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Mr.Bigglesworth

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I was excited to play in the game that dfz1 was starting, and even though the concerns he had are valid and do take something away from the game, I think that playing MP is extremely fun nonetheless. So I’d like to start another ’36 game with some of the same parameters. Games will be played Saturdays (starting the 11th) starting at 10am EST, or about 1500 GMT. Only players with a broadband connection, please.

The following countries are available (no newbies for the first three):

1. Germany - Fredrick the Unknown

2. Soviet Union - OPEN

3. UK - Nebuchadnezzer

4. France - Spritely_Zues

5. Italy - Belthasar

6. USA - Mr.Bigglesworth

7. Japan - elbarto616

We also may need one or two alternates.

Current house rules I’m thinking about, which are up for debate:
1. Limited use of paratroopers (drop once every two weeks?)
2. No TAC or naval bombing
3. Limited tech sharing (maybe only with a country’s allies?)
4. Historical play up until ’38, when all bets are off
5. If someone’s country gets completely defeated, they can keep playing with a minor of their choice
 
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I'm in as Italy (but I have to check my floor bandy match schedule)

3. Tech sharing, yes only between allies and dare I say not at all between majors like GB and France.

4. Ouch that hurt Italy ;) (I generally take Yoguslavia early)
 
Sorry you can't make it Jkris, but if someone drops out I will keep you in mind. I think the spots are pretty much filled, I am going to keep it at 7 people to cut down on lag times.

I'll be trying to contact all of you soon, with the exception of elbarto, as I don't have any contact info about him. Elbarto, if you are reading this, icq me or write in your email!
 
A note of discouragement. The game is very unstable at this time, and the situation is compounded in MP. I've had plenty of experience in this regard to tell you -- at least half of the time you guys spend will be in set-up and reloading. Also keeping in mind that there are tech issues (and possibly others) with save games (notably, I think some research progress is reset), and it will really get annoying.

Naturally I wish you great luck! I just hope each of your participants is ready for the shock. ;)
 
I've played hours and hours of multiplayer, and find that if tac and naval bombing are avoided, crashes occur only every hour or so if you aren't lucky, but I have had 5 hour games that only crashed once.

Electronic techs are lost when a game is reloaded, but the simple fix of this is to not research electronic techs.

Granted, the game would be a lot better if the techs and the bombing worked, but at this point we have to play with what we've got, because even with the problems HOI is a great game.
 
Mr.Bigglesworth

im sorry to say i wont join the mp game saterday, i hope you guys have enough time to fight another player.

so russia is free !!!

reason i dont play is that a 8 player mp game will not work, yesterday i played a 5 ppl game, host was on 1024/1024 adsl, it worked out fine but it was the limit. it just isnt possible, gl to you all.

p.s. if it works out anyway let me know