Hi everyone,
I've been playing MEPBM for quite a while now, but I've only just joined the
MEPBM mailing list.
I agree with Mike about the point regarding giving characters almost
identical names. This sort of thing certainly appears like gamesmanship to
me. It's unlikely to fool experienced players but it might well cause a
beginner to make a mistake. If I had never played MEPBM before and was
thinking of doing so, hearing someone gloating over how they had fooled
their opponent because they didn't realise a character had an extra hyphen
or space in their name would certainly make me less likely to want to play.
It would be good if Harlequin could prevent this sort of thing happening,
though I'm not quite sure how it would be enforced and there would probably
be a certain degree of subjectivity required.
On a separate issue I recently signed up for a game of 2950 & 1650 at the
same time. I was told by Clint (and I expected) that the 1650 game would
begin soon but that the 2950 one would take a long time to fill up. I know
I'm in the minority, but I probably prefer 2950, so I was wondering why it
is that 1650 is so much more popular. I suspect that some of it may be down
to the fact that most people started by playing 1650, so it's what they're
used to, and anything else may feel a bit odd. One thing that surprises me
about the relative popularity is that while I think 2950 is fairly well
balanced I've heard many people say that in 1650 DS will usually win.
Anyway, I would be interested in other people's views.
Regards
Adam Mitchell
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Hey everyone
In a game I am in, a nation has named:
Ren the Unclean
Ren-the-Unclean
Renthe Unclean
and presumably
Ren-the Unclean
Ren'the Unclean
Ren t' Unclean
etc etc
I am not wildly annoyed about it - but it seems like
gamesmanship to me - something that I would hope that
we could mandate Harlequin to intercept and prevent.
What do others reckon?
Cheers
Mike
I do think that we have had this naming discussion before, about a year ago. I do find it a boring way to name characters but I mainly consider it to be that players problem. If you just read the turn carefully there should be no big problems weeding out the copycat names. And I dont think that a player would gloat much, or atleast not for long before being asked to shutup, over using such tricks. And if you try to give the noldo names from the Silmarilion you will end up with alot of nearly identical names (not counting those with the first 5 letters identical).
and about the scenarios.
If the FP works together from the start in 1650 the should be able to win. The key to succes in this game is coordination and team spirit. The DS is forced to work together in the opening game or they will be crushed by the military superior FP's.
Henning
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From: "Heather Taylor" <heather.taylor@virgin.net>
Hi everyone,
I've been playing MEPBM for quite a while now, but I've only just joined the
MEPBM mailing list.
I agree with Mike about the point regarding giving characters almost
identical names. This sort of thing certainly appears like gamesmanship to
me. It's unlikely to fool experienced players but it might well cause a
beginner to make a mistake. If I had never played MEPBM before and was
thinking of doing so, hearing someone gloating over how they had fooled
their opponent because they didn't realise a character had an extra hyphen
or space in their name would certainly make me less likely to want to play.
It would be good if Harlequin could prevent this sort of thing happening,
though I'm not quite sure how it would be enforced and there would probably
be a certain degree of subjectivity required.
On a separate issue I recently signed up for a game of 2950 & 1650 at the
same time. I was told by Clint (and I expected) that the 1650 game would
begin soon but that the 2950 one would take a long time to fill up. I know
I'm in the minority, but I probably prefer 2950, so I was wondering why it
is that 1650 is so much more popular. I suspect that some of it may be down
to the fact that most people started by playing 1650, so it's what they're
used to, and anything else may feel a bit odd. One thing that surprises me
about the relative popularity is that while I think 2950 is fairly well
balanced I've heard many people say that in 1650 DS will usually win.
Anyway, I would be interested in other people's views.
Regards
Adam Mitchell
>Hey everyone
>
>In a game I am in, a nation has named:
>
>Ren the Unclean
>Ren-the-Unclean
>Renthe Unclean
>
>and presumably
>
>Ren-the Unclean
>Ren'the Unclean
>Ren t' Unclean
>
>etc etc
>
>I am not wildly annoyed about it - but it seems like
>gamesmanship to me - something that I would hope that
>we could mandate Harlequin to intercept and prevent.
>What do others reckon?
>
>Cheers
>
>Mike
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