ALL-NIGHT game: players wanted!

[Elendil]

I'm trying to get together a 7-player all-night game for this Friday. We would play from something like 9 eastern till about 6 in the morning. The goal is to finish the game. I have two other players already.

It is a regular game, with no house rules other than no city bribe. However, it will be played under a special modpack that is being used in another ongoing, 7-player game. The modpack places the players in very nearly equal starting positions in 4000 BC, with special rules changes designed to balance the multiplayer game in important ways. For example, to prevent the typical Monotheism-->Republic-->Invention-->Democracy rush, there are new prerequisites postponing these technologies and requiring even development. Undervalued wonders and technologies, such as Oracle and Iron Working, are made more important both for realism and gameplay purposes. Also, the graphics are high-resolution. You can download the modpack by clicking <a href="http://bestofmetal.net/EUROPE1.zip">here</a> and the sounds for the modpack <a href="http://bestofmetal.net/EUROPESOUND.zip">here</a>. To install, create a directory called "EUROPE1" inside your "SCENARIO" directory, which is inside your main Civ2 directory (verify exact spellings). Unzip the files into the EUROPE1 folder.

Feel free to play this mod as many times as you want in the intervening days to familiarize yourself with the rules changes. There is a readme file which details all of the rules changes.

Whew, OK, if you're interested: post here! Or ICQ me. This should be fun!

 

[Johan511]

I'm interested in the game Elendil

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[SunTzu]

Elendil i wish to play and well you already know that . This will be a great game!

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Well, it must be close to the Armageddon. Lord, you know that I won’t fly by that lesson you taught me, to pull out my Wesson you brought me, and i’m not stressin’ it softly. Get ‘em up off me, ‘cause all we wanted harmony, been bombin’ ‘em. Yell up outta my ghetto, “I won’t settle,” get on my level.

 

[Elendil]

Great! So far with Sun Tzu, Johan, and his wife we have 4 confirmed players, within minutes of my making this post.

Milo also will probably be playing.

 

[Johan511]

I would like to reserve my right to be the mighty Russian Civilization.

 

[Fry002]

im in the game, but i can only play for the first 2 hours of what time you said. also, you will never be able to finish a 7-player game in one night, its impossible. i remember when i was playing with the AI, with 7 civilizations and it took me almost all day to finish the game, (beat the AI).

 

[Elendil]

Originally posted by Johan511:
I would like to reserve my right to be the mighty Russian Civilization. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>

Sure...SunTzu has expressed a wish to be the Germans. So consider those two civs reserved.

 

[Elendil]

Originally posted by Fry002:
im in the game, but i can only play for the first 2 hours of what time you said. also, you will never be able to finish a 7-player game in one night, its impossible. i remember when i was playing with the AI, with 7 civilizations and it took me almost all day to finish the game, (beat the AI).

Hm, well, we really need someone willing to play the whole night. The difference between MP and SP is that in SP you do a lot of micromanagement. Also, in SP you tend to get enormous empires that are difficult to manage.

A more even game without micromanagement should proceed more quickly.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

I would play online all-night on a friday IF we were playing on the large map of earth...custom maps sux and equally in start and resources is not what the game is about.

I have played on a lan on earth many times and it is extremely fun and tough...even the ai is better!

 

[SunTzu]

This game will be fun, Europe map....Long games are fun and will get very far...trust me i played nearly everynight this summer with my friend we'd play from 8pm-11am the next day, games go by quixckly

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Well, it must be close to the Armageddon. Lord, you know that I won’t fly by that lesson you taught me, to pull out my Wesson you brought me, and i’m not stressin’ it softly. Get ‘em up off me, ‘cause all we wanted harmony, been bombin’ ‘em. Yell up outta my ghetto, “I won’t settle,” get on my level.

 

[Elendil]

Originally posted by kittenOFchaos:
I would play online all-night on a friday IF we were playing on the large map of earth...custom maps sux and equally in start and resources is not what the game is about.

I have played on a lan on earth many times and it is extremely fun and tough...even the ai is better!

We're playing on a map of Europe. Starting positions are roughly equal, but obviously what you do with them is determined solely by your own talent. If there is an overwhelming desire among most of the players to play on a random map, we can do that too. (Setup is just a little more complicated.)

 

[Salamander]

Soo, i reserve the right to be english!!!!
Hail Civ2 players who actually plays

 

[Elendil]

OK, that makes five players, six if Milo makes up his mind to play. So far the Russians, Germans, and British have been reserved.

 

[NeelaX]

Hi, Johan said that he told you I would being playing this weekend, I just took a look at the map and I would like to be the austrians.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

play on the large world map and you would have a kitten hopefully playing -if i get the patch to work (problem).

Plus what version of the europe map?

 

[Johan511]

Well Elendil, from now on I know if I post a 7 player game on a Tuesday I can get 7 player by that same Friday, What a wonderful turn out!

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[Elendil]

Originally posted by NeelaX:
Hi, Johan said that he told you I would being playing this weekend, I just took a look at the map and I would like to be the austrians. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>

Great! Austrians reserved. I'm playing them in the New Millennium Diplomatic game on Apolyton, and they're a fun civ.

 

[Elendil]

Originally posted by kittenOFchaos:
play on the large world map and you would have a kitten hopefully playing -if i get the patch to work (problem).

Plus what version of the europe map?

Well, we've already gotten our full 7, actually: Johan, Neela, Sun Tzu, Berzerker, Markus, Salamander, and myself. Maybe some other time, though: I also like to play on the large world map.

The version of the Europe map we're using is the "Realeurope" map, which is very accurate, except for hundreds of one-square lakes, which I've eliminated (and replaced some of them with one-square rivers to aid irrigation, which I assume was the creator's original intent).

 

[SunTzu]

Hey Elendil, is this a diplogame? or a regular MP game? if it's a diplogame we should explain the meaning of 'Diplo'game. And about the roleplaying aspect which is really fun

Everyone this will be one of the funnest MP games you'll ever play

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Well, it must be close to the Armageddon. Lord, you know that I won’t fly by that lesson you taught me, to pull out my Wesson you brought me, and i’m not stressin’ it softly. Get ‘em up off me, ‘cause all we wanted harmony, been bombin’ ‘em. Yell up outta my ghetto, “I won’t settle,” get on my level.

 

[Elendil]

Originally posted by SunTzu:
Hey Elendil, is this a diplogame? or a regular MP game? if it's a diplogame we should explain the meaning of 'Diplo'game. And about the roleplaying aspect which is really fun <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/biggrin.gif" border=0>
Everyone this will be one of the funnest MP games you'll ever play <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>

Actually, it's just a regular game, no special diplo rules. A diplo game works best anyway when you have multiple sessions. Of course, we could all post here our reflections on the game after we finish - there's nothing stopping that!