EPTHello. If you just stumbled into this thread and have no idea what it is about, i would recommend reading this thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=239873
I will be leading a Europa Universalis 3 Succession game, meaning each player gets to play for a limited amount of time, and then proceeds to give his safegame to the next player in line to continue playing. We will be playing EU3 DW 5.1. This is the first time i organize something like this, so please don't shout at me too much.
If you want to play, please make a post in this thread stating this. Players will play in the order in which they claim their spots. Note that you must have a working copy of EU3 DW 5.1 without any mods for this.
Chronicles of the joint rule:
1399-1420 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=2#37
1420-1441 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=3#47
1441-1452 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=5#86
1452-1472 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=5#97 , http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=6#103 , http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=6#105
1472-1492 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=7#122
1492-1512 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=8#150
1512-1532 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=8#158
1532-1553 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=8#160 , http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=9#161
(What happened inbetween? Noone knows.)
1573-1593 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=11#216
1633-1653 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=17#326
1671-1682 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284324¤tpage=19#373
Rules:
To play, demand a spot in this thread. Players will play in order of appearance. Please make it absolutely clear that you want to play.
After one player has finished his turn by uploading the save, the next in line must claim his spot within 24 hours. New: I will send you a PM if it is your turn. If someone does not claim his spot, it is open to the first person who demands it after i make that announcement, the rest of the line will continue as planned.
He then has another 72 hours to play out his turn. New: If you are not finished with your 20 years during this time, don't worry. Just hand over as much as you have done.
Each player must give a report on what happened during his rulership time in this thread. Preferably a fun one. He also has to upload his safegame and post a link to it in this thread. Please end your report with a full picture of our total realm, so people spectating can see what is happening.
New: Don't uselessly influence the next players term, for example through declaring a World War on the last day of your term. You had your 20 years, let the next player have his without doing what you force them to for the next 10 years. Just be nice.
List of Players in order of Appearance:
Playing/finished
Simberto
nttea
Psycho_Gemni
beef42
Ramong
Silvanel
Velr
Turdburgler
Caller
fofa2000
sakhi20
Pewt
Stolat
Skilledblob
Waiting
Bourneq
Next up are some polls to determine how this will be played out. If i have a preferance, i will state it and the reasoning after the poll, but i will always go with the final result of the poll even if it is not what i would have preferred. Please only vote on these if you are going to play. The polls will be running for 48 hours (until 12.11.11, 14:00 KST), and then the game starts.
Voting is done
Apparently, we are playing a small-sized country in Europe, but outside of the HRE. Every player is playing for 20 years. The other two polls were very close, so i will try to find a compromise, and we will play on Hard Difficulty with Normal Aggression.
Poll: How long should each person play?
20 years (13)
52%
30 years (4)
16%
Until the ruler dies (4)
16%
10 years (3)
12%
40 years (1)
4%
15 years (0)
0%
25 total votes
30 years (4)
Until the ruler dies (4)
10 years (3)
40 years (1)
15 years (0)
25 total votes
Your vote: How long should each person play?
(Vote): 10 years
(Vote): 15 years
(Vote): 20 years
(Vote): 30 years
(Vote): 40 years
(Vote): Until the ruler dies
I personally would prefer something like 20 years. I am strongly against the ruler thing, since it can be very random where some rulers rule for 70-80 years, while others die within a month.
Poll: Size of our country?
Small (2-4) (14)
56%
Medium (8)
32%
Large (2)
8%
1 Province (1)
4%
25 total votes
Medium (8)
Large (2)
1 Province (1)
25 total votes
Your vote: Size of our country?
(Vote): 1 Province
(Vote): Small (2-4)
(Vote): Medium
(Vote): Large
I am against playing a too strong country, because that means that the game is basically over very fast.
Poll: Where do we want to play?
Europe - outside HRE (9)
41%
Europe - inside HRE (6)
27%
New World (2)
9%
East Asia (2)
9%
Close Muslim world (Middle East, North Africa) (1)
5%
Sub-Saharan Africa (1)
5%
India (1)
5%
22 total votes
Europe - inside HRE (6)
New World (2)
East Asia (2)
Close Muslim world (Middle East, North Africa) (1)
Sub-Saharan Africa (1)
India (1)
22 total votes
Your vote: Where do we want to play?
(Vote): Europe - inside HRE
(Vote): Europe - outside HRE
(Vote): Close Muslim world (Middle East, North Africa)
(Vote): Sub-Saharan Africa
(Vote): New World
(Vote): India
(Vote): East Asia
Please don't choose Sub-Saharan Africa or the New World, in my opinion playing tribal nations tends to be very boring for long periods of time.
Poll: Difficulty setting?
Normal (13)
46%
Very Hard (13)
46%
Hard (2)
7%
Easy (0)
0%
28 total votes
Very Hard (13)
Hard (2)
Easy (0)
28 total votes
Your vote: Difficulty setting?
Poll: AI Aggressiveness
Low (9)
33%
Very High (9)
33%
Medium (5)
19%
High (4)
15%
27 total votes
Very High (9)
Medium (5)
High (4)
27 total votes
Your vote: AI Aggressiveness
In my opinion, Low Aggressiveness is simply the best. It makes the AI slowly produce stable empires instead of large blobs that implode to rebellions within half a century due to overextending themselves.
allthough since no savescumming wouldn't very hard difficulty be... very hard?
