The Will of the Senate PBM - out of character thread IV

**Mount Suribachi** · 12-01-2006, 10:53

hehe, have any of us ever actually played MP?

edit: Something else struck me last night. We can edit the game to remove units, right? Well, when all is said and done the Roman army is going to be seriously depleted, and short of a few senior generals. If the game can be edited to reflect this, holding on to our empire, er excuse me, Republic, could suddenly be a whole lot more interesting....

**econ21** · 12-01-2006, 11:28

Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi

hehe, have any of us ever actually played MP?

No one has come forward and revealed themselves yet! (Although we may have a very cool poker player hiding his expertise, who knows?). It would be good if a couple of protaganists could try out the logistics of Multiplayer. Maybe Braden and Tamur? (Numerius may flee Manius, screaming like a girl, so it could come down to those two in the east.) Or even Braden and Wonderland? Perhaps, GeneralHankerchief and Dutch_guy in the Afrika? Just as a trial, not in-game. (For dramatic reasons, I think the central conflict in Rome might be better played out for real for the first time, not pre-tested through a trial). As I say, I have zero interest in MP and am going to be preoccupied with manipulating the campaign map.

edit: Something else struck me last night. We can edit the game to remove units, right? Well, when all is said and done the Roman army is going to be seriously depleted, and short of a few senior generals. If the game can be edited to reflect this, holding on to our empire, er excuse me, Republic, could suddenly be a whole lot more interesting....

Indeed, we set this up as ending the game with a bang, but this does not have to be fatal. I know Braden, Generalhankerchief and others have indicated in the past that they would like a shot at being First Consul so the door is open. Those of us wanting to scale down our involvement in the PBM (moving over to M2TW), might be able to do so without ruining the PBM. The AI would provide more of a challenge and we've probably satiated our lust for poltiics and feuding, so the game could play on like a more conventional PBM with the survivors rebuilding the Republic. (I don't know if there are any Babylon 5 fans here, but I rather liked the idea of that show that the fifth season was devoted to the aftermath of a brutal war.) Just an idea.

**Braden** · 12-01-2006, 12:07

B-5 fan here *sticks hand up*

I think we need to speak to people who know the in’s and out’s of multiplayer – i.e. the Multiplayer forum, before we go much further.

I don’t mind doing some test MP battles against….erm…just about anyone in this PBeM who wants to have a go!

“Numerius may flee Manius, screaming like a girl..” God’s! had to laugh at that one!!

Although wouldn’t a MP game of 3 vs 1 be possible?

Even if we do some test MP games with non-comparative forces (i.e. like a normal MP game we have 10,000 points to spend etc etc). At least if we do some MP battles like that we can test if our Mod holds up to MP games, and I’d like to see how my old PC stands up to having perhaps 3 armies on at the same time.

My knowledge of LAN games is that the best PC connected does most of the work though.

As for it being “End Game”, we’ll that largely depends on the result. IF the Republic win, then we’re left with basically what we had a little while ago but may have lost some settlements to outside enemies, it’s also entirely possible that the Republic may forgive certain generals who sided with Servius (similar happened in real history).

IF Servius wins I’m unsure on how the PBeM could proceed as Servius would effectively be Emperor in all but name so most will hang upon how, he, as a player, wants to play it at that point.

Whoever wins will face the same issues of rebuilding though with the main difference being how other players are involved in this.

Now, I believe my email address is open for anyone to use but if not, just PM me and we’ll knock heads about some trial MP battles. Seems that in Econ21’s scenario Manius is doing most of the fighting anyway…….

Edit : also thinking on reporting on the battles. Anyone with FRAPPS installed who can take footage of the battles their in? I can learn to use FRAPPS but just don't have the HDD space.

**TinCow** · 12-01-2006, 13:01

I've never played any TW multiplayer either.

**Mount Suribachi** · 12-01-2006, 13:25

Hehe, at least we're all on a level playing field

I know X-Danger was an award winning MPer, so its a shame he's not here to help up out.

I am quite happy to try and play a few trial games with folks to see how things work etc. My MSN thingy should be below if you want to contact me and try and arrange a game

**Braden** · 12-01-2006, 13:55

Mount,

I "think" I've managed to send you an IM.

Andy

**Dutch_guy** · 12-01-2006, 15:50

Well, I obviously want this PBM to end with a bang, and I'd like to help build up that bang. But MP doesn't quite sound that attractive seeing my internet speeds aren't great, which is the understatment of the year by the way. So, if there would be an other way (I think I've seen a couple of such ideas in this thread) then I'd be interested.

As said, I won't be watching this one out - I may even pick a side