Octavian X
is not a pipe.
From the mind that brought you the Ministry of Finance and Labor, it's time for yet another idea stolen from another Civ site.
Should DG5 be incarnated as a team game, a la MSDG?
The premise is simple enough: rather than just one 'nation' playing against the AI, it's a group of human teams competing against one another. The game has the added dynamic of inter-team diplomacy, as well as the knowledge that you're playing against an intelligent being.
I can almost guarentee that a team game setup would breathe a little more life into this game. I know I lost interest in this game back in DG3 for the reason that it was an SPDG. We're sure to attract some membership from other parts of CFC as well (from the SG and PBEM people).
The obvious, most immeadiate disadvantage is that this would force the game to be in PTW or C3C. Seeing, though, that vanilla Civ3 isn't even sold any more (You can only get it packaged with PTW as Civ3Gold), I doubt this will be a problem.
Another disadvantage is that, Game of the Republic excluded, we've never done this before. But, if we do have the full support of the CFC community (TF included, for private fora), I think it's very possible.
Should DG5 be incarnated as a team game, a la MSDG?
The premise is simple enough: rather than just one 'nation' playing against the AI, it's a group of human teams competing against one another. The game has the added dynamic of inter-team diplomacy, as well as the knowledge that you're playing against an intelligent being.
I can almost guarentee that a team game setup would breathe a little more life into this game. I know I lost interest in this game back in DG3 for the reason that it was an SPDG. We're sure to attract some membership from other parts of CFC as well (from the SG and PBEM people).
The obvious, most immeadiate disadvantage is that this would force the game to be in PTW or C3C. Seeing, though, that vanilla Civ3 isn't even sold any more (You can only get it packaged with PTW as Civ3Gold), I doubt this will be a problem.
Another disadvantage is that, Game of the Republic excluded, we've never done this before. But, if we do have the full support of the CFC community (TF included, for private fora), I think it's very possible.