Diplo game!

Håkan Eriksson · Mar 29, 2001

I wan't to be the Vikings!!!!

Btw, in a dipo game with bloodlust and no war. How do you plan to win?

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Matrix · Mar 29, 2001

Cimfindriel,
I ment that we play in the evening, so you play early in the afternoon. Or was this what you thought also?

I picked sunday, because saturday evening people tend to go out and sunday evening you're almost always at home. But since Pedro has to go to home-home, maybe saturday could be better.

Iccky,
I explained in my first post here what a diplo game is: it's just a multiplayer game where people negotiate too.

Håkan (and the others),
I've changed my mind and dropped my idea of bloodlust. On second thought, I think this game should be as normal as possible.

Also, I'm chatting with SunTzu right now and he says playing on a large map is much more fun, but also that if we play only 4 hours once a week, we'd be lucky if we're finished before 2002, which I can imagine. So, Cimfindriel, is there perhaps a day in the week you're available? That would help much.

Pedro,
please, download ICQ! http://www.icq.com/download

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Matrix · Mar 29, 2001

There is one seat still available!! Who wants to??

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Pedro · Mar 30, 2001

Everyons who wants to join: please be aware that a game like this can indeed take a *very* long time. Imagine: you have to wait 'til six other players have finished their turns, until you can start. If you think this is too much, please don't join our game, if you think a diplo game is just the coolest concept available for civ multiplayer on earth and you want to play with people form litteraly all over the world, then by all means: join us!)

Matrix (and all other players): I'd like to play on sunday, cause saturday I usually go out. I don't care at what time though, neither how long.
I'll download ICQ at my parents' as there's a download protection on the computers here, at the university

. I can only use the MSN Messenger.
I'd like to pick a color for the game: orange. Don't know which civ I'm gonna play yet (would have been the Aztecs if Matrix wouldn't have picked yellow).
That's all, I'm taking the train to Brabant (province of Holland) now. The further away form Groningen, the better.

(just joking Matrix)

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Pedro · Mar 30, 2001

OK I'm home now, the national railway company has been merciful on me

I think it's very important to make sure everyone has the same MGE version, so everybody download the latest patch!
Matrix>maybe we should test the game this evening or tomorrow to see if everything runs smooth..

Cimfindriel · Mar 30, 2001

Originally posted by Matrix:
Cimfindriel,
I ment that we play in the evening, so you play early in the afternoon. Or was this what you thought also?

I picked sunday, because saturday evening people tend to go out and sunday evening you're almost always at home. But since Pedro has to go to home-home, maybe saturday could be better.

So, Cimfindriel, is there perhaps a day in the week you're available? That would help much.

I am bad with time zones

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If we play Sunday evening(you), morning(me), I can play for ohhh let's say all day and into the night if needs be

.

The weekday will be a little tricky tho. Any day is good for me after 5:00 my time, but that may be too late; "Work sucks, but I need the bucks." Maybe I could find a sub for my weekday sessions and I could play the Sunday sittings(I already have someone in mind). I really want to play and will do just about anything it takes.

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gar13 · Mar 30, 2001

sounds like the coolest thing i've ever heard of.

i can get MGE tomorrow (if they have it at wall-mart.. lol), and if you don't mind another east-coaster, i'd love to be the 7th.

also, can i be blue? (either German, or American/chinese *not sure*)

gar13 · Mar 30, 2001

by the way, e-mail is: gar_teg@hotmail.com

ICQ: 48699977

and i can play *any* sunday afternoon, and *most* saturday afternoons. also, after school (10 weeks) i can play any other day, and i have a week off in april when i can play at any time.

ok?
lol

Pedro · Mar 30, 2001

Allright! The fact that I've been so insanely stupid to stay here 'til 4:30 AM *does* make me the first to officialy anounce the first session of the diplo game on april 1st. A warm welcome to gar13! Who concludes our international list of contestants:
3 Holland
1 England
1 Sweden
1 Canada
1 USA
Again I want to emphasize that this game is going to take a long time, so think again if your *not* sure to spend hours and hours on this game.
I guess we will try to keep interested fanatics informed of our progress on this thread and possibly we'll create an internet site like drake's.

gar13 · Mar 30, 2001

cool

hey, can you all add me to your icq (number is in an above post) or AIM: Gar1329

are we allowed to talk with these outside message systems, during the sessions?

Pedro · Mar 30, 2001

No and yes! Although you might not understand why this would be important. It's very important not to talk about in-game information through ICQ or E-mail. There's an option for the diplomat in MGE that allows you to spy on other player's conversations secretly. This can have a great strategic element for the game, so everyone is kindly asked to negotiate with the aid of the civ-chat. Normal chatting can be done either with the civ-chat or with ICQ, E-mail whatever.

SunTzu · Mar 31, 2001

Here's a few tips from a diplogame player.
You want to entertain others with your stories of your sessions and start a new topic with the title of our diplogame and tell your stories, you need to be a good roleplayer

Like in my current game i'm An Insane leader who jsut got ahold of nuclear weapons.
Here's the URL to our current story topic at apolyton.
http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum2/HTML/001906.html?144

enjoy your first diplogame!

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

Pedro · Mar 31, 2001

Cool stories, Sun, though not everyone seemed to comprehend the value of them right from the start. I hope everyone in this diplo game does...

I will play orange as stated before.. my civ will be: The English.
(I already know what name my leader will have and what kind of personality he has, shall I reveal it?)

Matrix · Mar 31, 2001

Well, I must say I'm getting very excited too now. But to make things clear:
Matrix - yellow (Stralanders/Spanians)
Håkan - blue (Vikings)
Pedro - orange (???/English)
gar13 - cyan (Since blue is also already taken)
Cimfindriel, Hell-Raiser, M.K.M. - fight for it

Sunday, 19:00 normal

time/18:00 GMT/12:00 ET, connect to the game at 213.51.87.195, which is my beauty-machine. But please be online on ICQ first.

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gar13 · Mar 31, 2001

ok, i'll be america.

also, i would think that ICQ/AIM would add some realism, because you would talk in private... if this is against the rules, fine, i won't do it, but if there is a way to spy on other's conversations in-game, i think that it would only be fair if you told everyone how to do it. (cause at least i don't know, seing as this is my first MP game, except for hotseat)

markusf · Mar 31, 2001

make sure you get people that actually show up. And people that don't quit if they aren't dominating the game...

Pedro · Mar 31, 2001

Originally posted by markusf:
make sure you get people that actually show up. And people that don't quit if they aren't dominating the game...

I think we emphasized this enough...

Cim, Hell-Raiser, MKM, let's hear from you!!
Options: Green, White and Grey!

gar13 · Apr 1, 2001

Sun-Tzu, i really wanna read that story, but the link isn't working (for me?) and i don't know where to find it.

can you re-post the link? or is it just me that it won't work for? that would suck! lol

Matrix · Apr 1, 2001

Originally posted by markusf:
make sure you get people that actually show up. And people that don't quit if they aren't dominating the game...

It's a fact Michelle Kira Manic hasn't responded ever since she posted she's in. Even not on my ICQ message to her.

What should we do when she won't show up?

I'll mail her, send a PM and ICQ message again anyway...

(b.t.w.: Michelle is a woman, I suppose?)

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Matrix · Apr 1, 2001

I got a response from MKM: "go away".

Shall we just play with the six of us then??

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