WINNER: Frank Trollman (Small EA MP)

[DrPraetorious]

I'm testing another version of my "fair start site" creation script. This time it also makes all provinces adjacent to the capitals site-rich and large. There will be six start sites with at least six neighbors each, and at least three provinces between them. This map has minimal ocean and no water start-sites.

The map as a whole will be slightly rich - 125% supply/gold/resource with a site frequency of 65.

There will be 1 VP per capital plus 4 provinces worth 3 VP, you will need 10/18 VP to win.

All other settings will be normal.

The game is called "150mp".

I will take Abyssia.

There are only *six* slots available. Please claim nations as soon as you do so on the thread. If we could do an early blitz to start the game (I am free late-night, after 8:30 PM Eastern Time, tomorrow and Thursday), that'd be nice.

IP addr - 160.39.37.114
Port - 11112

Okay, the game seems to be full. Go ahead and upload pretenders.

DrPraetorious Abyssia
Havis Ulm
Reverend Zombie Mictlan
FAJ (pending....)
Meglobob Niefelheim
Frank Sauromatia

[Havis]

Hi, i would like to try with Ulm. I would be my firt MP game though, dont know if thats ok

[Reverend Zombie]

DrPraetorious said:
If we could do an early blitz to start the game (I am free late-night, after 8:30 PM Eastern Time, tomorrow and Thursday), that'd be nice.

IP addr - 160.39.37.114
Port - 11112



I'd like to give Mictlan a try, but I have doubts about my ability to blitz. How many turns of blitz are you thinking of? My schedule's erratic and it may be hard for me to say for sure whether I'll be able to devote a set amount of time at a specific time for a blitz, so if that's a dealbreaker, I'll happily yield my spot to someone more able to commit to the blitz.

[FAJ]

Id be in for this. Im up for a scheduled blitz.

Ill choose a nation by tonight.

[DrPraetorious]

The blitz - if we do one at all - will be as many turns as people can play http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

First MP game is fine as long as you've played SP enough that you think you can manage.

[Meglobob]

I like yr games DrPraetorius, could I join as Niefelheim?

I am free to blitz away tomorrow night after 0830pm EST (day off, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif), but not the night after, as that is the about the time I start work!

Off work all next week, so could do a blitz, anytime next week with enough notice, cheers.

[FrankTrollman]

I'd like to run Sauromatia.

-Frank

[Shovah32]

I'll take vanheim, if you guys arent happy with me going bless heavy then im fine with a single or even no bless.

[FrankTrollman]

Shovah32 said:
I'll take vanheim, if you guys arent happy with me going bless heavy then im fine with a single or even no bless.



It's a big map and bless troops can be handled by every nation mentioned so far. Why would we have a problem with you going double or triple bless? These strategies come with their own limitations.

-Frank

[DrPraetorious]

Sorry, shovah32, game appears to be full http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif. If anyone backs out you can have their slots - and I don't believe in forcing people not to take agressive builds - skilled opponents can deal with it.

[Shovah32]

Whoops, miscounted nations (since FAJ hadnt picked i forgot to count him)

[Havis]

First MP game is fine as long as you've played SP enough that you think you can manage.



Well i don't know, i am playing my first games and in SP default difficulty im not having a difficult time, but i don't know...
For the blitz i am not sure, i live in Europe, i have to calculate what time it will be here :-) if there are too much problems let another guy take my place... :-(

[FAJ]

I chose C'tis. It didn't let me upload my god, I just chose the nation and it said "You god is now in control of C'tis".

P.S. I am good for a blitz weekday evenings. Wenesday 8:30 is fine.

[DrPraetorious]

FAJ - how many different C'tis gods do you have stored in newlords? If you only have the one, it selects and uploads that one automatically, so you might want to doublecheck that it's really the build you want.

If it isn't I think you can just upload a replacement God.

[FAJ]

I only had one, and i wanted it. This is my first time playing C'tis in Dom3, so I only had one god. Never played an MP before with a nation I only had one pretender before.

[FrankTrollman]

Sauromatia is up.

-Frank

[DrPraetorious]

Okay, the game is started.

If we can blitz a few turns tomorrow night - great. I'll be getting home at about this time (check the timestamp on this message).

If you want to download the rgb file directly (and spare my poor computer) I'll attach it and the map file to the root post shortly.

[FAJ]

8:30 tommorow blitz then?

Anyone who cant make it?

[Reverend Zombie]

FAJ said:
8:30 tommorow blitz then?

Anyone who cant make it?



I'll do my best to make it, but I can't guarantee it. /threads/images/Graemlins/Racoon.gif

[Havis]

When i try to enter the game i start "receiving map image". When the bar is completely loaded the game quits...i think its not a nice problem...

[DrPraetorious]

Download the map directly from the attachment at the root of this thread and place it in your "maps" directory.

--TNDP

[Havis]

Ok thanx, im in, done my first turn.
Do you know by what my previous problem could be caused?

[DrPraetorious]

No idea, downloading maps always works when I try it.

What version are you running? You've patched, yes?

[Havis]

Yep but i tried to reinstall and its the same without the patch too

[DrPraetorious]

bugrep it.

[DrPraetorious]

Game will be down until morning while I run some updates and installs and things.

[DrPraetorious]

Back up.

[FAJ]

Fantastic.
Random events destroyed my only lab, dropped my income to <300 and cursed the few units I had left, after having my 100+ unit army slaughtered to the man by 7 knights and 10 archers. Now my last living commander is diseased with one hp left.

This is the first game I have taken a neutral luck scale. I usually go 2-3 misfortune.

By the way, what happened to the blitz we wanted to do?

[Meglobob]

FAJ said:
Fantastic.
Random events destroyed my only lab, dropped my income to <300 and cursed the few units I had left, after having my 100+ unit army slaughtered to the man by 7 knights and 10 archers. Now my last living commander is diseased with one hp left.

This is the first game I have taken a neutral luck scale. I usually go 2-3 misfortune.

By the way, what happened to the blitz we wanted to do?



Well...look on the bright side...u got all yr bad luck over with in one go...only way is up now... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I was there at the blitz that never happened... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[FrankTrollman]

I thought we were doing it on Thursday?

-Frank

[DrPraetorious]

Communication may not have been 100% clear - we can try again if people show http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

That's some awful luck, FAJ. I got a free warlock lord and a pile of money (of course, I have 3 fortune.)

[Meglobob]

DrPraetorious said:
Communication may not have been 100% clear - we can try again if people show http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

That's some awful luck, FAJ. I got a free warlock lord and a pile of money (of course, I have 3 fortune.)



Heh FAJ, this is where all YOUR luck went... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

See its all like karma...man. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[FAJ]

I can only hope mercy can be shown http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif

[FAJ]

Good news! The rest of my army got slaughtered by a force of bear tribe warriors that I outnumbered! Now I dont have to pay upkeep and can just barely afford to rebuild my lab!

[DrPraetorious]

I'm off for turkey this evening.

Keep on keepin' it real,
TNDP

[FrankTrollman]

We'll keep it real. Also, our counterattacks against the cowardly invasion by the Niefel forces will be swift and hilarious.

You have violated the lands of Pax,
Prepare for the inevitable.

[DrPraetorious]

Oh, he invaded? I claim his left arm!

[Meglobob]

FrankTrollman said:
We'll keep it real. Also, our counterattacks against the cowardly invasion by the Niefel forces will be swift and hilarious.

You have violated the lands of Pax,
Prepare for the inevitable.



I think you forgot to mention the 150+ strong army heading straight through the mountain pass directly towards Niefelheim. Who can blame me for heading you off at the pass? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I hope you leave my left arm alone Abysia, I am rather attached to it don't you know! Why attack another nation when you have so many indie provinces left to conquer and thus grow into a even bigger, mighty superpower?

While you gobble all the indies, I will bleed Sauromatia, severly weakening a rival superpower to your mighty nation. You can then dismantle us both at your liesure. Much better strategy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[FAJ]

Despite the incredibly bad luck, and unfortunate oppurtunists, this has been a very enjoyable game for me.

Although i have learned that I don't like C'tis that much, so Im glad Im out of the game so early.

[Havis]

I am sorry, what should i have done? Take it easy friend, its not my fault, you could have tried maybe a serious diplomatic approach :-)
I hope you are not angry on me.
Exscuse me, the server is 3.00 or 3.01?

[DrPraetorious]

3.01.

[FAJ]

Im not angry, and I wasn't going to bother being diplomatic about it. I would have been playing the whole game at a disadvantage, and living on borrowed time. It was my first time playing C'tis, and I didn't realize 150 infantry could be slaughtered to the man, by 7 calvery and some slingers. That, plus random events, put me about at first turn resources, army etc, on the 10th turn.

No hard feelings.

I will crush you.

[Havis]

Yeah! That's talking!

[FrankTrollman]

OK, so Niefelheim is attempting to be Coy. Well, we aren't buying it. Their troops march up and down the border as some sort of cosmic game of whack-a-mole, but we will find them in the field and destroy them, of that we are certain.

They say there are three routes into Niefelheim. This is not true.

You have angered Pax,
Prepare for the inevitable.

[FrankTrollman]

So we decided to invade Niefelheim all over the place, with marching armies hither and yon. The Jotun obediently divided their forces into bite sized pieces which we fed to hydras. It was a great day to be alive.

And in Sauromatia.

You have received the word of Pax,
Prepare for the Inevitable.

[Meglobob]

FrankTrollman said:
So we decided to invade Niefelheim all over the place, with marching armies hither and yon. The Jotun obediently divided their forces into bite sized pieces which we fed to hydras. It was a great day to be alive.

And in Sauromatia.

You have received the word of Pax,
Prepare for the Inevitable.



Yep looks like I am going the way of C'tis.

Have you all seen the VP chart and how close Sauromatia is to winning?

Anyway, he is playing a gather gigantic horde strategy, best/cheapest troops he can recruit with 3 hydras per army. He is spamming anything cheap out, vinemen, undead, casting raise dead/skeletons on the battlefield. Currently I am being assaulted by 4 armies each about 120 strong. SO HIS OTHER BORDERS ARE COMPLETELY OPEN TO ATTACK, probably only PD + chaff, so if anyone as got any sense I would pile right in to Sauromatia ASAP.

He is going for a rush strategy...in this case a rush to an early victory...not that I am overly bothered anymore. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

I no matter what, am pretty much done for, will fight and try to hold out as long as possible...

[FAJ]

The way of C'tis is more soothing than it sounds.

[Meglobob]

Abysia has conquered Gol Ryepe (89), the location of Nielfelheim's second fortress and he has taken the province of Florien (10), which contains a banefire forge.

Elsewhere, Sauromatia sieges Nielfelheim (111) itself, it too will soon fall. Nielfelheim's armies have been beaten and scattered to the four winds by the combined might of Abysia/Sauromatia, the sons of winter are no more...

Game over for me people, it was rather enjoyable being ripped apart in a perverse way, very different from my other 6 MP games that I am in!

Thanks for the game everyone and thanks to Dr Praetorious for being a excellent host.

Good luck everyone...

[FrankTrollman]

Even as Abysia has stolen our Black Tower, we have our first genuinely good news to report in a while.

Niefelheim's advance into our lands has been turned back completely. We bring fire and death to their capitol in repayment for their ill-timed invasion. Further, Mictlan has for the first time been repulsed from our castle, their Jaguar Warriors and Pegasi heaped in bloody piles so that their skin might be eaten properly. Now we shall have the power of Mictlan, and even now we are preparing a devastating counterattack.

Can we prevail against three ravenous empires throwing their sacred troops against our poisoned arrows? Probably not, but with Niefelheim falling soon we may yet be able to pull out a victory.

You have heard the will of Pax,
Prepare for the Inevitable.

[DrPraetorious]

"Tell me if you've heard this one." rumbles Knife Bright Insight, the iron God of the Abyssians.
Malphas wants to scream. Yes I've heard this one I'm a demon from the pits of hell! I've heard them all! Instead he says, "go on, Lord."
"Three women, a blonde, a brunette and a red-head, are sitting outside the wise woman's hut since, you know, they're... whascalled... Pregnant?"
Malphas suppresses a wince. "Yes, oh Lord of the World."
"Anyway, then, the blonde one says, 'I'm going to have puppies!' Wait, did I leave a bit out?"
The assembled children of Rhuax, the council of war, laugh obligingly. Malphas manages to strangle out a chuckle. "Hysterical as ever, great one."
When the children of Rhuax decided to smelt themselves a new God, a great one-eyed thing of pure steel, they determined that the future ruler of the whole world should have a sense of humor.
"So, are we invading Sauromatia yet?"
Malphas sighs. "No, oh great one. The armies of Ulm have invaded us from the east. We're withdrawing until that invasion is repulsed."
"Oh." says the iron titan, disappointed. "How many Ulmites does it take to hammer a peg into a wall?"
"Three divisions of about 350 warriors each, plus an approximately equal number of reserves." Malphas replies.
The Great God pauses. "I don't get it."
"You'll get to crush over two thousand warriorss with your might and power, Lord."
He perks up considerably. "Oh, that sounds like fun."
"Yes, it will be *wondrous*," says Malphas, practically drooling over the prospect of the coming carnage. "Make another ring while I go and talk things over with the Prophet, hmm?"
The cyclops nods agreeably and turns back to his forge, where he hammers rings of earth and life power engraved, of course, with jokes.
"You wish to speak to me of the blood of innocents, in which our pure and noble God will be made to bathe?" asks the Prophet.
Malphas snorts. "If you did not need the power of blood to triumph, you would have forbid me to spread my teachings, oh Annointed One."
The prophet sneers. "Perhaps. But to corrupt my already degenerate cousins is one thing - our God, whom we have raised to restore our Glory? This is quite another."
"The power of blood will return you to your full majesty, my friend. And winged, besides."
The prophet snorts. "This may also come to pass. But I will that you stay away from the Great One."
Malphas smiles. "We will discuss it again after the coming battle?"
The prophet nods. "Yes. Our situation will be greatly clarified."
Malphas nods. "As you command, so shall it be, lord."

[DrPraetorious]

Patching to 3.04

[Havis]

It will take some centuries to wash away the blood and the various pieces of magma and the like from those damn forests, my dear devastating Cyclop...

[FrankTrollman]

Ouch. I just lost badly against the Mictlan horde. I have no idea whether I can stand against their onslaught. If anyone wants to stab the Mictlanese, I'd be greatful. But right now I'm looking at their army and my god. It's not good.

Pax

[Reverend Zombie]

FrankTrollman said:
Ouch. I just lost badly against the Mictlan horde. I have no idea whether I can stand against their onslaught. If anyone wants to stab the Mictlanese, I'd be greatful. But right now I'm looking at their army and my god. It's not good.

Pax



The victory was costly for us, if not Pyrhhic. Your damned archers always do a fine job of wiping out my Jaguar Fiends. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif

[DrPraetorious]

Well, don't worry - I'm about to march on Ulm's capital, and if he has the courage to fight it out, I will take severe casualties (although I will still win.)

[DrPraetorious]

And my machine is down. Sigh. Yes, I really am one person, and I really hate Bill Gates.

[Reverend Zombie]

FrankTrollman said:
Ouch. I just lost badly against the Mictlan horde.

Pax



Mictlan just returned the favor, getting whipped soundly by the Sauromation horde. No need for stabbing me now! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif

[FrankTrollman]

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[DrPraetorious]

Activate Interlock! Dynatherms Connected! Infracells Up! Megathrusters Are Go! Let's Go Voltron Force!

IPaddr: 160.39.37.111
port: 11112

Note that only the last byte of the IP addr has changed.

[DrPraetorious]

I am instituting a 48 hr host internval.

[DrPraetorious]

Ouch. He melted my armor and killed like 100 burning ones. That hurts.

That's what I get for being over-agressive. If I'd just waited a while instead of marching on his capital that wouldn't have worked http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Havis]

...and 120+ of your abysian infantries and 21 of your mages.
The battle has been fought on open ground and even without province defence!
I have lot of mages that can cast those spells so i don't see why that could not work out of my capital... You have been punished for you arrogance and overconfidence both on private and public communications. Now we will see who will have to "be generous", "to finish off" or to "have the courage" to fight the other.

Kisses :-*

Havis, the ignorant Ulm barbarian

[DrPraetorious]

Time limits on turns are disabled until January. Ulm staled once.

[FrankTrollman]

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[DrPraetorious]

Well, I force hosted it. I don't know what the deal was.

[FrankTrollman]

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[Havis]

Excuse me i will not still be able to play until jan 2 beacause, ill be out of town.
Happy new year!

Havis of Ulm

[DrPraetorious]

That's fine, the game will be on hiatus until then.

[DrPraetorious]

Server will be down overnight.

[DrPraetorious]

Server is back up.

[FrankTrollman]

It is about this time when this game is supposed to go back on timed turns.

PAX

[DrPraetorious]

48 hr host interval is now up. Havis, if you're back in town reply to the thread?

[Havis]

Got back some hours ago, ill do my turn in the afternoon. Thanx

[FrankTrollman]

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[DrPraetorious]

The turn files are corrupted http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

I think I can fix it by changing the name of the saved game folder but give me a bit to see if I can figure out what happened.

[DrPraetorious]

Okay, I was watching movies on this machine when it hosted, and media player crashed my machine.

So I restarted. There was some turn file corruption already so this might be a coincidence.

Anyway, I renamed the game 150mp2 and it should work now - you'll all download the new turn files automatically (and mine at least isn't weird) so everything should be fine.

Let me know if you notice anything strange, I still have the previous directory.

[DrPraetorious]

There's definitely something up with my machine, or at least with internet explorer.

Before we do anything else, can everyone check the timestamps on the .trn files you got? If they're not newer than 1:51 PM eastern time, *delete the one you have* and then reconnect.

I run these dom3 tasks in the background and I'm never sure what I have running and what I've killed - I'm doing directory carpentry and I'm trying to do this while totally tanked on flu meds, so please bear with me.

[DrPraetorious]

To find the files of interest (on a windows machine, if you use anything else I'll assume you're familiar):

right-click on any "dominions" shortcut.
go "properties"
go to the "shotcut" tab (at the top)
click the "find target" button (bottom-middle)
go into folder "savedgames"
go into folder "150mp2"
click on "properties"

You'll see a "date created". Check that it isn't too early.

[FrankTrollman]

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[Reverend Zombie]

Out of character here:

The writing is on the wall for Mictlan. My hat's off to Frank for fighting me to a standstill, turning the tide, and surging toward my capital.

It's just a matter of time for us now, I am afraid! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif

[FrankTrollman]

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[DrPraetorious]

Server will be down briefly for routine maintanence.

[DrPraetorious]

The game is no fun if people stale, so I turned off the interval - but there are only four of us, can we try to get turns in every 48 hours? Is anyone out of town?

[DrPraetorious]

The new turn is ready. Since Havis is not sure how often he can play during this period, I'll be leaving the time limit off until further notice.

[FrankTrollman]

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[Havis]

Exscuse for the obscene delay, i arrived now home from a devasting multiday train massacre. Ill do finally the turn tomorrow morning when i will have again control on myself, hopefully.

[DrPraetorious]

Argh! Well-done frank!

Well, it was a game with many reversals, and I salute you all.

[Reverend Zombie]

Congrats, Frank!

[FrankTrollman]

Deleted.

[DrPraetorious]

At the very least, every VP province should have a fortress, once anyone is in striking distance.

Preferably, this should involve people casting three red seconds a lot http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif. That spell is so cool.

[Havis]

Thank you all very much, this has been a very fun game from which i have learned A LOT being my first MP game, especially from my endless clash with Dr.Praetorius. A bad error of mine lead finally Frank to his victory, but i think that's ok after all...thank you again

[DrPraetorious]

I'm going to shut the game down, then, as everyone has had their look at the final situation. Congrats again to Frank! The bastard.