IOT Developmental Thread

[Tani Coyote]

GMing a complex and highly participated game like the IB series is quite the undertaking and probably couldn’t be easily done by someone without a ton of free time on their hands.

Oh definitely. As thrilled as I am to start MP2 in the future I get the feeling it will eat up time. I am hoping the fact I simplified several mechanics will make it a ton easier to calculate while still keeping the epic feel of the original.

If there's a simpler way to do any mechanic, I say go for it. It saves you time since even if players do a lot of calculations, you still double check them(Defeating the purpose), so simpler is almost always better.

 

[GenMarshall]

I came crawling back because Enerjak damnit, I need my fix of needless simulated death and destruction.

You need to get into First/Third Person Shooters and some rounds of Skyrim .

I'm here for the sadism, personally.

But really, who -doesn't- get amused by the usual shenanigans that tend to ensue in IOTs? The game starts off sane for a few turns... then someone establishes themselves as an antagonist or starts a war for lulz, and the game goes downhill from there.

I don't, I just get annoyed by them.

 

[Ailedhoo]

I am planning to commence dissent missions from turn 1 in this game... for the lols.

 

[Double A]

Combination of life got busy + shame at inability to run IB2 properly

Hell, I didn't even play, and my opinion matters more than everyone else's combined.

 

[Sonereal]

-Deleted-

 

[Zack]

Zack wants to rejoin IOT!

Ohmigosh...

*breathes*

Sooooo tempted to come back

I meant it. But suddenly Zack.

 

[JohannaK]

We want you BOTH back. I do basically because I want to see how well you do fare now in these wild lands of IOT.

 

[Zack]

IIRC I only ever played like 2 games. And I didn't finish either of them.

 

[JohannaK]

Oh, Zack! WoGed, you? Tsk, tsk.
Or even worse, RAGEQUIT???

 

[Double A]

IIRC I only ever played like 2 games. And I didn't finish either of them.

The hosts didn't either.

 

[Zack]

Well, obviously. Has any host besides Thorvald finished a game?

 

[hoplitejoe]

Well... depends how you define finish.

 

[Double A]

I won a crushing victory in SoneRISK 2, but that wasn't an IOT. Tyo also finished his US IOT. I won that too.

 

[Red_Spy]

I won a crushing victory in SoneRISK 2, but that wasn't an IOT. Tyo also finished his US IOT. I won that too.

You only won SonRISK 2 because JoanK betrayed us. And I&B finished, somewhat, as did Tyo's SAR.

 

[JohannaK]

Let's stay calm and civil and not start this all over again, shall we?

 

[CivOasis]

Well, obviously. Has any host besides Thorvald finished a game?

Yes.

At least 2-3 of the active or planning GMs have.

 

[JohannaK]

And CivO's game is gonna be awesome (although I expect quite complicated)

 

[Tani Coyote]

Well, obviously. Has any host besides Thorvald finished a game?

The first Mobius IOT ended in a rather hilarious manner as per the victory conditions. Controversial, but hey, it did.

I define MP to have ended, yet again due to a weak spot in the rules. At least it wasn't GM-guided this time! Once an IOT clearly skews towards a particular power I declare it over, personally. Everyone else was nuclear ash and GUNS dominated economically.

Overall this is why I like some sort of victory conditions; it means you can have a clear end and not "Some guy ate everyone else."

 

[Double A]

You only won SonRISK 2 because JoanK betrayed us. And I&B finished, somewhat, as did Tyo's SAR.

Let's list the other turning points, shall we?

-when I decided not to kill LH and give everyone else a sporting chance
-when I decided to invade China and pretty much help everyone
-my Xantos gambit (I surrendered to Spain and you guys conquered it a turn later)
-a turn where I think I didn't send in any orders
-a turn where Africa didn't send in any orders

To this day, I still don't understand why I was at war with Korea.

 

[CivOasis]

So, what's the official count up to now? 6-7 GMs of IOT have completed at least one game?