns, while the others don't need to do anything

of course, there should be discussion about somethings, since they would affect all of us (liek starting a World Wonder)

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

hmm

I will lay out an idea of how things could be done
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every person has a certain ammount of votes about who gets to play

we have one person play for a set ammount of time, this person is controller

the ammount of votes a person has increases by 1 (to a maximum of the number of members) everytime they do not get to be the controller and resets to 1 when they are the controller (So that everyone gets to play)

the controller gets determined in an election (in which every member is running)
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the controller should post what is going on currently to the satisfaction of the other members

if a member thinkgs that the controller is controllng poorly or thinks for some other reason the controller should lose control, that member can put a noconfidence motion on the floor

every member gets one vote in the noconfidence motion, if it is carried, elections for controller occur again (probably with some other member winning)
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durring a controllers period at the helm discussion will be held to facilitate a good game being played
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it is expected that before a new controller is elected that the members reach some sort of consensus about the general direction the civilization should go (the big things like who to go to war with, or wether to build a wonder or not, or what techs to go towards)
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these ideas go with my beleif that most members want to actually be playing at some point, that having continuity with the person who is playing is a good thing in general, and that for the small things (like the actual troop movements) the controller has a better feel for what is going on than those who are not playing at the moment

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

Also, right now we need to decide what Civ we are using.

I will suggest Spanish or Vikings of the new civ.

Jon Miller

[Eli]

What civs are already taken?

[Jon Miller]

(not because of their bonuses, but because I think they are cool)

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

I think Carthage and Ottomans are taken.

Jon Miller

[Crousto]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
I think Carthage and Ottomans are taken.

Don't know about others, but Spain is taken by the roleplay team

[Spiffor]

Ottomans : Lux Invicta
Carthage : Legoland
Spain : Roleplayers.
It is possible to take a Civ which has already been claimed, but it weans playing rock-paper-scissors. Also, I'd dislike you claiming Spain, because the Roleplay team is already immersed in their Civ