New Civ4 Pitboss (38?)

[Aretas]

I believe OT4E also expressed an interest for closed picks throughout the process, FWIW.

So what happens if Aretas does not confirm soon?  Are you able to accommodate a map of 24 players, or do we need to put out an ad?

Confirmed, made my spoiler thread- thanks!

[spacetyrantxenu]

Since I haven't heard of a newer version being released I assume we're using 2.0.8.3.

Can someone from the map thread who has the relevant info (difficulty, map size, whatever) please post it here?  I can edit it into the first post if needed so players can reference the game parameters for making their selections.

@naufragar -- If you elect to keep a leader or a civ in a given round that selection is final.

[Donovan Zoi]

Confirmed, made my spoiler thread- thanks!

Welcome, and good luck!

[RefSteel]

Since I haven't heard of a newer version being released I assume we're using 2.0.8.3.

Can someone from the map thread who has the relevant info (difficulty, map size, whatever) please post it here?  I can edit it into the first post if needed so players can reference the game parameters for making their selections.

This seems to have been the consensus during setup:

- Difficulty Monarch (Or maybe prince for early tech costs?)
- Size Huge
- Barbs On
- Villages Off
- Speed Normal
- Events Off

[EDIT: Checked in the mapmaker/lurker thread, and Krill thinks the above is correct.]

Also, re: superdeath's question somewhere above, it would probably be good to include this link, also posted upthread:

Regarding how everything works, there is a pitboss etiquette thread which might be useful: http://www.realmsbeyond.net/forums/showt...p?tid=7311.

And some kind of summary of the following, which shouldn't impact or be impacted by picks, and, on which this (I think?) seems to have been the last word posted thus far:

(spoilered for length)

1. Diplo. I don’t know if there is a current RB best practice. I think we want at least a bit more restricted approach than what we had in PB13 where people used trading screens for communicating NAPs
2. Map trading. I did like in PB18 that it was off à Exploring phase lasted longer. I don’t know how others felt

1. I prefer to limit to AI diplo. Fish-for-fish and similar without gpt countdowns.
2. 100% agree here. Reward teams that scout well. It made the game much more interesting IMO to be able to discover new tiles deeper into the game.

Air bombing improvements and turn order - do we want to just ban all air pillaging like the late era games?

1. I agree.

I think it is late to state or discuss requirements for map. But we can discuss restrictions and mod issues though.

I support banning air pillaging.
I dont see any problems with fish-2-fish deals and in my experience all attempts to fix them failed. People simply ignore or forget about such rules and nobody honestly demands them to be complied.

Though gold or gpt should not be used for messaging and such things must be considered as bad sportsmanship. So if you want to express friendly intentions you can send fish-2-fish deal but you never know how long will it last. And nobody is obliged to follow it.

1. Agree, ban air pillaging. Not easily countered with turn splits.
2. Agree. Accept these interpreted NAPs at your own risk.
3. Agree, again. No gpt countdowns.

[Old Harry]

(I assume Old Harry was making a joke about the player list).

Nope, I prefer to know what's out there.

[RefSteel]

Nope, I prefer to know what's out there.

Ack; sorry for misreading that. That would have made it a tougher call.

[Old Harry]

No worries, it's decided now.

[The Black Sword]

Is it possible to get a sim of the start using GJ's tool? It's fine if not, thought I'd ask before building one myself.

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

Or known map dimensions (X and Y distances). Either way.

[OT4E]

What is the timeframe for the first phase of picking?