PBEM 21 Organizing/Tech Thread

[Kuro]

Sure.

1. Nukes?
No.
2. Restricted/Unrestricted Leaders?
Unrestricted, snake.
3. Land/Water ratio?
Up to the mapmaker, but we should be given a rough estimate before we choose our leaders
4. Duplicate Civ/Leaders?
No.
5. Huts?
Yes. Because it gives a reason for a Scoot start. But I'm pretty sure this is no-voted anyway =)
6. Spies/Missions?
No.
5. Random Events?
Mmm. Tough. Some REs are REALLY strong. This is pretty much no voted anyway, so I'll say yes to be contrary and because Slavery has a negative RE.
7. Great Spy restrictions?
Settle/GA/Scotland Yard, unless I'm missing something on the Yard.
8. Vassal States?
No.
9. HE/WP unit gift ban?
Ban.
10. Snake Pick?
Yes. I said that already, heh.
11. Game speed?
I am fine with Quick or Normal, but I lean towards Normal.
12. Difficulty?
Prince or Monarch.
13. Ban any civ/leader?
I'm all for banning just Inca/India/majority of FIN leaders or no banlist. Or Tatan's, even. I'm pretty chill whatever.
14. Barbarians?
Don't care too much. I'll go with none for fun.
15. World Wrap?
Mapmaker's decision.
16. Internet?
No.
17. Replace starting scouts with warriors?
No if Huts, Yes if no huts.
18. When can you start with diplo? (ie immediately or when you meet)
When you meet, normal diplo plz.
19. Screenshot/Map trading from when?
No screenshot trading, Map trading @ Paper, describing is fine.
20. Permanent Alliance (in game setting)?
No.
21. War Elephants?
No.
22. Ivory?
Sure, no reason not to ban it if Phants are dead.
23. Blockades?
Get rid of them, I don't care.

[Ellimist]

The 7x7 tile blockade is ridiculous. A good thing to ban.
Are there any other stupid/powerful things we should take a look at? What about the AP? What about corporations?

[pling]

Currently up-to-date player list (bold=confirmed):

• Luddite
  
• Ellimist + SleepingMoogle + Nicolae Carpathia
  
• NobleHelium + Lewwyn + [strike]SevenSpirits[/strike]
  
• Kuro [strike]coco[/strike]
  
• mackoti
  
• Jkaen
  
• Olympio

Summarised answers so far, we have 4 players responded, which is over half so where they all agree I'm putting it in red. Of course it's more complicated than that because NobleHelium might drop out if it's full diplomacy and Jkaen will drop out if it's PB or CTON. But it's a start on a consensus

CTON: 3xNo, 1x Yes (note the yes player drops out if the No's carry it)
PBEM vs PB: 3x PitBoss, 1x PBEM (note the PBEM player drops out if PB carries it)
Tech Trading: 2x no, no-one else said - this one defaults to No.

1. Nukes? 4x No
2. Restricted/Unrestricted Leaders? 4x Unrestricted
3. Land/Water ratio? 3x mapmaker choice, 1x strategically significant water bodies (people want to know what the mapmaker choice is before snakepick)
4. Duplicate Civ/Leaders? 4x No
5. Huts? 3x no, 1x yes
6. Spies/Missions? 3x no, 1x yes
5. Random Events? 2x no, 2x yes
7. Great Spy restrictions? 3x yes (settle/GA), 1x no
8. Vassal States? 4x No
9. HE/WP unit gift ban? 4x ban
10. Snake Pick? 4x yes
11. Game speed? 2x normal, 1x quick, 1x no pref
12. Difficulty? 2x no pref, 1x Noble-Immortal, 1x Prince or Monarch
13. Ban any civ/leader? a selection of suggestions
14. Barbarians? 3x no, 1x no pref
15. World Wrap? 4x mapmaker
16. Internet? 2x no, 2x no pref
17. Replace starting scouts with warriors? 2x yes, 1x yes if no huts but no if huts
18. When can you start with diplo? (ie immediately or when you meet) 3x in game meeting
19. Screenshot/Map trading from when? 1x at meeting, 1x at paper, 1x at paper but never SS
20. Permanent Alliance (in game setting)? 3x no
21. War Elephants? 3x banned
22. Ivory? 1x mapmaker, 2x yes
23. Blockades? 3x ban

[Ellimist]

CTON: 3xNo, 1x Yes (note the yes player drops out if the No's carry it)
PBEM vs PB: 3x PitBoss, 1x PBEM (note the PBEM player drops out if PB carries it)

Player 1 votes yes
Player 2 votes yes
Player 3 votes yes
Player 4 votes Never!(defy resolution)

[Kuro]

I thought Tech Trading just was a default no around here, all things considered.

I'd be fine with a TT game w/ No Tech Brokering, but I'm pretty sure it'd be shot down anyway(Plus I think most people would think that's pretty unbalanced >.>).

[NobleHelium]

I should be okay with a diplomacy game if it's the four of us. I don't know if I have time for a larger diplomacy game.

[Kuro]

If people are fine with dropping, I'd be fine with that.

Alternately, if enough people drop, would you be okay with them comboing up and making it 5-person, or is that too much for your diplomatic time?

[pling]

Well, 4 seems a viable number for a game - so, given Jkaen is only interested in PBEM are the rest of you happy with that if no-one else expresses an interest?

I'm dubious about chasing the others up too aggressively - if they have insufficient interest to check the thread, does that bode ill for their interest once the game has started? Whatever you players want tho - I can send out some nag messages by PM if you guys want (or one of you can ).

[Kuro]

Well, if they don't want too, that's fine. Was just an idea for if they do.

[NobleHelium]

With four players, I'm okay with PBEM, but I need to warn you that I might not be able to stick to a certain timeslot the entire week. Hopefully Lewwyn can cover to prevent too much idle time, but I'm giving fair warning now.

Also, with four players, I recommend banning India and Inca and leaving the leaders alone. Four leaders pretty much guarantees a good pick, and the those two civilizations are much better than the rest.

As for the AP and corporations, I don't have a strong opinion on that. I'm okay with banning AP resolutions (no need to ban the wonder), and corporations, or leaving them alone. Or just banning the AP victory also.