1st Unofficial Apolyton MP tournament.

[Maquiladora]

We can come up with some rules after the Tournament for a League kind of structure, but how would you feel about playing with smaller city limits for each government?

Tyranny 5
Monarchy 10
Fascism 20

On the gameplay side of things i can imagine it would definately mean faster turns, more even starting locations because theres more PW to spend on each city to improve them, things like that. Just ideas anyway, some people like it, some dont....

[Daniel Kesinger]

So how are we on the timeline? Are we still planning on keeping to Barley's time frame?

Also, Maq, I'm still looking for that rematch. NO GOODIE TECHS!! Knights against phalanx's is never pretty, lol!!
Anyway email me at dm_kesinger@yahoo.com
I will be free all day friday through all day monday. I prefer to play about the same time we did yesturday, but I'm open to change.

If anyone is interested in playing I'm willing, but under the same rules. No tech goodies, Can anyone tell I'm bitter??!! lol

[Maquiladora]

Can you play 12noon GMT Saturday Daniel?

[Barley]

Lol Daniel (with Goodies you need to send out lots of scouts all over the map to eat them up ASAP).

Im free to play on Friday from 7pm GMT (have up to 10 hours), may be able to play Saturday but its a slim chance (ill post here if I can).

[Barley]

Oh PS, we are still on track for the Tournament, just waiting to see if other players want to join and for Toni & Quimby to return from their holidays.

[Daniel Kesinger]

12noon GMT is 3am my time, so thats not such a good time. How about 2?

Maybe there is a mean time that Barley, you, and myself could all play. My wife has only given me permission for one game, lol!! Perhaps Friday night, your time, say 5or6pm GMT

The best time for me is still anyday around 2pm GMT. Let me know what you guys think.

[Maquiladora]

Its better that you 2 play then, i can only play Saturday until 7pm GMT.

[Daniel Kesinger]

Maq,
Saturday is better for me, if we start at 2GMT, that leaves us 5 hours. So see you then?

Barley,
If you really can't play saturday I think that I can work out 4hours or so during the 10 that you said you would be available for on Friday.

[Maquiladora]

Okay 2pm GMT sounds fine.

[Toni]

Hi Maq and Barley, i wanted to say that it will be a good thing to try and share tips and strategies with the players as much as u can, which you play now days, so we can have more equal players for the Tourney, afcourse you may have already start doing it but i wanted to say it anyway. Coming back from holiday in 11 days...............

[Maquiladora]

That was my thinking too Toni, of course they may know more than us anyway.

[Daniel Kesinger]

Maq,
I need to know if we can move our game foward to 12noon GMT. If you can I'll just meet you on the multiplayer server. If not I will see you at 2pmGMT. I hope you can make it at noon.

Daniel

[Maquiladora]

Ill try, if im not there before 12:10pm its safe to say im still in bed, but ill make it for 2pm otherwise.

[Barley]

Still in bed at 12.00! you lazy git Maq (though guess you were up late playing or boozing).

Limited city numbers (by Gov) - its an interesting idea but id like to try it out a few times before it was part of a League or something, I just fear it might put some people off, especially less experienced peeps.

Sharing tips - Great idea, think the best way to do this would be to have a MP tip thread along the lines of ‘Guide to CTP’, there are already Mp tips in there and there is a good CTP1 MP tip thread somewhere. Without making it to complicated though we could just start a thread and brainstorm our own ideas, strategys and put them on it. If necessary we could consolidate it all into a organised thread later.

One last thing, don’t want to be an old moaner but try not to let this thread get to off topic with lots of discussion re arranging MP games (im as guilty as anyone), the odd post don’t matter though.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Barley
Still in bed at 12.00! you lazy git Maq (though guess you were up late playing or boozing).

Hey it look at what time i posted, under 6 hours before the game ...... a little sleep and i still made it, thats what you call dedication

Limited city numbers (by Gov) - its an interesting idea but id like to try it out a few times before it was part of a League or something, I just fear it might put some people off, especially less experienced peeps.

Well it can be upto the 2 players involved to decide, whatever format the competition is.

Sharing tips - Great idea, think the best way to do this would be to have a MP tip thread along the lines of ‘Guide to CTP’, there are already Mp tips in there and there is a good CTP1 MP tip thread somewhere. Without making it to complicated though we could just start a thread and brainstorm our own ideas, strategys and put them on it. If necessary we could consolidate it all into a organised thread later.

There is already the Great Library: Strategy & Tactics Index, but this only tells some of the more obvious exploits and strategies, not enough to get by in MP, but it will be the thread to index any new threads we start concerning MP.

I will start a thread later with some other exploits and tactics ive noticed, and perhaps you can chip in with some i dont know yet

If we all reveal our strategies in their entirety theyd be no point having a Tournament, but there are some definate fundamentals all players should be aware of. I know theres alot of things i wish i knew when i started.