[Civ 4] Succession Game 3 - Page 8

Well I think the biggest worry was that the players who arent as skilled felt like they would mess up the game. No-one really wants to be the person who reports in his post, "oh yeah I lost three cities this turn". And its intimidating when someone posts out the maths behind their decision or something. (Im not saying this shouldnt be done of course)

This thinking results in games being very skewed towards the better players. People will abstain from playing rather than play a turn where they feel they might let the team down. Its this thinking that needs to be abolished because all it results in is a game where only the best players on Teamliquid play.

The reason I dont think the noble game will work is because noble mode will result in a landslide victory. So people will decide they should up the difficulty next game, which results in people fearing they will mess it up and not playing etc. and it spirals back into the same situation we have now.

People need to lose that fear of losing or letting the team down. The stronger players should be holding the weaker players up, not playing a game by themselves. This game is about learning as well as fun. If the stronger players explain their choices well, the weaker players can learn an enormous amount. If people are worried about being scrutinised, they should just clarify their skill level before they make their post. And if anyone has a problem with someone elses turn, then they can GTFO and play by themselves.

Now with that wall of text out the way.

It looks as though no-one wants to build wonders anymore. As a result the split isnt really going to work. Therefore I feel we should just continue with the game. When it finishes we can start another and then worry about large rosters and multiple games etc. Any objections?

Also, just to clarify, I have no problems with a noble game being played as well. I was planning on making a thread myself, but i've been a little busy recently so im glad So no fek went ahead and did it. I do feel however that we shouldn't be segregating people based on their skill and that a game with differing skill levels between players is much more interesting than a game with all pros or all noobs. [/my 2 cents]