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    Been a while since we started one of those. Some games are winding down, and I thought people might have an open slot now. And since 12, 13 and 14 all have their gimmick, this should feature one of the normal maps: pangaea, continents or fractal.

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    Players: 8 as the default, though we could start with 6 or 10 if ther's less or more interest
    Map: Vote one of Pangaea, Continents or Fractal. Personally I favor Pangaea, but only because it's been the longest since there was a GMR game with that map
    Civs: Random or player picks. I don't have a strong preference.
    Timer: 24 hours, 5 skips limit has generally worked fine, I think.
    DLC: All of them, unless anyone doesn't have them.
    Quick speed, all victory types.

    So, post your interest all. And please include your timezone so we can have an efficient turn order.

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    Illven, China
    Zevox, Ethiopia
    Croverus, Mongolia
    Ryuho Tsugu, Portugal
    DodgerH2O, Austria
    The_Snark, America
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    Posting interest.

    Picked civs.

    Eastern US time zone.
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    Interested - should be much more interesting getting in on one of these on the ground floor rather than starting mid-late game in an already hopeless position.

    I'd prefer player picked Civs, probably slight preference to Continents over the other maps, though whatever most people want is fine.

    I'm also in the eastern US time zone.
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    Hmm... Definitely interested.

    Picked Civs for sure.

    And Pangaea or Fractal.

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    Default Re: Civ 5 GMR 15: Return to normalcy

    >when you haven't joined a GMR game in four months

    Sure, I'll commit myself again, as long as I can personally "pick" random.

    Time zone UTC -6 (US Central).

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    I'd like to try this.

    Players pick Civs

    Pangea

    Eastern US timezone

    Don't really have DLCs for Civ 5 but I could probably get them before things got started.

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    Well, with a 4-1 lead I think it's safe to say to call it for picked civs. Feel free to start picking. If you want, of course.

    Map votes:
    Pangaea: 3
    Continents: 1
    Fractal: 1

    Not enough of a lead to call it yet. I'd rather wait a bit more.

    And don't worry about the DLC Croverus. We can just not use them.
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    I'm tempted to call China, if no one else wants it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkis View Post
    Well, with a 4-1 lead I think it's safe to say to call it for picked civs. Feel free to start picking. If you want, of course.
    I'm thinking of taking either Arabia or Ethiopia. Maybe something else if we do a fractal map, not completely sure what those are like.

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    And don't worry about the DLC Croverus. We can just not use them.
    We can? Uh... I must admit I don't know how to not use those. I got the Complete Edition just recently (well, two months ago now, but that's recent relative to when the game came out), so I don't even know which parts are DLC and which aren't, honestly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zevox View Post
    I'm thinking of taking either Arabia or Ethiopia. Maybe something else if we do a fractal map, not completely sure what those are like.
    Fractal maps are like continents, only more irregural. I rather like them.

    We can? Uh... I must admit I don't know how to not use those. I got the Complete Edition just recently (well, two months ago now, but that's recent relative to when the game came out), so I don't even know which parts are DLC and which aren't, honestly.
    Well, there's the two expansions, Gods and Kings and Brave New World. Those aren't optional. But other than that, there's a bunch of others that add just civilizations and wonders. The Temple of Artemis and Babylon are part of those DLCs, for example. And don't worry, you don't have to do anything to not use them. It's the host's choice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkis View Post
    Well, there's the two expansions, Gods and Kings and Brave New World. Those aren't optional. But other than that, there's a bunch of others that add just civilizations and wonders. The Temple of Artemis and Babylon are part of those DLCs, for example. And don't worry, you don't have to do anything to not use them. It's the host's choice.
    Huh. Well, as long as neither of the Civs I'm looking at are from DLC, I guess I'm good then.
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    I'll register interest, although if it turns out there are lots of people interested I can bow out. Pangaea with picked civilizations sounds fine to me. Pacific time.
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    I'm flexible on Civ, but as I'd like to try something different I'm leaning towards Japan or Austria.

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    I think I would like to play the Mongols (I have that DLC) but also would consider playing Egypt

    I do have Brave New World and Gods and Kings so those plus the Mongols DLC are what I have access to.

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    I'll throw my hat into the ring. I'm interested in playing as Morocco and am at GMT-8
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    With 8 players, we have enough to start. I'll wait another day or so, in case anyone else wants to join us. (And because I can't start the game at the moment) And we'll be playing pangaea it seems.
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    One more thing to discuss. Should we have any diplomacy rules, and if so. What are they?
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    Do we need any?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkis View Post
    Do we need any?
    I just want to be clear and what there is. Even if it's clear there's nothing.
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    Fair enough. If anyone wants, speak now or forever hold your peace.
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    Can't imagine what rules we'd need for that.

    Anyway, if we're starting, I need to pick one of my two Civs. Hm... I'll go Ethiopia. Should be interesting.
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    How large is the map going to be?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryuho Tsugu View Post
    How large is the map going to be?
    As things stand, a Normal 8 player one. If we get another player by tomorrow we'll go up to a Large for 10 players.
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    FWIW I enjoy larger maps. I'd prefer Large with less Civs over Standard any time.

    And if the game is starting soon I'll choose Austria.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DodgerH2O View Post
    FWIW I enjoy larger maps. I'd prefer Large with less Civs over Standard any time.

    And if the game is starting soon I'll choose Austria.
    Larger maps discourage warmongers. (Further away to actually get to war.)

    Which is fine, but if that's the case, I might shift to Egypt.
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    As Ilven said, larger maps have less conflict. The game discourages sprawling too much, so everyone just ends up with all the space they need and then some. I prefer the default size, but we could switch to Large if the majority want it.
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    I have no real preference as far as map size goes. Standard or a larger size are equally fine by me.
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    Not much preference for size.

    Settling on the Mongols

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    Hmmm... well, I really just want a decent starting position (not a barren peninsula like 7 or 11) that isn't immediately right next to someone (13, 14). Maybe set sea level to low? I don't know.

    I tend to prefer oversize maps when playing SP, but I also usually play with barbarians off.

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    Ryuho Tsugu I feel for you, but this seems like a big difference in preferences. I view having someone next to you as something potentially positive, and definitely more interesting, since it leads to interaction and maybe conflict. I really do hope you don't get screwed by your starting location again though.

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