September 6th, 2024, 04:09
(This post was last modified: October 19th, 2024, 10:14 by Tarkeel.)
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As promised, here's the signup-thread for the Variant Game I mentioned earlier.
(August 20th, 2024, 06:15)Tarkeel Wrote: A Tale of Two Continents
The core concept is to have two more-or-less natural continents with about 4 players on each. The lurkers will try to split the players in two groups based on perceived skill, and have the best players on the same continent. Will one player manage to consolidate the resources of their continent under one rule?
Proposed start acceleration: Start with a worker and one additional first-tier tech.
My initial thoughts had them as mirrors of each others, but the more I think about it the less I like that idea. Current plan is to roll two different pangea maps and merge them into the same map as different continents, and add islands as necessary. Starts and resources will be balanced within their continent.
Settings:
Number of players: 8+ (can expand if there's interest)
Mod: Close to Home 5.0
True AI Diplo
No huts, unit gifting, or tech trading
No abusive or lopsided city trades; Extorting for peace is OK but check with lurkers?
Proposed acceleration:
Start with one extra first-tier tech (selected in secret) and worker
Up for voting (spreadsheet):
Difficulty: Monarch /Emperor (or split between continents?)
Picking: Random/Block/Snake
Barbarians: Off/No cities+ships /Normal/Raging
Spies: Off/ On
Score: Off/On
Map trading: Off/On
Events: Off/ On/Double
Start accelerations: None/Tech/ Tech+Worker
Signups:
1. Greenline
2. TBS
3. (Mjmd)
4. Superdeath
5. Naufragar
6. Giraflorens
7. Xist
8. Dreylin
Edit: Aiming for a start in early to mid october
September 6th, 2024, 08:07
(This post was last modified: September 6th, 2024, 19:33 by greenline.)
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in it (to win it?)
Votes:
Difficulty: Monarch
Picking: Snake
Barbs: Off
Spies: Off
Score: On
Map trading: On
Events: Off
September 6th, 2024, 09:17
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Thanks for the map making and organising Tarkeel!
Votes:
Difficulty: Emperor
Picking: Snake (see start before pick)
Barbs: No ships
Spies: Off
Score: On
Map trading: Off
Events: On
Don't feel super strongly about any of them.
September 6th, 2024, 10:16
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Can't join another game atm (even two is too many), will lurk with interest
September 6th, 2024, 15:58
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I'm in as long as events are off. The counterargument is usually "your neighbors matter more", but in a game with roughly balanced neighbors things like huts and events have no place.
I can create a voting spreadsheet for rest later.
September 6th, 2024, 16:33
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Votes:
Difficulty: Monarch
Picking: Snake (see start before pick)
Barbs: No!
Spies: Off
Score: On
Map trading: On
Events: OFF!
Events being off is damn near mandatory. Some people getting Bronze working while you get a map of what you have already seen.. Yeah, if the whole idea is to put people of similar skill level on the same landmass.. Dont add any RNG to it.
Same feeling with barbs. Too much RNG. Im not AS strongly opposed to barbs, but i dont like them in this scenario.
Im in. I cant wait to have my own "slightly stronger than green(s), worse than emperor gandhi ai" island.
"Superdeath seems to have acquired a rep for aggression somehow. ![[Image: noidea.gif]](https://www.realmsbeyond.net/forums/images/smilies/noidea.gif) In this game that's going to help us because he's going to go to the negotiating table with twitchy eyes and slightly too wide a grin and terrify the neighbors into favorable border agreements, one-sided tech deals and staggered NAPs."
-Old Harry. PB48.
September 6th, 2024, 18:56
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Neat idea, Tarkeel!
Difficulty: Emperor
Picking: Snake
Barbarians: No cities+ships
Spies: Off
Score: On
Map trading: Off
Events: Off
There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.
September 7th, 2024, 02:45
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If you admit a green player, I'd love to participate, here are my choices
Difficulty: Monarch
Picking: Snake
Barbarians: Normal
Spies: On
Score: On
Map trading: On
Events: Off
From this settings, the only one I really don't like is "Events". The rest I don't mind other options.
Great to start in October. I have plenty of time.
If there are too many players, I wouldn't mind sharing or deadlurking someone.
September 7th, 2024, 03:14
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Updated the sign-up list; while there's only two slots open, there might be an option to expand the roster some.
(Mjmd and Superdeath, did you want the offered duel-island?)
(September 6th, 2024, 16:33)superdeath Wrote: Events being off is damn near mandatory. Some people getting Bronze working while you get a map of what you have already seen.. Yeah, if the whole idea is to put people of similar skill level on the same landmass.. Dont add any RNG to it.
Same feeling with barbs. Too much RNG. Im not AS strongly opposed to barbs, but i dont like them in this scenario.
Events are not the same as huts. Events have been modified to tune out the worst offenders. As for barbs, my feeling is that them being off makes for more variance than on, since running farmers gambits then becomes mandatory.
September 7th, 2024, 04:36
(This post was last modified: September 7th, 2024, 04:38 by xist10.)
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Sign me up. 2 games are near the end, I think I could play another.
Difficulty: I played PB mostly on Deity, so I'm impartial. But I think, split difficult seems to be a good idea.
Picking: Block
Barbarians: No ships (and cities) - has an RNG element, but still an important factor ingame. Ships can be very difficult to defend against early and cities are even more RNG.
Spies: On
Score: On
Map trading: On
Events: Off - Not that bad as huts, still a potential problem.
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