Late Age Game, Random Map, Victory Points

[Graeme Dice]

Random Map: 15 provinces per player.
Renaming on
15 hall of famers
No house rules
48 hr quickhost
The winning condition will be to control a number of victory points equal to the number of players. Each capital will count as a victory point. There will be a number of other victory points spread around the map. The amount of these victory points that are spread around the map will be one less than the total number of players.

This is a late age game, come one, come all. I'll be playing Mictlan.

Players:
Graeme: Mictlan
RamsHead: Pangaea
Arameyan: Man
Ektor: Ermor
Death: R'Lyeh
Xox: Arcoscephale
Meglobob: Caelum
Foodstamp: Ulm
Jaydedone: Atlantis
Cainehill: Patala
Tibbs: Marignon
Reverend Zombie: C'Tis
Whollaborg: Agartha
Ighalli: Midgaard
St. Patrik: Jomon

IP Addr: 68.148.15.142
Port: 8888

[RamsHead]

I'll take Pangaea. That is unless your getting tired of me.

[Arameyan]

Yeah I'm in your two other games too!
I'm very interested to play Man, tower of chelms!

[Ektor]

Would be pleased to play Ermor

[Death]

I'd be happy to play R'Lyeh

[Xox]

I would like to play arco

[Meglobob]

Caelum, return of the raptors for me please.

[Foodstamp]

I'll try Ulm

[JaydedOne]

Atlantis FTW.

[Cainehill]

I'd be happy to do Patala - been wanting to check out them nagas. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Um - when do you want to have our pretenders by?

[st.patrik]

I would like to play as Jomon, if there is space for one more

[tibbs]

Sign me up for one last game. Put me as Marignon.

Thanks,
Chris

[Reverend Zombie]

C'tis, for me, please.

[Whollaborg]

I could join in as the ascending God of the migthy Agartha, Ktonian Dead cult!

So if you see me fit, let the world tremble!

[Ighalli]

I'd like to play as Midgard.

[st.patrik]

erm, you left me off your list in the first post http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif

[Graeme Dice]

Sorry, I thought I had put you on the list.

That's 15 players, so I'll start up the server for pretender upload tonight. Hopefully we can get the game underway by Monday.

[Graeme Dice]

The server is up at:
IP Addr: 68.148.13.231
Port: 8888

[st.patrik]

not working for me I'm afraid...

[Graeme Dice]

Okay, I typed in the port forwarding information, but didn't actually press the checkbox to turn it on. It should work now.

[Foodstamp]

Pretender uploaded!

[Arameyan]

Mine too!

[Whollaborg]

Pretender in... Let the games begin.

[Cainehill]

I have a pretender in - would still be nice for people to know when you want the game to start, Graeme.

[Meglobob]

Graeme Dice said:
Sorry, I thought I had put you on the list.

That's 15 players, so I'll start up the server for pretender upload tonight. Hopefully we can get the game underway by Monday.



Cainehill read the above. Lack of attention to detail = easy victim...

[Graeme Dice]

Cainehill said:

I have a pretender in - would still be nice for people to know when you want the game to start, Graeme.



I'll start it Monday when I get back from work. That will be around 6:00 p.m. MST.

[Graeme Dice]

I going to be setting up an automatic emailer this week. If everybody could PM me their email addresses, I can set up the automailer and get a list sent out to everyone for diplomatic purposes.

[tibbs]

Pretender uploaded

[Graeme Dice]

The game has started.

[Arameyan]

I started to play my first turn but when I clicked «end turn» the program stopped. I tried to reconnect but it doesn't work. I'm Man.

I'll try again tomorrow.

[Arameyan]

That's ok!

it works now.

[RamsHead]

It was downloading the map image when it stopped and gave me a nagot gick fel: bad server packet or something like that. I'll try again.

[RamsHead]

It happened again! I'll give it a shot tommorrow.

[JaydedOne]

Where is the map file? I don't get the option to auto-download it and get an error message when I try to load my turn...

EDIT: Very strange. I tried logging back in and giving it a second shot and it appears that it's NOW downloading the map. I'm not sure why it didn't the first time I tried to play a turn. Should work fine now...

[RamsHead]

I tried it one more time and it worked.
Btw is the map mostly white for everyone else. I hadn't played around with the RMG too much and didn't know it could do that.

[Reverend Zombie]

I got a Nagot error as well, but was able to reconnect and upload my turn.

[Graeme Dice]

The server had crashed for some reason, which is why everyone was getting those errors. It should be working now.

[Ektor]

new turn is up !

[Shmonk]

Hmm... all is quiet. Here's hoping we get a few turns in over the weekend, so we can start to see some action, maybe have some pretenders awaken, stuff like that.

[tibbs]

I PM'd the game hoster this morning but I haven't heard back so I just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be out of town over the weekend and I won't be able to post a turn for around 48hrs from now.

Thanks,
Chris

[Cainehill]

Server seems to be down. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Meglobob]

Cainehill said:
Server seems to be down. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif



Down for me as well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Graeme Dice]

I'll fix it when I go home for lunch.

[Graeme Dice]

My internet connection apparently went down this morning after I left. I've restarted all the servers and set them back to their normal hosting schedule. Look for the email notification of new turns to hopefully start tomorrow.

[Graeme Dice]

I will be patching the game after the next hosting.

[Ighalli]

Looks like I won't be able to play my turn until I get back home in almost a day. I'd be thankful if the hosting was delayed!

[Graeme Dice]

I've delayed the turn and patched the server, so that the next turn will be played with 3.01

[RamsHead]

So this turn we play without the patch? I'm sorry for all the questions, but this is confusing to me.

[Ighalli]

I've played my turn! Thanks for the delay! Considering the nasty hunter of heros bug, maybe we shouldn't patch afterall. Anyone else think so?

[Graeme Dice]

The server has already been patched, and will not be rolled back for a minor bug.

[Meglobob]

I can't connect to the server, is it just me or is it effecting other players as well?

[Arameyan]

Does anybody know if Atlantis is still playing?

[Graeme Dice]

I don't believe that Atlantis is still playing, since I'm sieging his only remaining province. I'm just reluctant to turn people to the AI since it can't be undone.

[tibbs]

Marignon has underestimated the tenacity of it's northern neighbor Midgard. The glamoured nation blitzkrieged to our capitol and began the process for siege. They easily defeated a several hundred plus army of blessed fanatics and all hope is lost.

The few remaining leaders of Marignon that survived the attempted breakout have gathered all the valuables they can carry and have fled the capital to the neighboring nation of Patala in hopes of political refuge.

Regards,

Marignon

[Meglobob]

Just waiting for Migard/Ighalli. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[st.patrik]

any chance we can have a slightly longer hosting schedule for the sake of those of us living in US of A until after thanksgiving (2 days from now)? Something like 96 hour quickhost rather than 48 (just until the weekend).

[Graeme Dice]

I'll see if I can get home in time to change it tonight.

[Cainehill]

Hadn't read st.patrik's post, but I _think_ it just quickhosted when I uploaded my turn about an hour ago. 47 hours left on the clock - think his nation (Jomon?) got this turn in, plenty of time to change the clock to 96 which then gives people until ... Monday to get their next turn in?

[st.patrik]

thanks guys - I really appreciated not losing a turn http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Graeme Dice]

The server will be going down for a few hours this weekend, while I repartition the windows drive and reinstall Win98. I'll also implement the turn emails at the same time, as they require a server shutdown to get the new --postexec commands to work. Expect a delay from a few hours to a day before the server comes back up.

I will also be starting another set of games next week. Look for the announcements coming soon.

[Meglobob]

Drat! Just missed getting my turn in, before you took the server down.

Hope I have not missed my turn.

Any idea when they are back up? Been down 12+ hrs now AFAIK.

[st.patrik]

mine is also not in yet - hope i don't miss it.

[st.patrik]

hmmm - I've been having trouble connecting for several days, and haven't submitted a turn since friday. I really don't want a stale turn, but things aren't looking hopeful.

anyone else still having problems connecting? or just me..?

[Meglobob]

st.patrik said:
hmmm - I've been having trouble connecting for several days, and haven't submitted a turn since friday. I really don't want a stale turn, but things aren't looking hopeful.

anyone else still having problems connecting? or just me..?



Same here, all 3 of Graeme's games are down and have been since Friday.

I presume the updates were harder than he anticipated, hopefully the server will be up soon, fingers crossed.

[Graeme Dice]

The server is unfortunately still down as it turned out that I also needed to get a new floppy drive for my newer computer before I could make the startup disk necessary to rebuild the server. I'm hoping to get everything reinstalled today or tomorrow depending on my schedule, and have the server back up by Saturday. I have to apologize for the long delay.

[Meglobob]

Graeme Dice said:
The server is unfortunately still down as it turned out that I also needed to get a new floppy drive for my newer computer before I could make the startup disk necessary to rebuild the server. I'm hoping to get everything reinstalled today or tomorrow depending on my schedule, and have the server back up by Saturday. I have to apologize for the long delay.



That's a relief, was beginning to get worried.

[Graeme Dice]

The server is almost back up, except for the fact that the video card cooler fan melted and needs to be replaced.

[Graeme Dice]

The server is back up, and should stay up indefinitely now that I've identified and fixed the problem that was crashing it. (Video card overheating to the point that the fan melted to th chip.)

The server is currently running version 3.04, and has a 48 hour time delay before the first turn starts. I'm still looking for a good email notification program that will work with my setup.

[Meglobob]

Server appears to be down http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Cainehill]

Server "should stay up indefinitely", for some definitions of "indefinitely". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Reverend Zombie]

Cainehill said:

Server "should stay up indefinitely", for some definitions of "indefinitely". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif



As in, "it is not definite that the server will stay up."

[Graeme Dice]

I'll check it out when I get home.

[Graeme Dice]

The server has been rebooted. I'm not sure what crashed it.

[st.patrik]

any chance of a slowdown over Christmas? I don't know about anyone else, but I will be out of town and access to the game may be hard. Anyone else in favour of a hiatus for a few days?

[Graeme Dice]

I will be putting the games on quickhost only today, until the first week in January.

[st.patrik]

cool - thanks!

[Ektor]

Anyone who want to stop the axis of Man/Midgard/Caelum should contact me, we must act now against them !

let this christmas be their last one.

Ermor

[Reverend Zombie]

Graeme Dice said:
I will be putting the games on quickhost only today, until the first week in January.



What's the latest news on moving back to timed turns?

[Arameyan]

Ektor said:
Anyone who want to stop the axis of Man/Midgard/Caelum should contact me, we must act now against them !

let this christmas be their last one.

Ermor



There is no Axis! I'm just one of the nation that decided to help caelum against Ermor. No one want to fight Ermor, but everyone is always happy when a few nations decide to go against it. Please dont backstab those who protect your lands against the scourge.

For the living!

Man

-> By the way, I never even talked to Midgard.

[Graeme Dice]

I've started up the timer again.

[Ektor]

Arameyan said:
There is no Axis! I'm just one of the nation that decided to help caelum against Ermor. No one want to fight Ermor, but everyone is always happy when a few nations decide to go against it. Please dont backstab those who protect your lands against the scourge.

For the living!

Man

-> By the way, I never even talked to Midgard.



Actually Midgard and Caelum are making a fest, without you.

Caelum have cheated everyone, saying that I was the main threat of the game, but it was a nice ruse.

[Meglobob]

Ektor said:

Arameyan said:
There is no Axis! I'm just one of the nation that decided to help caelum against Ermor. No one want to fight Ermor, but everyone is always happy when a few nations decide to go against it. Please dont backstab those who protect your lands against the scourge.

For the living!

Man

-> By the way, I never even talked to Midgard.



Actually Midgard and Caelum are making a fest, without you.

Caelum have cheated everyone, saying that I was the main threat of the game, but it was a nice ruse.



Why would we? What do we gain out of Ermor's depopulated, death ridden wasteland of a domain? Only disease's for our starving troops thats what. Your lands will provide little income, you do not have a high gem income.

The only reason you were attacked was because in provinces/armies/castles/dominion etc...you were 2-3 times more powerful than anyone else. Myself/Midgard/Man have done everyone a favour in dragging you down.

[Ektor]

it's false, it's not because I have a high statistic about my quantity of troops that means I have the most powerfull army.

Caelum, alone, against me is already a balanced war, so against several...

Do not forget : I cannot recruit any serious troops, I must summon, and as you have noticed : I do not have a good gem income, not enough to be a threat.

Anyway it's the risk of LA Ermor, being banged because of the stats.

[Ighalli]

I consider attacking Ermor doing a favor for everyone else on the map. I don't think many of the other nations were lining up to slow down your wasteland. Your army size isn't the main threat I see from you, it's your massive dominion and province count. Better to contain you sooner than later!

[Ektor]

Question is not anymore if I was a major threat, etc,
we all know that invaders do always pretend some falses reasons to support a 'preemptive' strike on another country.

Question is :
Who can stop your alliance ? is it too late?

facts are that you're both allied, and aggressive.
facts are that there is no other alliance than yours
facts are that midgard is definitively the most powerfull nation.
so your alliance is the real major threat of the game.

Again I make a call to arms :

Who can stop Midgard ?
anyone who want to, I will support him, before it's too late.

Who can attack Caelum?
he can count on me.

[Whollaborg]

Declaration of war against arrogant fools,

As the War rages all over the land Agarthan legions must secure the interests of the Nation.

For long have the Acrosephalean minions wronged us. We offered them our friendship in our folly and thus they made us regret our offerings to them.

We offered them four and more neutral provinces but in their greed they did not listen to our borders agreement and attacked province that we wanted for ourselves and even fortified it same time we pleaded Acrosephalians to withdraw. For many months they held the province and we were forced to gather an army to retake what was ours.
And still we were foolish enough and let them keep the provinces we had given them in good faith.

And to further our mistake - we offered them a non-agression pact on a condition that they must not fortify or bring troops into very narrow corridor of provinces which geopolitically speaking was threatening our heartlands.

They didn't comment the condition of not militarizing the border. Instead they brought in very large armies and build fortrifications.

In this point we knew that war was the only alternative.

Meanwhile our other neighbours, Ermor and Caleum locked themselves into deadly wrestle which we couldn't join with our friends; the Caleum.

...We had to start a long march to bring troops against Acrosephale who had refused our terms on peaceful borders and brought in more troops.

Our diplomatic embassy noted that the court of Acrosephale was partly thinking or was pretending that they believed we had an non-agression pact which we didn't have. If they though so they would have been reading our correspondence as a three year old would read. This is without sense of logic and awarness of what they agreed on as they on their own fallacy of fantasies that we are weak and could be trated without respect or even answering our clause of not militarizing the border that was presented them with the offer of non-aggression pact.

Now foolish Acrosephale will pay for their arrogance.

-K'telos, who Liveth the Grave and now speaks for it

[Ektor]

Whollaborg said:
Declaration of war ...
...
our friends; the Caleum.
...
-K'telos, who Liveth the Grave and now speaks for it



Can, K'Telos, clarify his position with the Caelum?
You seems to clearly declare them as your friend.

[Ektor]

OOG :
I cannot connect to the server, it does freeze during the 'waiting for the game info' screen

[Meglobob]

Server appears to be down.

[Xox]

Agartha's long winded and somewhat poetic post is just a way of prempting my announcement of his breaking our nap with no notification time.

Be aware that Whollaberg does not respect his treaties and will often add new clauses to them after the treaty has been agreed to and consider them part of the agreement and grounds for his breaking the agreement.

Short story is that he is breaking his nap with me at what he sees is a vulnerable time for me and making up excuses for the why of it.

Not sure why he could not wait the three turns except to get a tactical Pearl Harbor type advantage.

XOX of arco

[Whollaborg]

Nonsense Xox of arco! You only claimed we had a NAP when you found out that you were to be struck. We didn't have treties as you broke those twice already by conquering and fortifiying a province that was agreed to belong us and then you even refused respond to our plea for non militarised border.

Failing to respect ones neighbour might lead to a war.

Cheers,
K'Telos who speaks for the grave

P.S. To Ektor we are in friendly relations with all of our reasonable neighbours which include you too. We just hope that you could contain you spreading dominion a bit so that it would not become a further annoyment.

P.P.S. We hereby dennounse any connetions with this gray eminense whom the acro claims has hands on our steer.
We haven't even heard of him!


P.P.P.S. What comes to planning for a war there is a certain advantage to make the enemy stumble on their feet and words that gallop into different directions.

[Ektor]

Midgard is killing me, he's so powerful, specially against undeads, I definitively cannot stop him.

[Ighalli]

The living people of the world have little to gain by trying to stay my hand. Instead of listening to the servents of the underworld, swallow up the lands for yourself and root out the dark faith. We must act before all the people he oppresses are nothing but ash.

Ve, God Above All

[Graeme Dice]

The server should be back up, let me know if it isn't.

[Cainehill]

Server seems to be down again.

[Meglobob]

Cainehill said:

Server seems to be down again.



Same for me.

[Graeme Dice]

I'm really starting to get fed up with Shaw, since they can't seem to manage to keep their connection up for more than 24 hours at a time these days. I'll reboot the router once again tonight when I get home.

[Graeme Dice]

The reason that nobody has been able to connect for the last while is that when my Internet connection died for the better part of the day on the 24th, I got a different dynamic IP assigned to me. I just figured it out while at work, so I'll fix it as soon as possible. I'd like to get these games rolling again.

[Graeme Dice]

The new IP address is 68.148.8.147

[Whollaborg]

Somehow i cannot connect with the new ip either (port 8888)...

[Arameyan]

Hi everyone,
I wont be able to play my turn for the next 30 or 36 hours (just in case the server is working). I'm the Man Nation.

Thanks!

Arame

[Arameyan]

I'm back

[Xox]

not able to connect to server 147

[Foodstamp]

I have not been able to connect to this server in quite a while, even with the new IP. I am sure I have staled a turn or two and I would like to be set to AI if that is possible. Good luck to the remaining players!

[st.patrik]

you may not have staled as many turns as you think - I thought for sure I had one stale, but when I finally logged on yesterday I still had 36 hours before the current turn was done processing.

[Graeme Dice]

I doubt that anybody has staled, since I always reset the turn timer to 48 hours upon a server reset. Unfortunately, I have no idea why my internet connection has been so flaky for the past few weeks.

[Foodstamp]

Gah, I was finally able to get into the game, looks like I staled two turns. Gonna hand this one over to the AI, I am far from winning and a tad frustrated by the land loss during those turns.

To clarify, I am not upset at all about your internet connection flaking out. I appreciate the games that people host and I would rather deal with these sort of issues and still have people hosting games than there be no games hosted at all!

Goodluck guys!

[st.patrik]

Anyone know why R'lyeh hasn't played their turn?

I think we should force host - does anyone think we need to wait longer?

[Graeme Dice]

I will force host the game at around 11:00 tonight, since we've been waiting on R'lyeh for almost a week now.

[Arameyan]

Hi,

the quickhost is in 3 hours and four players doesnt played their turns. Is it better to wait?

Arame

[st.patrik]

I guess it got hosted...

I think that if people don't find the time in a 48 hour period to play their turns and don't post here asking for an extension, then they kinda deserve to get a stale turn.

[Meglobob]

Server appears to be down.

Cannot connect.

[Arameyan]

Again,

the server update is in 8 hours and Caelum and Arco havent played yet. Maybe we should pause the game?

[Graeme Dice]

The server has been on this particular turn for about three days now, so if they haven't played by this point, it's not likely that they are going to play.

[Meglobob]

Graeme Dice said:
The server has been on this particular turn for about three days now, so if they haven't played by this point, it's not likely that they are going to play.



Well I played my turn with 2 hrs to go, Caelum, server was down earlier in week when I tried to do my turn. I think the VPs may have been set a little too high for this game, as noone looks like winning anytime soon!

Arco/Xox I believe from another MP game as lost his internet connection. Wether he gets it back or not is anyones guess.

[Xox]

I am back

[Arameyan]

Hi all,

I wont be able to play for the weekend. I'll be back sunday in the afternoon.

I'm the Man nation.

Arame

[Meglobob]

I believe R'lyeh is no longer playing, as he has staled the last dozen turns or so.

Any chance of putting him AI to speed the game up alittle?

[Arameyan]

Hi all,

I leave for Cuba for the next week. I wont be able to play. I would be really cool to pause the game, but I understand that 7 days is a lot.

I'm the Man nation. I'm not in war at the moment, so it's ok if you decide to not stall the game for me. Just please dont attack me as I wont be able to retaliate http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

have a great week!

Arame

[Ighalli]

Next week is my spring break, so I wouldn't mind pausing, although I can probably play all my turns regardless.

[Ighalli]

I can't connect to the server.

[Whollaborg]

I suddenly have to give up this game.

Agartha is in fairly good shape even thou the war with Acro is not yet over.

Perhaps someone would like to give it a go instead of leaving the nation for the computer which is not fair for neighbours.

Please if you are interested or know someone, post here, soon..

Whollabee

[Ighalli]

Once more, I find myself unable to connect. Is anyone else able to?

[Meglobob]

Ighalli said:
Once more, I find myself unable to connect. Is anyone else able to?



Yep, server appears to be down.

[Whollaborg]

I haven't been able to do any turns right now and noone has volunteered to replace Agartha. have to go berserk soon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Graeme Dice]

The server should be back up. It crashed while I was away for Easter.

[Ighalli]

I still can't connect...

[Meglobob]

Ighalli said:
I still can't connect...



Niether can I!

[Xox]

Still cannot connect

[Graeme Dice]

The IP address changed again. It's now 68.151.169.184

[Arameyan]

So?

Whats up all?
this game seems to drag forever. Few things change, power dont really shift, and here its total silence. What's happening?

Me I'm having fun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Meglobob]

Arameyan said:power dont really shift, and here its total silence. What's happening?

Me I'm having fun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



So am I!

I was a total newbie when I started this game and I think everyone else was too, hence the game going on and on.

But, power is shifting slowly...

[Meglobob]

Server is down...may have been caused by someone doing there turn with 3.08, but it wasn't me!

[Ighalli]

I'm going AI. I posted to find a replacement, but no one responded.

[st.patrik]

I can't connect, which is a drag since I am about to head out of town for the weekend and haven't yet taken my turn.

[Arameyan]

Hi cant connect too

[Xox]

server down again

[Meglobob]

Server down.

[Xox]

still waiting on a server reset or something on this. Cannot connect

[Graeme Dice]

The IP address had changed, and is now listed in the first post.

[Xox]

Ouch,

Somehow I staled on that turn even though i have been checking for this game to come back every day. Did everyone stale or just me? Some valuable assests have gone missing too, i can only assume they were lost somehow in that turn or turns I missed.

[Meglobob]

Xox said:
Ouch,

Somehow I staled on that turn even though i have been checking for this game to come back every day. Did everyone stale or just me? Some valuable assests have gone missing too, i can only assume they were lost somehow in that turn or turns I missed.



I reckon I staled about 2 turns.

I think everyone was effected equally, the only gainers where the AI nations.

The game was obviously still going but no one knew the new IP address. Oh well...

[Graeme Dice]

The new IP address should be: 68.148.15.142

[Meglobob]

Just like to say well done to Xox/Arco (still hanging on in there), st. Patrik/Jomon, Arameyan/Man for seeing this game thru to turn 100.

Well done guys, it takes some doing.

[Tyrant]

So who is winning? I got clobberd early.

[Meglobob]

Tyrant said:
So who is winning? I got clobberd early.



Myself(Caelum) and Jomon are most powerful. With Man only slightly behind.

Hard to say who will win.

[Arameyan]

Hi all,

I'm sad to announce that I'll have to leave this game. I'm also playing in the 62 players games and this game is now taking me too much summer time. I should be able to play just one game (the 62 players) this summer.

Is someone interested to take my nation? (exept st. Patrik and Meglobob, of course)

If not, I'll have to turn AI. I'm currently in war against Jomon, if losing ~80 units per turn by long range rituals can be called a war http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif My situation isn't perfect (I'm less powerful than the 2 others) but in the right hand my position can be interesting.

btw, my last stale turn was an accident. I didn't want to miss it. I lost connection while finishing it and I lost the turn (previous times the turn was ok even when I got disconnected). My bad.

Good job all, that game was fun. I liked the war against the high Demons SC of Mictlan http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Graeme Dice]

Is there somebody who could take over hosting? I'd like to shut my computer off when I go on vacation.

[lch]

I could take over the hosting, yeah. I'll send you a PM.

[Meglobob]

Graeme Dice said:
Is there somebody who could take over hosting? I'd like to shut my computer off when I go on vacation.



Thanks for hosting for so long Graeme.


lch said:
I could take over the hosting, yeah. I'll send you a PM.



Thanks for stepping in Ich.

We are on turn 109 and I am really trying my hardest to bring the game to a end...I have embarked on a war of total conquest, so fingers crossed.

There is only myself and Jomon left now, assuming Man goes AI.

[Meglobob]

I have PM'ed Jomon/St.Patrick to ask if he wants to continue or concede the game to me. I believe I am in a winning postion.

However, someone is only going to win by last man standing or the concession of the remaining players. There is a problem with the VP's, basically you would after conquer the entire map to win this way, if it is possible at all.

[st.patrik]

Hey all - it's been a fun ride so far!

re. Arameyan: fun playing with you - sorry you have to ditch the game.

re. Meglobob (and anyone else listening in): I don't think you are winning quite clearly enough for me to concede. For anyone interested, I lead the graphs in provinces, income, and army size, whereas Meglobob leads in forts, gem income and dominion. Research and VPs are tied.
As I PMed, I would be willing to quit and call it a draw, since turns are taking longer and longer these days.

Thanks to Graeme for hosting so long - even after Mictlan got double-teamed by Man and Midgard.

[Meglobob]

I really, really would win this game if we were to fight to the death but what the heck I will agree to a honourable draw.

In Spring, 10th year of the ascension wars (109th turn) Caelum (Meglobob) and Jomon(st.patrik) the only 2 remaining powers declared the game over ending in a hard fought but honourable draw.

A huge, big thanks to Graeme for hosting the game so long (9months+) and thanks in particular to st.patrik/Arameyan/Xox and all the other players who made this a very, very enjoyable game.

[st.patrik]

I echo Meglobob's thanks to all, especially Graeme.

This has to be one of the longest running MP games around - I'm pretty sure it's the longest (at least in real time) I've played. We should get some kind of medal http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Arameyan]

Thanks all for this game,

and thank you Graeme for hosting.

Its the longest game I played, period. I definitively lacked a long term plan with this (first time played) nation. I learned a lot however http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I'm just sad that gift of health + haunted forest didn't pay against Jomon as my dominion wasn't strong enough!

I hope I'll see you again in a game this fall.

Arameyan

[Graeme Dice]

I enjoyed playing in and hosting this game, so thanks for the competition everyone.