Pitboss 39 Organizing Thread

[Dark Savant]

Ok thank you. No problem with that. One thing less to build.

Oh, I thought "passive" actually meant "you can build spies, but they can't do anything other than look", as standard in RtR.

How do we enforce "no spies"?  That sounds easy to forget; most things disallowed are outright prevented from happening.

Barbs on? Blockades? And normal speed, I'm assuming.

Sounds good to me.

I'm ready to ship the map but I'm still waiting for lurker feedback because I haven't meticulously checked every detail of the map.

Wow that was fast.    Maybe flag someone down in the general forum?  Someone playing PB38 can probably take a look.

[Charriu]

Wow that's really fast. Would it be possible that we setup a testgame so that I can test if I can connect to the server/game? I'm back home tomorrow and could test it then.

[RefSteel]

Note that RtR spies come with a "secretive" promotion which prevents them from seeing any tiles except the one on which they are standing. They also can't perform any espionage activities of any kind in current RtR except to look around one tile at a time. (On blockades, also note that RtR reduces the effective blockade range to the tiles directly adjacent to the blockading ship.)

How do we enforce "no spies"?  That sounds easy to forget; most things disallowed are outright prevented from happening.

It sounds like we'd actually want a specialized 2.0.8.5 mod? With Map Trading enabled at Paper instead of Writing, and maybe with the Spy unit removed?

[Dark Savant]

Note that RtR spies come with a "secretive" promotion which prevents them from seeing any tiles except the one on which they are standing.  They also can't perform any espionage activities of any kind in current RtR except to look around one tile at a time.  (On blockades, also note that RtR reduces the effective blockade range to the tiles directly adjacent to the blockading ship.)

How do we enforce "no spies"?  That sounds easy to forget; most things disallowed are outright prevented from happening.

It sounds like we'd actually want a specialized 2.0.8.5 mod?  With Map Trading enabled at Paper instead of Writing, and maybe with the Spy unit removed?

It's simpler not to modify RtR if at all possible, even if the changes are one line -- I'd personally vote with just using 2.0.8.4, but that disallows map trading outright. I'm personally fine with that.

I don't think spies are a big deal as long as active missions are disallowed, which they already are.

[Ghostpants]

Wow that's really fast. Would it be possible that we setup a testgame so that I can test if I can connect to the server/game? I'm back home tomorrow and could test it then.

I echo everything said. Huge thanks for the map (wow that was fast!), but would also want to connect to a test game first. Could try tomorrow or today (anytime this week really).

[superdeath]

im all for the no-map trading at all. on the spys/espionage thing, doesnt matter that much to me, but i would rather have no-espionage than have it :P other than that.. normal speed-barbs on, huts/events off, should work.

[ipecac]

I prefer map trading at paper, but no-map trading is okay.

[Charriu]

I prefer:

- map trading at paper
- barbs on
- huts/events off
- blockades allowed
- espionage allowed

[Erwin]

Have you decided on snake pick? When you also have decided on other important settings that might affect your picks, I can create a picking order and post your BFCs in spoiler threads. I assume you want to see your BFCs before picking a civ and a leader.

Some basic info on the map:
Standard size/64x40/Monarch
Toroidal, everybody starts on same landmass

[ipecac]

Can we have confirmation on snake pick?

- espionage allowed

Does that mean with spies?

There are three options, no espionage at all (no EP spending and no spies)l, espionage without spies (just EP spending), and full RtR espionage (EP spending + spies that can only grant visibility).