Multiplayer Gathering!

[Hypnotoad]

Jet:

We are back in the internet lobby trying to get a game started. None of us can see a game when we show up.

I'm "David_Ebrey"
Then there is SrWilliam and HarryHaller

 

[Laurino]

Maybe I'm too late...
I'LL try to connect anyways... hpefully see you inside

 

[Jet]

Dux had some server problems so it looks like I'm hosting a direct IP game. PM me for the address if you'd still like to join, I have the forum open on another machine and will try to keep hitting refresh.

 

[Jet]

Help, how do you use the ingame chat?

 

[Dux_]

You click tab, the message & then enter.

 

[Jet]

Oh, crap. If anyone is reading this, please connect again.

 

[Dux_]

Ok, cya there.

Btw, this is my msn, just in case to keep in touch: dux.cogitoergosum@gmail.com

 

[Dux_]

Game was quite fun, we're planning on continuing next saturday, same hour.

Anyone is welcome to take over an AI. It was a blast, thx to everyone who played.

 

[Hypnotoad]

How much longer did you play? How'd Phonecia do?

 

[Dux_]

Phoenecia is at war with Hittites, I'm not sure how it is doing.

I'm broke, or sort of, I hope to to end such state soon...

Besides Saturday, can anyone play sometimes during the week.

Also, anyone else who wants to play TAM multiplayer is free to add me over MSN & we'll set a game up there.

My mail's a few posts below.

 

[SrWilliam]

It was a good gentlemanly game last night. I am not looking forward to the Roman Praetorian Legions or the Carthaginian Elephants. Hopefully we can overcome the connection issues and get more players next time.

In the future we may want the AI played nations set to a higher difficulty level. I think AI settings are the opposite of the human settings, the AI will fair much better and be a tougher opponent at Monarch then at Noble.

 

[Sisonpyh]

Is it still too late to get in on this? I would be available to play next weekend and my schedule is pretty open during the week as well.

 

[Dux_]

No, you're free to join us next week.

We hope to see you this Saturday 7pm EST

 

[Ankenaton]

No, you're free to join us next week.

We hope to see you this Saturday 7pm EST

Yeah Dux when did you guys knock off? I connected through multiplayer and created my account at around 11:30pm, and I was looking for the TAM game. I guess maybe you guys had retired the game by then. Will try to hook up this weekend.

 

[Dux_]

We werent on gamespy, we played via direct ip. We played until 1am EST.

 

[Ankenaton]

We werent on gamespy, we played via direct ip. We played until 1am EST.

Great! Please give me the info on how to connect this way. If it is explained previously just direct me to the post number and I will look it up. Thanks.

P.S. Don't be confused by the new avatar; I have been using the same one since CIV II. I thought it was time for an upgrade.

 

[Laurino]

Yes that game was nice guys!

What year are you at now? I also got a pretty open schedule, so if anyone is planning on continuing it during the week, or even maybe start a new one, I'd be please to rule Rome once again!

 

[SrWilliam]

Last Saturday was my first civ game against other players. Connection issues aside, the game flowed much better than I imagined it would. With simultaneous turns, the early part of the game moved nearly as fast as a standard vs. AI game.

Though we did not fight each other, the threat of an intelligent human-run stack appearing on one’s boarder put a totally different spin on the game. Playing TAM with 16 real players would be totally insane!

Should we continue the same game next week, I think Agamemnon was doing well, run by the AI for the entire first session. As Gaul I never met the easternmost AI empires. I know the Germans and Iberians are not faring too well.

There may be 8 decent empires in the current game. Should we get too many firm commitments, I think we should consider a new game. I should be free next Saturday.

 

[Dux_]

Laurino, add me on MSN & maybe we can start a new game for weekdays.

As for how to connect via IP. You go to Multiplayer, Direct Ip & on Network you put the ip of the host, & connect. We'll meet up in Gamespy so you'll get the IP number there.

 

[onedreamer]

the problem with the GameSpy lobby is that it takes a while and several refreshes for the new game to appear to everyone. But eventually it will, it's just a matter of patience. At least that's my experience.
On the other hand, even after seeing the game not always the lobby game will work, because of network problems with some people, while the direct connection more often does work.