Server (-\rgitot/-) *Deccan - Ermor Wins*

[deccan]

Heh, what happened to your army built out of death gems, Argitoth? And Zooko, "Quit without saving" works fine. That's what I always do.

[Reverend Zombie]

deccan said:
Heh, what happened to your army built out of death gems, Argitoth?



Well, he's been spamming me with Ghost Riders with pretty good results, but then they disappear, of course.

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop...

[Zooko]

Okay, I've done my turn 69.

[Argitoth]

Zooko said:
I'm about to leave to go to the airport, so I won't make my move for around 24 hours or more. I'm going to attempt to download the turn data by connecting and then hitting "Quit without saving". If this accidentally commits a useless null move for me, could you please turn off quickhost until I connected later and upload my actual move?



yep

[deccan]

New turn up.

[Argitoth]

Reverend Zombie said:

deccan said:
Heh, what happened to your army built out of death gems, Argitoth?



Well, he's been spamming me with Ghost Riders with pretty good results, but then they disappear, of course.

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop...



Now what on earth do you mean by "other shoe to drop"?

[deccan]

He means he's waiting for your real counter-attack.

[Zooko]

The server is currently unreachable.

[Argitoth]

TURN 71!!

Poor T'ien Ch'i. Didn't I warn you? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

[Reverend Zombie]

Argitoth said:
TURN 71!!

Poor T'ien Ch'i. Didn't I warn you? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif



Boo! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif

You sent that Horror or was it just dumb luck???

[deccan]

Was it a wished Doom Horror or just a horror sending?

[Argitoth]

Reverend Zombie said:

Argitoth said:
TURN 71!!

Poor T'ien Ch'i. Didn't I warn you? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif



You sent that Horror or was it just dumb luck???



Lol, I never sent any horrors. Good to hear you got attacked
by one though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[deccan]

Let us know if you're going to patch the server Argitoth.

[Argitoth]

PATCH?!?! HELL YES!! WOOOH!!!!!!!!!!

patching server IMMEDIATLY

[Argitoth]

<font color="blue">SERVER UPDATED to 2.15 -- get the patch NOW!</font>

[deccan]

Heh, I can't connect to the server now.

[Argitoth]

our guest turned off the computer Last night. :\

[Zooko]

I'll bet the sounds of swords clashing and men screaming was keeping him or her awake.

[deccan]

It seems like Argitoth has turned quickhost off, perhaps in order to ensure that I do not stale. I have now uploaded my turn.

[Reverend Zombie]

Well, THAT certainly cleared things out a little...

[deccan]

Reverend Zombie said:
Well, THAT certainly cleared things out a little...



Repeat after me: there is only one master of the dead, and the master is Ermor! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Argitoth]

I have been defeated. Marignon, Goodbye old friend. Let the
powers of fire guide you to a most gracious resting place.
You shall perish.

[Zooko]

New turn! Man missed his turn. :-(

[deccan]

Reverend Zombie, I don't know why you cast Wrath of God but I'm going to have to consider that a declaration of war.

I'm taking no hostile action this turn, but unless you somehow explain yourself, I'm going to attack you next turn, NAP or no.

[Zooko]

New turn! I guess Man either missed his turn or took it and didn't post to the board.

[deccan]

In consideration of the fact that:

1) TC and I had a NAP, one of whose specific provisions was that hostile spells would not be employed against the other party,
2) TC has cast Wrath of God which has killed 100+ of my troops Last turn and the same again this turn,
3) TC has not responded to my demand that he explain himself,

I hereby declare that TC is in violation of the terms of our NAP and that I reserve the right to open hostilies against TC at any time.

[Reverend Zombie]

deccan said:
In consideration of the fact that:

3) TC has not responded to my demand that he explain himself,





When did you ever ask?

[Argitoth]

turn 74... it's been turn 74 for almost 24 hours.

[Reverend Zombie]

deccan said:
I'm taking no hostile action this turn, but unless you somehow explain yourself, I'm going to attack you next turn, NAP or no.



Though I suspect you were moving to attack anyway and want to use the Wrath as convenient pretext, here goes:

My Wrath is a purely defensive measure to keep Ermorian hordes out of my domain, and it does not target you specifically, any more than the effects of the Well of Misery target me.

Surely the loss of undead chaff is not engouh to cancel a NAP?

[Reverend Zombie]

Argitoth said:
turn 74... it's been turn 74 for almost 24 hours.



Are you threatening me?

[deccan]

Reverend Zombie said:
When did you ever ask?



Heh? On this forum. Doesn't this count as asking?


deccan said:
Reverend Zombie, I don't know why you cast Wrath of God but I'm going to have to consider that a declaration of war.

I'm taking no hostile action this turn, but unless you somehow explain yourself, I'm going to attack you next turn, NAP or no.



To be honest, the Wrath of God mostly killed chaff, which I don't really mind. But due to the fact that I don't get a summary of who gets killed each turn, the micro-management of needing to look at each army and see which troops I've lost is incredibly tedious.

However, you did kill a couple of Mound Kings this turn, and also this turn, I summoned a Telestic Animate that started out being feeble-minded, and I have no explanation other than that it was wounded by Wrath of God and got the affliction.

[deccan]

Reverend Zombie said:
Though I suspect you were moving to attack anyway and want to use the Wrath as convenient pretext, here goes:




That's probably because you just noticed that big army of vine ogres on your doorstep. However, I swear that I was not moving them to attack you. When I saw the huge number of losses I was taking from Wrath of God Last turn, I Gatewayed / Fairy Trodded / Cloud Trapezed them in from my capital.


Reverend Zombie said:
My Wrath is a purely defensive measure to keep Ermorian hordes out of my domain, and it does not target you specifically, any more than the effects of the Well of Misery target me.




Well of Misery only gives you good effects. The problem with Wrath of God is that it works outside your dominion as well and hits indiscriminately. If you'd cast Purgatory instead, it would be a nice defensive measure without annoying me so long as I kept out of your dominion.


Reverend Zombie said:
Surely the loss of undead chaff is not engouh to cancel a NAP?



Losing chaff is okay, but not getting a summary of who gets killed where and thus forcing me to check everything is making this a micro-management nightmare for me! Arggghh! I hate you! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[deccan]

Eh? I think our game is messed up...

[Reverend Zombie]

Yeah. I did not expect to stale.

[Reverend Zombie]

I have tons of new gems, too.

[Reverend Zombie]

And way too much gold.

[Reverend Zombie]

Is it it hosting on a WAY reduced hosting cycle?

[Reverend Zombie]

Judging by my pearl income, it looks as though at least 14 turns went off.

[Reverend Zombie]

Is this game beyond hope?

[Argitoth]

OMG HOLY CRAP WOW WOWOWOWOW!!!


DAAAHHHGGG!1!!!!!

[Argitoth]

<font color="blue">It looks like instead of 48 hour hosting I
put it on 48 minute hosting. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif My Last
backup is turn 71. Should we go on from there?</font>'


Deccan, you're the only one who hasn't finished your turn on my backup.


LOL!!! TURN 71 just happenes to be the turn RIGHT before I
die!!! heehee, I'd change my orders if it wasn't considered
cheating.

[Zooko]

The Last turn I finished was 74.

[Argitoth]

What was the Last turn Ermor and T'ien Ch'i took?

[deccan]

The Last turn I took was 74 as well.

[deccan]

Okay, I've redone turn 71. It was no fun though. Hopefully, TC will refrain from casting Wrath of God.

[Reverend Zombie]

I am out of town for Xmas. I can get my turn done by Monday night.

[Reverend Zombie]

I've redone 71 now, too.

[Argitoth]

what the crap? you're not supposed to redo your turn. That means I can decide not to attack you this turn. What's going on people?

[Reverend Zombie]

Argitoth said:
what the crap? you're not supposed to redo your turn. That means I can decide not to attack you this turn. What's going on people?



I don't think our orders were saved, so we had to do something, or nothing would happen.

All my troops had default orders when I looked at this turn, I think--there were no move orders, no forge orders, etc.

Maybe I picked "redo from start," but I am almost positive I didn't even get that option.

[deccan]

So what's the status for this game? For my part, I have to agree with Reverend Zombie that trying to redo our orders as they were originally would be impossible. I think everyone should be allowed to redo their turn as they see fit. It won't be cheating as we are all on the same footing.

[Argitoth]

hey reverend, are you back from your christmas trip?

[Reverend Zombie]

Argitoth said:
hey reverend, are you back from your christmas trip?



Yep, and as I mentioned, I've redone my turn. It's mostly the same as before, for what that's worth, tho' my spell scripts are not exactly the same.

[Argitoth]

im just going to do the suicide attack I did Last time. i don't feel like dragging it on. I was thinking of teleporting to your home province with all those banes...

whatev.

[Argitoth]

Turn 72

[deccan]

On a side note, someone with the username "Callistas" has been posting in the QT3 Boards on the subject of WoW. If it's the same person, that would explain where's he's gone.

Here's an example: QT3 (http://www.quartertothree.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16053&amp;sid=174eb75bde6ac2cbfc48f9cb c416a043)

[Reverend Zombie]

Argitoth said:
im just going to do the suicide attack I did Last time. i don't feel like dragging it on. I was thinking of teleporting to your home province with all those banes...

whatev.



If you had done that, what would have happen if you hit thie dome I had there? Death, or just failure to move.

[deccan]

So, are people losing interest in this game? New turn up, and less than 24 hours to host...

[Zooko]

I've been pretty distracted by other things.

Also I think my position in this game is quite tenuous -- you guys are way more experience than me, and I've survived thus far only by diplomacy.

But what the heck, I'm still in. I haven't missed a turn yet.

[Reverend Zombie]

The holidays have been hectic, but I have not missed a turn (yet), either.

I plan to submit the current turn before the deadline, but then I'll be out of town for the weekend. After this weekend, things should calm down in terms of real-life time commitments.

What is our current hosting cycle time? I would propose we switch to 48 hours-QH if we are not there already. Turns are fairly time-consuming at this stage of the game.

[deccan]

Hmm, I logged in to upload my turn before the 24 deadline, but it looks like Argitoth extended it to 48 hours. Also, it looks to me like Callistas isn't playing the game at all now. If so, Argitoth could you set him to AI? It would be better than if he did nothing at all against my attacks every turn and he still has significant forces and gem income. An AI could conceivably use them to hurt me a bit.

[Argitoth]

argh. i hate running a server im dead in. :\

Marignon, I want you to check your turn to make sure everything is correct. I might have done something. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif

[Zooko]

Yep, it all looks correct. I guess you didn't do anything. :-)

[Zooko]

New turn is up.

[deccan]

Thanks for setting Man AI Argitoth. I got hit by multiple Call of the Winds this turn and got attacked by a biggish man army. Heh.

[Reverend Zombie]

Apparently the game is hosting every 21 hours. That time period is a little odd. Can we make it 24, at least, please?

[Argitoth]

hmm.... oh. yeah... i thought we would do it 48. you want it 24 now?

[deccan]

I think everyone wants it on 48 hours, 24 hours only if you really must...

[Zooko]

I'm happy either way.

[Reverend Zombie]

Yes, 48 preferred, but 24 is better than 21...

[Argitoth]

Deccan, take your stinken turn! I turned the timer off for you. Next time you will only have 48 hours.

[deccan]

Damn, sorry about that. I'm just swamped at work right now and I thought TC and Marignon would take the full 48 hours to do their turn, and so I would have another 48 hours on top of that. I'll get it in in maybe 4 hours or so.

[deccan]

Ok, new turn up now. Hopefully I will have 48 hours to upload, since I only plan to upload the next turn about 24 hours from now.

[Argitoth]

sorry for my delay. im computer controlled now.

[deccan]

New turn up. I'd like to inform everyone that I'm going on holiday on the 20th January. Since we are currently on 48 hours turns, this means that even though I'd like to try to continue playing even while on holiday, I realize that this means that I'd still stale intermittently, depending on my travel schedule, and with Argitoth eliminated from the game, it's too much to ask for the host to babysit the server constantly.

Therefore, I would like to Argitoth if he would be interested in taking over my position. Hey, I'm a freaking hyperpower here, you know you want to. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Argitoth]

NEVERRRAAA!!!!!!!!! i do not want to take over your position. I suggest you propose another solution.

And just some info: Even if the server's timer seems to reset, I'm keeping track of how much time has already gone by. SO TAKE YOUR TURNS!

[deccan]

TC, that's twice now that my water queens got ghost ridered. I highly doubt that Marignon was responsible as I am running riot over his lands with Call of the Winds and Call of the Wilds and he has not ghost ridered me once in response.

Unless you want to try to deny that it was you, I'm going to take hostile action next turn.

[deccan]

I would like to request a move to 72 hours. TC, I forgot to mention that Flames from the Sky. I kind of doubt that Marignon was behind that as well.

I am leaving on Thursday afternoon. Hopefully, at 72 hours, I should be able to play without staling.

[Zooko]

I'm fine with 72 hour turns.

[Reverend Zombie]

I concur with the time change suggestions.

[deccan]

Thanks for agreeing to the schedule change, guys. And Zooko, next time you play an MP game, you should learn to castle your provinces more.

[Zooko]

Hm.
Good point. Thanks for the suggestion.

But of course, I *am* winning. You just can't tell yet!

Bphlah the Firey and Winning

[Argitoth]

I put it on 72 hour hosting.

[deccan]

Hmm, I can't connect to the server. I can get to the nation select screen and see that everyone has not played, but when I enter my password, I get a nagot gick fel after waiting for a long time. I assume that you two are having problems as well?

[deccan]

Ok, finally managed to connect.

Edit: Ok, played the latest turn. This will be my Last turn for a couple of days, so enjoy your respite from evil Ermor!

[Argitoth]

almost turn 100. when with this thing end!?!?!?

[Reverend Zombie]

Argitoth said:
almost turn 100. when with this thing end!?!?!?



Ermor's really rolling right along, so I can't imagine it would be too much longer...

[Zooko]

He's conquered about 70% of my territories using only Ghost Riders, Call of the Wind, and so forth.

[Argitoth]

Dam I shoulda made a 70% provice victory or somethin.

[Reverend Zombie]

Argitoth said:
Dam I shoulda made a 70% provice victory or somethin.



I usually go with two-thirds prov. victory when I host.

[deccan]

Reverend Zombie said:

Argitoth said:
Dam I shoulda made a 70% provice victory or somethin.



I usually go with two-thirds prov. victory when I host.



Um, you guys can surrender you know. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

I have every unique in the game I think, bar the Demon Lords that I have no interest in getting. TC has seen a lot of my good stuff, but he hasn't seen my reserve forces consisting of several hundred vampires with accompanying Vampire Lords and Wraith Lords. Considering the massive gem buildup that I have, there is zero chance that any of you can knock out one of my globals, so I don't see how I can lose at this point.

[deccan]

Hmm, I can't connect to the server. Can I officially claim victory now? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Reverend Zombie]

deccan said:
Hmm, I can't connect to the server. Can I officially claim victory now? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif



The game is still interesting to me as a sandbox for testing late game spells and summons I do not often see.

I suppose if you kill my Pretender and occupy my capital, though, I would concede. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[deccan]

Yeah, I delayed attacking that army of yours with your pretender because you killed my only astral mage there (the Coatl) with an Ashen Angel attack, so I decided to delay one turn to teleport in some more astral support.

But it looks to me like Argitoth has taken the server down because I can't connect to it.

[Argitoth]

there's something called e-mail...

I just realized my LAN IP changed. you can connect now.

[Argitoth]

Can one of you just take over the server? I'm getting tired of it.

[deccan]

Oops, stale turn. I think you should probably take the game down Argitoth. I'm not very interested in playing it any more either, and since I will have to return to the Solomon Islands in a week, I have lots of personal stuff to take care of

Unless someone wants to play a late game superpower...

[Reverend Zombie]

I will concede victory to Ermor.

[deccan]

Reverend Zombie said:
I will concede victory to Ermor.



Thanks, I appreciate it.

[Argitoth]

Ahh, the nostalgia.

[Zooko]

Deccan: you didn't get to see my teleporting Baphomet destroy your army of 776 undead? Darn!

Maybe next game. ;-)