Pitboss 11 Organizing Thread

[Qgqqqqq]

Nah pbems are about who micros the best.
The combo of more players and normal speed make pitboss much more unpredictable. (No matter the start better micro will always be a aid to gameplay)

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

New team throwing its collective hat into the ring. Put me down on team BoldXenuBrick. The name needs some work, I'm thinking back to Halo 3's BXB double shot... General preference for settings:

for me to play i'd want NTT, NTB, don't be a dick on double moves (i.e., PB5, PB8, PB9 no double moves.) anything like PB7's double moves and i hope the game dies and burns in hell

So:

Team: BoldXenuBrick
Map: Prefer balanced starts (within reason, PB4 style). Mapmaker's decision for most, depending on mapmaker's abilities. Must confirm mapmaker.
Civilization Picks: Roll random 18, have the map team select the most interesting X combos for the number of players in the game.
Diplomacy: AI diplo only
Espionage: Can't build spies, Great Spies must be settled or used for Golden Age
Technology Trading: Off
*Barbs: On
*Huts: mapmaker decision
*Events: Off
*Corps: Off. Seriously.

Map wrap - Toroid or cylindrical
Difficulty level - probably prince/toroid or monarch cylindrical. Mapmaker's preference.

Further bans: Nukes, WEs, Spies, Corps, India, Inca. Open to others, or to leave this to the mapmaker.

As for green's credentials, Xenu will be primary turnplayer, he's lost every game he's ever played at RB, and he doesn't listen to advice well. So, we're doomed. And, Brick apparently is an ardent supporter of Auburn University, which calls his good judgement into question, thus confirming his greenness. That and he may not have won yet, I didn't get his Civ resume. And I didn't win 44 and probably won't win 49, and ded-lurked Xenu in 29 until he made me ragequit then take over again. Team dynamics FTW!

[Kuro]

Welcome aboard, BoldXenuBrick! That should put us at 10 people, I think: Seems like a good amount to start? I still need a partner...

[slowcheetah]

Civilization Picks: Roll random 18, have the map team select the most interesting X combos for the number of players in the game.

You want a random roll of civs with Xenu on your team? You're setting yourself up for Mao there :P

[Oxyphenbutazone]

Yeah, I think 10 is good. FWIW, I intend to update my thread a decent amount so if anybody wants to team up/dedlurk me that would be cool.

[spacetyrantxenu]

Is this game diplo on in any way? If it is I'll take Mao if I can RP that again Don't say you guys weren't warned!

[Kuro]

Is this game diplo on in any way? If it is I'll take Mao if I can RP that again Don't say you guys weren't warned!

I believe the consensus so far has been AI Diplo, but I could be wrong.

[BaII]

Kuro we can partner up if you like

[Kuro]

Kuro we can partner up if you like

We here at KuroCo have taken a nice long look at your resume aaaaaand...you've been hired! Great!

Welcome to the company.

Also while not needed, wondering if you have backup turnplayer capability? Since Krill/Dazed seem to want me to have one of those!

[spacetyrantxenu]

Oh, well my preference is for AI diplo anyway. I'm perfectly fine with that. And I'd rather not play Mao again.

Since I support the random leader / civ / map options, maybe you could throw me in with Azza to grant a "mostly but not entirely random" exclusion -- I'd rather not play Mao again . So if the random selection gives Azza Rome or me Mao (or was there someone else with a specific nagging leader/civ?) the map rollers could chuck that selection for another available option from the 18 combos rolled. But whatever, I've shown how overpowered challenging PRO can be over the course of my three games played here. Still, it's only partly why I'm still eligible for this game!

So...I think we have 10 teams now. Waiting for more? Someone needs to tally our votes so far. And then there's the bit on hosting the game. Unless Teleh just wants to set up a host we could probably ask Sunrise089 and get this thing going sooner. He can probably run another pitboss instance on his server. As long as our game doesn't require a mod he can accommodate another pitboss instance I think. I mean, what's five games when you're already hosting four? (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong -- I think pitboss can run on ports 2057-2062, so that makes 5. And the mod instance, in our case, always takes port 2057, so until PB8 ends we can't host another modded game on his server...but that doesn't look like it applies here).