neZ - PBEM (Jotunheim - Teraswaerto Wins)

[thraveboy]

Hi all..

I'm hosting a 10 player PBEM game on a map that was
generated randomly. The game and map details are below.
Post your nation of choice and send me a private message
with your email address.

Thanks! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
-thraveboy

Age: Middle Age

Map: neZ (86 land and 14 sea)

Standard Settings except:
Graphs: Off
Renaming: On

Victory Conditions:
Capital VPs Only
4 VPs to win


Hosting Schedule: 24hr


Player status:
------------------
everything received:
1. thraveboy - T'ien Ch'i (Slain)
2. Paul_the_Avenger - Man (Slain)
3. Teraswaerto - Jotunheim (True God)
4. FAJ - Abysia (Slain)
5. LoloMo - Vanheim (Slain)
6. Eressil3 - Oceania (Slain)
7. smu66ler - Ulm (Slain)
8. StricklyRockers - Arcosphale (Slain)
9. GameExtremist - Caelum (Slain)
10. WSzaboPeter - Pangaea (Slain)

[LoloMo]

Hi, I would like to join. My order of preference would be Vanheim, Man-Tower of Avalon, then Machaka. If those 3 are not available, any nation will do.

Thanks for hosting!

[thraveboy]

Vanheim it is! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Paul_the_Avenger]

I'd like to participate.

My preference in order:
Niefelhelm -
C'tis-
Kailasa -

Thanks for hosting (and thanks to Meglobob for the message)

[Paul_the_Avenger]

Ooohps ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif It's a Middle Age contest not an EA...
So my preference would be:
- Man;
- Jotunheim;
- Shinuyama;

Let me know. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[thraveboy]

Got Man for ya..

[WSzaboPeter]

I wish to try Pangaea. If that's not available, then Abysia.

[GameExtremist]

I'd like in - Want to have a try at playing Caelum, never [layed with them before, should be interesting. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Eressil3]

I would like to play. - As oceania or arcoscephale or pythium in that order.

[smu666ler]

Hi I am quite a begginer when it comes to MP. If that is ok, then I would like to play Ulm.

[Evilhomer]

I'm in as R'lyeh

[Teraswaerto]

I'd like in. Jotunheim.

[FAJ]

Abysia please

[thraveboy]

Hi all..

We're all set! If you haven't yet, send me a PM with your email or post it here.

Once I get your email, I'll send you a note and then you can send me your pretender and I'll send out the map.

Good luck!
-thraveboy

[thraveboy]

Here's is the current status of what I need next from
everyone.

Players:
1. thraveboy - T'ien Ch'i
2. LoloMo - Vanheim - need email and pretender
3. Paul_the_Avenger - Man - need pretender
4. WSzaboPeter - Pangaea - need email and pretender
5. GameExtremist - Caelum- need pretender
6. Eressil3 - Oceania - need email and pretender
7. smu66ler - Ulm - need email and prentender
8. Evilhomer - R'lyeh - need pretender
9. Teraswaerto - Jotunheim - need pretender
10. FAJ - Abysia - need pretender

[thraveboy]

Here's is an update of the current status of everyone.

Players:

everything received:
1. thraveboy - T'ien Ch'i
2. Paul_the_Avenger - Man
3. Teraswaerto - Jotunheim
4. FAJ - Abysia

need pretender only:
5. Evilhomer - R'lyeh
6. GameExtremist - Caelum
7. Eressil3 - Oceania

need email and pretender:
8. LoloMo - Vanheim
9. WSzaboPeter - Pangaea
10. smu66ler - Ulm

[thraveboy]

I still haven't gotten the email addresss from WSzaboPeter.

So I will be taking alternates for the 10th slot now. If you are interested please post the nation that you are interested in and private message me your email address.

Thanks!

[Paul_the_Avenger]

thraveboy said:
I still haven't gotten the email addresss from WSzaboPeter.

So I will be taking alternates for the 10th slot now. If you are interested please post the nation that you are interested in and private message me your email address.

Thanks!



At what time are you planning the kick-off (US Eastern Time) ?

[thraveboy]

What works best for me is to send the turns out at 11pm (EST).

[StrictlyRockers]

Put me down as the alternate. Sign me up. I'll take Arcosephale. Or Helheim as a second choice.

I PM'd raveboy my email address. I'll check this thread for updates. I also check my PM's here.

I have a pretender ready to go, and I can email the pretender today if needed.

SR

[thraveboy]

I've sent out the map files. If I don't receive the pretender files for the two remaining slots then I will get two other people to take those slots.

Please post here and send me a private message if you are interested in having one of the two slots that I haven't received a pretender for. If you can get me a pretender first then you can get the slot.

Thanks!

[WSzaboPeter]

I'm really sorry I was out to a place without net. I made pretender, and my e-mail is ctdd@ctdd.ro. Thanks. If you counted me as missing in action it's okay. Sorry again.

[Herbacious]

Is there still room in this game?

[thraveboy]

The first person to send me their pretender will get the last slot. Private message me your email address and I'll send you mine so that you can email the pretender.

Thanks!
-REid

[WSzaboPeter]

Okay, sent... Fingers crossed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[thraveboy]

Ok.. All pretenders in.. I'll send out the first turn today..

Good luck!

[thraveboy]

I just sent out the first turn.

Good luck everyone!

[GameExtremist]

Woah, didn't realise how crammed in we'd all be! Going to be tight there for a little while : ) gl everybody

[smu666ler]

yeah, altho Oceania has a nice going - it's quite a sea for you to be alone in it ...

[WSzaboPeter]

I'm eager to get going, I need only the map files from host. Thanks a lot for waiting for me.

[Eressil3]

smu666ler said:
yeah, altho Oceania has a nice going - it's quite a sea for you to be alone in it ...



True I got a good position. Your luck here, I am a total beginner. But, because there is a "but" :

I believe Vanheim has "sailing"... Tien chi *may* got a pretender to send troops underwater... And seas often don't worth so much gold. Some people have good starting positions too... on earth far from other nations which means plenty of gold, ressources, and gems for them... But I got a bad feeling for the three nations in the south west. They will probably rush on each other... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif

BTW I had a problem : I had to add an underscore between "neZ" and "PBEM" to see the game appear in the list. I hope this slight modification is harmless.

[smu666ler]

Eressil3 said:
I got a bad feeling for the three nations in the south west. They will probably rush on each other... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif




Haha ... yeah I kinda feel sorry for myself too =)

About that renaming - I had to do the same thing, I think that was the only way to make it work

[LoloMo]

I renamed mine neZ

[FAJ]

I kept it as neZ, as per the first files

[Paul_the_Avenger]

FAJ said:
I kept it as neZ, as per the first files



Sorry guys,
I had the same question mark? If I leave it as neZ_PBEM it won't generate any issue when Thrave receive the file ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif
By the way, I'm one of the South western's

[Teraswaerto]

The eyes of the giants are hollow, and their faces grim. They drink bitter liquids to forget the fact they are less than the ones who came before. The winds of winter no longer blow, and the last son of lost Niefelheim has long since departed.

A standing stone is now the target of their worship, a monument to loss. It casts a shadow on them. Bestial wrath and resolve of blackest iron grips some, but they are a minority: most know in their hearts that the Rimtursar will never return, and the race of giants belongs to a world soon past.

They are eager to transmute their silent suffering to roaring anger and brutal violence. Fear them.

[thraveboy]

Yeah, sorry about the naming. The game appears as "neZ PBEM" within Dom3 but the folder is named "neZ_PBEM" since some filesystems don't like spaces in the file names.

Thanks and good luck!

PS: Sent out the map files again to you WSP, let me know if you've received them this time.

[thraveboy]

Oh yeah, what I've received so far works from everyone works fine.

[WSzaboPeter]

Okay, 2h file sent to host. Thanks I got the map files and everything is okay. (I could start whining about starting positions, but I'm used to bad luck.)

[thraveboy]

Sent out the second turn.

[WSzaboPeter]

I have tried sending you the 2h file for this turn but failed with error, so I attach it to here until I can find a solution.
'Reid Gershbein': 3/12/2007 8:52 AM
503 valid RCPT command must precede DATA

[thraveboy]

Hey WSzaboPeter..

Downloaded your Pangaea .2h file this turn and you are
all set now... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[WSzaboPeter]

Thanks mate, make sure to add me to your safe sender list or something similar so i could send you turn more easily. ThX.

[thraveboy]

Turn 3 has been sent out.

[WSzaboPeter]

I'm willing to give 11 Water gems for 10 Nature gems, or better if you could send me 20 N I will give you 23 Water gems!!!
Thanks a lot,
DreamSlayer

[thraveboy]

Sent out turn 4... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[thraveboy]

Sent out turn 5.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Eressil3]

Deep into the sea, in a sunken temple, there was an oceanian prietress. She was old, and her gills were moving slowly. Before her, there were sirens, mermens and capricorns. The prietress opened her mouth and a weird aquatic voice could be heared :
"My beloved people, the waves are talking to me and they said that Caelum is in great danger. If nothing is done, the giant feet of Jotunheim will crush these soft people in a matter of months. May be the half-birds should stop believe in a false god ?
- Should we do something about it, asked a capricorn
- I really don't know, answered the prietress, we can build a great empire, amass huge amount of gold, but we are far from everything and I doubt, us, oceanians will get in the next era.
- Do you have loose your faith ?
- No, but in this case, what can we do ? Jotunheim is far in the west and our armies are still weak."
The meeting ended, and some of the listeners left in anger...

[thraveboy]

Sent out turn 6...

[StrictlyRockers]

I am having problems. Maybe it is the name of the game file? neZ_PBEM or neZ PBEM?

[Eressil3]

"neZ_PBEM" works for me. "neZ PBEM" didn't.

[GameExtremist]

*The warriors of Caelum are elusive as leaves on the wind as they soar behind the Niefel battle lines pillaging as they go, meanwhile a large force of Mammoths and seraphs readies themselves for a siege*

[Teraswaerto]

Don't say I didn't warn ya. "Fear them" and all that...

We'll see how how elusive your god is with an axe through his face. Beating some militia is nothing to be proud of when we're battering down the gates of your birds nest. /threads/images/Graemlins/icon02.gif

[StrictlyRockers]

All good now. No worries. On to victory!

many pretenders....

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

[FAJ]

just 'neZ' works too

[thraveboy]

Sent out turn 7.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[StrictlyRockers]

Turn 7 emailed.

[thraveboy]

Sent out turn 8..

[StrictlyRockers]

Thanks for training up the mercs for me. I wouldn't want to hire green troops away from anyone.

[thraveboy]

Sent out turn 9.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[thraveboy]

10 turn out sent..

[GameExtremist]

Well playing as Caelum I've run out of options against Jotunheims invasion.

It'll all be over soon though http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[thraveboy]

The 11th turn has been out sent.

[thraveboy]

12 out..

[Paul_the_Avenger]

Thrave,

I'll be out for a couple of days next week (27 and 28). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
Nothing funny, just work.
Would it be possible to freeze the game for a couple of days? The request is obviously extended also to the other gentlemen of the "NeZ" club...
Even if, for that day, I could be already slain by one of those shifty assassins so maybe this message it's useless... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
Let me know

[StrictlyRockers]

It's ok with me to pause the game for a day or two.

[thraveboy]

Fine with me to pause for those two days (27th & 28th) if everyone is cool with it.

[FAJ]

Cool by me.

[thraveboy]

As the wheel turns for the 13th time the pretender of Caelum
leaves this world.

[LoloMo]

The break is ok with me too.

[GameExtremist]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

GL Teraswaetro http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif , you have my gems, not sure why my frail Caelians could have done against your Jotuns so early in the game.
Have Fun!

[Teraswaerto]

Caelum is usually easy to crush early, and a dangerous opponent later on. Best kill the birdmen as soon as possible. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Thanks for the gems, you are gracious in defeat.

A pause is ok.

[FAJ]

Am I to expect a giant boot stomping me now too? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[thraveboy]

..tuo tnes 41 nruT

[Eressil3]

I got a stale turn /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif

I play my turn every day, and delete my old 2h/trn before downloading my new turn.

Fortunatly, I'm not in danger currently, but losing a turn in this kind of game is quiet frustrating.

[thraveboy]

Yeah, sorry about that. I waited an extra 8 hours (34 instead of 24 hours total) for ya, but needed to get the turn out. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Eressil3]

But I played my turn *in time* (not 32 hours after), sent it and didn't receive a daemon message... I just hope it won't happen again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

[thraveboy]

Sent 15.

[thraveboy]

Turn 16 sent out.

[thraveboy]

17 out..

[StrictlyRockers]

Things are looking particularly bleak for the Arcosephale. The giants have invaded with a force of over a hundred of their warriors.

A call has been sent out for aid from our neighbors. Unfortuntately, our only potential ally is preoccupied and unable to lend us a hand. Arocsephale fears mightily that the giants have chosen a glorious path which will lead them to ulimate victory in this game.

Long live the diaspora of Arcosephale!

[Teraswaerto]

Who could blame us for not letting the crafty Arcoscephaleans research terrible magic to use against us? We fear the soft tiny humans will use their minds if given the chance! Their armies are feeble and fight with sharp sticks, but the same can't be said for their mages.

[Eressil3]

Is the turn 20 out ? I didn't receive it.

[WSzaboPeter]

Neither did I, so I think no.

[thraveboy]

Turn 20 sent out (there was the "pause") and the pretender
of Ulm is no more.

[thraveboy]

21..

[thraveboy]

out 22..

[thraveboy]

23 out..

[thraveboy]

24 out and the pretender of T'ien Ch'i is no more.

[thraveboy]

...25..
out.

[thraveboy]

turn 26 it out..

[StrictlyRockers]

The final candle of the great Arcosephale nation will be extinguished this turn. Glory upon the heads of the frozen giant ones. They fought well and conquered quickly.

The king is dead! Long live the king!

Long live the diaspora of Arcosephale!!

[thraveboy]

it is out the 27..

[Eressil3]

It seems that my little guerilla against Jotunheim is going to an end and was pretty pointless.

[thraveboy]

28 out and so is Arcosephale.

[StrictlyRockers]

Goodbye cruel world!!

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

[Teraswaerto]

The fabled ferocity of Pangaean minotaurs has been measured and found lacking. Beasts led by beasts, they launched their carcasses into a forest of spears, and were skewered. Tonight the giants dine well.

We promise a similar fate to any who would try attack our castles. Fishman, this means you.

[Eressil3]

Giants ! Hundreds of giants everywhere !

The earth itself must be tired to bear such a burden !

[thraveboy]

out 2 9

[FAJ]

Figure i would mention it, this is the most enjoyable PBEM I've participated in. Very prompt and with very few snags.

Thanks thraveboy.

P.S. I just realized your name isn't 'TheRaveBoy'.

[LoloMo]

Yup, thanks for hosting! Even though I defeated your nation several turns ago, still very prompt! =)

[thraveboy]

Out..

Yeah, I'm just knocking out the turns and only a few
stale turns for a couple of people. Thanks though, it's
fun!

[thraveboy]

Oh yeah..

Thrave (a name of a company I started) was actually
inspired by "The Rave". I always say it's "The Rave" without
the "E". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[thraveboy]

out 31

[StrictlyRockers]

"The Rave without the E." Laughing my freaking *** off.

So, like, how am I expected to dance all night long then?

This was a very fun game. It was well-run and well-played all around.

I warned you about those giants... They are on track to win this one with a vengeance. Hordes and hordes and hordes of giants will be coming to a province near you soon. Get ready.

[Teraswaerto]

Please, it's surely not our fault you were soft and succulent. You hate the giants because they crushed your feeble nation! We took your lands and your women!

Well tough luck! The weak fall, the strong crush, eat and drink - drink mead strong enough to knock a puny human unconscious if they but drain a single Jotun cup.

[StrictlyRockers]

The giants are mean and nasty. And not just mean and nasty, but also big, and also mean and nasty. And they are also very big.

The last time an Arcosephalian attempted to drink mead from a Jotunheim cup, he fell in and nearly drowned himself. He was pulled out and survived, but he wound up with a nasty case of frost bite from the cold. And his head has never been the same since.

[FAJ]

I dare a Jotun to drink from an Abysian cup. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[thraveboy]

32

[thraveboy]

33

[thraveboy]

34

[thraveboy]

35

[Teraswaerto]

The stone we worship is stone no longer, and it's shadow covers all the world. False gods will suffer in a sea of darkness and bitter ice, they will scream until they lose the ability to form sounds, until they forget why they suffer. Suffer endlessly. Burn is not a forgiving god.

The Woodsmen raise their axes to the sky and howl with mad fury, howl till blood spatters from their lips. It was their faith that made this ultimate triumph possible, and the world shall bow before them in reverence.

So it ends.

[Eressil3]

Well played Teraswaerto !

I tried to hinder you but that was in vain.
I loved your sea werewolves BTW http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[WSzaboPeter]

Good game everyone, gratulations for Teraswaeto!

[thraveboy]

Congrats!

[Paul_the_Avenger]

Nice job Teras.
Success doesn't come by chance.

And thank you again to Thraveboy for hosting so seriously this game. A PBEM played in this way is like playing on a server.

[thraveboy]

Thanks for playing. I'll host another one once when I come
back from a weekend trip the week after next. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[FAJ]

This was a very good PBEM game. very prompt.

Im just bummed that it ended before I did anything. Usually i get agressive too early and get screwed over. I didn't attack a single player this game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[LoloMo]

Congrats to the Giants, and thanks thraveboy!

[Teraswaerto]

Thanks to thraveboy for smooth sure hosting.

Eressil3,
I loved your sea werewolves BTW

That was just the first wave. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif You would have needed to take one of my VPs or have started raiding much earlier to change things.

I took a N9 bless planning to play very aggressively as the map was small and VPs needed to win so low. Worked very well, although the end was hastened by Pangaea leaving the fort in Ulm's home province completely undefended.

[Eressil3]

Teraswaerto said:
You would have needed to take one of my VPs or have started raiding much earlier to change things.




I wanted. But jumping out the water was hard. I think i picked the wrong scales and I started to search for magic sites really too late. Mmmm... I'm still a noob http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

BTW can you tell us who tried to hinder you beside me and the ones you attacked first ?

[Teraswaerto]

Pangaea invaded about the same time you started raiding. My intention was to attack Vanheim for the final VP, but Pangaea's attack caused a change of plans.

No one else did anything that I noticed. Was kind of surprised at that.

[Eressil3]

I was very surprised that your giants never fell in love with my sirens. I did almost 10 attempts to lure your commanders into the sea => Not even one was a success (i wonder if this sentence is really english...) !

Your giants really don't care about bare chested women /threads/images/Graemlins/Woman2.gif with fishtail /threads/images/Graemlins/Fish.gif

[Paul_the_Avenger]

Teraswaerto said:

No one else did anything that I noticed. Was kind of surprised at that.



Lolo, next time we have to be faster.. We were lost in making plan while the Giants were going to win.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif