Should we play with three or four human factions?

Maniac · April 27, 2003, 19:28

A simple poll for a small question.

I made the poll last three days.

Hercules · April 27, 2003, 19:33

Great minds and all that. I just voiced the same sentiments in anothet thread. But this would clarify things.

I think 3 human factions this first multiplayer SMAC/X Pbem DG

Drogue · April 28, 2003, 00:26

Went for three. It'll be easier if we start to lose people. Although when the first team is killed, it will create quite a rivalry

Jamski · April 28, 2003, 02:29

Lets hope that doesn't happen too soon then. Voted for 3 teams too

-Jam

Static Universe · April 28, 2003, 02:33

I voted 3 as well.

GeneralTacticus · April 28, 2003, 06:44

Three teams.

Archaic · April 28, 2003, 06:46

I'm going to break the mold and go for four, simply because I think we'd get much more diplomacy and political intrigue that way.

GeneralTacticus · April 28, 2003, 06:51

I went with three to make sure we had enough people. While more politics would be good, it won't do us much good if we have teams with only thee or four players (which might happen if people start dropping out).

Maniac · April 28, 2003, 06:58

While I would prefer four factions for the extra politics, I went for three out of necessity: having enough participators.

FlameFlash · April 28, 2003, 09:57

I think if we do go with 3, we need a repoll of the top factions (the ones that would have been played had the game consisted of 4 playables) just because voting wasn't clear originally if we were going to play 3 or 4...

/me just wants the Pirates to have a second chance.

Jamski · April 28, 2003, 10:01

Perhaps we can have three factions and Flameflash plays the Pirates??

/me shrugs at Flameflash

Worth a try, eh?

-Jam

moomin · April 28, 2003, 10:18

3, out of necessity. Four would be more interesting, though.

Micha · April 28, 2003, 10:35

Voted four.

I do think we will have enough participants. Polls had more than 20 voters during the last week, and newcomers will surely make up for the people that leave (although I can´t imagine why anybody should leave...)

FlameFlash · April 28, 2003, 11:21

Quote:

Originally posted by War of Art
Perhaps we can have three factions and Flameflash plays the Pirates??

* War of Art shrugs at Flameflash

Worth a try, eh?

-Jam

Thanks, but if the majority don't want 4, I'll join up with the Hive and hope for Pirates to be playable in round 3.

Personally, I'd like to be the ~~mis~~information minister

Maniac · April 28, 2003, 15:22

Can I still change my vote from three to four?

It seems there is a strong core of Pirate players (stronger than Cybernetic players in any case), so if they really want to play, why refuse them if only a small majority is against them?

Method · April 28, 2003, 15:41

i also want to change my vote to 4. if necessary, we can merge later, can't we? (or at very least, have 1 person just play the game as a "team")

Alex · April 28, 2003, 16:39

Three.

Drogue · April 28, 2003, 17:20

I like TKGs merging idea, if we need to, and not wanting to be left out, change my vote to 4 too

Thus 4 is winning

Hercules · April 28, 2003, 19:08

I thought JDM arguments were convincing. So change mine to 4 also.

FlameFlash · April 28, 2003, 19:28

That's about all I can say to it.

That, and can a new poll be linked to this one with everybody posting what they've changed their minds to? Whole lot less confusing when calculating final tally.

GeneralTacticus · April 29, 2003, 01:10

Good idea. However, I think 5 people per team (probably less for the less popular teams) is basically the red zone; how can you possibly play a DG with under 5 people?

Alex · April 29, 2003, 10:37

If we stick with 4 teams, we'd have 4 x 5 (players per team) = 20 players. Do we have 20 people interested in this second DG?

Main_Brain · April 29, 2003, 12:20

For a team you only need 1-2 Persons =8 +some fillup with Lurkers. Done.

Hercules · April 29, 2003, 13:02

It's looking more like 6, 7, 6, 5

Main_Brain · April 29, 2003, 16:22

No.
Count the Guys out who just RP, lurk, debatebut dont really play.
IE dont d/l the save and do the Turn.

Jamski · April 29, 2003, 16:31

Then its more like 2, 1, 1 ,0

I can see that this turns into a regular PBEM, but I hope not.

-Jam

Maniac · April 29, 2003, 16:46

Actually I wouldn't mind if there was only one person in every team who actually downloaded the save. Roleplaying and debating is IMHO much more important in a demo game.

FlameFlash · April 29, 2003, 20:56

Quote:

Originally posted by Maniac
Actually I wouldn't mind if there was only one person in every team who actually downloaded the save. Roleplaying and debating is IMHO much more important in a demo game.

That's what I used to do... planning on really participating this time since I'll have the summer.

Alex · April 30, 2003, 13:17

Well, I wouldn't be able to actually download and play the turn (I don't have SMAX), so my team would have to have at least another person. Unless one of you guys want to send me your SMAX copy for... evaluation purposes...

Micha · May 1, 2003, 12:20

Hehe, I could need a copy, too!!!