Stellaris Multiplayer game: See the sights, learn stuff, blow up people who just want to be friends

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Stellaris is out in 7 days.

Since it's based on EU4's Clauswitz engine, multiplayer should be Steamworks based, which means it should actually work.

So, I'd like to see what interest there is in a multiplayer game. Obviously, this will end up long-running and will hopefully be fun for everyone involved. Or at least not-not fun. And maybe we'll make friends. Or nuke them from orbit. Or something.

This feels like it'll be a more satisfying game than EU4 was for multiplayer, especially because we won't start with Space France dominating the galaxy. Space France may still happen, but that will be our fault, not the historical reality that the game's trying to represent.

Rules:

1. 2 hours per week, 1 session. This should be short enough that it should get bunch of people, and long enough that a decent session should still result. From the Blorg video series, they do seem to get a lot done the video each, so I think it'll work.
2. Speed 2 or 3
3. If you miss a session, the AI plays you. If you drop out completely, the AI plays your empire and everyone else immediately declares war and starts taking pieces.
4. Things that are encouraged: Role playing, AAR's, good ideas, bad ideas, backstabbing, frontstabbing, ending the universe because you pressed the wrong button.
5. Things that aren't encouraged: Pausing on every event to avoid the game dragging on. Probably only want to pause for peace negotiations or in-depth multiparty talks. Or something.

Figuring out the time slot will probably be tough, depending on interest.

I'm thinking Tuesday 8 or 9PM CST to get the best balance between EST and PST people, but I'm pretty much open to any night except for Thursday.

I'd like to start this a week or two after release, to give everyone a chance to have an evening or two to get used to the UI and interface, and, even though Paradox has been getting a lot better here, a chance to get the 1st bugfix patch.

So... thoughts? Comments? Casual xenophobia against fungus people?

Current list of people:
cube
Tkyl
CptDomano
toph513
tboon
PWAlessi
Zakko
samoht9
Tanglebones
Laarrs
Gremlin
Aetius
Gunner
quasiChaos
kazar
gaald

I am definitely up for this and Tuesdays at the time you listed should work well for me.

Yeap, sign me up. Tuesdays @ 8pm CST work best for me, but I can make 9pm work, too.

I declare this good.

Also, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are generally OK for me, although I am not free this Tuesday because apparently I'm difficult like that.

toph513 wrote:

I declare this good.

Also, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are generally OK for me, although I am not free this Tuesday because apparently I'm difficult like that.

By this Tuesday, do you mean tomorrow? Because the game isn't even out until next Tuesday.

I'd like to start mid-May, maybe the 17th or 24th. Give everyone a few weeks to get the UI under their belt and hope that few people know which mission threads end the universe early so we can avoid/focus on getting them.

Oh, right, it's only Monday.

No, I am not free Tuesday 5/10. That Tuesday. The useful Tuesday.

edit: Totally on board for 5/17 or 5/24.

I'm down.

I'm interested too. Those times work for me.

Count me in!

I'm interested. 9PM CST would work better for me. I agree with starting the week after launch as well.

I'm in like Blorg

Count on me to buy this and barely play it.

Hell yes! I'm down, 2000 CST Tuesdays would be great for me!

Sure, let's do this. What's the worst that can happen?

toph513 wrote:

Oh, right, it's only Monday.

No, I am not free Tuesday 5/10. That Tuesday. The useful Tuesday.

edit: Totally on board for 5/17 or 5/24.

Ditto for me.

How many people can play in a game?

PWAlessi wrote:

How many people can play in a game?

Up to 32, I think

I'd love to join, but I'm on CST+8, so unless you decide to play Saturday mornings (your time), I'm out. Though 4 am Stellaris DOES sound rather intriguing.

I can't think of a better time for exploring the vast reaches of space.

Tanglebones wrote:
PWAlessi wrote:

How many people can play in a game?

Up to 32, I think

This is going to be nuts. I just pre-ordered.

oilypenguin wrote:

Count on me to buy this and barely play it.

Pffff, you'll be there every Tuesday with me!

Spoiler:

I suspect this will be happening to me too, but I like to dream big! :D

CptDomano wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:

Count on me to buy this and barely play it.

Pffff, you'll be there every Tuesday with me!

Spoiler:

I suspect this will be happening to me too, but I like to dream big! :D

I like to waste money!

I'm in - Tuesdays are good for me.

I'm am in as well.

Cautiously optimistic in for me!

edit: I posted this in the wrong thread. This is for people who want to organize a multiplayer Stellaris game, and you're not interested in hearing why I'm not buying it yet.

I'll post the comment in the catch-all instead, where it should have been in the first place. Sorry!

So.. it's a Paradox game

Hello, I am also in.

boogle wrote:

Hello, I am also in.

Oh, good. Everything got just 70% more politically fraught.

I just preordered Overwatch this weekend and now you all are making me wonder why I didn't buy this instead especially since it is coming out the 9th!

Sounds like an awesome way to learn the game, win friends and influence people/races all at the same time...tempting, tempting...

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