DDPP: Dutch Disappionted PTW Players PBEM

[ProPain]

I'm a consultant and I also run my own company. Or more acurate I run it together with a friend. Which is great because we have our own LAN that turns out to be great not only for file sharing but it also accomodates MP very well indeed.

I've been playing civ since Civ I was released, played civII a lot, played some CtP for MP reasons. That was money well wasted because after 2 short games I gave it up. User Interface drove me crazy.

I usually play emperor level, which I win 99% of the time. Last tourny OCC being the exception (it's going to be a humiliating defeat...) For some reason deity is still out of my league cause I lose 99% of the times, or rather give up because it's hopeless. I play the tourny in the elite division (emp/monarch) and the gotm

 

[ERIKK]

Game sent to Propain

In this turn I did thousands of things And PTW was again very nice to crash while exiting (like yesterday)....

Well, I am a systems develloper, working for an large IT services company. I have played CivII for, like two years. I discovered it quite late. Before that I played M.A.X. hotseat with a friend, most of the times in 12 hours sessions.

I am an Emperor/Deity level player, winning most of the Emperor games and losing most of the Deity games!

PS:
ProPain! You are the only one missing in my MSN "contactpersonen" screen!

 

[ProPain]

Got the game 18:19 send the game 18:33 to redwatch.

Erikk : So I'm not the only one winning emp, losing deity. Great relief. On the MSN thing. I don't use it, more of an ICQ kinda guy. But if the rest of you is using it, I'll download it tomorow. Kinda weird because I just erased the MSN copy my little sister installed a week ago (no kidding)

 

[Kemal]

And I'm reading law at the University of Utrecht. I've got lots of experience with civ1,2,3 and usually play my civ games at emperor, sometimes deity (no fun IMO, but I need the practice for the GotM ). You can look at the results of the Gotm pages to see if you think I'm any good at the game.

PS: Propain, same goes for me, I also miss you in MSN!

 

[ProPain]

Got the point, I'll install the thing first thing tomorow

 

[Matrix]

Hey, guys! I've made a website about our game!

http://www.straland.com/DDPP/

ERIKK and I already have something in our history. (Very short of course. ) Do you have something to add?

Originally posted by ProPain
On the MSN thing. I don't use it, more of an ICQ kinda guy.

I like you. Shall we conclude an alliance? Now?

 

[Kemal]

That's great Matrix! Fantastic site.

But there is one little thing that nags me....

Sultan Kemal... SULTAN Kemal!? Noooooo... My loyal vassals now me (at least for now) as Shah Kemal of Persia.

You can add to Kemal's history that he can ponder on the problems of his still small empire watching a great lake/ocean, (Persia doesn't know how to explore the seas yet, nor can it miss the manpower to send a team of explorers round the shores). The Shah prefers the fresh breeze to the arid climate of some lands surrounding his capital.

Great idea, I might even be tempted to hold a weekly log of my game, something I normally dread to do.

 

[Matrix]

Sorry, changed it to "Shah". Also your history is altered.

 

[ProPain]

Matrix, great site, I'll write a few lines on my start and email em.
On the alliance : You're on, let's ally!

 

[Matrix]

I was able to play around midnight. Perhaps we play two turns tomorrow.

I'm not pushing anyone, just hoping.

 

[ERIKK]

Originally posted by Matrix
I was able to play around midnight. Perhaps we play two turns tomorrow.

I'm not pushing anyone, just hoping.

If Kemal had posted yesterdayevening I could play right now, before leaving to work. You guys could wrap up the turn in daytime and start a new one then, with me joining again early in the evening, we might be able to finish the second turn. Just sounds like a good schema for minimal 2 turns a day!

Any comments?

 

[ProPain]

Spunds fine to me. I can play a turn during daytime and one in the evening. Off course such an intensive schedule requires me to reevaluate my daily routine.

Hiawatha says UCH! and nods expressing his aproval.

 

[ERIKK]

It is just that if the rest wants to have something to play in daytime (seems you all can (students and entrepeneurs )), if can only post in the (early) morning. In that case Kemal should be the last to play in the evening.

 

[Matrix]

Not exactly, Kemal is at the edge. He can also play in the morning.

I think I can usually play after Plux anyway. Except when I sleep at my girlfriend's, cos she doesn't have internet (nor a computer fast enough for Civ3). And that's what I will do most of the time from 9 till 20 dec. I'm really hooked up to play between 17:00 and 18:00 then.

 

[Redwatch]

I always won't be able to play at day time. I leave normaly around 8 in the morning, mostley between 17:30 18:30 at home then from 21:30 back home again. If you guys want to schedule two turns a day, count my out, sorry. Just let me know what you guys want, no hard feelings.

 

[Plux]

Maybe some people get the wrong idea here. One turn/day is fine, and if we can't make that, than we'll have to settle for less, but that too is ok, I think.

We just got a little over-excited that we may had been able to play two full turns today, but I guess that's a little too stretched. Let's just see and enjoy how the game progresses and take it from there..

Sayonara..

 

[Kemal]

I'll normally be able to play late in the evening from next friday on.

I had a tentamen at 9:00 hours today, that's why I wasn't available to play yesterday evening. I've got another one on friday so thursday evening I'll be able to play 'till 21:00 at best.

Just to stop anyone from getting wrong impressions: my starting location isn't a hopeless all-desert place, I do have access (well, in 10 turns that is) to one bonus resource and a little grassland. It's just not the all-cow dreamland I hoped it would be .

 

[Matrix]

Originally posted by Redwatch
I always won't be able to play at day time. I leave normaly around 8 in the morning, mostley between 17:30 18:30 at home then from 21:30 back home again. If you guys want to schedule two turns a day, count my out, sorry. Just let me know what you guys want, no hard feelings.

That's ok. I was just a bit hoping for more.

 

[ERIKK]

Well, as for now it looks like none of us had a good starting location! My starting place/site is OK but the vicinity isn't (bordering the jungle): got mountains and jungle to the south, jungle to the west, northwest and southeast. To the north, northeast there is water (???, cannot see too well), remaining the east which is yet unknown. My hopes are on better lands to the east otherwise I am f*cked allthough it is a little bit too early to say that. I will post a screenshot in a while (need to learn expert-editing first).

 

[Matrix]

I didn't start bad. I got wine and a river just beside Strastad. And plenty of grassland!

But looking at your experiences I think I need a good lead.

By the way, two turns in one day is still possible, but only if Kemal, ERIKK and ProPain are still available between 22:00 and 23:00. You don't always have to take that into consideration. But it is doable.