MP ettiquette: Or things that tic you off. - Page 15

Hydey · June 19, 2003, 22:51

With all this beer and popcorn I have put on about 40 pounds.

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 00:32

Don't worry Hydey, it will be over soon

Ming · June 20, 2003, 01:32

It sure doesn't seem that way... by the way, love your location field

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 01:34

LOL - forgot about that

No I'm bored with it and pretty much moving in for the kill now Ming - as you will have seen countless times before

Ming · June 20, 2003, 01:36

POPCORN... get your POPCORN...

Can't wait. We haven't had a blow up like this in our bunch for a while... so it is entertaining

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 01:41

Sorry to disappoint you but I'm afraid its probably going to be a bit of an anti-climax

Basically its already over, even if the corpse is still warm and twitching.

Ming · June 20, 2003, 01:43

Damn... I was so looking forward to an AH kill... but since it's already over... who won

Hydey · June 20, 2003, 01:44

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 01:44

Nobody won out of this.

I can't even say sport was the winner

Hydey · June 20, 2003, 01:45

most of us lost

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 01:47

don't fret Hydey - go out and buy RoN to console yourself

Ming · June 20, 2003, 01:48

That's usually the case. At least when somebody gets pissed in one of our games, it's over quickly... and everybody is ready for a new game. Playing one nighters makes a big difference than your guys continuation games...

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 01:49

Have you tried RoN yet Ming?

Hydey · June 20, 2003, 01:52

Quote:

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
don't fret Hydey - go out and buy RoN to console yourself

the trial version is enough for now.

Ming · June 20, 2003, 01:55

Nah... haven't tried it yet. Since Rah was made mod of the RoN forums... he's going to get it and give it a try. If he likes it, then I will go out and buy it. Usually, for some STRANGE reason, when he likes a game, I normally do as well

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 01:59

I think its excellent so far - you'll notice Brian picked up a lot of suggestions we made for civ 3.

Ming · June 20, 2003, 02:02

As long as he picked up the right suggestions...

One of the problems with Civ III is that they listened to how we abused Civ II, and made sure we wouldn't be able to do the same with Civ III... and sucked most of the fun out of the game... sigh...

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 02:06

Check out RoN - makes me wonder why Brian left Firaxis - he's implemented tons of stuff we asked for.

Ming · June 20, 2003, 02:08

Yeah... if rah likes it... I will. Isn't there a demo you can download?

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 02:10

Ming - where ya been? you can download the demo off a link on this site!

Ming · June 20, 2003, 02:14

I don't check out the RoN forum... not my turf. I'm too busy watching over the stuff I have to

deity · June 20, 2003, 04:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
One topic not covered thus far is helping the game host, which I usually am. Some players, the majority, help the host but others don't. I'm very appreciative of the help I get from players when things go wrong. A little patience and cooperation and good humour goes a long way. Things like spamming the host on icq during set up is a major peeve, as is second guessing the host on settings or players or rules. You wanna coordinate things? fine, you host it.

I can't stand players who snipe and b*tch at the host during set up, or query everything that happens in the game or worst of all start rabble rousing in the middle of the game. Its probably my biggest ettiquette beef. Ruins the game for everyone.

Most combinations of players I've hosted never have a problem. Difficulties always arise but they get settled quickly in a friendly cooperative way. Add one self important I'm-always-right arsehole to the mix and, well, the less said the better.

Yeah, couldn't agree more. Most of the games I play with this guy end up with problems.

But, thank goodness there are all the other games I play with mature players from three continents that run without a hitch...

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 04:17

deity · June 20, 2003, 04:55

rah · June 20, 2003, 08:28

I was going to give the Ron Demo a try this weekend. I'll let you know.

And there are never any winners when clans squabble, just whinners.

RAH

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 08:35

deity and I are having a nice chat on icq now.

deity · June 20, 2003, 08:39

Yes, a nice measured chat from my side.

But Horse is constantly abusing me; using ugly expletives and basically blaming me for everything from Adam & Eve to Armageddon

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 08:43

deity · June 20, 2003, 08:53

And now he says he'll never play me EVER again

methinks our Horsie is little spoilt when he doesn't get his own way.

Alexander's Horse · June 20, 2003, 09:28

See Ming? I told you it would be an anti-climax

Maybe I should post this icq log because deity just couldn't give me a simple answer to a simple question.

So, for calling me a cheat and a liar by insisting I post the icq log after I told him finbar and I never looked at his map; and for continuing to claim I called him a cheat without a shred of evidence after I told him repeatedly I never did and clearly posted same, deity joins Eyes of Night on my list of players I won't play.

*deletes deity from icq list, adds deity to Apolyton and icq ignore list*

I feel better already