Schlitzohr - running, 36h QH

[Bluebird]

After the Frechdachs (http://dict.leo.org/?search=Frechdachs) game is finished (with Dimaz being the Winner, playing Ulm), I am planing to host a new game called "Schlitzohr (http://dict.leo.org/?search=Schlitzohr)". I am trying to stay in line with the last one. So, few option will change:


Aran map
20 VPs on the map, 11 to win
Independents: 3
Magic Sites: 60
Common Events
Normal research
Richness: 2
15 HOF entries
Starting Provinces: 1
Renaming Allowed
Master PW set
We start with 24h QH
Conceptual Balance Mod 5.2 ( Link (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/download.php?Number=383903) )


The map says a maximum player number of 10, so that is what I am aiming at.


Bluebird - Machaka
OG_Gleep - Marignon
Reverend Zombie - C'tis
Folket - Mictlan
KissBlade - R'leyh
WraithLord - Arco
Cainehill - Ermor
The_Tauren13 - Pangaea
Morkilus - Abysia
Shovah - Ulm


House rules: death themes are allowed, but have to be announced before (and make sure that you can keep you neighbors under control, as most don't like it)

Hostname: zoo.in-zueri.ch Port: 8193

[Tom_Scudder]

I would like Marignon, if I could.

[Reverend Zombie]

C'tis, if I may, please.

[Folket]

I would like to play as Mictlan.

[KissBlade]

Ryleh please.

[WraithLord]

I would like to play Arco.

[Cainehill]

Ermor - non death theme http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[The_Tauren13]

Pangaea

[Morkilus]

The last one was fun... I'll take Abysia.

[shovah]

if i get killed very quickly in my current game (the winnowing) i would like to sign up as ulm/jotun

[Wish]

I'll take caelum

[castigated]

put me down as tienchi

edit: i think the game is already full, upon further inspection. if there's room, i'll play, otherwise, no worries.

[Ironhawk]

Wow! That game filled up fast http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Bluebird]

Sorry Wish_for_Blood_Slave and Castigated ... as always it is first post, first serve.

Shovah: make yourself clear if you really want to play (I won't wait until things resolve in Winnowing), otherwise I would let Wish_for_Blood_Slaves in.

As for everybody else: I am planning to set up the server today, then you can upload pretenders. Please upload you pretender until Friday night (CET). I will start the server then or as soon as everyone has uploaded the pretender.

[shovah]

ok im in and indep 3 means i wont get extreme losses

[Bluebird]

Well ... your losses won't be extreme until you bump into one of the other players :-P

[Morkilus]

looks like i was last to load... can we start?

[shovah]

im going to be away until sunday afternoon, can we hold off starting?

[Bluebird]

I will start the game, but set QH to 72h, ok ?

Schlitzohr is running, waiting for your first turn.

[shovah]

ok

[WraithLord]

cool

[shovah]

IM BACK PEOPLE (and my turns in)

[Morkilus]

just waiting for pan

[shovah]

yup, and feel free to return to 24h

[shovah]

tauren get your turn in

[Tom_Scudder]

Ooh, look who's all impatient now.

[shovah]

lol, i wasnt exactly away for a long time

[Bluebird]

Back to 24h QH ..

[Bluebird]

I hope that The_Tauren13 still shows up ... he has not said anything about being late for the turn ... I hope we do not have a stall player from the start of the game. If that is true, I am for a new start, as I don't like players on AI.

[shovah]

the taurens turn is in

[shovah]

turns up (again)

[Cainehill]

New turn, and Pangaea staled.

[Bluebird]

*sign*

[shovah]

turns up, and i have encountered the vile mictain scum on my borders

[The_Tauren13]

With this three day weekend coming up, it is unlikely that I will be able to play any turns until this time on Tuesday...
So, if you want to pause the game, that would be great. And there is always the possibility I might make a turn somewhere along the way.
But if not, dont sweat it. Im accustomed to staling these days... damn comcast not offering cable in my area...

[Bluebird]

Tom_Scudder has just e-mailed me and told me that his laptop got fried and he hopes that he will be back online next Monday. Because of this and Pangaea's stale turn and Tauren13, I will disable the timeouts for the game so we play on QH only over the weekend (with probably no turns).

It looks like the game will be a slow one, but I assume that it will eventually become an exiting adventure. Sorry for everybody who had expected a faster-paced game.

I am planning to switch back to 36h QH on Monday evening (CET).

[shovah]

and ygorl will be taking my place for a week

[KissBlade]

haha I encountered like two players right off in the beginning and I'm in the ocean. =)

[Bluebird]

Ok, changed to 36h QH again. Hope that Tom_Scudder gets his problems fixed by then.

[Bluebird]

I have received the following mail from Tom Scudder:
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>Argh. Laptop has been downgraded from "fried" to "would you like me to set up
your internal hard disk as an external drive for your new computer?" It's
going to take another week or so to get the new machine - you'd better just
find permanent replacements for me (or AI me) in my games.</pre><hr />

Anybody who want to replace Tom Scudder, please mail me. I have got no idea about his current status, so it will be a suprise for you.

[Bluebird]

OG_Gleep will take over for Tom, so I have mailed him the password. Thanks OG_Gleep, and I hope that the game will run a little faster in the future.

[OG_Gleep]

I have no idea what diplomatic relationships Tom had established. I think I contacted everyone, if I forgot someone, PM me plz. I will honor any prior agreement Tom had made, and am interested in establishing peaceful arangements with my neighbors.

[shovah]

just pan to go

[Bluebird]

Argl - what a game. Machaka is horrible, I will never play them again ;-)

[KissBlade]

you've not heard the horrors of Ryleh ...

[shovah]

im actually quite fond of the little squid guys (and im going to hate myself for saying this but a machakan blind spam is amazing)

[KissBlade]

I am fond of them too but So far, I've lost my first starspawn to a horror, second one had S2 scripted to cast return, only to lose his mind and get attacked AFTERwards. And to add, tritons decided to liberate my province. You'd think luck 3 implies ... luck ...

[shovah]

are you using the priest starspawns? they are the only ones iirc with a summoning bonus

[KissBlade]

Yes, I'm using the priests. Which is why it's even more insulting, I finally get a s2 and it crazies on me.

[shovah]

which is one of the reasons the chalice is probably one of the best artifacts for ryleh because can let your mages get very high summoning lvls. the other is that knights cant attack underwater can they?

[KissBlade]

If I had the Chalice, I would very much agree. Unfortunately my construction level is currently at an outstanding "zero".

[shovah]

yea i know you wont have it now but i was just mentioning it

[Bluebird]

Has Pangaea stalled again?

[The_Tauren13]

Yeah... its my weekend ritual.

[OG_Gleep]

I apologize, I couldn't get on until now. I use the forums to find the IPs for the various games I'm in. I'm logging them all now so that doesn't happen again.

[shovah]

new turn is up (sorry to arco for mix-up)

[KissBlade]

Alright does anyone want to take over Ryleh. This Void Gate is pissing me off. My summoner dies to a Horror AGAIN. And WHEE UNRESt. GO LUCK 3, you are SO WORTH 120 points.

[shovah]

enjoying your game then KB?

[shovah]

arco and aby to go

[Tom_Scudder]

Hi all. Sorry about the disruption my abrupt crisis caused. Good luck, OGGleep. Real Life has suddenly become much busier and more interesting, in any case. I may pop into another game at a later date.

[The_Tauren13]

It would be really cool if you could delay hosting this weekend so I dont stale...

[Bluebird]

Done: 72h QH - hope that this is enough.

[The_Tauren13]

Thanks... I appreciate it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[shovah]

new turn is up guys, get busy

[Morkilus]

Did anyone take over R'lyeh? (I can't by the way, still playing) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Wish]

I did. Almost dominion killed, and apparently at war with ermor http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[OG_Gleep]

New turn up.

[shovah]

yay

[OG_Gleep]

Just curious is Tom coming back?

[Morkilus]

I asked him in regard to the Titans game, and he said he lost interest... so probably not.

[OG_Gleep]

sonofa

[Bluebird]

Do we have any stalling players? I have to admit that I am not following this game to well, as I am nearly kicked out anyway http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[The_Tauren13]

There wont be any more stalling from me... this is my last week of classes.

[shovah]

YAY! (sorry for spamming, couldnt help it)

[OG_Gleep]

Hehe for the record Blue, in this game you attacked me. I haven't noticed anyone stalling, not for a while. The game has actually been moving along well within the hosting timer.

[Bluebird]

Are you sure? I can't remember that I even touched one of your forces. Had my own problems with Arco.

Well - it all will be over soon anyway. When I am out, please PM me for any detail on the server, as I might not follow this forum much longer.

[OG_Gleep]

Ya I got a message "Machaka blahblah blah your undefended province". I was half way around the world, I had to run back to defend.

[Bluebird]

Hmm - can't remember that I did this. But it might be that I confused our two crests, they look so similar. *sigh* Whatever. I won't play Machaka again, they suck anyway. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[shovah]

turns up my homies

[Morkilus]

I believe the server is down.

[Bluebird]

Is it?

[The_Tauren13]

I can't connect to it either...

[shovah]

its down

[Bluebird]

Strange - the server was up and running nicely. I will try to restart it.

[shovah]

need marignons turn

[OG_Gleep]

I have been having an issue with my net connection. I just restored from a previous point and that seems to have worked.

Was just about to go do it.

[Bluebird]

Nope - you still have not uploaded your turn, AFAIK.

[shovah]

yea

[Bluebird]

Are you again with us, OG_Gleep.

Seems like I am out of the game.

[OG_Gleep]

Yep I'm back sorry for the delay.

[OG_Gleep]

Folket are you running 3 blesses? Thats just wrong.

[OG_Gleep]

Does anyone have any 3a Mages?

[shovah]

yo cainehill get that turn of yours in

[Cainehill]

Yo, it's in : had to take time to script 23 mages to crush the invading army of Abysia. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

New turn.

[Morkilus]

Properly crushed. I'd say there was a massive plot to get me to invade into a trap, but i don't think I'm worth that kind of effort http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[shovah]

what did he script?

[Wish]

i wish i was able to get a scout in there fast enough to see.

[shovah]

Cainehill, why are you usually the last to play?

[Cainehill]

Gee, something about work for a client having me work until 9 at night, plus weekends?

Besides : with a 72 hour setting, I don't particularly feel I have to get a turn in within the first 36 hours. Which, btw, I just did anyway, having 37 or 39 hours until next hosting.

[shovah]

kk

edit: would it not make alot of sense for you to play your next turn as soon as it hosted?

[OG_Gleep]

I can't speak for Cain, but I have been the last man to host more then a few times in my various games. I don't know what causes it, but there can be a significant delay between uploading my turn, and the computer allowing me to reconnect to get access to the new turn. Personal time is a premium when your married with children, so unless it hosts really fast, or everyone else is alseep, I'm not waiting around for it.

[Wish]

i have seen this game take around a day to host

[shovah]

turns up

[OG_Gleep]

I haven't found a Sub for this game, if we can push the clock back I'll get my turn in today and I'll be back sunday/monday at the latest.

[OG_Gleep]

I did get a Sub as I'm walking out the door. Thanks Shmonk.

[Bluebird]

BTW, if the game ends, please PM me as well, as I am not reading this thread here too often anymore.

[shovah]

4 hours to go caine

[shovah]

turns up and the great lord of ulm is dead

[Cainehill]

shovah said:
4 hours to go caine



Shovah - STFU. Several very recent turns other players hadn't taken their turns long after I had done so, and you didn't say an f-ing word. In fact, this turn Rlyeh staled unless I'm mistaken, as with 7 minutes until hosting the turn hadn't been taken, and they weren't connected.

So : MYOFB and stop nagging me about my turns.

[shovah]

actually that post wasnt a nag, that was a warning to stop you from staling. i only noticed by chance because i was checking to see if it had hosted and thought i should warn you of it for YOUR BENIFIT

[Cainehill]

shovah said:
actually that post wasnt a nag, that was a warning to stop you from staling. i only noticed by chance because i was checking to see if it had hosted and thought i should warn you of it for YOUR BENIFIT



Not likely :

Shovah : "yo cainehill get that turn of yours in"

Shovah : "Cainehill, why are you usually the last to play?"

Shovah : "edit: would it not make alot of sense for you to play your next turn as soon as it hosted?"

You've been complaining because the game isn't moving fast enough for yourself.

[shovah]

second quote of yours is a simple question, third is a suggestion and my most recent post is some help incase u were gona stale

[Morkilus]

PM's, anyone? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

This game could go alot faster if it was set to 24h quickhost, but I think there are several here that need more flexibility because of weekends, and it's better than bugging the host (who isn't in the game anymore) to keep switching it up. But if people don't mind switching to 24, I wouldn't mind either.

Less seriously... you should try playing a 1v1 blitz vs Shovah. Your messenger will beep every 10 seconds 'till you match his rather quick turn-taking. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

It was still fun, though I got stomped.

[shovah]

lol, most of the messages i sent you were pointless insults/distractions. if you cant get a moment to think then you cant play at your best can you? i wouldnt really say i stomped you though, you were starting to push back (although i was about 2 turns away from my first ice devil and i had all his equipment made already)

blitzing at 5.30 am rocks!

[The_Tauren13]

I can't take any turns over the weekend. No internet at home...

[OG_Gleep]

The_Tauren13 said:
I can't take any turns over the weekend. No internet at home...



They still make homes without internet?

[OG_Gleep]

So is folket almost out? Damn Mictlan triple bless is a monster early game.

[Bluebird]

How is the game going? Anybody already winning?

[Morkilus]

Arco is 2 provinces away... unless there is a massive conspiracy afoot, I'd say it's a couple turns away. Thanks for hosting!

[Bluebird]

Ok, tell me when it is over.

[The_Tauren13]

Every one else seems to have given up... and I'm too weak to battle him on my own http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Morkilus]

It might be the hosting schedule... but this game is taking fuhr-ehhhver.

[WraithLord]

It's taking a long time to host, but I need that time to put all my orders in place.

Although Tauren is giving me a hell of a fight I think its likely that the game will end in three to four turns.

[The_Tauren13]

I'm really glad this was a modded game. Being overrun by large armies of national troops and summons, mages, and thugs is much more interesting than the usual ghost riders and doom horrors.

[WraithLord]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
The same sentiment here. Reminds me of what I'm trying to achieve with COA.

[WraithLord]

Well Guys, the game is over.
Koresh has ascended, now he goes to sleep, hopefully to be "awakened" soon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif


Thanks Bluebird for hosting the game;
OG_Gleep for all of our "joint ventures";
Morkilus for sending me presents;
The_Tauren13 for providing some of the most spectacular battles I've witnessed recently and thanks everyone for a great game.