MA, Random Map, quick game, STARTED

[Kojusoki]

Game Type: TCP/IP (static server)
Speed: multigen for the first 12 turns - later - quickhost but at least 1 gen per 24hrs.
Era: Middle
Players: 10 (experience requiered)
Start: Friday/Saturday 17 or 18 February - Ill tell the exact time on Wensday
Nation Selection: without killing pop/disiese spread, and vanheim cannot take water bless (unless a neebie player)
Map: 15 provinces per player pre-generated map.
Victory Conditions: 1VP per capital, 10 random 1VP provinces, 13 VP needed to win. 10water prov so the map will be something like 160 prov (for 10 players)
Graphs: off
Hall of Fame: 15
Renaming: On
Indi's: 5
Starting prov: 3
Everything Else: Defaults
-we are located in Poland, +2GMT
-no mods
-we play "rpg" kind of game, with pacts, alliances, NAPs etc. What is important, pact once signed MUST be obeyed. Sometimes we say that there is an alliace lasting 10 turns. Or lasts until someone rejects this but with for example a 3 months notice. etc
-banned nations are nations spreading diesies and similar. Nations starting in water are allowed, but there are not many water provinces on the map, so its not the best idea to take them. But its allowed of course

-those who are interested, please send me an email at
biuro(@)mathilde.pl - I dont usually look at private messages
- Ill email back with the IP, port and time when we start

[Kojusoki]

Please, vote only those who WILL be playing...

[DrPraetorious]

To clarify, the rules are:
no water bless for Vanheim,
no C'tis?

I'll take Man, which I have yet to play MP.

[Kojusoki]

Roger that: no water bless for Vanheim, no CIts

We welcome Man and Tien CHi.

1). DrPraetorious: MAN
2). Kojusoki: Caelum
3). Zolharm: Emor
4). Blofeld: Jotunheim
5). Ken R.A.: Tien Chi
6).
7). jtf07: Agartha
8).
9). Catquiet: Bandar log

[Blofeld]

I'll take Jotunheim for a change.

[Zolharm]

I want play Emor

[Catquiet]

Bandar Log

[Remmy]

I'll play as the Fiery Justice guys. Someone needs to dispense fiery justice, may as well be me.

[Kojusoki]

OK - it seems almost everybody has made his choice...
There is s screenshot of the map we will play in the attachment.

I strongly recommend to download the map from here: www.mathilde.pl/10players.rgb (http://www.mathilde.pl/10players.rgb) so it will be faster later.

Please, send me an email what time on FRIDAY do you want to start (in GMT+2 time) and play for the next 2-4 hrs. Becouse we want to play several turns it is important to have all of you together:)

We will not be waiting for those who are late!!!

I suggest 10 p.m. polish time (+2GMT)

[DrPraetorious]

Sorry, *3* PM EST.

That's not quite as convenient but I can make a blitz at that time.

[Kojusoki]

4:30 pm would be better? It will be like 23:30 in Poland

[DrPraetorious]

I'm pretty flexible on Fridays - see what other people can do.

[Kojusoki]

Ok - we start tommorow at 22:30pm polish time (+2GMT). Please do not be late. Server will be ready since 22:00.

[Catquiet]

Ok, that's 3 PM eastern standard time right?

[JayThomas]

That's a problem. I get home from work at 5:30 PM EST. If this is to late, someone can take my spot in the game.

[Kojusoki]

small change then

we start at 23:30 polish time. Server will be ready at 23:00
Correct me if Im wrong, but as far as I know difference between polish time and EST is -6hrs. So it seems we will start at 5:30 pm EST (or 4:30 pm if there is -7hrs... blofeld correct me please http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Reverend Zombie]

Kojusoki said:
small change then

we start at 23:30 polish time. Server will be ready at 23:00
Correct me if Im wrong, but as far as I know difference between polish time and EST is -6hrs. So it seems we will start at 5:30 pm EST (or 4:30 pm if there is -7hrs... blofeld correct me please http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



I thought Poland was GMT time plus one hour, as in this map. (http://www.worldtimezone.com/) If that is the case, then there is a 6 hour difference between Poland and EST. If Poland is really +2 GMT, then the difference is 7.

We really need to figure this out. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Kojusoki]

the problem is that we have winter here, so there is one hour change:)

According to your map, right now here is 4:37 pm. In New York there is 10:37am... So 6hrs difference...

And after writing this post, on the forum clock there is also 10:37 a.m.

So if we want to start at 23:30 polish time it will be 17:30 on the forum clock. So please, calculate it by yourself - according to the clock on the forum:)

[Kojusoki]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time

we got winter, but who cares http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Blofeld]

Bottom line:
Poland's (CET) time offset is GMT +1 in winter.
EST is GMT-5 in winter.
By default, forum runs at EST as well.
Hence 6 hour time difference.
We start at 23.30 (11.30 PM) Polish (CET) time, i.e. 17.30 (5.30 PM) EST, i.e. 22.30 (10.30 PM) GMT.

[Kojusoki]

Blofeld is our astrologer, skilled in astral magic:)

[Kojusoki]

DrPraetorious: please send me an email - Ill email you back with the server details - we start in 4hrs time from now.

[DrPraetorious]

My Dad just called and wants to have dinner http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Hopefully the scheduling for this won't cause a problem - but if I'm not there to claim my seat you can hand it to someone else?

I'll try and make it on time.

Thanks,
TNDP

[Kojusoki]

try to make it:)

[DrPraetorious]

False alarm - I'll be back in time.

[Kojusoki]

great!
50min to go...

[DrPraetorious]

I never got an e-mail with IP addr. or port.

[DrPraetorious]

I see 7/10 pretenders uploaded.

[DrPraetorious]

We're missing Remmy, Juan Pedro and rtf7. Can anyone contact any of these people?

[Kojusoki]

We are awaiting for Marignon 15 min more.
Shinuyama unfortunatly didnt make it
Ramiro... waiting....

8 min more and we start

[JayThomas]

rtr7 aka jft7 aka JayThomas is connected and ready.

[DrPraetorious]

Okay, but I have to be at work at least briefly at 6:30 (that's in about an hour). If people in your timezone are still awake we can try a resumed blitz after that? I'm not sure exactly how long I'll have to be in the lab.

[Kojusoki]

wait 3 min more...
Correct me if im wrong, but have you got to go to work today?

And can you play at work (so there will be a short delay) until you got to work!?

[DrPraetorious]

Shinuyama, ??? and Marignon are still missing.

I have to go *back* to work for an evening meeting since my PI is on his way back from the NIH.

--TNDP

[Kojusoki]

LET THE WAR BEGIN

[Kojusoki]

how long will this meeting take? When will you be back?

[DrPraetorious]

I think I'll be back in about an hour but I can't guarantee that.

[Blofeld]

That would be around 1.45AM here, I reckon I can be up until I'll colapse about 4AM http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Kojusoki]

so do I -seems MAn has gone http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[DrPraetorious]

No, but now I am.

I'll be back in about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Hopefully we'll still be running.

[Kojusoki]

so please, write a message to everybody or send an email now and back

[Methel]

bad timing, just 4 turns from the goal of 12 turns :/ starting to get late here in Norway now, got work in the morning too...

[DrPraetorious]

I'm heading back home now.

[Kojusoki]

I hope we will be able to make a few more turns tonight and later - 2 or maybe even 3 turns per day until the turns become more chalengeing....

[DrPraetorious]

Okay, sorry, a lot of ice on the streets. Just took my turn.

[DrPraetorious]

I take it that we're done blitzing for tonight?

[Kojusoki]

some guys has already moved... Jotun is supposed to be moving right now - I wonder gow agartha....

Agartha too http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Methel]

seems caelum already left the game?

[Kojusoki]

just for a while:)

[DrPraetorious]

Or not http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[JayThomas]

I'm here till we're done!

[Kojusoki]

seems it was the last turn for today..we made it pretty well - 18 turns... One Nation is almost anihilated (Blofeld - shame on you) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
Server is always (almost) working so everytime you have some time - login and make a turn.

[DrPraetorious]

Indeed! I will enjoy being the punching bag in the middle.

NOT THE FACE!

[Blofeld]

Well, we haven't fought a proper battle yet;)
Anyways, it's 3.45AM here, I'm falling on my keyboard. Looking for some fun play tomorrow.

[Kojusoki]

DR Praet. : send me your email address please.

[JayThomas]

I'll be fighting for my life next turn. The giants are sitting on my capital, so I think I'll be the first to check out! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif

This is my third MP game so now 2 out of 3 the #@^$%@ giants will do me in!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

Hopefully, the last battle will be at least interesting.

[Kojusoki]

Fight for your freedom!!! We are with you! (we dont want Blofeld to have two capitals;)

[Blofeld]

As if Jotun had anything to do with earth gems income:/
Anyway, good game JayThomas!
Broke a bit unelegantly through your ranks, but what to expect from giants except brute force? Those sentinels were a ***** to crack, by the way. Lesson learned - mix smaller folk with giants.

[Kojusoki]

We, Nation of Caelum, People of the North, have been already attacked by evil, sneaky forces of MAN, in cooperation with hordes of the Death from the South - Emor.

BEWARE others... We will do our best to slaughter them all, but if they succeed, all other Nations will be in real danger.

Now it is a great moment to attack MAN, whose forces are being trampled under our mighty Mammoth Warriors on our borders, and their East and South borders are defenceless... Emor is mobilizing their forces in his North-West provinces to attack our castles.

BEWARE of the Walking Death and Evil Elves...

Caelum will fight for their freedom, for blood and honor!
Kojus Maximus, the ruler of Caelum.

[DrPraetorious]

Ha! Those of you without scouts in the northwest may not be aware that Caelum is the largest player - with his powerful magic and site searching capabilities, he's probably a bigger threat than te more obviously agressive Jotunheim.

He used flying troops to establish a picket of provinces along my border, with several independent provinces behind it, to cut off my expansion. So, yeah, I attacked him rather than be squeezed out.

As I was gearing up for a war with Jotunheim (who is on a rampage), I had the wrong research to deal with Caelum - but that will be corrected before our next major confrontation.

[Kojusoki]

HA! Becouse Caelum has smarter searchers, MAN decided to go to war... Your forces deserved all this pain and humilitaion they have met a the walls of our border castles.
Let it be a lesson for all those, who think Caelum warriors are easy to defeat...

But we are a generous and peace-loving Nation... We dont want to advance into your forests. We just want to stay where we are. Our troops will gladly go back home to their families, as soon as you sign a peace treaty. A long lasting peace treaty. If not, we will finsh our advance in...MAN

[DrPraetorious]

Server is down?