Storm. New Game for Newbies: Game is on!

[Bwaha]

I'm starting a newbie game. Here's the details:
PBEM
Server: Llama, thanks Llama.
24 hour turns
Mid era
12 players
Hof 15
Victory: there can only be one.
Magic: 50
Mods: worthy heros
Two stale turns in a row and you will be replaced.
Map: WoW




I don't care for any other mods. Other than that I'm open for suggestions.


Bwaha: Rylah :D
Majuuva: Ermor
Grudgebringer: Vanheim
Jmb: Bandar Log
Crust: Mictlan
Hunt11: Ashod
Otthegreat: Atlantis
Juffos: Jotenheim
Quitti: Ulm


I'm removing the map attachment to save space.:D

[majuva68]

Ermor for me,please

[GrudgeBringer]

I'll take VanHeim.....How about the CBM mod along with worthy heroes.

Just a suggestion:)

[jmb]

Can I take Bandar Log please?

[Crust]

I'd like to join as Arcoscephale.

[hunt11]

I'll take Ashod if possible, it will be great to play you again Bwaha

[Natpy]

Atlantis, please.

[otthegreat]

Machaka, please.
And what map is WoW?

[Natpy]

Sorry, on the second thought I decided not to take part. This map seems pretty unbalanced

[Juffos]

I would like to join as Jotunheim.

[Quitti]

I'll take Ulm, if that's ok.

[yandav]

I'm not really a newbie but I didn't play a lot of mp games ( less than 10, and without much success ). If you think I can fit in this game, I'd be happy to play c'tis or atlantis.

[Crust]

I would like to change my nation choice to Mictlan.

[Bwaha]

After testing the various nations with this set up, I feel that wer'e done getting players. I'm glad that Crust changed his race, due to the proximity of Arco to Ermor. So please test your position in sp. Then get your pretenders ready. As soon as Llama's server is up I will ask for pretender submissions. There is still time to change your races, if you want. So in closing, I ask if anyone has any suggestions or comments. If you have any problems email me.:D

[majuva68]

I check all positions and we have a problem, the map is unbalanced.

[Isokron]

If you are still taking in more players i could be interested in joining as Pythium

[Quitti]

the map is unbalanced, but hey, life doesn't treat everyone equally :)

[Bwaha]

Well the map is really big and that makes up for it.(I think) Also theres almost no farmland, so magic sites will be everywhere. If you guys want we can switch to a new map, I want everyone to have fun, after all thats the point. If I may, I found that the joten will have a poor spot to start. Does anyone have the skills required to move their starting position? barring that, maybe for ballance sake the jotenheim player switch to a water power. (its rather lonely under the seas) So lets come to a concensus. I'm willing to be flexable and fair.:D

[Crust]

Maybe some map without fixed starting locations?

[Bwaha]

Okay, I created a chat room named storm. To get there you go to quick links, then scroll down to flash chat, finally you go to storm...:D Lets try to set a time that we can talk real time. Ive been exploring the maps and think I've a new one but I want to open a better system of communication first.:D Or we can continue if you want. So what do you guys want to do? Start the game or find a new map. I will be at flashchat storm at 8 pm. Pst. I call for a vote, so every player should chime in.:D

[GrudgeBringer]

I havn't tried the map out yet but I have looked at it and its a neat looking map.

I'm ready to roll, good or bad position doesn't matter I have been the first one out enough times that it only hurts a little!!:D

[Quitti]

I'm fine with this map, though I won't object if we change it either, the map looks fun but, yeah, very unbalanced.

[yandav]

I'll play on any map in any position ( I'd be happy to have a good excuse for my premature loss ;) ).
For the nations: I'll play atlantis if there is only r'lyeh underwater with a lot of underwater provinces.
If there is already an other underwater nation or if the seas are small, I'll play c'tis.

[Crust]

I'm fine with the map.

[jmb]

I'm ok with the map too.

[Bwaha]

Okay, its a go. Go ahead and get ready. I've contacted Llama and asked him to start hosting. So as soon as its up send in your pretenders. I expect a little delay due to poeple who want a new race/nation. We are almost ready to go. yandav hold by for the moment, if someone quits your first alternate. Any questions?

[Bwaha]

Well that was easy. Send in your Pretenders. Lets get to some fun...:D

[GrudgeBringer]

I don't know how the Heck I cheated and if you want the truth it kinda makes me mad that somehow I did.

Those that know me know that I am an hoorable player to a fault and Its to bad because I was actually looking forward to this game on theis neat map.

I am somewhat computer challenged so to think I some how manupulated the files is absurd as I had to contact LLama and be walked thru setting up a new e-mail so I could get turns..forward them to my Road runner and the play them, forward them back and send them in. Thats how little I know about computers.

NOW, I DO have the CBM mod on I think as I am playing in a couple of other games but I thought the new game would only accept the mods you set it for so I didn't give it a second thought (and I am not really sure how to turn the damn thing off now that I have it on and if it will affect other games I am in).

With it messing with my pretender (and saying it was too powerful is laughable as I have never got the knack of a good Pretender yet). I tried to check and see how my pretender had been changed but I don't even know how to do that.

So I will withdraw as I don't want to have anyone think I cheated or am manipulating anything.

I am sorry if I held you guys up I will be setting this game to AI this turn.

Agian I am VERY sorry.

GrudgeBringer:(

[Bwaha]

I was wondering if we restart? I like gb, and since wer'e just starting it wont hurt anyone. Comments?:D

[otthegreat]

I'm in favor of a restart.

GB: Don't leave us! To turn on/off a mod click Preferences (in the main menu) then Mod Preferences. There you will see a list of mods. Click on a mod's name to enable or disable it.

[jmb]

I have no problem with a restart. It's too early to be dropping from the game (especially for a wrong manipulation).

[GrudgeBringer]

I would be glad to do that but if I am playing CBM (Conceptual Mod Balance or something like that...it balances out the nations so none are TOOOO strong) and I turn it off will it affect the games I am in? OR after you start are your settings locked in?

I need someone that knows something about computers to let me know...

And THANKS guys for offering a restart (I mean if ya don't have me to beat up that means you have to fight one another!!!)

[GrudgeBringer]

Also, Bwaha...how do you feel about the CBM mod?

It sure makes someone NEW (like me) feel like i'm even with people that know a little more than I do and pick nations that are overwhelming.

However, that being said, if I can turn off the CBM and not affect the couple of games I am getting trounced in I have no problrm with just Worthy Heroes Mod....

[llamabeast]

Playing some games with CBM and some without doesn't cause any problems at all. You don't even need to turn it on and off yourself. Everytime you open a particular game, it automatically uses the mods that game was started with.

Your own mod preferences only affect any new games that you start yourself.

[GrudgeBringer]

OK.....then why did it say I cheated if the mod doesn't kick in if I have it on. It ONLY kicks in IF the host uses the mod...

I would LOVE to say I created a Pretender that was so strong that it made the game say it had to be a cheat!!!

But the reality is I created a very (I don't want to tell everyone exactly that I am playing with) new but average (according to the IRC channel guru's)Pretender.

If you want to start again I will turn off CBM even tho LLama says I don't need to and see what happens...

Actually I am curious to see what will happen!~!!

Let me know guys what you want to do.:up:

[GrudgeBringer]

IRC channel Guru's just said that I have to START the game with or without the mods the game is set with.

After that it doesn't matter what I have set when I draw the game up.

They also said that the main thing CBM does is mess with the points you get to spend on a pretender.

Soooooo I made a pretender under CBM that I couldn't have made under a regular game because it took more points tha the regular game would allow.

Too Bad that was really a pretty good pretender.

If you want to start agian I will design my usual crappy Pretender:doh:

[Bwaha]

Alright, restart is on. I'll contact Llama:D

[majuva68]

restart is better for me

[Bwaha]

Restart complete. Lets get started.:D

[GrudgeBringer]

I turned off CBM and resent my pretender into Storm...

However, We had a restart in MadCradle and had to make a nEW game called MadCradle2 so the pretenders would work.

I don't know about that stuff but thought I would bring it up.

BTW, THANKS guys for restarting!!!!:D

[Crust]

Do I need to re-send my pretender? It does say:

Nations joined so far:
Atlantis
Bandar Log
Ermor
Ashdod
Jotunheim
Mictlan
R'lyeh
Ulm
Vanheim

[llamabeast]

The MadCradle2 thing was just because there was a bug, and I was away in Edinburgh so wasn't there to fix it.

Anyway, that bug's fixed now.

[Bwaha]

Game is started, sorry I was up late last night and am just getting started.:D

[Bwaha]

Everyone happy? Please note the underground connections, also you should look around for strange connections, for example the north pole connects to the south pole. :D

[GrudgeBringer]

OK, so how do I know when I stumble on an underground connection?

I have played this SP and never knew that...:confused:

[Bwaha]

Turn neighbors on and check the caves, it will become clear...:D

[GrudgeBringer]

OK...dumb as I am, I have never seen anything that says Neighbers on or anything like that...sorry for being that dumb but where is this 'button'?:doh:

[Bwaha]

Its in map filters, when your playing the game. :D

[majuva68]

Ashod and Ermor are in NAP-3. I advertise all of my treaties in this thread

[Bwaha]

Gah, Amber Tritons, ouch that will set me back a bit...:D No matter we will continue our conquest of the Briney Blue.:D Everyone, lets fill this thread with stories and rants. It will give a little more flavor to our game. In closing I want to compliment this group of players for their speed, Great job people. Lets keep it up.:D

[Bwaha]

Hey, you want to do a marathon on a saturday? All players would have to agree to a starting time to ending time. Just a thought...:D

[GrudgeBringer]

YEAH I could do that but it would have to be around Noon CST (sorry I don't know how that compares to GMT), and how long we talking going for?

[jmb]

The savage and unprovoked attack by the Mictlan barbarians on the peaceful people of the trees will not go unpunished. DEATH TO MICTLAN!

[otthegreat]

I don't want to guarantee anything, but I think I would be up for a marathon. Is 12:00 CST = 18:00 GMT?

edit: Atlantis remains strictly neutral in the Mictlan - Bandar Log war. That is until one nation is clearly losing of course ;).

[jmb]

I'm willing, but I foresee some problems with different time zones. For myself, it would need to be the end of the afternoon or beginning of the night GMT.

[hunt11]

as long as the Marathon starts after 12:00 GMT then i would be good with it.

[majuva68]

I can't, I have a wedding

[Crust]

I don't really know yet what I'll be doing on saturday.

The savage and unprovoked attack by the Mictlan barbarians on the peaceful people of the trees will not go unpunished. DEATH TO MICTLAN!

What is this noise? It almost sounds like the screams of a monkey as jaguars rip it to shreds. Poor guy.

[hunt11]

well their goes that idea, anyway good luck with the wedding

[Bwaha]

Thats why I didn't specify which saturday, lets keep talking and I bet we can find a date and time...:D

[GrudgeBringer]

First My GF 'thinks' GMT is 5 or 6 hours ahead of CST (I think I headr London was 5 hours ahead of me in Kansas City).

Second...why not try a blitz if we can't get everyone, if we have 5 folks we can us a map that is good for 5...6 same thing.

We are still early enough in our game that starting a new game would be like 20 minutes and we would be caught up.

I will be playing Rugby in Aspen the 17 thruthe 21 rst BTW amd will probably have to stale since I will be gone 5 days. I certainly don't want to put you guys on jhold for 5 days (sorry I forgot about this Tourny when I started the game). I won't quit just leave me at least 1 Province to whine over when I get back!!:doh:

[Bwaha]

Hey Gb, how about we find a sub for you? I know some really good players who would play a few turns for you.:D

[GrudgeBringer]

PLEASE DO...they can only maybe fix me up....:D:D

[Bwaha]

At last Lord Chill has awoke from his dream. A anouncement is made. We the people of Rylah claim all the islands in the south. Enter them at your peril...:D

[otthegreat]

Hey this conversation just made me remember that I will be gone all day on the 20th. I should be able to get my turns in on the 19th and 21st but that depends on hosting times and when I leave and get back. Should I get a sub?

[Bwaha]

Nah, I'll just delay for a day. Its all good.:D

[StrictlyRockers]

I can sub for Grudge.

[Bwaha]

Thanks SR, Gb you ok with this?:D
Ps. There's a problem with Llama server, so I set the timer to 48 hour turns. Man I hope its something simple...

[GrudgeBringer]

Yep and THANKS!!!

I got off to a slow start but it is picking up and am in a good position and the game is early...

If you get it squared away and want to keep it then that would be fine or give it back and I will thank you and try and do you a favor in the future.

Take it from now if you would and I won't be back until sometime Monday so I will sign in here when I get back and you just let me know what you want to do.

Thanks Agian!!:D

[Bwaha]

Well Llama server is down.:( The game is on hold till further notice.:banghead

[Bwaha]

:vroom: Wer'e back in action. Please resubmit your last turn.:D:bump:

[Bwaha]

:fight: Come on lads, Lets go.:D Hey Gb you sure have some mojo, conjuring Ike to put the game on hold...:D Just kidding of course...

[otthegreat]

Bwaha your moving emoticons are making me dizzy!:ahh:

Anyways I'm glad everything is working again. I was beginning to miss my cuddly little fish people.

[hunt11]

I'm going to be gone until friday so i am getting a sub

[GrudgeBringer]

I am back and turn is submitted ...thanks guys!!!

[Bwaha]

I've set the turn clock to delay till friday.:D If hunt11 finds someone sub I will set it back to 24hr.

[otthegreat]

Bump! and some thoughts

Has anyone else noticed the apparent dominance of Ulm and Jotunheim? On a possibly related note, who is pounding on Ermor? or is majuuva just having bad luck?

[Bwaha]

Yeah, things are moving along. The armys of Rylah are growing at quite a clip. Heh, mind flayers, lots of them too...:D

[Bwaha]

:bump: Hi, we are possibly the fastest group around. Man you ought to see the fight in-between the monkeys and mict. Does one of you want to purchase my services in this war? Or pay me to stay neutral. Heh...:D

[hunt11]

the reason why Ulm is doing so well and Ermor so badly, is that there is a war going on between them. On another note, the forge of ashod is finally ready and will forge magic items for those who need them.

[Quitti]

We, the Ulm, are simply freeing our brothers from the clutches of evil thaumaturgs and unholy death magic. Black steel will prevail over the undead hordes.

On a lighter note, Ulm can also provide forging up to con4 items at the moment. Contact me (preferably with ingame message) if you need something.

[Bwaha]

Well that was unfortunate, Juffos, sorry about destroying your army, I had no idea you were around. I notice I was in the province first and you attacked me. That being said I don't hold you responsible. You had no idea I was there. I will leave you the south pole, darn it. But I want the rest of this continent. What do you think?:D

[GrudgeBringer]

JotunHeim...I am giving notice that our Nap will end in 3 turns. turn 22 counts as turn 1 counts as turn 1

[Juffos]

Such treachery will not go unpunished! We will scribe the words of your broken treaties on your tombstone!

[GrudgeBringer]

Juffos, are you talking to me?

I just said the Nap was over, and gave the oblgitory 3 turn notice.

I never broke any agreement or have attacked you or even put an army close to you.:confused:

[Crust]

Atlantis, Atlantis, what have you done?

[Bwaha]

Well, come on, tell us whats happening?:D

[Juffos]

The world descends into chaos...

Demons!

[otthegreat]

I think the most fitting description of last turn would be "slight miscalculation".

[Bwaha]

Come on lads, A little more info please.:D

[otthegreat]

The savage werebeasts of Mictlan brutally attacked territory of the Kingdom of Atlantis last month. In response, our brave soldiers launched a ferocious amphibious assault on Mictlan's interior which, ummm perhaps didn't go exactly according to plan... nevertheless, Mictlan shall be punished! Our cowardly commanders who quit the field have been dismissed(except for the dead ones - that would have been a little difficult) and a new more capable - and as yet nonexistent - force will avenge our shameful defeats. We will not rest until Mictlan's capital has been burned to the ground!

[Crust]

We did nothing until after Atlantis had informed us of their intentions to invade. So far their invasion hasn't been very impressive, with the frogmen losing against our sling-armed province defense. There also was the incident with the bird...

[GrudgeBringer]

I understand in your ragerness to prove that your a great warrior that you may be new and somewhat impatiant.

However, all I did was dissolve a nap, pull my troops away from your border and let you know i had no intentions of attacking you.

Instead you jumped the nap by at least 1 turn , maybe 2 and have attacked 2 of my provinces with your whole army of 250 men.

You can have them as I have decided that Ulm has meddled in an area where he wants to be the sheriff and we will do battle.

If anyone borders Jotun and wants some easy provinces , this is the time to take them. I have lost the game but will try and bloody Ulm while Jotun grows fat by dishonoring a NAP.

I never take offense from one game to another so we are ok on that and I will hold no Grudge (no pun intended) But I will put you on my dishonorable list and will take that into consideration when dealing with you on treaties in the future for what thats worth.

I think you will find that friends that you can trust goes a long way in this game.

Good luck everyone....

[Crust]

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6828/image1dg2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I love the smell of burning frog.

[Bwaha]

The sea boils, outrage is heard. Mictlan, you have earned the ire of the water races... Since we have no pact, and your delight of cooking amphibians. I do herby declare that your time on this world is short. We are at war.:D

[Crust]

3 vs 1, great.

[otthegreat]

The government of Atlantis refuses to comment on the situation in Cuexotl at this time.

Mictlan, we'll see how you do once your fires are quenched.

[otthegreat]

We did nothing until after Atlantis had informed us of their intentions to invade. So far their invasion hasn't been very impressive, with the frogmen losing against our sling-armed province defense. There also was the incident with the bird...

Your god is nothing more than a glorified stork! Stop mocking us for the anger of the frog-people is horrible once provoked!

On a related note, Atlantians from the four corners of the Kingdom gathered in The Doldrums today to mourn the passing of our brave prophet Atlanasha in addition to a prominent member of the Royal Council.

[jmb]

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6828/image1dg2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I love the smell of burning frog.

Well, I love the sight of dispersed feathers :D

http://jeberger.free.fr/public/dominions.jpg

[Bwaha]

Hey, save some for me. I always wanted a feather hat...:D
Ps. Would you please tell us how to save and print reports like that.

[jmb]

Hey, save some for me. I always wanted a feather hat...:D

;)


Ps. Would you please tell us how to save and print reports like that.

Take a screenshot using your favourite program (I use linux, so I probably can't help you there);
Put the image somewhere on the web (Crust used http://imageshack.us I used my personal web site);
Put the link in your message between and .

[Bwaha]

Thanks, We are happy to announce the creation of a new branch of our military. The name of this group is I-E-T-A. This stands for Illithids for the ethical treatment of amphibians. This wing of the Rylah military will consist of star children. Their goal is the elimination of gross polluters in their labs. Too long have the surface dwellers dumped toxic wastes into the oceans. This will stop. The races that donate 100 gold to this organization will be trusted to self verify. Those who don't will be subject to sneak inspections and if found in violation of the clean waters act will be terminated with extreme prejudice. Thank you for your cooperation...:D

[Crust]

I love the smell of burning frog.

Well, I love the sight of dispersed feathers :D

http://jeberger.free.fr/public/dominions.jpg

Can't win them all. :hurt:

[Quitti]

While frogs and feathered guys are clashing together, in a spectacularily ineffective way, may I add (The stench of burning frog and jaguar skins come over to Ermorian capitol), the Lands of Ulm are under savage pillaging from the brutes from north, who don't seem to care for their own defense at all. Nonetheless the ordered legions of Black steel will drive them back from our sacred forests.

[Juffos]

JotunHeim...I am giving notice that our Nap will end in 3 turns. turn 22 counts as turn 1 counts as turn 1

I understand in your ragerness to prove that your a great warrior that you may be new and somewhat impatiant.

However, all I did was dissolve a nap, pull my troops away from your border and let you know i had no intentions of attacking you.

Instead you jumped the nap by at least 1 turn , maybe 2 and have attacked 2 of my provinces with your whole army of 250 men.

You can have them as I have decided that Ulm has meddled in an area where he wants to be the sheriff and we will do battle.

If anyone borders Jotun and wants some easy provinces , this is the time to take them. I have lost the game but will try and bloody Ulm while Jotun grows fat by dishonoring a NAP.

I never take offense from one game to another so we are ok on that and I will hold no Grudge (no pun intended) But I will put you on my dishonorable list and will take that into consideration when dealing with you on treaties in the future for what thats worth.

I think you will find that friends that you can trust goes a long way in this game.

Good luck everyone....


Stop being a sore loser. Real gentlemen do not use lies and deceit to compensate for their lack of skill or luck.

I attacked you during turn 25. Considering turn 22 was the first turn after dissolving the NAP, fighting was to be allowed during 25, so please stop trying to harm my honor and integrity.

You also seem to have mastered the noble art of oxymorons.

[Bwaha]

I guess Illithid humor is too deep for surface dwellers. In the interest of improving the intelligence of the surface people we are offering a free tuition to our fine culinary schools. We have a excellent course called "To serve man". I-E-T-A wants the best and brightest students, so in closing we want BRAINS...:D

[DrPraetorious]

The consensus among veteran players (QM in particular) is that there is plenty of time for brain eating *after* you take over earth. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrakkorzog)

[Bwaha]

What is this brain eating you speak of? Are you referring to Illithids for the ethical treatment of amphibians? In other continuum's there is a group of humans called P-E-T-A. This stands for people for the ethical treatment of animals. So I don't get your comments. Please clairify.:D

[GrudgeBringer]

Sore Loser...

You attacked early and it really doesn't matter one way or the other.

I was beat as soon as I saw I was hemmed in. I gave notice and thats that.

All YOU have to do is spend the time to take my few remaining Provinces.

I am having Fun just screwing around with ULM, His Prentender AND Prophet are dead now and he will be spending a lot of time chasing me around. But sooner or later Ulm will prevail and I will go on to another game.

So don't make it personal, its a game and once you make it personal it ceases to be a game and becomes something else.

Your integrity, That doesn't matter to me either as its all subjective.

[Bwaha]

Okay guys, take it easy, its just a game. We are here to have fun. Thanks.:D

[GrudgeBringer]

Understood, my apologies to the rest of the players in this game.

[Quitti]

Actually, the one true God, the God of Ulm is doing rather fine. He just had some succulent and delicious shambler flesh and seemed to be rather fond of it. The incompetent prophet was dismissed for not doing his duties well enough, and a new one will be shortly appointed.

[Bwaha]

I have seen the duck of doom. Soon its ashes will be put to rest. :D

[GrudgeBringer]

Sorry, The Hall of Fame showed your God dead...Must be Immortal.

I had never thought of that.:re:

[hunt11]

The great kingdom of Ashod is ready to truly join the war of ascension. the forges below the great cities have been busy with the sounds of hammers on metal, and the magical chants of the various mages forging great items of magical power, and soon even the ancient ones will join our cause, and once again remind the world why the giant folk must be feared.

[Quitti]

Sorry, The Hall of Fame showed your God dead...Must be Immortal.

I had never thought of that.:re:

Just as a note, if it shows an death icon, it just means it has died at some point of it's life, not that it is dead at the moment. See the god of Ermor for instance. The false god has died twice. I have now banished him from existence. The same will happen to Vanheim for spreading lies and deceit.

[hunt11]

the nation of ashod has deemed that Ulm is to much of a threat to our nation, so we have initiated war on these armored heathens.

[Bwaha]

Yoinks, The battle of Charnel Valley was truly gruesome. Crust, you did quite well there. But don't worry we'll be back.:D

[hunt11]

the entire world seems to be fighting right now, so truly, the fun starts here

[Crust]

The duck of doom it quacks for thee.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/769/image1wd1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Bwaha]

Crust I cordially invite you to a new game. Its name is Joker. and the theme will be thematic humor. I hope that it will be hilarious.:D

[Bwaha]

I find myself with a embarrassing amount of Frost Brands. So I will offer some of them up for sale. I would like to have astral pearls please.

Atlantis we should coordinate our moves a little bit. I don't want any unfortunate collisions with our army's. Ditto for Bandar log. Mictlan you've done a great job defending yourself. But I think your time is about up. Well once more unto the breach, Going forward is the orders of the day. :D

[otthegreat]

Mictlan, you have defended your homeland with both courage and skill. Atlantis concedes that we cannot defeat you nor you us. We therefore wish to enter into negotiations for a truce.

[Crust]

We are glad to hear the noble Atlanteans have seen reason. Sea-creatures should not pick fights with the eagle or the heron.

Mictlan you've done a great job defending yourself. But I think your time is about up.

How's about you put your money where your tentacles are? :p

[Bwaha]

Heres my two cents. I think you'll be rather dismayed at the level of magic I now have. :D

[hunt11]

The nation of Ashod is now on the wane, after a mildly effective campaign against Ulm the tides have turned, though we may have lost the battle, we shall not give up the fight, but it is now how much we can do now rather then a fight to win.

[Quitti]

Recently the false god worshippers, big giants from the desert west from Forges of Ulm, the Ashdod, decided that attacking Ulm was a a good idea. Lately though, having beat the weird horned giants back with very minimal losses, and having started to siege the first castle of the few desert cities that the nation of Ashdod posesses, the priest smiths of Ulm can not but wonder;

"Why did they attack us? What did we do to them? Taking our provinces with force brings them nothing but harm. But they must be repelled, and punished for their insolence and arrogance. There can be no Ashdod in the struggle for godhood."

Cladding their forces in mighty black steel, arming their troops with great black halberds, battleaxes and flails, the forces of Ulm, the worshippers of the True God march forward, towards the desert cities of Ashdod. The false god must be beheaded, his disfigured and flayed head displayed over the prime gate of Capitol of Ashdod. Mark our words, their god shall fall. Storm of iron will wash upon their land, leaving it purged of this false faith once, and for all time to come.

[hunt11]

the reason why the nation of Ashod decided that it was time to go to war is because of one simple reason, with no access to any other route of expansion, and seeing what had happened to the nations around you, the council came to a very simple conclusion, either we launch a war now and hope for the best, or die slowly as we watch the game go by while we sit on the sidelines. So we launched our armies, and prepared for what was to come. Though it was a failed attempt, it is better to die fighting, then to die in bed.

[GrudgeBringer]

Quite true Hunt11....

As one who is running around with 1 pitiful army behind the Nation of Atlantis lines, with the only fate left to us is to be a big Pain in the backside to Atlantis.

Tying up a Couple of small armies chasing me and playing a game of Chess for the last 8 or 9 turns, Taking a Province..setting the taxes to 200 and moving on.

But the Sands of Time are running out as I slowly run out of options. More armies show on the horizan and our backs our agianst Mountians.

I think of a Spartan Mother talking to her son leaving on his first expedition. "Come back VICTORIOUS....or come back on your Shield"

As you fight on Hunt11 I will be brought back on my shield...but we will see each other agian...in the halls of Valhalla where only those that die with a sword in thier hand may enter!!

[Bwaha]

Hey Gb, you still kicking? Of course you are, Stalwart warrior that you be. You've been kinda quiet over there. How about a story, I'll give yah 100 gold if its a good story. :D

[otthegreat]

Quite true Hunt11....

As one who is running around with 1 pitiful army behind the Nation of Atlantis lines, with the only fate left to us is to be a big Pain in the backside to Atlantis.

Either your army is so insignificant that I didn't notice (and Vans can swim);) or you're confusing us with someone else. Either way your post has caused a lot of confusion among us fish people. We aren't well known for our intelligence, as a few of the battles with Mictlan exposed :D

[GrudgeBringer]

DUH...it was the OTHER blue Flag, ULM!!

No worries tho after a long run we got tired and went ahead and attacked a Fort and lost.

Only an army, No leader so I went AI this turn as he will kill the army at his leisure.

I accomplished what I wanted...Thanks to all for the game, see you ion the next one:D

[hunt11]

It's been fun GrudgeBringer, and by the looks of it, i will soon be joining you

[Bwaha]

Joten, You have angered the Nation of Rylah! It is turn 45 and I announce that our nap is canceled. That global is just too much to endure...:D Turn 48 hostilities will commence.:D

[otthegreat]

Jotunheim, with those globals you have declared war on the world. We renounce our NAP with you and will consider ourselves at war on turn 48. Atlantis calls on every nation to forget your petty differences and confront this menace before its too late.

[otthegreat]

Oh and GB, no worries about the confusion. Good to hear you had fun. See you around!

[Juffos]

What, I thought I just lacked some necessary income and put up those globals, I couldn't guess it would have such violent response. Is it already too late? I only want to coexist in peace with you.

[Bwaha]

Tell you what, If you put those mages on the coast so I can kill them, I'll let it slide. Harrumph, not bleeding likely. I want some giants for some esoteric building projects. They will make great slaves...:D

[Quitti]

Those globals did not go unnoticed. Ulm is preoccupied on the other side of the continent at the moment though, So we can't rally to your aid right now. We have some sandgiants to slay.

[Bwaha]

In view of arcane nexus being up, I ask everyone refrain from casting and forging, Please collect your astral gems and prepare to put them in a common fund. I'm researching dispel as quickly as I can. Thanks. :D

[hunt11]

Ulm's sieging force have been routed by the so called sand giants, after a massive display of magic power Ulm was forced to retreat, and the first major victory for Ashod was achieved. Here are the battle stat

Friendly Combatants
commanders 25, killed 1.
regular units 17, killed 11

Enemy Combatants
commanders 13, killed 6
regular units 390, killed 227

[Bwaha]

Joten, We come for thee... :Dhttp://imgboot.com/images/Leo/600xpopupgallerylarylah.jpg (http://www.imgboot.com/)

Please send your best and brightest students. They will be schooled. Bwaha ha ha...:D

[hunt11]

Since i am still alive, could you stall the game for Friday and Saturday, because i will be gone those days, and will not be able to get my turns in

[Bwaha]

Sure, but remind me on thursday.:D

[Bwaha]

I'm pleased to announce the first student has been welcomed to the Rylah School of Cuisine. He shows promise since he's a Ice Devil. I hope he does well and graduates soon. :D

[hunt11]

okay then bwaha could you please stall the game until Sunday, thanks

[Bwaha]

It is done. I've a question, can I rename the ice devil after GoR? I hope so. I've got plans. :D

[Bwaha]

Uh guys, Joten is fielding a fair amount of devils. SC devils. Its time for all of us to put a stop to him. I'm not doing so well and need some help. I'm going to fall back into the oceans soon and he'll have free reign on the land. I guarantee you won't like what I'm fighting, and if left to his own Joten will win the game. :eek:

[hunt11]

well if ulm decides to leave me alone, i could show him what a SC really looks like with my giant kings

[gotchaaa]

sorry......... seems too late...

[otthegreat]

We could probably call the game for Jotun now if we wanted too. Our only hope is for all of the world join together to fight Jotunheim (I'm looking at you Mictlan and Bandar Log:nono:). I'm doing what I can but have a limited border.

[Bwaha]

Yes. I agree, I just got kicked off his territory. I will sue for peace if there isn't a general war on Joten. :hurt:

[Juffos]

If you let R'lyeh conquer my lands, you will face a menace much more dangerous than I could have ever been. At least I don't enslave minds (not counting Vastnesses).

[Bwaha]

Well lets see, I don't have arcane nexus up, or any other global up. I don't have any SCs. You do. So lets dispense with this bs. I personally think you've won this game. Good job by the way. If the other players don't rise against you will have won.:D

[Quitti]

Ooh, devils. But what are devils compared to angels? Hmm?

[Crust]

I'm fine with declaring Jotunheim the winner.

[hunt11]

The nation of Ashod is proud to announce the first SC challenge, any nation that wishes to compete must send one champion to province 116, where they may try their hand against my god (travel expenses are not provided)

[Bwaha]

Well said. I've just got a copy of Fallout 3. I'm about to aquire an debilitating case of game addiction. I hope that I don't have to buy a new computer.


Shall we vote to end this travesty of a game? My vote is to declare the Joten the victor.:(

[otthegreat]

I also vote to end the game and declare Jotun the winner.

[Bwaha]

Due to Llama server not responding to turn submissions I,ve delayed the turn till nov. first.:D

[jmb]

Well, I got turn 53 sent, but I'll be leaving for the week-end so I won't be able to play turn 54 before Sunday night. Unless you decide to designate Jotun as the winner (which would be fine by me), could you hold turn 54 until then please?

Thank you

[Bwaha]

Sure thing. Just as soon the Llama server stops spewing. I will be favorably inclined to do a turn rollback if anyone gets screwed by these developments. Are you guy's spending your gems? If so stop, save them for dispelling/overcasting jotens globals. This is the only way to nullify the Arcane Nexus.:D

[Bwaha]

Okay, whats the vote. Do we end this? Please respond.:D After looking I have four votes to end this. Crust I assume you vote for an ending. Is this the case?

[hunt11]

I think that we should end the game soon, but not yet. Give the game a couple more turns, allowing everybody to end this game with a bang.

[Bwaha]

Okay, sounds good. :D

[Juffos]

All praise the almighty Sappikeuhko, to whom godhood belongs!

Dark-Omen of Vanheim, Percy II of Atlantis and Lord Chill of R'lyeh, they, who set upon to prevent His coming of power are but ashes in the wind, for His might is unimaginable and wrath gruesome.

Soon He will walk the earth, bringing pain and misery to those who still oppose Him. You must all succumb willingly, lest He unleashes armageddon on this plane.

[Bwaha]

Bring it on, I guess that the others still want to fight.:D

[hunt11]

The nation of Ashod is no more, with our god sent to the inferno Ashod is done for. But there is some good news, with my nation gone Ulm can join the fight.

[jmb]

The nation of Ashod is no more, with our god sent to the inferno Ashod is done for. But there is some good news, with my nation gone Ulm can join the fight.

Unfortunately, he seems to have decided to keep pounding on the underdogs instead :( Just at the time I handed Mictlan a new crushing defeat (169 eagle warriors and a province lost by him against 85 white ones lost by me), here come 3 SCs from Ulm to attack me from the North.

Sorry folks, but I just have to cast some spells, even if that means Jotun will get more astral pearl from the Arcane Nexus...

[Bwaha]

Yeah, I think since Quitti refuses to fight the joten we might as well quit. I hearby declare the Joten the Master of Storm. If no one objects I will remove it from Llama server. Juffos is the victor. :up:

On a different thought how did you guys like the map? Would you play on it again? I may consider a grudge match if you guys want to. Just not on Llama server, I have all the games that I play on it and I will not put all my eggs in one basket again.

[hunt11]

This map was a lot of fun, just tell me when the rematch is on

[otthegreat]

Well Atlantis ends on a relatively high note, Tjatse was finally taken down. I had a lot of fun too and would definitely be up for a rematch.

[Crust]

The nation of Ashod is no more, with our god sent to the inferno Ashod is done for. But there is some good news, with my nation gone Ulm can join the fight.

Unfortunately, he seems to have decided to keep pounding on the underdogs instead :( Just at the time I handed Mictlan a new crushing defeat (169 eagle warriors and a province lost by him against 85 white ones lost by me),

A defeat, yeah. It happened due to a stale on my part though.

A brief history of Mictlan:

Expansion went smoothly until Bandar Log was encountered. Then followed a series of mistakes. I kept underestimating the monkeys, and lost a lot of time and troops in battles that achieved nothing.

I altered my strategy, no longer trying to simply roll over them, but out-expand and out-produce. It was working, I think. Then Atlantis and R'lyeh attacked, and I pretty much considered it game over at that point. Even though they were fought off victory on the larger scale was no longer possible.

Rematch would be fun but I might be in too many games already.

[Quitti]

The map was quite unbalanced, I had lots of farmland in the empire area. But it sure was fun. I had 7 arti/con6 kitted iron angels flying around, but not enough mage power to be much use against Jotunheim at any point. My mages were good in a few things, and that was spamming hell of a lot of spells that kill chaff, but that's it. Jotunheim had lots of SCs before I got my hands on iron angels myself. I think my scouts saw ice devils and other devils around there somewhere. Too bad i would've gotten earth kings next turn, but i doubt they would've made much difference. Provided that Jotunheim didn't have them yet, which i doubt since they don't have any natural e mages.


But I got to admit, it was fun. And that one hilarious 125% forge bonus priest smith did get me some nice items :D (Basically I had +90% forge bonus for all my mages since turn 40-something. So free items for me.)

Oh and for a rematch, I'd like to hop in. With another nation this time. While ulm was fun, it was rather simple. Mass cheap units with awesome armor and weaponry, send them to the fields to get killed, and repeat.

[jmb]

Sure, let's go for a rematch, but with different nations.

[Bwaha]

Do you guys have a map that you want to play on? I prefer roomy maps myself. Also do you want to have one of the maps with special provinces? I'm leaning toward "poke in the eye" at this time. Yeah I know its a weird map, but I like it and would like to try it MP. Any comments? :D

[Bwaha]

Oh my, that was a horible map choice. Sorry, how about the middle earth bb map? :D