[No Players]PBEM L for the Lurkers

[Ceiliazul]

Thoth definitely got the handicapped start... he should be in it for the long haul.

[regoarrarr]

the dutch need astronomy and steam power to unlock their awesome unique units. there are very few rb games where the game isn't decided by astronomy, and even less where it isn't decided by steam power. even on archipelego, another civ should be able to bee line chemistry and neutralize east indiamen.

In PBEM17, I was up Chemistry on oledavy and the fact that he was a dutch was a big factor in his eventually winning that war. 6v8 is a lot more doable than 4v8.

[BRickAstley]

Just a mapmaker note, this was the very first map I rolled and player location was strictly bound to turn order, I made no modifications to that. Which is why I was also very happy to see a close border between seven and krill, anxious to see that play out.

[Bigger]

Just a mapmaker note, this was the very first map I rolled and player location was strictly bound to turn order, I made no modifications to that. Which is why I was also very happy to see a close border between seven and krill, anxious to see that play out.

[Azza]

Should hopefully be an interesting battle there.

[BRickAstley]

The actual problem is that I didn't count on having a neighbour so close. It gets worst when he already has 2 warfare techs (and he'll kill my scout next turn). And he'll probably be competition for the cow + corn site above.

That's not THAT close, especially compared to some of the other placements.... *cough cough Krill Seven cough cough*

[Oxyphenbutazone]

Any idea what Krill is talking about, Brick?

[scooter]

Well he's complaining about it being unfair but...

No one asked for a balanced map. We asked for balanced leader/civ combinations which were posted and are fine.

*shrug*

[TheHumanHydra]

My very green opinion is that he should suck it up and rush Seven, or die trying. With an unbalanced script, you play the map, and this map says "rush." <shrugs>

[BRickAstley]

I'll repeat that I explicitly asked the players about this issue, and Krill accepted the map setup process as I did it, and agreed with Seven on the choice of first map rolled, no rerolling or mapmaker balancing. There's really nothing else to say after that IMHO.