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[chaoticag]

Game Name: Bay12Round424
Map: Valanis
Mods: Worthy Heroes 5.5
Era: LA
Disciples: Yes

Players and teams
Team 1:
Jilladilla - Agartha
Gigalith - Xibalba

Team 2:
Hatman - Man
Mini - Arcoscephale

Team 3:
Cag - Ulm
Nurir Torir - Ragha

Team 4:
Sean Mirrsen - Bogarus
Cheeetar - Marignon

Special joining rules: For now just state that you are joining and we'll try and form teams as we go along. Nation selection will be decided by, err, I forget the name for this but I'll go ahead and explain the method and if anyone has a name for it we'll go with that.

Spoiler: explaining the selection process (click to show/hide)

After we decide a series of teams, from team 1 to team X, we will have team one pick first, team two second, ... etc, until we reach the final team, team X. Team X picks twice, and the selection order reverses, from team X-1 and so on until we're at team one. If our teams are three players large, team 1 picks twice, and we move down the list once more.

The reason I'd want this method is due to disciple games sharing the dominion of the pretender nation, so it makes more sense people would wanna pick nations with more synergy, and I wanna encourage that, while keeping the selection process fair.

Lastly, I would like it if we can pick a second admin for the game to handle extending turns and such.


Game settings
Time allowance: 30 H @ start. I am willing to stretch this further as the case may be
Special site frequency: 50
Random event frequency: Common
Story events: Off
Score graphs: On
Hall of Fame: 15
Artifact forging limit : Limited
Thrones: 8 level 1 thrones, take 6 to win the game.
Renaming: Allowed

Research: Standard

Skill level: We're going to likely saddle expert players as much with newer ones, otherwise do mention the skill level. This is a suggestion though, not gonna strictly enforce it, but I'll send out warning prompts. Prolly will try and break up an expert player block. It's absolutely fine if this is your first dominions game however.

Safe Turns: For the first 12 turns don't storm a national capital.


(taking this from the last round)
HELP Section:

Uploading Pretenders

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

-FIRST, find a thread on one of the forums with an open game.
-Post in the game to claim a nation according to the game's rules.

-Go to Game Tools and select "Create Pretender.'
-Choose your settings, etc.
-Once this is done, go to Game Tools and click "open user directory." This will open the folder - your data is saved in. Go to saved games, and then go to new lords.
-Send the most recent .2h file in that folder in an email from the email account you wish to use to "pretenders@llamaserver.net" using the name of the game, e.g. "steamedhordes0" in the subject line.

Taking Turns

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

-Before your first turn, create a folder in "saved games" with the game name, e.g. "SteamedHordes0"
--Remember that you can find "saved games" by going to game tools and clicking "open user directory"
-When the game starts, and every turn thereafter, you will get an email with a .trn file.
-Download the .trn file to the folder you just made.
-Take your turn, and when your turn is complete, hit "end turn"
-Email the .2h file in "SteamedHordes1" to "turns@llamaserver.net"
-You should receive a confirmation email
-If you do not receive a .trn file, go to your game on llamaserver and request a turn resend. You can also request in thread for a resend.

Troubleshooting:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I tried sending in my .2h file, but got an error message!

First, make sure you are in that game. If you are, there may be one of several things wrong, and llama's email should clarify it:

First, you sent the wrong number. If this is the case, llamaserver will tell you that it is for the wrong turn #.
Download the most recently sent .trn file, and use that to take your turn. Send the resulting .2h file.
Second, you might be sending your .2h file to the wrong email address. Turns should go to turns@llamaserver.net
Third, you might be sending a pretender file. Make sure that the .2h file you are sending is from the game folder. That is the folder you put the .trn file you received into before taking your turn.

Offical FAQ:

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=35160

[Cheeetar]

I'd like to play- I think a Late game might be interesting.

[Sean Mirrsen]

I'd also like to play. I have no strong preference for which age we'll play, though it might dictate what nation I play, since I don't particularly like LA Pangaea.
Research: Standard preferred, Easy makes the game run too fast and doesn't allow primarily military nations to catch up to magic-focused ones.
Map: I have a particular fondness for the design of Valanis. If we get 8 people again, it's 20 provinces to a player, great for a longer disciples game.

Problem is the map turns out to be hard to find. I have it on my dropbox here, if it's needed.

[chaoticag]

Good news is I also have a copy of Valanis lying around. Might as well have it here so I can tally it up, but gonna say late age as a soft preference. I'll count my vote out if it's a tie breaker. Mostly wanna go outside my comfort zone.

[Nirur Torir]

I've wanted to try a disciples game for a while, so I'm in. I vote MA. I'm somewhere around middling skill level, with only one MP game of experience.

[Mini]

Yeah sure, I think it's about time to join another game (and first non-nationgen one, at that). LA preference.

[chaoticag]

Alright, signed you up. Now, I'm familiar with everyone else's skill level, but how well would you describe how you play?

[ThtblovesDF]

I'll skip out on this one, but I can highly recommend disciples games for learning the game, I basically got to know it by being carried throu one.

[Gigalith]

I'm interested (no particular age preference.) I have never played multiplayer before, but I have started (if not finished) many single player games of dom3 and dom4. Usually the micromanagement gets to me, and there's not an interesting opponent to fight, anyway.

[Hatman]

I'd like to play if there is room, my preference is LA, or MA in event of a tie. I prefer standard research to easy research in a disciple game - a lot of nations are too powerful or weak if research is slow, but disciple games can get a bit ridiculous already with multiple allied nations setting up different endgame magic, so speeding that up isn't the best IMO.

[Jilladilla]

I feel it's about time for me to get into another game of Dom 4, and I'll have plenty of time, so count me in if you'll have me. When it comes to experience, I'm no pro, but I'm fairly good at this (Don't pair me up with a pro)

I would recommend standard research though, someone with a plan can get all their essential spells very quickly if it's set to easy.

For Age selection? It's been a while since I've played LA.... But I don't really mind too much.

[chaoticag]

Alright, set it to standard research, and the game is overwhelmingly in favor of late age. I'll lock in people after I sleep and get back online in 9 or so hours.

[chaoticag]

Alright, looks like this about as filled as this is gonna get on this short a notice, though I would also go ahead and say that if any one more player wishes to join, I'd be fine redrawing the teams. So sign ups are not done yet, but here's the tentative team list as of now. Once drafting starts I'll lock down signups though.

Team A:
Cag
Nurir Torir

Team B:
Jilladilla
Gigalith

Team C:
Hatman
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Team D:
------
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The last thing I will need to sort this out is some idea of where mini is skill wise however, mostly to know if he goes with hatman, sean, or cheeetar.

[Shadowlord]

Are you gonna make Hatman play all by himself?

Edit: Oh, I see, you have three people you haven't put on a team yet.

[chaoticag]

Well, sean and cheeetar aren't listeed anywhere, the issue is I have no idea what mini's skill level is. If they're good, I think I'd pair them with cheeetar or sean, if they're new, it'd be paired with hatman and the other two would be in a team. It was kinda a sign up request so I wouldn't stonewall at a point like this, and I don't wanna be too hasty about getting the game going that I accidentally the good players together.