Posted January 27, 2020
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Mimo
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Arnuz
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Posted January 27, 2020
Yes - unless Bookwyrm's in? I think he only commented here, didn't sign up, pls correct me if wrong!
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Posted January 31, 2020
I'm not in yet. I might fill the slot later, if it continues unfilled.
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southern
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Posted January 31, 2020
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Next question, if I get in a match and I'm just not able to play enough, can I surrender or can you guys like "vote me off the island" without too much hassle?
Next question, will my general lack of "skill" at mp games be a detriment or make me less desirable to play with?
Thanks for your time and apologies for interrupting this thread.
You can surrender out of matches though my preference would be to just stall the game if you're willing to come back to it in a few weeks.
Lack of skill is not an issue, though I have to say losing to Mimo at least 90% of the time has gradually dampened my eagerness to play 1v1s with him.
More broadly, there are very few remaining players, and like you can see we're even struggling to fill spots for a 4 player aow2 game (though a few more play AoW1). So we aren't going to be picky! And I think the average age of players must be something like 30+, so it's pretty chill. No butthurt CoD hacking 15 year olds or whatever.
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Mimo
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Posted January 31, 2020
Come join us for a game or two! I work a crap ton of hours as well and generally have only a 20-30 minute window every other day for playing turns. :)
I honestly don't think you need the GoG version to play, just install the 1.4 patch from heavengames and install the email file wrapper too. And then create a "burner" email account to use. I use a gmail account and set it to the lowest possible security settings to get it to work.
Being sucky isn't an issue. We all start somewhere. I've been playing 4X games for 30 years and my first try against humans was three years ago via this forum and I can't go back now. The AI just uses extra resource production and stupidity, a human sends druids up river at night in a canoe and stabs your Wizard in the back. (Or so I've heard from Southern.)
I honestly don't think you need the GoG version to play, just install the 1.4 patch from heavengames and install the email file wrapper too. And then create a "burner" email account to use. I use a gmail account and set it to the lowest possible security settings to get it to work.
Being sucky isn't an issue. We all start somewhere. I've been playing 4X games for 30 years and my first try against humans was three years ago via this forum and I can't go back now. The AI just uses extra resource production and stupidity, a human sends druids up river at night in a canoe and stabs your Wizard in the back. (Or so I've heard from Southern.)
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Arnuz
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Posted January 31, 2020
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(no no we don't bet lol)
(we do bait though :)
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As long as you're willing to suffer setbacks from things that you didn't even know were things, lack of experience isn't a problem. You'll learn as you play.
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Posted February 04, 2020
Wow thanks for the warm welcome all. I'll try to join in some time "soon". Hehe.
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Posted February 15, 2020
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Mimo
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Posted February 28, 2020
Just replying to give this a bump.
Been playing some 1v1 games with Southern using the MPE mod. It's really good and definitely changes a lot of the dynamics. Nothing super earth shattering, but little stuff that make things make more sense.
For example, Shades no longer have path of darkness and concealment. Was stupid to have both since path of darkness points you to exactly where the shade is hiding in the woods. :)
Been playing some 1v1 games with Southern using the MPE mod. It's really good and definitely changes a lot of the dynamics. Nothing super earth shattering, but little stuff that make things make more sense.
For example, Shades no longer have path of darkness and concealment. Was stupid to have both since path of darkness points you to exactly where the shade is hiding in the woods. :)
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southern
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Posted March 17, 2020
We have a new player, well a returning one actually - courtesy of the Coronavirus quarantine. I've sent him the link so he'll porobably post here but if not, I know the email.
That brings us to 4, 5 if we bully Bookwyrm, but I think we're probably looking at a 4 player map.
That brings us to 4, 5 if we bully Bookwyrm, but I think we're probably looking at a 4 player map.
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Jamesede
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From Canada
Posted March 17, 2020
Hello everyone, I used to play AoW but got busy and fell out of it. I'm effectively under quarantine now due to the coronavirus so I have lots of time to play. Count me in
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