Announcing epic PBEM - players wanted!

EliitMees · March 21, 2004, 12:16

I am starting an epic PBEM game and looking for players to join.

Game Settings:
- Game Type: Play By Email
- Game Mode: Standard
- Turn Timer: None
- World Size: Standard
- Barbarian Activity: Roaming
- Land Mass: Random
- Water Coverage: 70% Water
- Climate: Normal
- Temperature: Temperate
- Age: 5 Billion
- Difficulty: Regent

Game Rules:
- Allow Domination Victory
- Allow Space Race Victory
- Allow Diplomatic Victory
- Allow Conquest Victory
- Allow Cultural Victory
- Culturally Linked Start Locations
- Accelerated Production
- Allow Cultural Conversions
- Preserve Random Seed

In order to participate you must have Civilization III: Conquests v1.15 beta and agree to the following:
- check your e-mail at least once a day
- immediately respond to all messages from other participants
- play and send your turn within 24 hours of receiving it
- inform all players in advance when you are going to be unable to play for more than 24 hours
- play the game to completion unless personal or technical circumstances make it impossible for you to do so
- contact me immediately if you encounter technical difficulties

If you would like to play, please send me a private message with the following information:
- e-mail address
- time zone
- usual playing times (I need this to arrange proper turns order)
- 2 preferred civilizations (if the first civ is already taken, then I will put you for the second one)
- if you want me to customize your civ, also provide the appropriate information for the fields (Formal, Noun, Adjective for Civilization; Name and Title for their Leader)

The game will start as soon as I have 8 confirmed players.

I am looking forward to play a great game with you

EliitMees · March 22, 2004, 10:45

warstrat · March 22, 2004, 17:16

Okay, I'm in.

thank you.

LzPrst · March 22, 2004, 19:44

you got me.

EliitMees · March 23, 2004, 10:48

we've got 3 now, still waiting for 5 more!

EliitMees · March 24, 2004, 12:16

Johann Moritz · March 24, 2004, 12:50

EliitMees, allow me to recommend you that you don't make an epic game with 8 players, as it would be very slow, even though if everyone tried to play fast.

Great "contract", btw

I would be glad to enter, but I can't play until april the 1st

Beta · March 24, 2004, 23:09

I'm in. Sending info.

I agree that 8 teams will be slow to start, but as it is a standard size map - we may be down to 6 quickly.

marcuspeddle · March 25, 2004, 00:59

I'd like to play and I just sent you my information.
What happens when someone doesn't keep up the pace? Are they removed from the game? No worries about me, by the way

Beta · March 25, 2004, 08:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Johann Moritz
EliitMees, allow me to recommend you that you don't make an epic game with 8 players, as it would be very slow, even though if everyone tried to play fast.

Great "contract", btw

I would be glad to enter, but I can't play until april the 1st

That is not too far away. It usually takes a week to get things up and going.

LzPrst · March 26, 2004, 05:55

post april 1st is good for me too. I have an exam then (that I'll fail) and I have to pretend to study...

Beta · March 26, 2004, 09:03

That's five. Anyone else game?

EliitMees · March 26, 2004, 11:14

we have 6 actually:
EliitMees - Mongols
Warstrat - Chinese
LzPrst - Celts
MFCamillus - Carthaginians
Beta - Sumerians
Masuro - Hittites

Let's decide if we start now or will wait until 1st april - I will side with the majority opinion.

jaly2 · March 26, 2004, 16:45

I'll join. First major PBEM game. Don't kill me too quickly.

warstrat · March 26, 2004, 16:46

I vote by wait until 1st april.

Beta · March 26, 2004, 20:39

Quote:

Originally posted by jaly2
I'll join. First major PBEM game. Don't kill me too quickly.

Hi jaly2. Welcome.

I hope you appreciate and understand Ellit's guidelines regarding playing the turns. It generally means you have to be on-line daily - and should play your turns within 24 hours - preferably as soon as possible after receiving them. And a pbem game takes a lonnngggg time to play. I don't mean to be discouraging - just so you know.

jaly2 · March 26, 2004, 22:07

Thank you for the advice. I am in a PBEM game with a guy from work and it is moving slow. This 8 person game should take a while but it will be fun.

Octavian X · March 27, 2004, 00:51

If there's still some space, I'm certainly interested in playing (mainly to challenge Beta

).

EliitMees · March 27, 2004, 08:19

we got 8 players now and ready to start

LzPrst · March 27, 2004, 12:29

great. why dont you start the game elitmees, and make a post with all our addresses and arrange us by timezone/playtime. take care of all the practical stuff and then we're ready to go on april 1st.

EliitMees · March 28, 2004, 20:46

I sent an e-mail with addresses and turns order to everybody, and also started new thread for game discussing and possibly turn tracking:
http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...hreadid=111695