EU III Multiplayer Game Sign-Up Thread

Yelnoc · Jan 20, 2012

BriefMortal said:
Metaserver?

Pretty sure that's what it's called. You click multiplayer, and if metaserver isn't an option, it should say "internet game" or something along those lines.

No Game Tomorrow, however, if you are free tomorrow, let me know. I need some people to help me check that my host is working correctly (that is, I need to figure this hosting thing out). And then we can play afterwards of course. Still though, if you can host, say so. Hopefully my connection isn't that bad.

BriefMortal · Jan 20, 2012

I can play.

Rekjavik · Jan 21, 2012

I can help you with the hosting. Let me know what I should do.

jkarr · Jan 21, 2012

what times the game then?

BriefMortal · Jan 21, 2012

I think it's at 9pm GMT. Yelnoc messaged me and said he had a ball game to go to first and that he'd only just remembered about it.

EDIT: Basketball to be precise.

Chronix · Jan 21, 2012

Lucky me, I get to stay at work a few more hours. Probably won't make it now.

BriefMortal · Jan 21, 2012

So, what's happening? I've never really done this before so I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing.

Ironstark · Jan 21, 2012

1. Scotland
2. England
3. Bohemia

Yelnoc · Jan 21, 2012

Alright, so BriefMortal agreed to host. We will doing direct connect through IP, rather than messing with the metaserver. I will PM you a reminder with the IP before next Saturday. The first game is next Saturday, the 28th, at 9pm GMT (4pm EST).

Yelnoc · Jan 22, 2012

I updated the OP with the players list. We have 13 people signed up, which will make for a good game, though we still have room for more. Looking down the list, we have to conflicts for first preferences. Blomma and Evandakewlgui both first preferenced Naples, while Axeman and The Historian both first preferenced France. If you guys could work out who gets what before the game so that we can go right ahead and launch, that would be great.

Yelnoc · Jan 25, 2012

Three days! Have the people mentioned in the above come to a solution?

The Historian · Jan 25, 2012

I'll go Burgundy, Axeman can have Switzerland.

King Henry · Jan 25, 2012

If I can still join..

GMT-4 Ottomans, Poland, Castille.

I assume we're playing the GC?

Blomma · Jan 25, 2012

Yelnoc said:
I updated the OP with the players list. We have 13 people signed up, which will make for a good game, though we still have room for more. Looking down the list, we have to conflicts for first preferences. Blomma and Evandakewlgui both first preferenced Naples, while Axeman and The Historian both first preferenced France. If you guys could work out who gets what before the game so that we can go right ahead and launch, that would be great.

I am ok with Milan, then.

Axeman · Jan 25, 2012

The Historian said:
I'll go Burgundy, Axeman can have Switzerland.

Uhhh...what?

Isn't the whole point of preferences to go by who signed up first and use the order of preference to default disputes. You know, the entire point of listing 3 nations?

At any rate I will be France and he can be Burgundy. If this is TRULY unacceptable because nobody wants World War I in Europe circa 1410, I will be Manchu on the condition that nobody else is France.

King Henry · Jan 25, 2012

Oh right, are there are any house rules we're using? Stuff like "no selling provinces to random Europeans to get a border for westernization"

Ironstark · Jan 26, 2012

What is the ip? this is my first multiplayer EUIII so i have no idea what im doing

Yelnoc · Jan 26, 2012

King Henry said:
If I can still join..

GMT-4 Ottomans, Poland, Castille.

I assume we're playing the GC?

Welcome, I'll add you. What does GC stand for?

Blomma said:
I am ok with Milan, then.

Awesome, added.

Axeman said:
Uhhh...what?

Isn't the whole point of preferences to go by who signed up first and use the order of preference to default disputes. You know, the entire point of listing 3 nations?

At any rate I will be France and he can be Burgundy. If this is TRULY unacceptable because nobody wants World War I in Europe circa 1410, I will be Manchu on the condition that nobody else is France.

If we were going to go by whoever posts first, I don't know why we would have bothered with preferences. You're both adults, or close enough; you can work it out. You as France and him as Burgundy would make for fun gameplay, though.

King Henry said:
Oh right, are there are any house rules we're using? Stuff like "no selling provinces to random Europeans to get a border for westernization"

I want this game to be as free-form as possible, so let's keep the rules simple. If anybody wants to add anything, let me know before Saturday and I will think about updating The Rules (I added them to the OP).

Ironstark said:
What is the ip? this is my first multiplayer EUIII so i have no idea what im doing

BriefMortal is hosting, so either him or myself will send out a PM on Saturday to all signed-up members containing the IP.

King Henry · Jan 26, 2012

Yelnoc said:
Welcome, I'll add you. What does GC stand for?

BriefMortal is hosting, so either him or myself will send out a PM on Saturday to all signed-up members containing the IP.

Grand Campaign, which you mentioned in the OP, so yeah.

And now I'll have to figure out how chat work sin multiplayer. Is there a guide somewhere or something?

Well, time to go play a few dozen hours and get back in practice!

Blomma · Jan 26, 2012

King Henry said:
And now I'll have to figure out how chat work sin multiplayer. Is there a guide somewhere or something?

It's fairly straight forward once in game. You can choose between sending messages to everyone, to enemies, to allies etc, or manually click on all nations' crests you want to send it to.