New SS 6.4 HS: preparations thread (2 turns per week)

[Makrell]

Ill join, i can play only in evenings GMT+1. I have a strict scedual, and that scedual will switch in August BTW.

If i can ask i would prefer an eastern area, unless this is all map. East is more interesting and less used IMO

[yuonyuon]

Can we make a Thread with some players list and absence notice in case something happening . will be great to have a list of reliable players also we can put some tags : average or pro so we can figure out what we are doing , once this HS will start then it s hard to fix some issues .

another think next week i will be off all week , i hope i can get a spot until then .. after that i will be available every day after 18:00 same GM as Jiub

[ebs]

Im IN!

[yuonyuon]

Im IN!

you must be joking , you can t play in current Hotseats and you want more . i m out of ideas.

[Vipman]

I have this feeling that schedule will get hard to respect by some players if all which applied until now will join... And hopefully there will be enough that are able to play in the non-evening time of the day.

[Core-i7-inside]

Count me in :) I'm on my very loooooong holiday.
Suggestion
- Skip it longer. I prefer gunpowder !
- NO Sacking or Exterminating settlement, please.
- I prefer "permanent watch towers"
- I prefer "reloading". So, everyone can make their best move. ( I mean you can only redo your unimportant stupid move. No reloading assassins, re-fight the battle or reload when you face an ambush etc.)

I one who was absence because my comp problems. I very very sorry about that. I hope it will never happen again.

[Emproment]

This is Legourou here.

I will play.

I like Block 1 and I have a very flexible time schedule, but at the same time it can be rigid. For instance: tomorrow I will be gone for an uncertain amount of days (2-8 days).

[Myth]

Count me in :) I'm on my very loooooong holiday.
Suggestion
- Skip it longer. I prefer gunpowder !
- NO Sacking or Exterminating settlement, please.
- I prefer "permanent watch towers"
- I prefer "reloading". So, everyone can make their best move. ( I mean you can only redo your unimportant stupid move. No reloading assassins, re-fight the battle or reload when you face an ambush etc.)

I one who was absence because my comp problems. I very very sorry about that. I hope it will never happen again.

Sacking is a major way for those who don't own 30 settlements to be able to field competetive armies.

[sonnet]

Im IN!

I'd be obviously happy if you join.
Still I need to ask a question:
Did you read well the first post? The HS won't require much of your time, but you need to be available to play the same days and the same time each week (you'll choose when). So if you can ,pls indicate me your time and days of preference as indicated in the first post.

We'll start with 12-13 players I'll define the blocks (will be mostly as indicated in my example).
Ideally the British islands, Egypt and Novgorod block should be taken by less experienced players as those are the strongest and easiest to manage, and thus will give us the most balanced experienced.
In general I suggest the less experienced players to choose blocks on the corners (beyond the one I mentioned in order o easiness Viking block,Turks block (if there's no Kwarezm/mongols, Moorish-Sicily block and Spanish block) shouldn't be too hard to manage.
Block at the center (in order of easiness France Block,Byz-Hung, HRE block, TO-Lith block, Venice-Genoa Block) will be much harder to manage, and will require luck (events you can't simply control that need to turn in your favor) and excellent diplomacy skills beyond the usual skills require to succeed.

So you can choose your blocks looking at the example I wrote before ( I added few modifications):
Block 1: England-Scotland
Block 2: Norway-Denmark
Block 3: HRE-Poland
Block 4: France-Aragon
Block 5: Portugal-Castille (and Aragon if player block 4 chooses France)
Block 6: Moors-Sicily
Block 7: Venice-Genoa
Block 8: Hungary -ERE
Block 9: TO-Lihuania (and whatever is not chosen between Novgorod and Kiev).
Block 10:Koj- Fatmids
Block 11: Turks (and Byzantines if player block 8 chooses Hungary, and Koj if player block 10 chooses Egypt)
Block 12: Novgorod-Kiev
Block 13: Mongols- Kwarezm

If more than one player wants the same block, we'll make a drawing for those and the loser will get whatever is left.
And pls whoever didn't indicate me the days and time, pls do so. When you do it, do not think only when you're free now, but possibly a time
and days in which you might possible be free to continue playing in the future.
For now:
Legourou - block 1

[Vipman]

Well during the summer I'll certainly have more time, but when school starts again and this would get up to turn 30 (if 2 turns per week) my schedule will vary a lot, often with some full days and I can only guarantee that in such days I can play between 9PM - 12AM, 7PM - 10PM UK time.