Ack! Uncle! Uncle!
Alright, we have 4 games to set up -- no more accepted! (But feel free to watch and learn!)
Sullla, LKendter, Zed-F, and Readylander are the veterans
The Rookies:
Architect
Erik Mesoy
Rain
Pagan
Padma
ChrTh
Imhotep
Rus_tenisist
Mystery13
Slave
Ziggy
Plux
Veterans, here are your ground rules:
You start the game by playing 20 turns, then one full rotation of your team, then 10 more turns. After that, the rotation continues WITHOUT YOU, unless you feel the need to take some turns (the group is in dire straits, you really want to play, etc.). Note that your place outside the rotation does not excuse you from the game--you'll be needed even more.
Each Veteran starts his (or her; on the Internet, no one knows you're a dog) own game with the following settings:
Regent Level
Random Civ
Standard Map
Roaming Barbarians
All Opponents should be Random, with one NONE (one less opponent than typical)
The Geography should be fully Random
Play 20 turns, and if you feel the game is workable, start your game. (If it's a really bad start, say, you're on a four square island, then it's ok to start again).
I thought about each group playing the same game, but then it would just be 4 simultaneous discussions of the same scenario. Every rookie should be watching every game; that way you'll learn a lot more (and it'll increase the variety of situations). In addition, even if it's not your turn, you should be downloading the save file (for your own game) and seeing what is going on.
Standard SG rules apply! (No worker automation, etc.) I'm not going to list them, it's up to the Vets to alert us to them all! (especially since I only know about half) Other things the Vets may want to clue us in on is the lingua franca of the SGs. For example:
Something is considered 'Weed' if it elicits one of the following four questions:
WHAT were you smoking?
What WERE you smoking?
What were YOU smoking?
or
What were you SMOKING?
Also explain terms such as MMOW, or 'fire all the animators'
Each game will its own thread; Vets are free to start their own thread after the Rookies have been assigned (the name of the thread should be "SG Training Day -- Zed-F's Team" (obviously, if you're not Zed-F, you should use your name

). This is basically as far as I go gentlemen...the rest is up to you.
Vets, how do you want to divy up the Rookies? Draft? RSG?