18 Player, Huge, Epic Game

Great_Scott

Great_Scott

aka Cottus Arci
Joined
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THE FIRST EPIC v2
18 Player Huge Epic Game

**-Game closed due to lack of activity-**

No point messing around with small game... Let's go for a massive, massive game of Epic proportions...

Victory Conditions
Domination only. (Conditions like Diplomatic & Cultural could be decided through our own diplomatic means (email, use of these forums, etc.. but not through the game)

Other Conditions
Huge Terra Map, Epic Speed, Culture Flips after combat, Ancient start.... v1.09 (the patch)!

Game Status
All places filled. Game has begun! Please note all times are shown in GMT. Please familiarise yourself with what time your turn is. Here's a quick link to give you instant GMT time. http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=136

I've put in my Leader name, and the name of my Civilisation. If you change any of these, please inform the thread so we know who is who.​


Players/Turn Order

1. Great_Scott (8:00)
Cottus Arci/Cuhteenans (Peter/Russians)
swrday[at]hotmail.com

2. Tholomeo (16:00)
(Montezuma/Aztecs)
akansky[at]mail.wplus.net

3. Masterflash (17:00)
(Alexander/Greeks)
srosendal[at]gmail.com

4. Joul_Ironhand (18:00)
(Cyrus/Persians)
joul.civ4[at]googlemail.com

5. Bast (20:00)
(Qin Shi Huang/Chinese)
sam1979[at]gmail.com

6. FatTurtle (21:00)
(Hatshepsut/Egyptians)
b_falk[at]spray.se

7. PaulMTC (21:30)
(Julius Caesar/Romans)
paul.cockburn[at]blueyonder.co.uk

8. jhauser (22:00)
(Isabella/Spanish)
jhauser42[at]adelphia.net

9. Ashtrix (23:00)
(Elizabeth/English)
misato_31[at]yahoo.com

10. decarth (0:00)
(Tokugawa/Japanese)
hoot483[at]comcast.net

11. madviking (1:00)
(Napoleon/French)
madviking777[at]yahoo.com

12. Herandar_IV (2:00)
(Bismarck/Germans)
herandar[at]gmail.com

13. infekt (3:00)
(Huayna Capac/Incans)
kaoticforces[at]gmail.com

14. ndvsky (3:00)
(Washington/Americans)
neliodv[at]gmail.com

15. joethreeblah (4:00)
(Gandhi/Indians)
joebrookes[at]pbcenters.net

16. Mensch69 (5:00)
(Saladin/Arabians)
edwardriel[at]sbcglobal.net

17. von_Clausewitz (6:00)
(Mansa Musa/Malinese)
clausewitz1bc[at]gmail.com

18. Blubfsm (7:00)
(Genghis Khan/Mongols)
llaack[at]mail.fm

 
Sounds like fun, sign me up.

Preferred Civ: Incan Empire (Huayna Capac)
My Time Zone: PST (GMT-8)
Email: kaoticforces at gmail dot com
 
You're in :)

Oh, and of course, with Preferred Civ's, first in, best dressed there.

Myself? I'm going Peter of Russia.

I'm in Australia, so I believe from my SW Galaxies days midnight is 5pm.. which is fine by me, i'll be playing my turn after 6pm, (so 1am PST) and if not, I can always jump on before work :)

So yeah, midnight sounds good for the turn cutoff.
 
Herandar IV said:
PBEM or otherwise?

Good luck getting 18 people to get a turn done in one day by PBEM. This would be much more realistic with PitBoss.
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Hmm? Well I work 9 hours a day, I'm engaged, I play other games, watch movies etc etc etc.. but for me a turn would only take, what 10 mins max out of my day?

I thought 1 turn a day is quite acceptable.. is there something I'm missing? And what is PitBoss?
 
Sign me up, I shall play as Isabella of Spain.

(my username) AT gmail DOT com

CST (-0600) here
 
Great_Scott said:
Hmm? Well I work 9 hours a day, I'm engaged, I play other games, watch movies etc etc etc.. but for me a turn would only take, what 10 mins max out of my day?
I thought 1 turn a day is quite acceptable.. is there something I'm missing? And what is PitBoss?
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The problem isn't in actually taking your turn, it is sending the turn to the next person in the game in order and having very little downtime in between the time you send it and the time the next person gets their email. If you can schedule your game, it might minimize the downtime, but still, if one person doesn't check their email once a day (or checks before the game gets to them) everyone else has to wait 24 hours to play.

Check out this thread. It has eleven players and has taken nine days to complete only the first turn: Close Quarters

PitBoss is a feature Take 2 or Firaxis (or Gamespy, I don't truly remember) is planning on releasing for PBEM style games. The name comes from PTBS, which stands for Persistent Turn Based Server. In theory, which is all anyone appears to have at this point, the game is hosted and saved on the PTBS. Each player can log on and play their turn, and once all players have completed their turns, the AI moves and the next turn begins. The advantages:

1) No turn order. Each player can go as soon as the turn begins.
2) No emails to send, or files to attach. This seems to be harder than one would think.

The Server could even email all players when the next turn is ready. I think the only drawbacks are the technical logistics involved. All of this said, sign me up anyway. I'll be happy to lend my very limited expertise in setting up PBEMs.

Bismarck, bitte.
 
A game this large really would flow much better with Pitboss. Grrr, when will it be released?
 
Hmm.. I wasn't aware of PBEM being a pass-the-parcel kind of deal. I have a look around for PitBoss, it could be another month away. Now.. a few questions..

With PBEM, if a PBEM game had 2 players and they continously played their turn, emailed back and so on, would the game progress in that manner? Or is there a setting in the game to stipulate the timeframe of the game? IE, if these 2 players were playing on a 1-turn-per-day rate, and they played both their turns in the first hour of the turn, would they have to wait till the next day?
 
Great_Scott said:
With PBEM, if a PBEM game had 2 players and they continously played their turn, emailed back and so on, would the game progress in that manner? Or is there a setting in the game to stipulate the timeframe of the game? IE, if these 2 players were playing on a 1-turn-per-day rate, and they played both their turns in the first hour of the turn, would they have to wait till the next day?
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No, if you were playing with one other person and you were both online, you could send it back and forth repeatedly. But if you were both online and able to play, why would you not just play a Direct IP game? You can take turns or select simultaneous movement.
 
I'll play. I doubt we can get all 18 players in every day, but worth a shot.

I'll play any race.
I'm in US EST (GMT -5) and can play my turn both morning and evening.

Joe
 
Herandar IV said:
No, if you were playing with one other person and you were both online, you could send it back and forth repeatedly. But if you were both online and able to play, why would you not just play a Direct IP game? You can take turns or select simultaneous movement.
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Well.. because I want 18 players to play!

So basically, it comes down to this.. two options..

1) Play 18 Player PBEM, which will just operate on this basis on play your turn and pass it on, which means at times alot of turns could take place in an hour, but at other times 1 player could hold up the process for a while...

or.. 2) Wait for Pitboss, then have maybe like 2 turns per day, where alll 18 players log into the server at Pitboss, and play their turn twice a day..

Correct?
 
jhauser said:
I'll play. I doubt we can get all 18 players in every day, but worth a shot.

I'll play any race.
I'm in US EST (GMT -5) and can play my turn both morning and evening.

Joe
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Well it's pretty much about all 18 players willing to commit some time every day to play their turn.. which I'll ask each and every one of you..
 
Great_Scott said:
Well it's pretty much about all 18 players willing to commit some time every day to play their turn.. which I'll ask each and every one of you..
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Committing time each and every day is the easy part. Actually getting your turn during the time you have committed may not be easy. I could be sitting here from 8pm-midnight, yet if the turn is not sent to me until 1am, it won;t get played for quite some time, causing a serious slow-down. If this happens 3 times in a day and each player is delayed 8 hrs, you have then lost an entire day...

Joe
 
Hey I am really new as you'll notice with my post number at this. But I love Civ I play it every day anyway so you can count on be to play a turn a day. Sign me up. I prefer America or Germany But if those have been taken somebody scientific please.
 
Sign me up. I'll take any Civ.

How many we got so far? We starting after the patch?

Paul.
 
I just redid the first post, make it look all nice and stuff... we have 8, so we need another 10.

Now, what I need off everyone is.... (if you've already provided it, then disregard)...

- email
- Time Zone
- Preferred playing times (2 most common times you'll play)
- Preferred Civ/Leader
- Your in-game Leader name, Civ Name (singular, plural etc)

The preferred playing times will allow me to sort out what order we go in terms of turn playing.... it may help, may not.. but it's better than a random order...

And considering the patch just got released.. v 1.09 this time.. we'll be playing post-patch =)
 
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