Originally posted by Nimdraug
It’s a violation of the “spirit of Gunboat,” you know.
Grrrrrr…
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nimdraug
[b]Hey, Sc0rp10, I hope you don’t use any “dead character” names when naming new characters. It’s a violation of the “spirit of Gunboat,” you know. 
We don’t need to hurt the " spirit of Gunboat ".
We call them A,B,C and so on.
In the case the alphabet won’t be enough, we have some numbers.
You can count them if you want !
Hey I’m one from three, who are you ?
Have Fun !
Gixxxer
howdy all
first game in five years…and I can’t talk to my allies! Wow…this will be different.
looks to be fun
good luck all
Tony Huiatt
so what do those little light bulbs and eyeballs on the map mean again? can’t we all just get along? I’d just like to say good luck to everyone also as long as they’re on my side…the rottenest of luck to the rest of ya lol
Pseudo, if this is your first MEPBM game in 5 years, then you are in for a treat! Gunboat is a wild, intense and supremely enjoyable way to play MEPBM.
Good luck!
Just had another look at my maps and I swear I’ve seen my enemy icons moving closer!!!
AAAhhh
Pseudo, since you are just starting out again, I’ll make sure I target your nations first, just so you can feel right at home.
Sc0rp10
Originally posted by Nimdraug
[b]Pseudo, if this is your first MEPBM game in 5 years, then you are in for a treat! Gunboat is a wild, intense and supremely enjoyable way to play MEPBM.
So I have seen already by turn 1. My opponents have moved such that some of their actions are NOT seen by my allies!!! In other games I would just say the word, play defence, and let my allies kick some butt.
In THIS game however…I can NOT expect such support/help…gulp! And my opponents may be able to pull of a “quick” strike and regroup before my allies recognize what’s going on and take advantage…
And it brings out a whole new realm of strategies I haven’t considered before…moving such to stay off xx map, but don’t worry about yy seeing it etc. Without direct info sharing it does more closely represent the “confusion of war”…
this IS more fun than I anticipated…I hope it stays this way for many more turns 
Originally posted by Sc0rp10
Pseudo, since you are just starting out again, I’ll make sure I target your nations first, just so you can feel right at home.
Sc0rp10 [/b]
Thanks Scorp…it’s so good to have all that attention. I’m sure that I’ll get my licks in as well. It’s only taken me one turn to figure this thing out so far <g>…more time than that is a waste…
luck yourself
pseudo
I’m glad you all have it figured out…
I haven’t figured out didly yet.
Maybe by the end of the game I’ll get it figured out.
This should make half of you happy, and slightly less than half of you nervous…
but irregardless of whether I know what I’m doing or not (NOT) at least there’s MEOW now to help me make sure that I’m doing it syntactically correct. If I am destined to fail, it is at least with some small satisfaction that I can now know that I’m failing in a precise manner.
hmmm. maybe there is hope.
I haven’t a clue as to what I’m doing…luckily for me that keeps my enemies off balance because they haven’t a clue as to what I’m doing either…hasn’t the other side given up yet?
I think I like this gunboat method…I can do totally irrational moves and not have to explain any of them to irritated allies…it’s like middle earth heaven
Blind One 118, to be sure, one of the advantages of Gunboat is that you can play your style of game without having to listen to the complaining (or insults) of nominal allies.
Of course, you must also forego the comradery of worthy allies – but that’s where this forum and the Yahoo group comes in handy.
I’m no ME PBM wiz; nor a great strategist; nor especially lethal in my employ of my characters. But I nonetheless prefer to play this game on my own terms without having to answer to anyone else. If I do something stupid, I can cry or laugh about it to myself. If I choose to do something unorthodox, that’s completely up to me.
I’m enjoying the Gunboat version of ME PBM like I’ve never enjoyed this game before!
Originally posted by pseudo
[b]howdy allfirst game in five years…and I can’t talk to my allies! Wow…this will be different.
looks to be fun
good luck all
Tony Huiatt [/b]
Is Tim playing?
Voice from the past
ok. i’m becoming a gunboat convert. This actually is fun!
you know, given the lack of team interaction, a 1-week gunboat game is really more feasible than a 1-week normal game. Do you guys ever see 1-week gunboats?
DaveHolt, I agree that a 1-week Gunboat game is alot more feasible than a 1-week standard team game. Nonetheless, I am unaware of any 1-week GB games.
For some reason most players shy away from 1-week games. In my opinion, there are some disadvantages to 1-week games. The biggest disadvantage, as I see it, is the long Winter season. That can destroy economically weak nations. On the other hand, the big advantage is the quick turn-around.
I’m glad to hear that GB is winning you over. I could hardly believe my first few turns of Gunboat. I never experienced so much thrill and excitement from ME PBM before. I was hooked and now play only Gunboat games.
Do you guys ever see 1-week gunboats?
Nope - I don’t want to start a set-up for 1wk and 2wk game as that will effectivly stop games filling. We can just about fill 1 normal game of 1650 1wk.
Clint (GM)
I have to say, i’m also enjoying my first GB game very much. As others have mentioned, it’s great to have the independence to run your turns however you like.
I’m not too sure how practical a one week gunboat game would be anyway…I don’t know how everyone else handles these things but usually if I go on vacation I have a team mate cover my turn for me…might be considered a hair on the shady side to do that in a gunboat game lol
Celebion…
Tim is helping me run my two positions in this game…at least he’s the one that has suggested all the messed up actions <g>…
It’s fun to talk with someone else about the game! Even though he has no additional information.
That’s the one thing I don’t like about gunboat…which is I can’t talk to my allies and razz the opposition for their mistakes…
Of course…I don’t have to sweat someone yelling at me for making my stupid errors also…
which voice from the past???
later
tony huiatt
good lord…wth are you people doing? wait…wth am I doing? I must admit this way of playing certainly does keep one on the edge of the chair when getting results back…so is the other side ready to give up yet?