Fallacy - Middle Era (Started!)

[Velusion]

Fallacy

Status Page: http://www.ArsNotoria.net/dominions3/stats.php?game=Fallacy

Game Type: TCP/IP (static server)
Speed: 72. Quickhost enabled.
Era: Middle
Players: 22 (all) – or however many we get.
Start: Nations will be assigned when we are filled, or 96 hours – whichever is first. The game will start 48-72 hours after nations are posted or when all nations are uploaded.
Nation Selection: First Come, First Serve (Post here what you want)
Map: 15 provinces per player pre-generated map (http://www.ArsNotoria.net/dominions3/fallacy.zip).
Victory Conditions: 165 out of 330 (~50%) provinces controlled for 3 consecutive turns, or the surrendering of all other players.
Hall of Fame: 15
Renaming: On
Everything Else: Defaults
Masterpass: Enabled
Length: If you aren’t eliminated this game might last 6+ Months. Be prepared!
Mods: Big-Game v1.1 Mod here: http://www.ArsNotoria.net/dominions3/bg11.zip

IP: ArsNotoria.net
Port: 10375

After nations are assigned I’ll need you to email your pretender password to velusion(at)sbcglobal.net or PM me. This is because I’ve had issues with the Master Password working in the past AND so we can give your nation to another human player if you disappear. This is not optional. If you PM me your password make sure and include your email address if you would like to be included in the diplomacy email distribution list or want email notifications when turns host.

Once I have your password I’ll send you the ip/port of the server where you can upload your pretender. Once everyone is uploaded I’ll add you to the game turn email notification list (unless you specify otherwise). Then the game starts.

Quickhost will be enabled. The first 24 turns will be set to have a 24 hour autohost – so expect to do at least a turn a day for the first few weeks. After that the timer will increase to 48 hours though it is hoped that players will normally still be able to play every 24 hours, with the occasional missed day. As turns take longer in late game this might increase further. As players get eliminated we can be more flexible with extensions and extended absences, but not in the first couple weeks.

The map will be tweaked to ensure (hopefully) that all players that start on land have at least four land neighbors and all players that start at sea have 3 sea neighbors. All the major seas are connected so that separated sea provinces connect to each other across straits (hence all seas that look like they should be connected are linked). There will be between 12-14 water provinces per water nation. All the larger landmasses are linked across the straits as well. If we do not fill, we will be using a smaller map.

Players who wish to surrender (resign) should simply let me know so we can find a replacement or turn the nation to computer controlled. If you will be unavailable for longer than a few days please let me know. Failing to do you turn twice a in a row without letting us know will get you put on AI. If I think you are missing too many turns (e.g. 3 out of the last 6) I will put you on AI. Once (*ahem* - If) I am eliminated I’ll rely on the remaining players to tell me when something needs done with the game.

General rules to follow in my games can be found here:
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=d3maars&Number=507308&fpar t=&PHPSESSID=
I recommend you read them if you haven’t already.

House Rules: There are specific endgame related issues that apply to larger Dom3 games that I have come to dread. There will be a simple Big Game Mod (v1.1) that will be used for this game that will tweak a few end-game aspects.

These changes are not up for debate in this thread. If you don’t like these changes – please make another thread somewhere else to complain.

Big Game Mod Changes:
Arcane Nexus will cost 300 Astral Pearls to cast
Clam of Pearls will require a path 2 (instead of 1) in Nature Magic (Water will stay the same). This will increase the cost to forge.
Fever Fetishes will require a path 2 (instead of 1) in Fire Magic (Nature will stay the same). This will increase the cost to forge.
(New in v1.1)Blood Stone will require a path 3 (instead of 2) in Earth Magic (Blood will stay the same). This will increase the cost to forge.

If we get less than 14 people we will not use this Mod.

Sign-Ups:
Velusion - Abysia
Thrawn - Marignon
Lingchih - Ermor
vfb - C'tis
Xox - Jotunheim
lebarjack - R'lyeh
Sir_Dr_D - Ulm
Holyfrog - Caelum
coobe - Ti'en Ch'i
Hadrian_II - Pangaea
Xietor - Pythium
Ray - Man
Evilhomer - Oceania
cupido2 - Agartha
meister_miagi - Vanheim
Rather - Bandar Log
Rasko - Machacka
WonderLlama - Arcoscephale
Tichy - Eriu
Zoshan - Atlantis
Reay - Shinuyama
Folket - Mictlan

[Redfrog]

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

[Velusion]

Holyfrog said:
Hmm... I will take Fomoria



Whoops - you got in before I finished my edit. This is actually a middle era game - not an early game.

Sorry bout that!

[vfb]

Could I have CTis please.

[Xox]

Jotunheim please

[lebarjack]

I wish to play R'lyeh.

[Sir_Dr_D]

I will sign up as Ulm.

Be afraid. Be very afraid

[Redfrog]

Please count me in - I'm okay with MA


I would like to be Caelum .

[coobe]

TC for me please

[Folket]

I want to play. Any nation is fine, random me among the nations that are left when we start.

[Hadrian_II]

I would like to play with Pangaea.

btw. i would change the victory condition from have 165 provinces to have 165 provinces and hold them for 3 turns, as later on it is no big problem to get lots of thugs and drop them on undefended provinces. But on the other hand this would mean, that every nation that has over +-140 provinces might be able to win the game in the next turn.

[Xietor]

I will try pythium.

[Ray]

I have not played MP but if you are willing to accept a new player I would like to take Man.

[Velusion]

Hadrian_II said:
btw. i would change the victory condition from have 165 provinces to have 165 provinces and hold them for 3 turns, as later on it is no big problem to get lots of thugs and drop them on undefended provinces. But on the other hand this would mean, that every nation that has over +-140 provinces might be able to win the game in the next turn.



I'm not opposed to this. You need to hold 50% of the provinces for three strait turns. Anyone object?

[Evilhomer]

I wish to give Oceania another try...

[cupido2]

Agartha (if you don't mind that I will be out of town saturday and will be back sunday evening)

[meister_miagi]

I'd like to join as Vanheim.

[Rathar]

Hmm

I wish to try the Bandar Log and see if I can find a new way for their PD to lose me the game!

To clarify; default settings means 40% magic sites correct?

[rasko]

I'll take Machacka

[WonderLlama]

I'll try Arco.

[Sieger]

I'll play as Eriu.

[Zoshan]

I will take Atlantis if its still open.

[Velusion]

Start sending me your passwords and I'll respond with the IP to load your pretender.

Also if you want email notifications make sure and include your email address.

[Velusion]

Download the map we will be using here:

http://67.66.187.69/dominions3/fallacy.zip

Place the extracted file in the dominions3/maps folder

I HIGHLY recommend you download the file now as it is quite big and will be difficult to get once we start.

[Velusion]

We are full!

Waiting on pretenders!

[Hadrian_II]

did you get my pw email, i sent it yesterday, but i did not get any answer yet?

[Velusion]

Hadrian_II said:
did you get my pw email, i sent it yesterday, but i did not get any answer yet?



WHoops, missed it. Sent you the info now.

[Velusion]

someone was asking for the .map file. I've included it in the zip file with the map. It's not needed unless you want to experiment with the map before the game starts.

[lebarjack]

I made several test with the map and obtained weird results. The starting point for underwater nation should be edited so that they all start in the large body of water, and not in the small lakes.
I even had a test game where Rlyeh didn't have a starting point at all.

I guess some test should be done to ensure land starting point on land will be ok too.

[Velusion]

This was pointed out to me by EH as well.

The new map will be included in the download later tonight and will be fixed for the game.

[Velusion]

We are waiting on:

coobe - Tien Chi (missing password)
Reay - Shinuyama
Sieger - Eriu (missing password)

I'll give everyone another 24 hours or so before we start.

[coobe]

i did send you my pw by PM. well ill do it again, hope it works this time

[Velusion]

coobe said:
i did send you my pw by PM. well ill do it again, hope it works this time



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

[Evilhomer]

Game starting today ?

[Xietor]

I would rather wait until we have all 22 players-or at least Monday. There was no deadline set for pretenders to be turned in. what if someone took a weekend trip?

Just my 2 cents.

[Velusion]

Deadline for pretenters being sent was always 72 hours (the deadline was in the first post).

We will start Sunday morning/afternoon (approximately 24 hours from this post). The only person I haven't heard from Sieger/Eriu so he will probably be the only person that might miss the start time.

[Xietor]

21/22 is very good.

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

[Lingchih]

Is there a new map file that we need to download?

[Velusion]

I haven't put the new .map file into the zip yet. You don't need it to play the game though , only to play around with the map before the game starts.

(the new .map file only fixes the sea players start positions).

[Xietor]

I actually would not mind running a test game on the final map before the game starts. can the final version of the map be linked on the 1st post of the game thread?

[Velusion]

If you are a land based nation the current .map file will work for you. I'll put the new one out tonight though hopefully.

[Tichy]

If the Eriu player bails, I'd like in.
Thanks

[Velusion]

Tichy said:
If the Eriu player bails, I'd like in.
Thanks



I'll put you down as an alternate Tichy. I'll let you know by tomorrow morning.

[Tichy]

Thanks.

[Velusion]

Per a request from EH in the hopes of balanced starting positions the water player in the east has had his start position moved from 286 to 217.

The new map file should be downloadable here very shortly:
http:\\67.66.187.69\dominions3\fallacy.map.zip

[Velusion]

Once Tichy uploads we will start.

At that point it looks like only Tien Chi will not be in play.

[Tichy]

Uploaded. But I designed it before noticed the mod. Should I do it again with the mod loaded, or will it be ok?

[Tichy]

Ok -- Just to be safe I made a new god with only the bg mod loaded and he's up.

[Xox]

Sounds like we are very close to getting a new patch. Any day now. Perhaps we might consider waiting til then for the start?

Of course, completely your decision Velusion as host.

[Velusion]

Xox said:
Sounds like we are very close to getting a new patch. Any day now. Perhaps we might consider waiting til then for the start?

Of course, completely your decision Velusion as host.



We'll upgrade once it is released, but I'd rather not wait.

[Xietor]

Will we get email notification when the game has started?

I know we get the email for every turn after the 1st one.

[Reay]

I can not connect to the server so I guess the game has not started yet?

Looks like Shinuyama gets a scout for its starting army in the next patch, so I don't mind waiting for the next version. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Velusion]

The game has started. If you supplied your email you should have gotten a notification via email. If I missed your email, please let me know!

Good luck everyone!

Remember - 24 hour turns with autohosting for the first couple weeks.

If anyone has a starting position where they don't border at least 3 provinces, please let me know ASAP!

[Xietor]

Velusion,

can you edit the 1st post to contain the final map? Eventually there will be a sub or 2 and it is easier to direct them to the 1st post.

I am guessing the races/players have already been adjusted.

[Velusion]

The link didn't change for the map - I simply updated the zip file.

[Velusion]

I've updated the main post to reflect that you must hold 50% of the provinces for 3 turns for victory (or have everyone surrender).

[Xietor]

You should have let me play Lanka! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Folket]

Velusion, I agree with Xietor that there should be a link to the map in the first post.

[Velusion]

Folket said:
Velusion, I agree with Xietor that there should be a link to the map in the first post.



Ummm... there IS a link in the first post. ?

[LoloMo]

Hi, I'm subbing for EvilHomer temporarily. I can't seem to find the IP address and Port. Can someone please PM me? Thanks.

[LoloMo]

Vfb sent me the ip address. Thanks!

[Tichy]

It's not coming up as a clickable link. But you can just cut and paste it.

[Velusion]

Tichy said:
It's not coming up as a clickable link. But you can just cut and paste it.



Yea for some reason the forum code keeps breaking the clickable link everytime I update the orginial post.

Just cut and paste.

[Xietor]

wow a sub already!

Welcome aboard Lolomo.

The ever peaceful Wise Men of Pythium wish you joy and happiness.

[coobe]

i cant connect to the server. everytime i start to load the map image i got some nagot gick fel bad package thingie

[vfb]

Please try downloading the map from here (link copied from the 1st post in the thread):

http://67.66.187.69/dominions3/fallacy.zip

unzip it into your dominions maps directory, and it won't need to download the map in the game from the server.

[Rathar]

3 hours with three players to go

Calling Tien-chi, Marignon and Ulm! Your trains are leaving at platform 1.

[LoloMo]

Hehe, thanks Xietor. But I will be subbing only for like a turn or two.

[Xietor]

"Hehe, thanks Xietor. But I will be subbing only for like a turn or two."

Yeah, that is what EH usually says. On turn 11 you will be wondering what is up!

[Evilhomer]

Yeah, that is what EH usually says. On turn 11 you will be wondering what is up!


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

Hopefully not this time around. I am currently doing turn 2, so lolomos short sub is over now (thanks for the help by the way).

[Xietor]

Welcome back EH.

Glad you got the Puter fixed!

[Xietor]

Jeezum-i hate quiet game threads.

Let me liven it up a bit:

Some races with SC pretenders, who sit in the hall of fame, have decided to blast ahead for an early lead in provinces/income/gems. A bold strategy to be sure. But also tends to make neighbors worry a bit.

Another drawback to blitz type expansion with your pretender is shown by a glance at the Hall of Fame. Two races have already lost their pretenders. Which reminds me of the story about a race between a turtle and a hare......

[Evilhomer]

Yes, pesky fast expanders....

[vfb]

Are their pretenders truly lost? Have their bodies been seen lying face down on the field of battle, carried to the tomb of heros, and interned within? For some, death is just a quick trip home. For others, well, even those that truly die may be called back.

On another note...

We have happened across a trove of nature gems, and would seek to trade some for pearls. If you would trade pearls for nature gems, one-for-one, please PM vfb. Edit: Our trade has been accomplished, so the offer is now closed.

[Xox]

host down?

[Velusion]

Host was down for about an hour or so while the server was getting patched.

It's back up now!

[Velusion]

Fixed my PHP / Vista problems so the status page is back!

http://67.66.187.69/dominions3/stats.php?game=Fallacy

This is using Ich's upgraded script.

[cupido2]

#@%çhttp://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/skull.gif$ç# Those indies beat the %&$@# out of my &ç%## armies. Is it only me and my #@%&ç light infantry?

%ç&#$#@

[Reay]

Ah.. got to love the status page, cheers Velusion. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Xietor]

Why has the game not hosted? Hour past due. I assume we are not downloading the patch until this present turn hosts?

[Xietor]

I think the indies are tougher than normal. That is what i get for not reading the 1st page more carefully.

[vfb]

Connected and running okay on 3.14 ... thanks again for all your hosting and server maintenance, Velusion! Much appreciated.

[Lingchih]

So, is the server 3.14 now, or still 3.10?

[vfb]

It's 3.14. I connected with 3.10 and it said version too low. So I retried at 3.14 and it worked fine.

[Reay]

I can't seem to connect to server? Oh well I will try to send my turn in the morning (Australia time).

[Velusion]

The server seems to be rebooting itself about once a day... I'm looking into it. grrrr.....

Games are up (for now)

[Rathar]

She's down Captain, down!

I blame Society(tm).

[Lingchih]

It's back up now. Just did my turn.

[cupido2]

I hate those indies...

[Tichy]

I concur.

[Lingchih]

Indies make the world go round. I love them. I wish there were more of them. I wish the whole world was indies. Wait, that's SP.

[Xietor]

Trading 1:1

Wanted earth or fire gems

Trading water and air

Due to overwhelming demand, i am halting the trading for now.

[cupido2]

Have I mentioned that I hate those indies? Agartha has to rely on foreign forces to get rid of them... what a shame! What a humiliation! We should just sit in our cave, worship a boulder and wait til a real god shows some mercy and frees us abberations of nature of our meaningless existance.

[Zoshan]

I have water gems for sale. msg me if you want the best in town.

[Xietor]

My indies have been knights. elephants, 20 heavy cavalry. Sledding has been slow. But now that my pretender is finally awake, i anticipate no further problems!

[vfb]

The belligerent ambassador of Bandar appeared before the Lizard King of C'tis this month, to demand that we sell our land to them. Such brazen audacity will not be tolerated in our court! The province you demand is as close to our capitol as it is to yours. C'tis expels the ambassador of Bandar from our lands forthwith.

Since the aggressive demands of your servant violate the spirit of the non-aggression pact that existed between Bandar and C'tis, that pact is now cancelled.

If you would have the province of Ard for your own, then send an army there in three months, when midsummer is upon the lands, and the mutual obligations of our treaty have been discharged.

C'tis

[Evilhomer]

Seems ulm is going for stalled turn nr 3 now...

[Sir_Dr_D]

Sorry.

This has by far been my most embarissing MP game yet, starting with my inincible cyclops dying of a diesease on turn four,and then most of my troops getting wiped out by independants. Using I always practice a nation first But I didn;t do it that much this time. Those ulm infantry just aren't as tough as I was expecting.

Now I have Shinuyama at my door. And with their low resource high strength troops, ulms armor doesn't help much. I was planning to contiue fighting, as I usually do, but in the few times I have been able to try my turn with my busy work schdule, I had conection problems to the Velusions server.


So sorry. Usually I take MP games more seriously then I have this one.

I would continue fighting but I cannot connect, and with the state of my troopsit is not worth figuring out my connection problems. Velusion, please set me to AI.

[Velusion]

Just set Ulm to AI moments ago.

No prob Dr_D

[Rathar]

"Screeching idiots!", Rex the Titan said. "I specifically told you to ask not demand! What this will cost us in reparations to renew is all your fault!". With this, the horde of advisor apes moderated their screeching to a muted crooning and fell to grooming to dissipate the nervous tension.

Being stuck in the corner with nowhere to expand kind of sucks! No indies in 5 or so turns for me..

Not interested in war, nuh uh nope not me! At least, not with the biggest player!

Rex

[Xietor]

Note to Monkey King; I think war has been declared on you whether you want it or not. Solar rays, paralyze, and priests are your friends.

What logical expansion spot would the biggest player choose? A corner spot perhaps?

[Hadrian_II]

Pangaea supports the right of Ctis to get satisfaction form bandar log, and cause the it is the time for war pangaea has also cancelled the nap with Bandar log.

We are looking forward, to get our legitimate place in the corner of the map.

[Velusion]

Abysia is looking to trade away fire gems 1:1 for any other type of gems.

Abysia is also looking for an antimagic amulet and a pendent of luck. I can supply the base gems for forging these along with extra gems for forging payment.

[Xietor]

Pythium is buying nature gems for 15 gold each. Paying more for bulk deals: 30 for 500 gold.

In these troubled times gold can mean the difference between having that key mage in a decisive battle or not. Do not go to war shorthanded. Buy those troops that will carry you to victory!

Pythium-a name you trust. Doing business with Nations since
2033 BC.

[cupido2]

Duh! What an unlucky game this is for me... Now my lab went kablooi and I can economise my meager income for a new one. Why isn't the name of that inept mage who's responsible for that mess mentioned in the message so I could drown him in the sea. Ah, well... Btw, have I mentioned that I hate those indies?

[Rathar]

"OoOoOwaaHhh Hah hah screech!" howled the advisor apes as they delivered the latest news. "By Cronos! I know you can speak intelligibly so out with it!" shouted the Titan. "Hoo hoo hoo err sorry, just wanted to let you know that the horsemen are coming, something about the corner they said." "What?!" Rex groaned, "first lizards and now horsemen? By Olympus! Who has been in charge of diplomacy while I slept?"

The monkeys and apes were quick to thrust a lone trembling Bonobo before the Titans angry stare. "Sire we were assigned that duty but since it got in the way of our play, we uhh umm let the Baboons take care of it."

Rex smote his forehead with a fist knowing full well that Baboon diplomacy consisted of showing lots of teeth and saying things like "You give now! Teeth sharp!" and "Hreeehoohoohoo hUUu HuuU.."

"There is one bit of good news sire.." blurted out a Macaque. "Upon hearing that her advisor's had declared an end to our non-aggression pact Persephone instantly dropped dead of fear!"

"Dropped dead of fear?! What game are you playing? It's not the one I am in!" Rex groused. "At least our horde of Oliphants will treat the horsemen the same as they did Man's knights. Damn you Cronos, you promised me Greece! Beaches! The heights of Olympus! Instead, I get monkeys, elephants and these damned fleas!"

Peace loving monkeys! Peace! The stars foretold that this would be Bandar Log' chance to make the hall of victory!

[Xietor]

A glance at the Hall of Fame shows Pangaea's Pretender has been vanquished. Is there a story there?

War seems to have overcome the North, while the South remains, with a couple of exceptions, peaceful.

[vfb]

Not only that, but upon examining the HoF, it appears Rimmner of Vanheim is a double agent, moonlighting for their ancient enemies, Jotunheim! Or vice-versa. Will this conspiracy be unearthed?

[Hadrian_II]

Xietor said:
A glance at the Hall of Fame shows Pangaea's Pretender has been vanquished. Is there a story there?



Not really, just sloppy playing, she was at tien chis capital with a dominion of -5 and then i used her to attack some indys, but i did not account for that she had only 10hp...

[Rathar]

Ouch, gotta hate that.

I know I've done it a few times myself.

[Xietor]

I assume you have the Gorgon, because no one in their right mind would take any other pretender.

I do not favor an awake gorgon. Pangaea's castle troops are tough enough to withstand any rush, so I like a dormant Gorgon, with some air magic. She can be unbeatable with some good buffs.

[Lingchih]

Xietor said:
A glance at the Hall of Fame shows Pangaea's Pretender has been vanquished. Is there a story there?

War seems to have overcome the North, while the South remains, with a couple of exceptions, peaceful.



The south just became a lot less peaceful. Now you die for that sneak attack Machaka!

[meister_miagi]

Vanheim is in need of air gems. We will trade for an equal amount of fire or earth gems.

[Rathar]

"Oh Great One! The horsemen have been repulsed with but the loss of a single life!" said the Orangutan Warmaster.
"Excellent news but We could wish for similar tidings from the lizards.." muttered the Titan.

As an added bonus my internet exploded this morning and I am forced to use friends comps till they come to fix it in a couple of days.. Good fun this especially under these circumstances.

In other news.. I think it a bit beyond the pale for 2 of the top 3 to attack at this juncture in the game so I am forced to use all the weapons available to me in order to attempt to survive.

With that in mind I encourage all can and who desire said leaders to be weakened to take action against the following targets.

The capitols of Pangea and C'tis are located at provinces 305 amd 236 respectively. C'tis has a very large army starving in province 187 (delay them and they will all get disease, it only has 30 supply) as well as another in 235. C'tis' pretender is currently located in 201, a PoD with 6 death and no other troops.

For those who think I go too far.. My capitol is located at 268..

All of this is occuring in the nw and west.

Sorry I was unable to get this info out earlier but the net was down!

[vfb]

The aid of C'tis was specifically requested by Man, whose capitol was besieged, unprovoked, by Bandar's traveling circus. There was nothing wrong with Bandar's invasion of Man in itself, just a wee bit of extra-curricular conquest, but we did not wish to witness Man's capitol fall, and then see Bandar's circus trainers training yet more and more elephants and circus apes. Why, Bandar might have even managed to build up an army worthy of their aggressive and belligerent diplomacy!

We are returning all provinces of Man back to their rightful owner when the fight is over.

As for Pan ... Man may have spoken to them too. Of this, we are unaware. But when the conquest of Bandar is finished, and the last monkey barbequed, C'tis would fear to hold all of Bandar's provinces. For others would see what would be our huge tracts of land, and the seed of envy lives in all men's hearts. In order that C'tis may live within our means, we invited our northernly neighbors to share in the spoils of Bandar's lands.

C'tis

[Lingchih]

Mmm. Barbecued Monkey. That sounds tasty.

[vfb]

Well, we found the elephant meat to be a little gamey, so we just fed that to our Slaves and Runners. The hibachi was still burning, and there were all those little Markatas scattered about the battlefield, and it was a really small province with not very much supply, so we were kind of hungry ... ... delicious /threads/images/Graemlins/Burger.gif! Now we can't wait to try some fried White One. With maybe a little Trampled Atavi on the side.

Bandar, we are sending you some /threads/images/Graemlins/icon30.gif/threads/images/Graemlins/icon30.gif/threads/images/Graemlins/icon30.gif just to make sure you're all a little on the plump side by the time we arrive at your capitol.

[lebarjack]

The server seems down at the moment.
Anyone can confirm?

[Tichy]

I haven't been able to get on.

[lebarjack]

Can we have another 24h before hosting?
I won't be able to play my turn.

[Velusion]

Server was down because I'm getting fiber at my house. It will likely be up tonight (With a new IP Address).

[Lingchih]

Verizon Fios? It's awesome. I have my TV, internet, and phone all on the same fiber. Quite fast too.

[Velusion]

The status pages aren't up yet but the games are!

The new host to connect to (Ip address) is: ArsNotoria.net
The Port hasn't changed.

[vfb]

Thanks Velusion!

I was able to connect to the new address and do my turn.

[Evilhomer]

Can the next hosting, i.e not this turns hosting, be delayed with approximatly 12 hours or so. Will not have time to do my turn otherwise (or maybe it is even time to move to 36 hour qh).

[Velusion]

I can delay the turn.

If anyone wants to move to 48 hour hosting I can accommodate that as well.

[Xietor]

I like the fast pace. So let's keep it on 24 and give extensions when needed? Have you ever played chess with a timer?

[Rathar]

"Sire! We have modest success to report. Although the enemy in the south did not act as predicted we have slain half of the army that was there." spoke the warmaster. "The tale in the north is gloomier however," proclaimed Rex "they have reached the capitols outlying provinces. All is not poor news however as we have also entered into the lizards outlying capitol regions and the appropriate orders have been issued.."

Just then a harried looking messenger rushed into the audience hall. "Tien Chi has declared war as well!" spake the messenger. "What the..?! Aren't they dead? We have never even met them!" Silly AI..

In other news.. Cox cable it seems had randomly decided to unplug my cable at the telephone pole. Lords know why but all is fixed. Game on!

I thought your double-secret probation message was hilarious vfb!

[Velusion]

Email notifications are on hold until my provider unblocks port 25 (hopefully tomorrow).

The turn hosted however!

[vfb]

If anyone else is having problems with DNS resolution (I am) of ArsNotoria.net, the current IP address is 99.166.71.111.

Edit: Anyone else besides me want to take Velusion up on his offer of 48-hour turn limits? ... Anyone? ... Bueller?

[Velusion]

I'm flipping to 48 hours (it is stated we would on the front page.)

[lebarjack]

lebarjack said:
Can we have another 24h before hosting?
I won't be able to play my turn.


And here is a stale turn http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
I was sure I played my turn in time...

[Velusion]

I was surprised that you and Folket staled... but I double-checked everything and the server was up for 24 full hours before the host...

[lebarjack]

I am sure I played my turn yesterday, but maybe i forgot uploading it.

[Folket]

I do not think I had that good reasons to stall. First I could not connect as the IP changed then I just forgot about it.

[Velusion]

Hopefully going to 48 hours will help.

[Xietor]

my home computer died, and the link to download the map is not working, when i connect to the server the map will not download either. get a bad packet seed message and it disconnects.

[Velusion]

The link should work. What error are you getting?

Some people have mentioned that ArsNotoria.net isn't resolving correctly for them (I'm not sure why).

[Xietor]

i can connect and download the turn, but i cannot get the map to download. can you post a link to the map? I am not sure the old link is working.

if some kind soul would post a working link to the map i think i will be fine.

[Xietor]

well,

i had sent in my turn before my computer died, but i cannot do
any future turns without then map(:

If no map link can be posted to mediafire etc, let me know and i will find a sub.

Velusion, fyi, you have no working link to the map. typically those are posted on the 1st page of the thread. There is a link buried in the middle of the thread, but my computer cannot connect to that link.

[Velusion]

I can access this link (just cut and past it into a browser). from work, home and from relatives.

I'm not sure what else to tell you.

[Xietor]

Well i can still download from mediafire.com. That is a free hosting site.

Can you post the rga map file there?

Not being a techno person, i have no clue why i cannot even connect to those links. I can connect to the game just fine too, but it crashes when i try to download the map. shrug.

I am going to find a sub. If you could put the map link in the 1st thread Velusion, it will make it easier for my sub, and any subsequent subs to get everything they need in one spot.

[Hadrian_II]

http://www.mediafire.com/?ej59dmz1zvf

i hope this works

[Velusion]

Thanks Hadrian!

[Xietor]

Thanks Hadrian!

I am in business again. Be thankful I was not forced to get my super sub(Tuidjy), because he is a true terror with Pythium. And I am just a novice Pythium player.

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

[Rathar]

Going AI. Was fun!

[Xietor]

Pythium is no longer buying gems. Due to overwhelming response, our treasury runs low!

Pythium-a name you trust.

[cupido2]

Agartha proudly announces that it has conquered an indie province all by its own! Tremble in fear, people of the world! The invincible Agarthan armies may knock on your capitol's door soon! Nothing can stop Agartha now! On to world-domination!

[Velusion]

I'm looking for water, air or death gems in exchange for fire gems. I can trade 1:1. PM me if interested.

-Abysia

[vfb]

Bah, this game has been hit by the syncinfo bug too! If you start up the game and connect to the server, it will get stuck at the "Waiting for Info" screen.

This is a problem that has popped up before in several network games.

You can try playing windowed instead of full screen. Start the game and connect, and get stuck on "Getting game info".

Do not close the window!

Start another instance of the game in a new window. This new instance of the game should connect okay.

[Velusion]

I can restart the server tomorrow morning to see if it fixes the problem.

[Lingchih]

It rarely does fix it on Evilzombies server, where this happens a lot. Wish someone knew how to fix it though... it's really, really annoying.

[Lingchih]

I did not have the syncinfo bug when I logged in for this turn. Perhaps it is somehow client related? Or maybe Velusion had already re-started the server.

[vfb]

I don't have it now either.

So Velusion either fixed it, or it was my imagination, or it was something to do with my playing too many games at once. WHERE DID MY BANELORD GO?!?!? Oh, that's right, I don't have a banelord in this game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Velusion]

No restart on my end... must have just gone away.

[Lingchih]

Yeah, it's freaking me out. I just got it in Testament of Blood, where 30 minutes ago I did not get it, and I know Zachariah did not restart the game. This is a really weird bug, and very annoying. I would put this at the top of the bug list.

[cupido2]

We, the invincible kingdom of Agartha, declare war on Eriu! Besides that, we ask 50 gold or 5 earth gems of every other kingdom as a tribute for the only true goddess Helena, that will soon break free. All hail Helena!

[Velusion]

cupido2 said:
We, the invincible kingdom of Agartha, declare war on Eriu! Besides that, we ask 50 gold or 5 earth gems of every other kingdom as a tribute for the only true goddess Helena, that will soon break free. All hail Helena!



Aga-who??

[Xietor]

Is EH still doing the turns for Oceania or is there a new player?

Since I border them and had a 3 turn nap with Oceania i would like to know the name of the new player.

[Tichy]

Sure you got the right Eriu? I don't even know where you are on the map.

But fear me anyway! Yes! Fear Eriu's ambiguous might! Our stealthy horsies are right behind you! Or maybe over there. Where? Right HERE! They shall peek into your cupboards, reorganize your desk, steal all your good pens and brush your cat against the grain!

So where are you, exactly, my subtle doctor of diplomacy?

[cupido2]

To Pythium: The only name you have to know is Helena, true goddess of this world.

To Abysia: We declare war on you. When vulcanic eruptions and plagues strike your land, it will dawn upon you what mistake you just made.

To Eriu: Yes, Eriu, Agartha the invisibile, the one that sees all, the one that no one knows, where it lies, the one that knows what you do and where you are. You soon will feel the unmatched might of Agartha the Invincible. Soon the eriuan.. errr erii.. errrr er... your blood will stain your provinces. Perhaps my invisible invincible army is in your cupboard? Or in your desk? Or hide in the fur of your cat? Is that a pen? Or is that the invincible Agarthan army? You soon will know. Tremble in fear!

[vfb]

Greetings to the world, from the Lizards of the West.

We regret the rash threats emanating from the Agarthan provinces, and apologize on behalf of its leader.

The Agarthan people have always been despondent and despairing, with their tragic civilization crumbling and in collapse, its best days behind it. This particular Agarthan tribe has suffered much as they attempted to break out into the surface world. They were beset upon by the hands of the dread indy light infantry, archers, and dreadest of all, militiamen!

Now that they have finally conquered these vicious foes and freed themselves from their caves, and emerged into the fresh air above, they have smelled the dew on the grass and seen the beauty of the sky, and the knowledge of what they had been missing all these years has driven them completely insane.

Please do not harm our cold-blooded cousins, for they know not what they speak.

(Except maybe that bit about Eriu, that could be for real. Eriu, you'd better do an inventory of your statues, and see if any have walked off recently.)

C'tis

[Lingchih]

Hmm. Sounds like Agartha declares war on everyone. Good thing we don't even know where the hell you are. We have spider infestations to deal with ourselves.

[cupido2]

Dear Lord of Ermor

You are wrong, we don't declare war on everyone. Of course our dear ally C'tis, our loyal vassals of Jotunheim and Mictlan and all righteous people that pay their tribute shall not fear the Agarthan steamroller for they will experience a new age of enlightment!

And we would like to assure offically to C'tis, that if Abysia takes any steps against him, Agartha will crush Abysia without mercy and half of Abysia's land shall be C'tis' natural property.

So speaks the Stone Oracle, worshipper of Helena


Btw: We declare war on the spider infestation.

[lebarjack]

The lords of R'lyeh will not take part in the underwater fight opposing Oceania and Atlantis.

[Tichy]

cupido2 said:
To Eriu: Yes, Eriu, Agartha the invisibile, the one that sees all, the one that no one knows, where it lies, the one that knows what you do and where you are. You soon will feel the unmatched might of Agartha the Invincible. Soon the eriuan.. errr erii.. errrr er... your blood will stain your provinces. Perhaps my invisible invincible army is in your cupboard? Or in your desk? Or hide in the fur of your cat? Is that a pen? Or is that the invincible Agarthan army? You soon will know. Tremble in fear!



Fear them, for they shall steal thy jokes! You will say, "Where are they, all of my jokes!?" But they will be gone.

[Evilhomer]

I managed to get ahold of an internet connection so I am still playing, I don't know how long I can continue to play though (depends on a few things).

[Xietor]

The wise and peaceful Nation of Pythium is buying/trading
for d gems. Give me a tell if interested.

Pythium-A Name you trust.

[cupido2]

Yes, Lord of Eriu, soon-to-be-victim of our Empire. And you will soon ask yourself: "Is this a joke or the invincible army of Agartha?"

[meister_miagi]

Sorry, wrong thread!

[vfb]

C'tis will join in the bidding war too.

Nations of Fallacy, let us know what you want in return for death gems.

[cupido2]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Agartha proudly announces another great victory! The Agarthan army crushed a coward sneakattack of a huge Vanheim army in a blink of eye. The invincible Agarthan militas drove through their ranks in a blood-frenzy while the once haughty Vans helplessy glammered left and right. As we announce this great victory, all of Agartha celebrates and awaits the vanheim envoy to discuss the terms of their surrender.

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[Lingchih]

Ermor is now at war with Pythium. Not our choosing... we were attacked. But we will defend our lands.

[Xietor]

War? What war? You have a castle under siege that does not belong to you. We tried(unsuccessfully) to liberate it as we are guardians of the peace. Sort of like the United Nations!

[Lingchih]

Ermor considers that castle to be our lands. And we shall defend it, until we can conquer it. We still do not actively desire war with Pythium. But as long as they try to counter our assault of said castle, we do consider ourselves at war.

[Lingchih]

Oh, and if some Spiders consider coming up to attack there, please do so. We need some more spider venom to complete our anti-venom research.

[meister_miagi]

Stupid Agarthan militias! Oh well, it was worth a try, no harm done. Ey, Agartha, good buddy?

[Evilhomer]

looking for water gems. Can trade away 70 earth gems, 20 nature gems.

[Xietor]

Hit conj. 8 already?

[cupido2]

We accept the surrender of Vanheim. Please send us all your gold and gems and nobody will get hurt anymore.

[Velusion]

I'm *so* taking Caelum down with me in this game... hehe

[Redfrog]

Velusion said:
I'm *so* taking Caelum down with me in this game... hehe



Indeed, it seems like I'll get beaten by upkeeps http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Imps, they're tiny, evil and everywhere in the city http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif

[Lingchih]

Ahh, so Pythium does attack my lightly defended PD. Yes, they cannot stop an Angel. But come, Pythium... attack my shadow vestals. They know how to kill an Angel. Come on now, if you are not too much of a coward. You know where they are.

[Folket]

Are you fighting pythium with shadow vestals... poor you.

Me on the other hand fails to connect to the server.

[Evilhomer]

cannot connect

[vfb]

Turn is not up yet, but I am connected right now, like this:

dom314 -C --ipadr 99.166.71.111 --port 10375 -n -s

[Lingchih]

Folket said:
Are you fighting pythium with shadow vestals... poor you.

Me on the other hand fails to connect to the server.



Actually, I am just defending against Pythium with Shadow Vestals. I am attacking Machaka, and Pythium just decided to step in and make it a bit harder for me.

And the Vestals have done quite well so far. But then, he hasn't unleashed any Hydras on me yet.

[lebarjack]

I am willing to exchange 10-15 earth gems for 10-15 nature gems.
I can give a dwarven hammer for 15 nature gems, if you think it's a better deal.
Tell me if you are interested in a quick deal.

[lebarjack]

The deal is done already.
If someone else want to exchange nature gem for a hammer, I will be able to do that again in a couple of turn.

[cupido2]

The almighty Agartha is still waiting for the tribute of all the lower nations.

And we announce another great victory! The mighty army of Eriu was beaten in a fierce fight! They stood no chance against the invincible Agarthan milita, that now roams the lands that the coward Eriu have stolen our vassal Mictlan. All hail Helena. All worship the Statues!

[Lingchih]

All praise Agartha indeed. We have been waiting for the most opportune time to heap praise upon Helena and the Agarthans. Now please come save us from these Pythium Angels.

-Ermor

[Xietor]

I cannot recall this many nations on AI before the 3rd year.
Machaka has staled twice. Since I border machaka, any word if they are being set to ai would be appreciated.

Edit: I am just going to consider machaka on AI since the Velusion rules state if you stale twice in a row with no explanation you will be set to AI.

[cupido2]

Have no fear Ermor! This will help:

PHYTIUM! Leave Ermor alone! I command you or you shall be punished by Helena the Almighty Goddess of Agartha!

This will help it. Pythium won't bother you anymore.

[Xietor]

Pythium was never at war with Ermor to set the record straight. As a lawful nation we were just protecting Machaka's sovereignty. But now that machaka's Pretender has abandoned his lands, all issues have been resolved with our sister Nation.

[cupido2]

Agartha is pleased to hear that. We will spare you of our wrath.

[Xietor]

3.15 patch is out. I had to upgrade to access my turn in another mp game from the llamaserver. But my present turn is already in and was done with 3.14.

When will the server patch?

As an aside, you may want to put mictlan and machaka on ai. they are holding up the host. Obviously if either player had any interest in playing they would have done their turn by now.

[lebarjack]

I am in the same situation. My dominions is already patched;

[Xietor]

If you upgrade make sure you do not connect to the server after, until Velusion says it has been patched. Otherwise, if memory serves, you may screw something up.

[Lingchih]

I think Xietor meant DO NOT connect to the server after you have patched, until Velusion has patched the server.

[Velusion]

It's been patched

[Velusion]

How many times in a row has Mictlan staled?

[Xietor]

he has staled like 4 of the past 5 turns. I like folket, but he obviously is not interested in this game. Sort of a bad experiment to take mictlan with no f9 or s9 bless.

[Tichy]

If I've submitted my turn pre-patch, do I need to reconnect with a patched dom3 and redo the turn?

[Xietor]

Since the server has been patched, it cannot hurt anything.

well, the timer has been reset again to 48 hours. That will mean 120 hours for this turn. heh.

[Velusion]

I don't think you will have to redo your turn.

If somethng messes up I can restore to right before I patched.

[Xietor]

Thanks for getting everything patched so quick Velusion.

[vfb]

Folket's Mictlan experiment looks like he has turned them into some sort of vast slave-trading empire. Mictlan slaves, not blood slaves!

An interesting idea, but probably not much fun, like Xietor says. I'm not sure why Mictlan didn't just go AI instead of staling. Maybe he was thinking of toughing it out?

Machaka (rasko) seems to have vanished entirely, from all the MP games he is in.

[Xietor]

I just logged into the server and there is still 48 hours to go to host? Not sure why the server is not counting down?

Is there anyway to just force host? While Evilhomer has not done his turn, he has had over 72 hours, and it is unlikely that anyone needs more than 72 hours to do their turn at this stage.

[vfb]

Somehow the server was on 24 hours instead of 48 this turn. So I asked Velusion to please fix it, since there were about 7 players who had not submitted their turn yet, and the 24 hours was about to expire. The web page said something like 1 day, 6 hours to host, but the game itself said 6 hours.

I think he restarted the server with a 48-hour expiry. You can't really add time to the current turn any other way. If he had restarted with 24-hour expiry to add the extra day, then we'd be back at 24-hour turns when it hosted again.

I have no idea why Oceania has not submitted their orders yet.

[Xietor]

EH is a good player. If he had internet access and wanted to send in a turn, it would take him no more than 15 minutes given the small size of his empire.

So he either has no internet access(and he warned us that may happen), or he does not want to send in a turn. EH is pretty good about getting a sub when he is done with a game, so I assume he has no internet access.

EH post on this thread: "I managed to get ahold of an internet connection so I am still playing, I don't know how long I can continue to play though (depends on a few things)."

But i do not think the entire game should be held up for 1 player when he has had 80 hours to submit a turn.

[vfb]

Oh, I hadn't seen this thread, I just did a search on evilhomer now:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Number=581730

It looks like he didn't find a sub, and he's not going to be doing his turn.

Edit: And of course, when Velusion patched (thanks Velusion!) he had to restart the server, so it started counting the 48 hours all over again. Everybody should have plenty of time to get 3.15 on their system before the next time it hosts, at least.

[Xietor]

Well, I think Oceania is in as good a position as any of the water races. Does anyone know a sub? His research is actually way up there. It would be a shame to see another race go ai, especially since Oceania is in fairly good shape.

I could ask Tyrant, though I am not sure he is fond of me after Alpaca and the Big Game. But he loves water races. I sent Tyrant a tell outlining Oceania's position to gauge his interest.

[Velusion]

A sub for Evilhomer has contacted me. I gave him the password.

[Lingchih]

Have we mentioned that we just cannot heap enough praise upon Agartha? Truly, if we were any other nation, we would surely want to be Agartha. They're just the cat's meow. They're really good at digging things, too.

And yes, Ermor and their sibling nation of Pythium are at peace. Although, just to set the record straight, Machaka attacked Ermor, not the other way around.

[Lingchih]

[b]Xietor said:[/b

I could ask Tyrant, though I am not sure he is fond of me after Alpaca and the Big Game. But he loves water races. I sent Tyrant a tell outlining Oceania's position to gauge his interest.



Lol. Not many people are fond of you after playing you Xietor. Still, grudges should not carry over between games.

[Xietor]

/sniff. Why not? I am a nice person? I luv everyone!

Message to whoever is playing Oceania: We have a 3 turn nap, but I did allow EH to own a land province in my area. I know EH from other games and trust him.

He was going to tell his sub that I was taking that land province in my area if EH relinquished control of Oceania. That has occurred, and my army will be in place to take the land province in my area the turn after next.


That is not a violation of my 3 turn nap with EH as I had told him of this fact. If you foolishly consider it a violation of our 3 turn nap then be warned that Pythium can enter the water. But we consider a 3 turn nap in place between us, with the caveat that you owe us a province.

So welcome to the game. If the new player is Tyrant, then send me a pm and we can discuss things in depth. We harbor no grudges from past wars in other games obviously or we would not have sent you the pm to alert you to the open position.

Good Luck Oceania, and may we maintain the peaceful relations that we have enjoyed since turn 1.

[Lingchih]

I was perhaps a bit harsh. The bold type was an accident done when sending. It was really just a joke.

[Evilhomer]

I didn't manage to get the internet to work during monday-thursday (couldn't get the wireless to work properly in the apartment my company put me). Since I did my turn with 40+ hours to spare on sunday I figured I would miss exactly 1 turn during these four days (which I can live with). Now things are really weird, some orders seems to have been completly changed, and others seems to have been added. Anyone know what has happened to this game ? Is it related to the new patch ?

[Velusion]

Flip back a page or two here. I found you a sub (you were looking for one right?). People here managed to convince me you were gone for good - so my apologies. I should have dropped you a PM.

Do you still want to use the sub? His name is Thaithus

[vfb]

Oh no, you've been subbed! Everyone thought you were gone, and you said you needed a permanent sub here:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Number=581730

Please look at the top of this page, and the previous page in this thread, starting around post #586039. You can see us talking about it.

If you PM Velusion I'm sure he'll sort it out for you.

[Xietor]

EH, I am near certain a sub(maybe Tyrant) did your last turn since you were mia with no explanation. Read the last couple of pages and all will be somewhat clearer.

After 80 hours had passed, and you had not done a turn, coupled with your attempt to find a sub and statement that you had iffy internet, I honestly thought that what you feared would occur did in fact happen.

And it really was not fair to hold up the game for 5 days waiting on you(though that was not your fault of course). But I hope it all works out for you. I see Tyrant is not the sub, or he most certainly would return control to you if you wanted it. Good luck in getting it sorted out with thadeus.

[Evilhomer]

Oh, I was subbed .... I see. Not much I could do really, since I was told the apartment had an internet connection (that I failed to set up). I can understand why you might have thought I went away for good, due to my recent posts.

[Velusion]

Evilhomer said:
Oh, I was subbed .... I see. Not much I could do really, since I was told the apartment had an internet connection (that I failed to set up). I can understand why you might have thought I went away for good, due to my recent posts.



I can just tell the sub that you are back... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif if you want back that is...

[Evilhomer]

It is fine. I can only continue with dominions until the 25th of march (thereafter I am going away for 5 weeks without dom3). Guess he can have it in that case.

[Xietor]

Good luck with the new job EH! I hope you get some type of internet in time just so you can entertain yourself by watching people make fools of themselves on youtube! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikJzd4U2BfQ

More people without enough brain cells to play dominions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eh5YYh1LkI

[cupido2]

Agartha the Great hereby proudly announces that in a killing spree the fierce agarthan milita killed the God of Eriu and his once proud army. The kingdom of Eriu and his rich provinces soon will fall to Agartha and his vassal Mictlan. This shall serve as an example to all nations that haven't paid their tribute yet.
While this is announced all of Agartha is ecstatic and holds one orgy after another. /threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Balloons.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Balloons.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Balloons.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Balloons.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif

[Xietor]

The server reset to 48 hours. ughhh.

[Lingchih]

Yeah, this one is taking a really long time to host. Is Reay still playing?

[Reay]

He was talking about last host. This turn is still within the 48 hour period.

I will be doing my turn tonight (Aus time) which is about 6 or 7 hours away.

[Lingchih]

Cool Reay. Just checking. I know Dom players come from all over the world.

[Xietor]

Not only is Reay still playing, he owns 2 capitals and looks to be a force to be reckoned with.

Good Luck Shinuyama.

[lebarjack]

I can spare another smith hammer for 15 nature gems.hammer already sold
I can exchange some of my astral gems for other gems too.

[Lingchih]

Ummmm. Did anyone receive 15 nature gems from an anonymous source (Ermor)? If so, we will pay you to get them back. Or, just enjoy the free gift.

[Xietor]

Does anyone have a mage with f1d1 that can forge the f1 booster. Will pay well for 1.

[Lingchih]

The Scorpion King of Abysia is dead. Amen. Pray he stays that way.

[Redfrog]

I think that insect will rise up from his grave next turn. It seems like AI is very good at calling their god back, at least in SP.

[Lingchih]

Holyfrog said:
I think that insect will rise up from his grave next turn. It seems like AI is very good at calling their god back, at least in SP.



Well, if so, then we will kill him again. Lowly Scorpion Kings do not bother the powers of Ermor.

[Lingchih]

I think that Pantera-Cemetary Gates will be my new battle music. It seems rather appropriate.

[Xietor]

The small peaceful Nation of Pythium glances at the score graphs and sees it is surrounded by much bigger and more powerful neighbors.

"We are traders, not fighters. A small peaceful country nestled in among the world powers. We are at war with no human players and wish peace and prosperity to all....A threat to no one, open for business with all nations."

[cupido2]

Agartha the Great hereby declares war on the Vans! You wounded the earth and pillage the sacred earth gems! You attack Agartha's vassal Mictlan! And you attacked Agartha the Great itself and with that broke your vow when you surrendered to Agartha the Mercyful! Taste Agarthan stone evildoer!

[Xietor]

GENGHIS KAHN: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MEN, pages 106-107:

One day in the pavilion at Karakorum he [Genghis Kahn] asked an officer of the Mongol guard what, in all the world, could bring the greatest happiness.

"The open steppe, a clear day, and a swift horse under you," responded the officer after a little thought, "and a falcon on your wrist to start up hares."

"Nay," responded the Kahn, "to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet -- to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentation of their women. That is best."

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Can we please have an extension for the Easter long weekend?

[Redfrog]

lol, our friend the Scorpion King of Abysia rised up from his grave and gave me a big surprise http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Hadrian_II]

All provinces that are flying the flag of jotunheim are hereby part of the pangaean empire, intrusions will considered as an act of war.

[cupido2]

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Agartha proudly announces two more victories!
The God of Mictlan is as dead as the huge Vanheim army that was attacking Agartha's invincible milita. Once again the Vans helplessly glammered to and fro in confusion casting harmless lightning bolts, phantasmal warriors failing phantasmical to hurt the invincible militia just to be cut in halves by stone glaives and raw Agarthan steel.
After this great battle the traitor God of Mictlan cowardly attacked the Agarthan army during the victory party. Poor blue dragon. The battle lasted merely 2 turns.

It's only a matter of time until Vanheim is destroyed and erased from the memories of all living being. Agartha knows no mercy with the sneaky, backstabbing Vans!

[Xietor]

The small empire of Pythium, half the size of its neighbors,
has cast GOH as a purely benign gesture to alleviate the suffering of the elderly in our empire.

A glance at the score graphs show most of nations controlled by players own twice the provinces of Pythium. Since we are a peaceful nation of scholars, our borders tend to remain small.

Last turn a genie named Al KHazim entered service to Pythium. We realize that such service is temporary, but we ask as a gesture of goodwill that any nation that seeks to summon the genie have the courtesy of contacting Pythium first. Pythium rewards kindness, and punishes treachery.

Pythium will also report that constr 8 has been reached by at least 3 nations. Pythium was not the 1st, and Pythium does not have the Forge Hammer, the Chalice, the Dark Scepter, the Soulstone, or about 25 other artifacts-but someone does.

This information is a public service to save others from wasted research. Pythium-a name you trust.

Lightning and Wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But Helena is your goddess, and she lives in the Earth. Does Vanheim worship a true god of the Earth, or one who comes from the heavens?

Over such matters wars will be fought and kingdoms torn asunder.

[Kamamura]

Xietor - excellent, lol

[Lingchih]

Holyfrog said:
lol, our friend the Scorpion King of Abysia rised up from his grave and gave me a big surprise http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif



I hope you were patrolling the home province in anticipation of that, and killed it... but it sounds like you were not.

Oh well... he'll probably come straight at me again.

[Velusion]

*laughs from the grave*

[cupido2]

Who dares to speak the name of the goddess of Agartha the Great loudly!? Only the Stone Oracles have the right to do so! But the things you, Phytium, said in correlaiton with Her, would honor a Stone Oracle. OR ARE YOU SAYING THAT HELENA, THE ONE, THE ONLY TRUE, IS THE GODESS OF THE VAN SCUM? EXPLAIN YOURSELF! /threads/images/Graemlins/Lightning.gif Indeed over such matters wars are fought!

And Agartha the Great heard rumors, that other nations than the van scum are in possession of sacred earth gems, mining them out of the heart of mother earth itself. We command every nations to stop this sacrilege at once and send all their earth gems to Agartha immediatley! Only vassal states as C'tis, Jotunheim and Eriu have the right to hold up to 15 earth gems!