PBEM25 Organizing/Tech Thread

[Ceiliazul]

Game 2: Ceiliazul, Catwalk, Adhoc, Pegasus, Cull

Leader/Civ picks:
1. Unrestricted? Yes, Yes, Yes, Eh, Yes
2. Duplicate Civ/Leaders? No, No, No, No, No
3. Snake Pick? Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes

Diplo:
1. When can diplo start? After meeting in game (MIG), MIG, MIG, MIG, MIG
2. Screenshot/Map trading from when? Paper, MIG, MIG, MIG, MIG
3. HE/WP unit must win combat for your flag? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

Bans:
1. Nukes banned? Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes
2. Corps banned? Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes
3. Blockades banned? No, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes
4. AP victory banned? Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes
5. Spies banned? Yes, No, No, Yes, Yes
6. Spy Missions banned? No civics/religion x5
7. Great Spy restrictions (only settling / GA)? No, No, No, Yes, Yes
8. Any wonders banned? No, No, No, No, No

Assorted stuff:

1. Difficulty? Emperor, Emperor, Emperor, Eh, Prince
2. Barbarians? Off, Off, Off, Eh, Off
3. Replace starting scouts with warriors? no, no, no, no, no

Leader/Civ bans:
-Ceil: For newbie game, all leaders allowed, but no Inca, India
-Catwalk: ban all Fin/Phi
-Adhoc: ban Fin/Sury
-Pegasus: Don’t mind
-Cull: None

[Ceiliazul]

Seems all settings for Greens settled by majority, but leader/civ bans are a mess. Can we go around one more time and answer these questions? If we settle it as in the previous post, nothing will be banned. My vote:

ban FIN? No
ban PHI? No
ban Sury? No
ban Inca? Yes
ban India? Yes

(Cull seemingly voted “no” to all, right?)

[Pegasus]

Well on some of these it looks like my don't mind could sway things

ban FIN? 2 for no 2 for yes. I vote to ban Fin
ban PHI? Looks to me that the majority seem to be happy to be allowed so I will go with allowed also
ban Sury? Again I think we have a majority vote of PHI being allowed so I will also go with allowed
ban Inca? No for me
ban India? Yes for me

[ad hoc]

i'll go as follows

Ban Fin - Yes
Ban Phi - No
Ban Sury - i'd still say yes but aren't really fussed
Ban Inca - Yes
Ban India - Yes

[Catwalk]

I'm fine with banning Financial, Inca and India.

[ad hoc]

Well with just Cull left it sems the situation is as follows

Ban Fin - Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Ban Phi - No/No/No/No
Ban Sury - No/No/No/Yes
Ban Inca - Yes/No/Yes/Yes
Ban India - Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

So in true Democratic fashion Cull's votes don't mean a thing

Fin - Banned
Phi - Allowed
Sury - Allowed
Inca - Banned
India - Banned

[Catwalk]

A few newbie questions:

What are the standards we're going by as far as kingmaking goes? I'm looking through an old game where a losing player (being invaded) gifted away his stuff to an ally before quitting.

Furthermore, are we playing with treaties that can be broken at a whim? If that hasn't been decided yet, I'd like to vote for binding treaties (within the agreed on time limits, of course).

Seems like we're ready to go, what's next? Wait for the map, then snake picks?

[Ceiliazul]

Hey, I just realized it wasn't in the vote, but it was assumed that tech trading is off, yes?

[Catwalk]

Yeah, this was in post #39:

Following settings are agreed upon:

- Quick speed
- Ancient Start
- Huts / Events off
- Vassal States / Permanent Alliances off
- NTT
- War Elephants banned

[Catwalk]

Btw I'm rather interested in screenshot sharing with Paper only, anyone else willing to go for that? Didn't even think about this option earlier.