"Weekender": resume?

[Reverend Zombie]

I'll be hosting 8-10 serious players on the fixed Cradle map (available here (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=501807&page=0&view=collap sed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1)). Experience is not as important as your commitment to stick with the game till the end, complete turns on time and let me know if you need extra time for some reason.

Hosting schedule will be twice on weekends, once mid-week (something like Friday night, Sunday morning and Wednesday night). I'm in the U.S. eastern time zone.

We'll try this as a TCP game to start, but may need to switch to PBEM if problems with my server prove intractable. I will force host turns at the appointed times once all turns are in. This will ensure that problems with the server don't cause anyone to stale.

Age: Late

Victory: The winner will need to achieve a Dominion score of approximately 1670. Each converted province is worth 11-20 Dominion points.

House rule: Any player playing Man must not take advantage of the Black Dogs bug.

Renaming on, playing with master password.

Defaults for everything else.

Post here with your nation choice, and send me a PM with your email address in order to get the IP and port.

I'll be playing but haven't picked a nation yet, so we have room for up to 9 other players. We'll start once we have 10 players' pretenders uploaded, or Wednesday night, whichever comes first.

Players:

Pangea~Baalz
Atlantis~Darrel
Abysia~FAJ
R'lyeh~Xox
Ermor~Tyrant
Utgard~Catquiet
Jomon~Teraswaerto
Mictlan~Meglobob
Ulm~Dedas
Patala~Reverend Zombie

[Baalz]

I'm in, I'll take Pangea.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Count me in.

I will play as Atlantis.

[FAJ]

Count me in for Abysia

only 3 hosts a week?

[Xox]

Dreamlands please

[Tyrant]

Ermor please

[Catquiet]

I'll take Utgard

[Teraswaerto]

I'd like in as Jomon.

[Meglobob]

Can I play LA Mictlan.

Thanks for hosting Reverend.

[Dedas]

Ulm please.

[FAJ]

this will be quickhost, with forced hostings on weekends and wed.?

[Reverend Zombie]

FAJ said:
this will be quickhost, with forced hostings on weekends and wed.?



Forced only, at the times indicated.

[FAJ]

ah.

I guess i will see my god in a month then http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif.

[Reverend Zombie]

FAJ said:
ah.

I guess i will see my god in a month then http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif.



Yep--it's a slower paced game alright.

[Reverend Zombie]

Those of you who have not done so, please upload your pretenders today or tomorrow. I plan to kick the game off tomorrow evening.

[Paul_the_Avenger]

Too late to participate ?
Sorry, If I'm late but I'm from Italy and I have the time zone different..Moreover, I'm not very much experienced but when I start something I'm used to finish it

[Reverend Zombie]

Paul_the_Avenger said:
Too late to participate ?
Sorry, If I'm late but I'm from Italy and I have the time zone different..Moreover, I'm not very much experienced but when I start something I'm used to finish it



If someone suggests a balanced map for 11 players and there are no objections, I'd love for you to join. (It'll keep me from having to fix the damn bugs in the Cradle map myself, too!)

[Tyrant]

I did not get a reply with the magic numbers.

[Reverend Zombie]

FAJ has requested the game be quickhost to start. Turns would be untimed (due to aforementioned server problems) so everyone would be on their honor to do *at least* three turns a week.

If no one objects, this is fine with me.

[Reverend Zombie]

Tyrant said:
I did not get a reply with the magic numbers.



I'll check in a bit and post what undoubtedly will be the new i.p. once I reboot my router.

[Reverend Zombie]

Reverend Zombie said:

Tyrant said:
I did not get a reply with the magic numbers.



I'll check in a bit and post what undoubtedly will be the new i.p. once I reboot my router.



I.P. is still 72.226.248.17, and the port is the same. Is anyone else unable to connect?

[Tyrant]

RevZ- I PMed you with my email as requested, but i did not get a reply (possibly it got nailed by the spam filter or some such), so i still do not know the port.

[Reverend Zombie]

Please download the fixed Cradle map (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=501807&page=0&view=collap sed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1) which we will be using for this game.

[Reverend Zombie]

Dedas said:
Ulm please.



Dedas, please send me a PM with your email, and I'll send you the port and i.p. address. I really need your email before we start in case we need to switch to PBEM at some point.

Everyone else has sent me theirs, so we are just about ready to get under way. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Paul_the_Avenger]

Reverend Zombie said:

Paul_the_Avenger said:
Too late to participate ?
Sorry, If I'm late but I'm from Italy and I have the time zone different..Moreover, I'm not very much experienced but when I start something I'm used to finish it



If someone suggests a balanced map for 11 players and there are no objections, I'd love for you to join. (It'll keep me from having to fix the damn bugs in the Cradle map myself, too!)



Hi rev.
So I'll be the first on the next one? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Thanks
Ciao

[Reverend Zombie]

Paul_the_Avenger said:

Reverend Zombie said:

Paul_the_Avenger said:
Too late to participate ?
Sorry, If I'm late but I'm from Italy and I have the time zone different..Moreover, I'm not very much experienced but when I start something I'm used to finish it



If someone suggests a balanced map for 11 players and there are no objections, I'd love for you to join. (It'll keep me from having to fix the damn bugs in the Cradle map myself, too!)



Hi rev.
So I'll be the first on the next one? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Thanks
Ciao



Send me a PM with your email, if I don't hear from Dedas soon, you can take his spot for this game.

[Tyrant]

Ok, i'm uploaded

[Reverend Zombie]

Wednesday night was our latest scheduled start time, and I'd like to stick to it.

If I don't hear from Dedas by this evening (@6 p.m. U.S. Eastern time) I plan to let Paul_the_Avenger have his spot.

[Paul_the_Avenger]

Reverend Zombie said:
Wednesday night was our latest scheduled start time, and I'd like to stick to it.

If I don't hear from Dedas by this evening (@6 p.m. U.S. Eastern time) I plan to let Paul_the_Avenger have his spot.



In case I'm in, at what time at max. I'm expected to reply for the 1st turn?

[Dedas]

I have sent my E-mail and my pretender is ready. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Reverend Zombie]

Paul_the_Avenger said:

Reverend Zombie said:
Wednesday night was our latest scheduled start time, and I'd like to stick to it.

If I don't hear from Dedas by this evening (@6 p.m. U.S. Eastern time) I plan to let Paul_the_Avenger have his spot.



In case I'm in, at what time at max. I'm expected to reply for the 1st turn?



Good question! (though I regret to inform you, Paul, that Dedas will definitely be playing)

Per FAJ's request, the game will be on quickhost to start. Players are on their on honor to complete according to the minimum schedule of 2 turns on the weekend, once during the week.

Since we're starting in the middle of the week, this means players should plan on completing the first turn by Friday, and at least one more over the course of the weekend, then another in the middle of next week, and so on.

If we can get more done, that is great.

[Paul_the_Avenger]

Dedas said:
I have sent my E-mail and my pretender is ready. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Ok guys. Enjoy it.
Looking forward for the next one.
Isn't it possible to just participate as "observer": it would be helpful for a beginner like me...Maybe it is a silly question but as I said I'm almost brand new. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif

[Reverend Zombie]

Paul_the_Avenger said:

Dedas said:
I have sent my E-mail and my pretender is ready. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Ok guys. Enjoy it.
Looking forward for the next one.
Isn't it possible to just participate as "observer":



Unfortunately, no. Hang in there and don't get discouraged--you might even want to think about hosting a game yourself. As you have noticed, demand is high and you'll have no problem finding enough players!

[Meglobob]

Paul_the_Avenger said:

Dedas said:
I have sent my E-mail and my pretender is ready. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Ok guys. Enjoy it.
Looking forward for the next one.
Isn't it possible to just participate as "observer": it would be helpful for a beginner like me...Maybe it is a silly question but as I said I'm almost brand new. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif



Hopefully, another game will be starting in a week or two. Until then get a load of practice in SP play, MP play is tough and ruthless but fun.

Make sure you try to check the multiplayer thread a few times a day. Games fill up within 24hrs generally.

[Reverend Zombie]

We can start as soon as Patala and Atlantis upload their pretenders.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Atlantis uploaded.

May all other nations be afraid.

[Reverend Zombie]

Game has started. Good luck!

[Sir_Dr_D]

The nation Of Atlantis bravely faced all odds and played there first turn. They courageoulsy puchased troops!

[FAJ]

The courage of Atlantis has inspired Abysia :|

[Meglobob]

Meanwhile in the swamps of Mictlan, a strange chant was heard...please don't let me die of dominion death...please don't let me die of dominion death...please don't let me die of dominion death...please don't let me die of dominion death...

[Baalz]

Oh lordy Megloblob, I just realized why you're asking for Mictlan advice. Disregard everything I said in that other thread. Do exactly the opposite of what I suggest! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Meglobob]

Baalz said:
Oh lordy Megloblob, I just realized why you're asking for Mictlan advice. Disregard everything I said in that other thread. Do exactly the opposite of what I suggest! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif



Too late, 100+ blood slaves per month, here I come... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Actually my starting positions awful, so I would'nt worry to much. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Catquiet]

The peaceful nation of Utgard has decided to increase its agricultural production by hiring a few new farmhands. Each will farmhand will be given a pointy stick in order to poke holes in the frozen ground and plant seeds.

Perfectly ordinary, nothing to see here, move along.

[Meglobob]

Can't connect, server could be down.

[Reverend Zombie]

I just tweaked my router settings, pls. try again and post your results.

[Meglobob]

Nope, still not working, just get this may take sometime...forever.

[FAJ]

yeah, I can't connect either

[Reverend Zombie]

Server has been rebooted; please try again; i.p. add'y is 72.226.246.34 not sure if that is the same as before.

Port is the same.

[FAJ]

works now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Baalz]

Can't connect this morning.

[Reverend Zombie]

Server's been rebooted; address & port have not changed; please try again.

[Baalz]

Hmmm, still no dice. Can anyone else connect?

[FAJ]

I can connect fine.

Fine enough to see that 80% of my mages got diseased in one turn :\.

[Baalz]

Sanity check, this is the IP, right?


Pinging 72.226.248.17 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Up above he said he changed the Ip. It is
72.226.246.34 now.

[Baalz]

*sheepish smile* Somehow missed that. Connected fine now.

[Tyrant]

CAnnot connect

[Reverend Zombie]

Tyrant said:
CAnnot connect



Nor I, to my surprise!

Investigating...

[Reverend Zombie]

Server & host machine both rebooted, please try to connect again.

Current i.p. is 72.226.246.34, port is unchanged.

[Tyrant]

Working again

[Reverend Zombie]

The Wyrm has TURNed.

[Tyrant]

Something very odd has occured. I put up my turn and the host fired off, but it seems to have somehow rest. None of my orders went through and it looks to me from what i can see that nobody elses did either.

[Baalz]

My orders went through fine.

[Tyrant]

What turn number shouold it be? Perhaps it simply did not download cause all the enemy armies are still in the same places and the mercs are the same too.

[Tyrant]

I moved off the game folder, recoonected and got a turn. Indeed none of my orders took, but at least i'm up to date and i expect thats the best that can be done.

[Reverend Zombie]

The monkeys and apes of Patala suffer mightily under the Burden of Time. Are there any mages in the world powerful enough to dispel Ermor's outrage? The living nations must band together to end this curse!

[Baalz]

The recuperating nation of Pangea fully supports the nation of Ermor's wise casting if Burden of Time....unless these afflictions are indeed tagged as caused by old age and thus un-recuperable in which case we condemn this vile atrocity! (does anybody know?)

Gotta admire the speed with which it was cast though...

[Meglobob]

Is this a good time to open my boots of youth shop? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I second what Baalz said, casting Burden of Time by turn 24 is mighty impressive, it totally caught me out!

[FAJ]

Can we pause this game for easter? I wont be in the same state as my computer for another 30-40 hours

[Reverend Zombie]

FAJ said:
Can we pause this game for easter? I wont be in the same state as my computer for another 30-40 hours



There's no timer, and I won't force host, so you are all set. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Tyrant]

BrainZ..brrrrrrrrraaaainnnzzzz..BRAINZ...












(brainz)

[Tyrant]

I cannot connect to the server

[Meglobob]

Tyrant said:
I cannot connect to the server



Me too.

[Xox]

Me three.

Oh, and Ermor must die. and stay dead.

[Reverend Zombie]

I've rebooted the host machine; please try to re-connect.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Thanks it works now.

[Tyrant]

Working now

[Reverend Zombie]

Great! Don't hesitate to PM me about server issues, either. Now that I have been knocked out *cough cough* I may see a PM before a posting in the game thread.

I check the MP forum pretty often, but a PM won't hurt.

[Tyrant]

Didn't actually realize that was you till i read that. We have a nasty habit of killing each other, maybe we should ally next game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif I suppose it's appropriate that Reverend Zombie be killed by the True Lords of the Dead though.

[Tyrant]

Hangs when i connect. Also, will this game be patched?

[Reverend Zombie]

Tyrant said:
Hangs when i connect. Also, will this game be patched?



Has anyone connected with turn done under 3.08? That might explain why it's hanging--I haven't patched the server yet, but will if that's what works for everyone.

[Reverend Zombie]

Server has been patched and game restarted; please try to reconnect.

[Meglobob]

Reverend Zombie said:
Server has been patched and game restarted; please try to reconnect.



Server working ok now, just Atlantis to do there turn.

[Tyrant]

Something screwy happened this turn. When i watch one of the battles this turn I win, but the battle report on the messages screen says i lose, the army is dead, and the provence was held by the enemy. Anyone else have glitches? Anything change the server end?

[Reverend Zombie]

Tyrant said:
Something screwy happened this turn. When i watch one of the battles this turn I win, but the battle report on the messages screen says i lose, the army is dead, and the provence was held by the enemy. Anyone else have glitches? Anything change the server end?



Server hasn't changed. Battle report discrepancies are usually seen when server and host run different patch versions of the game, but discussion on the main board indicates different OS might be another cause. The server runs Windows XP; what's your operating system?

[Xox]

It was all a dream. Sometimes, in our dominion, it is hard to distinguish reality from dreams. DId you just win that battle, or was it a pleasant dream masking the harsh reality of your defeat? Did you just get your butt kicked and lose your precious banefire archers? Or was that just a horrble nightmare.

They say the dead don't sleep, but it looks like they do dream.


And to all the rest of you in this game, Uhhm, a little help here?? Dealing with undead hordes. help! help!.... HELP!!!

[Tyrant]

Running XP, same everything i've had all game.

[Xox]

no connect

[Sir_Dr_D]

I cannot caonnect right now either

[Reverend Zombie]

Game should be back up.

[Sir_Dr_D]

A message to Ermor from Atlantis

You shall remove yourselves immediatly from Atlantis' land. Let yourself be warned. we are fully equiped with fire power to take down skeletons.

I AM SOGGOTH

(Darrel here. Make note that I changed my user name.(

[Tyrant]

brrrrainzz............BRAINS! (braainz)

[Sir_Dr_D]

Ermor.

That temple that you destroyed was 400 gold. I will expect compensation for that or else I will raid your lands, bring taxes to 200, and cause you to lose income. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

[Tyrant]

brainzez?

[Tyrant]

Can't connect to the server.

[Reverend Zombie]

Will reboot server this evening, U.S. Eastern D.S.T.

[Tyrant]

Sorry about the slugardly pace over the last few weeks. It's been a busy summer, i'm over-commited on Dom and since this game takes the longest to do and has no host schedule it tends to slip to last. I'm going to try to pick up the pace and see if we can wrap this up soon. I think we got about 10 rurns left.

[Sir_Dr_D]

I cannot connect to the server

[Reverend Zombie]

Server should be up momentarily.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Over a week and no turn has been processed. Tyrant, Xox, I understand that both of you have nations that take a lot of micro management. But could we get this game to at least a turn a week.

[Xox]

Sure, i was just waiting for the server. The server has been down for about 4 days, and I have been ready all that time.

The serve rjust came back up.

The way you made it sound was as if it was a player holding up the game for a week.

[Reverend Zombie]

I can start force-hosting at scheduled times to keep the game moving, if that is what players want.

[Tyrant]

Sir_Dr_D said:
Over a week and no turn has been processed. Tyrant, Xox, I understand that both of you have nations that take a lot of micro management. But could we get this game to at least a turn a week.



Yep, see my post a couple messages up the rung. I appologize again.

[Reverend Zombie]

Shall I institute a once a week force hosting?

[Tyrant]

I have made good on my promise and picked up the pace, but we are now waiting on Atlantis. Hopefully we can do at least two a week and there really aren't very many turns left till one of us hits the dominion win line. BTW, how is that calculated? Is it just total candles or what?

[Reverend Zombie]

Yes, Dominion score is the sum of your candles. The scoring system mentioned in the first post runs from 11 (one candle)-20 (ten candles), rather than 1-10, however.

[Sir_Dr_D]

I am the one being slow with my turn this week, after doing my turn alomst right away all along. I will submit mine tomorrow morning.

[Sir_Dr_D]

I have done my turn now. Lets have the last person who does their turn post a message in here, so everyone else knows the turn has been processed.

[Sir_Dr_D]

The server is down again.

[Xox]

indeed it is

[Reverend Zombie]

Sir_Dr_D said:
The server is down again.



A recent power outage here seems to have fried my server, so the game is permanently defunct.

I hope it was close enough to finished for you all to call a winner.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Sure...
I have been planning to be able to cast undead mastery for ages. That inolved first reasearching up to constuction 8 so I can make a sceptre of Dark Regency. Then I need to go to enchanment 8 to be able to cast lichcraft, to get a castor high enough of a level to cast it. I made a mommentary diversion to get to evocation 8 to cast Maelstrom. Then at the climatic momment when I am finally at Thau 9 and have scripted my lich to cast undead mastery, that is when the server goes down. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Tyrant]

Dagnabit, that's no good. I'm afraid it was not decided at all and was going to be down to the very last turn. Very frustrating.

Well thanks for hosting Rev, and sorry about your server.

Good game to rest of you- well played all through Sir_Dr_D, and that was quite an epic struggle Xox (though a foolish one on your part) you held back the Tide of Death with the tide of Madness for a long time.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Even if the game did last till the dominion victory was met, the game would have still been close and not felt finished. As it was I, Atalntis, did have the upper hand. I was ahead in dominion, research, income, and gem income. I was just about to take Abysia's capital which would have given me a sudden surge in dominion. Plus I had just reached undead mastery, and ermor also had R'lyeye and Jomon to deal with.

But ermor was just slightly behind and there was still some stunt that Ermor could have pulled to change the tide. By the sound of it Tyrant had some sort of plan.

That was a lot of good attempts there to break through my defensises Tryant. Some of those, such as the fliers caught me off guard. (and I don't know why the flyers weren't more effevtive then they were. They did get to my commanders.) What really saved me a lot of the time was the Ankh which caused any of my guys that died on the battlefield to come back as a zombie.

[Tyrant]

My next attempts to break through would have featured Mass Flight and signifigantly increased quntity of Shadow Blast. With the dominion victory looming, my low research, and the easy research done all the mages were getting equiped and sent out to fight. I believed that decisive victories against your large and so far invincible forward armies would have let me sweep forward on all fronts and bring my hordes to bear. Whether that would have been enough temple burning to swing the war is hard to say.

I did not realize that you were that close to finishing off Aby, that very well might have put you over the top. I was pushing the crazies back and picking up candles, but no way i would have finished them off before you crossed the finish line.

I take it from your post that you don't care for the Dominion victory. It's the first time i have used it, and i kinda liked it, though it would have been a pretty pro Ermor setup had i not forgotten we were using it and made my dominion strength 7 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif

[Reverend Zombie]

The machine I was using to host this game is working again. Is anyone interested in resuming?