let us play

[typhoeus]

I want to play smax/x for the first time in multiplayer, who shall contend with one such as I? o_0

[Buster's Uncle]

...We need to light a fire under our CMNs.  Both the active ones are letting RL distract them.  I wish we could lure Mart and Darsnan out of retirement, too, for that matter.

Tarvok is looking for a play-by-email opponent.  Sounds like you're  it.

-This won't get set up instantly, so please be patient and keep checking back.

Welcome to AC2.  How did you find us?

[typhoeus]

 
Greetings! I fathom that since the game takes hours to play there must be a picked time for players to gather together, so I wait. But I found this forum from forumcivfanatics, someone posted a link to this place where I might find players.
Looking forward to playin for first time against human genius and not computer program!
Thanks!

[Buster's Uncle]

Ah.  That Petek is a good man.

[t_ras]

Hi typhoeus. Let me try to make a game for you (if other players join here then here, else in some other game).
It might take time though. Just came back from RL problems and I have about 3 weeks backlog to catch up....

[ikonoklast61]

ready when you are ... just need a few minutes' notice.

[ikonoklast61]

hey ... my link says PBEM but the posts all sound like they want a live game, like me. just checking.

[t_ras]

Almost all games here are PBEM.
Jus state your preferences.
Would you like builders or figthers game? Which factions? Other preferences?

[ikonoklast61]

i generally play santiago or cha dawn, but am okay with zakharov or deirdre. i prefer a long builder game, but i'm okay with a fighting game too. i always play on a huge map with as little water as possible. i have no interest in PBEM.

[t_ras]

If you want an IP game you better post in FB:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/131175990236847/

[ikonoklast61]

thanks.

[Yabcok]

If you are still interested in starting a new PBEM, I’d like to join. Please find the information about preferred game conditions/setting in attached file.

Best regards,
Y.

[Yitzi]

...We need to light a fire under our CMNs.  Both the active ones are letting RL distract them.  I wish we could lure Mart and Darsnan out of retirement, too, for that matter.

Or you could just use a random map instead of a pre-made one; I personally feel that such maps will tend to be more balanced between factions (as maps like Veterans tend to be late-conflict which is bad for momentum factions.)

[Buster's Uncle]

Someone more knowledgeable of MP than I will have to tell you why CMNs are necessary - something to do with a bug...

[Yitzi]

Someone more knowledgeable of MP than I will have to tell you why CMNs are necessary - something to do with a bug...

Apparently it's something about the difficulty not applying to all players...maybe I'll investigate and see if something can be done by either me or Scient.

But even until then, a random map made into a scenario with no modification will still be a lot less work for a CMN than an artificial map, and makes things more interesting because you don't know when you'll encounter each other.