Proposed 2 verses 2 team game

[florin79c]

I think this will hapen afther monday, cose i'm out of town till then. So is Dan

[Mart]

Hi, I will setup the game.

[Marky]

Thanks, Mart, for agreeing to set up the game!

If Dan can pick a faction, Mart can set up the game in the meantime.

Florin, Could you ask Dan to post his pick so that Mart can get started, or you can post it if you know what faction he wants to play? Also, can you verify that you and Dan want to play without pods? Finally, can you verify that the turn order is OK?

Thanks! I hope I am not being too pushy, but I am excited about starting my first multiplayer game (with more than one other real person).

[bdanv]

no pods for me.
and i will take the Angels ... again

there is a slim chance that i won't have internet access till Sunday evening

[Marky]

Ignore please.

I really don't like that I can't delete my own post. Grrrr.

[Marky]

OK, here is what I have for setup:

Game: Marky's Excellent Adventure (MEA)

Faction order:

Angels bdanv -borcea_danTAyahooTODcom
PK florin79c -florin79cTAhotmailTODcom
Angels mmontgomery -michaelTAmontgoTODus; -mmontgomeryTAslbTODcom (please send to both addresses)
Drones Marky -markmayhughTAyahooTODcom

There is no AI

CMN mart7x5 -marcin777TAgmailTODcom

Map size	|	Vets Map
Ocean		|	Custom
Erosion		|	Custom
Life		|	Custom
Clouds		|	Custom
Pods on		|	No  

Difficulty	|	Transcend

Transcend	|	Yes
Conquest	|	Yes
Diplomatic	|	Yes
Economic	|	Yes
Cooperative	|	Yes
Do or Die	|	Yes
Flexible start	|	Yes
Tech stag	|	Yes
Spoils of war	|	No
Blind research	|	No
Intense riv	|	No
No survey	|	Yes
No scatter	|	No   --->  NO PODS AT ALL
No rnd events	|	Yes
Time Warp	|	No
Iron man	|	No
Rand person	|	No
Rand social	|	No

We want to establish contact betwin team mates at the begining of the game. Teammates begin with each other's comm frequency, and can contact each other immediately.

Starting positions: One team gets the northern two starting positions; the other team gets the southern two starting positions.

Rules:
MULTIPLAYING RESTRICTIONS

Restrictions - general gameplay:

* A player may not restart a turn without good reason. The player should specify the reason in the game thread if he was not able to avoid reloading the turn. (Obviously, if a player has suffered some sort of crash during a turn, such a reload is unavoidable)
* If a player performs a probe team action other than to infiltrate against another player with whom (s)he is in a truce, treaty or pact, they must inform the probed player what it was they did and what they stole/sabotaged. They must also choose the 'declare vendetta/cancel pact' option when they perform the action.
* A player is not permitted to make more than one social engineering change per line, per turn. For instance, one is not permitted to start the turn in wealth, switch to power mid-turn for the extra disbanded minerals, and then switch back to wealth that same turn, getting the refund.
* A player is not permitted to use the 'demand withdrawal' feature against another player, leaving the AI the decision of whether to withdraw or not.
* A player may not accept a bribe from another player's AI during council sessions.
* A player may not perform multiple airdrops in a single turn with the same unit using the right-click menu.
* A player may not use the F4 screen when infiltrated to change an opponent's workers to specialists.
* Council notification - immediate broadcast to all players(Post in the thread and e-mail to all immediately by player who has called elections, citing candidates and votes. After each player's turn, post in the thread the running totals).
* If a player declares vendetta upon another player, either directly or indirectly, they must not accept a pending diplomatic agreement between the two factions in the same turn.
* A player may not make air drops using the right click "air drop to" function, when it is not possible to do so with the "i" button, ie. after already having moved or made a drop.
* A player may not use build queue manipulation or other loopholes to hurry production at a cost that would be lower than directly hurrying the item that one intends to build.
* A player may not use build queue manipulation or other loopholes to build something you could not directly add to the build queue.
* A player may not upgrade a particular type of unit using the design workshop, and then attack with that unit in the same turn.
* Copters are banned from the game.
* All attrocities banned till council vote allows it.

I think that resolves all open issues, so Mart, please begin setting things up. Thanks!

[mmontgomery]

Everyone should PM Mart with the password they want; otherwise, you get stuck with a random password.

[bdanv]

password sent to Mart by PM

[Mart]

I received 3 passwords already, only Florin remaining.

Any requests as for which specifically starting position? east or west?

I'll setup the game this evening, it should start Saturday.

[florin79c]

send pass to Mart

[mmontgomery]

Originally posted by mart7x5
Any requests as for which specifically starting position? east or west?

As long as Marky and I are either both south, or both north, I am happy. I think the modified Vets map is pretty balanced.

[bdanv]

me and Florin will take the southern half of the map.

[Marky]

Thanks, Mart, for getting to this so quickly!

North half is fine with me. I don't care about east or west.

[Mart]

MEA pbem launched:
here
Please read the notes.