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Toni_Bubu
April 13th, 2009, 11:52 AM
Greetings everyone,

this is my very first post on the forums. I'm a novice player, played the demo for a while and just got the game a couple of weeks ago. I was looking for a nice MP game to get to know the game better but couldn't find anything suitable, so I'm starting one myself! So obviously, I'm looking for fellow newbies to slug it out and try devious strategies on each other. :angel

MAP: Cradle of the Gods Multiplayer (227 provinces)
AGE: Early
Players: 8-10 n00bs
Game Settings: Default
Turns: Every 24h for the first 20 turns, 48h afterwards.
Mods: CBM 1.41 (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=42022&highlight=Conceptual+Balance), I got to know the game that way, unless everone opposes.
Scoregraphs: Yes

Hosting: mighty_scoop, a fellow Dominions player, will do the hosting somehow by magic as I have no clue how to do that. He will be joining as well, playing Kailasa. Although he already has some games under the belt I'm sure he will be a pushover for us noobs anyway! :D

That's it, hope I didn't forget anything. BTW, I'd like to command the Chinesoid Armies of T'ien Ch'i; see you on the battlefield!

Toni_Bubu

Nations joined:

Kailasa: mighty_scoop
T'ien Ch'i: Toni_Bubu
Mitclan: Alpine Joe
Marverni: PAR
Niefelheim: majuva68
Agartha: P3D
Formoria: statttis
Acrosephale: GrudgeBringer
Pangaea: Denisius
Caelum: Frozen Llama
Helheim: Tolkien
R`lyeh: Scarlioni

Game is full!

Incabulos
April 13th, 2009, 12:09 PM
Just so you know the games hosted on Llamaserver (for free and very efficiently) are PBEM. It has some clever linux magic going on that enables it to process turns automagically etc... but it is actually PBEM.


http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=40486

That threads lists llamaserver.net and there is a handy dandy FAQ and guide on Llamaserver.net.

Alpine Joe
April 13th, 2009, 12:18 PM
In as Mictlan

Toni_Bubu
April 13th, 2009, 12:22 PM
That indeed is some clever magic... Thanks for the heads up!

Toni_Bubu
April 13th, 2009, 12:23 PM
Welcome, Alpine Joe!

majuva68
April 13th, 2009, 02:38 PM
Niefelheim for me ,please

PAR
April 13th, 2009, 02:40 PM
hello

i would like to join as Marverni

i am not a total noob i have played 3 big MP games in the past
but faired badly

cheers

Toni_Bubu
April 13th, 2009, 02:44 PM
Should be alright, PAR.

PAR
April 13th, 2009, 02:53 PM
cheers toni

P3D
April 13th, 2009, 03:44 PM
Count me in as Agartha.

statttis
April 13th, 2009, 04:15 PM
Fomoria for me please

mighty_scoop
April 13th, 2009, 07:15 PM
Yippee-I-Yo...Yippee-I-Yay...
Ghostriders in the sky...

so hello everybody ... i'm the one with the hosting magic :-)

He will be joining as well, playing Kailasa. Although he already has some games under the belt I'm sure he will be a pushover for us noobs anyway! :D


goddamn ... i love these manipulative dominions talks ;-)

My MP record so far: played one newbie game ... lost ... played a normal game ... got kicked pretty hard ... so this game is where i belong

CU all in the Cradle of the Gods

cheers toni_bubu

GrudgeBringer
April 13th, 2009, 07:20 PM
I'll take Arco.....

I have never won or even come close to winning a game...but I DO post alot (hich is why I got the higher rank)..

I'm still trying to figure out the magic part....Thr strategic part is easy

Denisius
April 13th, 2009, 08:15 PM
I'll take Pangaea.

Might I suggest that we use Llamaserver as the host, like Incabulos has suggested?

If need be, I can setup the game myself.

Frozen Lama
April 13th, 2009, 08:26 PM
got room for me as Caelum?

Tolkien
April 13th, 2009, 09:31 PM
I'll try Helheim again.

Trumanator
April 13th, 2009, 09:48 PM
Hoping you don't get stuck fighting Pan again Tolkien? :D

Tolkien
April 13th, 2009, 09:52 PM
Aye. It's been...however many turns since he attacked and we still haven't finished our epic duel, though at this point I'm starting to buckle.

Trumanator
April 13th, 2009, 10:06 PM
Whats the general situation map-wide? I can only tell so much from the score graphs. :(

Tolkien
April 13th, 2009, 10:12 PM
Generally? Half a dozen flying Carrion Lord thugs taking my territory, and I haven't been able to put my Helkarls in the right provinces to DusttoDust them. I've got some high pop sea provinces which are keeping my gold supply on life support, but I've had to cannibalize my research and late-game viability to keep going.

Trumanator
April 13th, 2009, 10:17 PM
Well I really meant the situation beyond your duel. From what I can tell Yomi and Sauro are vying for supremacy, with Mictlan just hanging around doing his own thing.

Tolkien
April 13th, 2009, 10:24 PM
Oh, that? I'm not really sure. I got Sauromatia helping me with Pangaea now, and from what I can tell, Mictlan is just building up.

P3D
April 14th, 2009, 02:40 AM
FWIW, I'd suggest difficult research, the map is large.

Cicadian
April 14th, 2009, 05:05 AM
If there is still room I'd like in as Lanka :)

mighty_scoop
April 14th, 2009, 05:21 AM
@cicadian ... sorry, but there are already enough land nations (11) ... we still need a water nation, so do you mind to pick one of them ?

@all this game will be hosted on llamaserver

Scarlioni
April 14th, 2009, 05:24 AM
If it's a water nation that you need I'll be happy to play as EA R'Lyeh

mighty_scoop
April 14th, 2009, 06:02 AM
awesome ...if i counted correctly there are 11 land nations and 1 water nation.
I will now host the game on llamaserver ...
it is time to send your pretenders !

Toni_Bubu
April 14th, 2009, 06:26 AM
Good day, everyone,

so the game is on its way. Great, I was really looking forward to the first multiplayer game! @P3D: if you don't mind, I think all settings should be kept to default, just to ease people into their first game... Or am I actually the only MP virgin here?

cheers

Cicadian
April 14th, 2009, 08:25 AM
Ah thats a shame. Never mind, I shall start my own game shortly!

GrudgeBringer
April 14th, 2009, 09:40 AM
Its your game and whatever settings you want is what we will play.

I do reccomend CBM and the fact that hard reasearch on Early Era (and big Map) will allow everyone to concetrate more on the strategic part and not be dismantled by magic especially if they are very new to MP.

Just a suggestion, its your game!!!

GrudgeBringer
April 15th, 2009, 02:24 PM
Will get pretender in tonight...I have to decide if I want to use the Crazy one I am using in Beyond or the one thats doing ok in Darkheaven...

OR, Another crazy one....

Toni_Bubu
April 15th, 2009, 04:25 PM
@ Everyone:

Denisius has been so kind as to remind me of the customs in the vast realm of Dominions. I've sent most of you a message but I`ve probably forgot some of you. Please don't be offended, I rarely post and I'm an organisatorial mess. Good to know, eh? :o
So, welcome all of you, and whoever still has to send in a pretender, please do so (yeees, I know I haven't).
One more thing about in-game communication: I'm a huge rpg fan, so I 'd love it if players stayed "in character". If anyone feels stupid that's alright too, but I will try to do so. After all, being a humble minister of foreign relations, I'm just doing my emperor's bidding...

See you somewhere in cataclysm,

Toni

GrudgeBringer
April 15th, 2009, 10:49 PM
I am going to use a completely new (and weird) Pretender design as I felt my other one was just a little too much for a noob game. So NOOOOOOOOO Laughing!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

mighty_scoop
April 16th, 2009, 05:49 AM
mmh ... only 1 pretender is still missing
go toni go toni :-)

Toni_Bubu
April 16th, 2009, 10:08 AM
Greetings, warlords of the Barbarian Hordes,

The Noble Emperor Bubuman now graces you with His Most Divinest Of All Presences. He Rides the Celestial Llama, so my emperor bids the wild untamed monkey people of [insert your lowly tribe's name here] to go get some, and give some as well, indeed.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, T'ien Ch'i

Toni_Bubu

GrudgeBringer
April 16th, 2009, 01:48 PM
Arco Here....

I got the first turn and put it in the saved games folder and it isn't listed in my game file.

My Pretender was accepted but the game isn't there.

Any suggestions?:confused:

Toni_Bubu
April 16th, 2009, 01:53 PM
Hi,

create a folder in your saved games folder called GhostRiders and put the .trn file in there. Load Dom and try again!

GrudgeBringer
April 16th, 2009, 02:39 PM
Fixed...I had a space between.... Ghost Riders

Instead of Ghostriders:up:

Denisius
April 16th, 2009, 08:12 PM
Tremble yee mere mortals before the glory of mother nature and her children. For too long have you misused her gifts in your pathetic struggles of power.

Now, for once and for all, the children of nature will settle the long lasting dispute over who is to rule the earth.

And with mother nature's blessing, we will surely triumph.

Toni_Bubu
April 17th, 2009, 12:21 PM
@all,

Sorry to inform you that I had to postpone the next turn for 24 hours, mighty_scoop has no access to the internet until tomorrow night. Now we can all really think hard what to do... :(

T_B

GrudgeBringer
April 17th, 2009, 01:50 PM
Heyyyyyyyyyyy, I'LL move for the MIGHTY mighty Scoop.

I'm sure he will really like it (really).

I mean how bad could I screw it up except maybe lose his Prophet for him. And he's good enough to overcome that...consider it a handicap!!!

Hurry back Scoop...we miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!:up:

Toni_Bubu
April 17th, 2009, 02:49 PM
Ha, he's one of the few who didn't prophetise his starting commander... But you could buy him a coupla hundred Markatas... :D

Tolkien
April 17th, 2009, 03:39 PM
I'd rather prophetize my scout, in all honesty. :p Gets some more use out of him.

But then again, I'm Helheim.

Frozen Lama
April 17th, 2009, 08:10 PM
so were we going to delay hosting for mighty scoop? it appears he's going to stale unless he gets it in within the next 10 minutes

Frozen Lama
April 17th, 2009, 09:38 PM
oops, wrong date.

Toni_Bubu
April 18th, 2009, 12:30 PM
Turn 3 has started! mighty_scoop is back in the field!

Tolkien
April 19th, 2009, 02:28 PM
And my internet went away for a over a day and I missed turn 3. :\

Well, one stale won't kill me.

majuva68
April 22nd, 2009, 01:16 PM
Fomoria and Niefelheim sign NAP-4.

majuva68
April 25th, 2009, 12:28 PM
Kailasa and Niefelheim sign NAP-3.

GrudgeBringer
April 26th, 2009, 06:56 PM
Denisius...check your PM's before the turn hosts

Denisius
April 27th, 2009, 05:17 AM
That I did, now you should check yours.

I would also like to remind everyone that in-game messages are the preferred way of contacting the rulers of other nation, since some might not log into their forum accounts that often.

majuva68
April 27th, 2009, 08:36 AM
T'ien Ch'i and Niefelheim sign NAP-4.

mighty_scoop
April 28th, 2009, 12:41 PM
Is there a Ghostrider out there who wants to trade some watergems ? I offer Fire, Earth or Nature as needed.

mighty_sccop

GrudgeBringer
April 29th, 2009, 03:28 PM
I need an extension not the turn coming out tonight but the turn over the weekend....

I will be leaving town Friday AM and not back till Sunday late PM.

I have PM'd Mighty Scoop

Arco...GrudgeBringer:up:

mighty_scoop
April 29th, 2009, 03:35 PM
Will be of course no problem ... after this turn i will postpone the hosting.

Btw. I had to postpone this turn because Toni is out of town until tonight or tomorrow afternoon.

Toni_Bubu
May 1st, 2009, 09:22 AM
Hi all,

sorry for the delay, real life needed the Bubuman.

T'ien Ch'i is back...

mighty_scoop
May 7th, 2009, 05:22 AM
Anybody is able to forge a Thistle Mace and sell it to me ? Good payment

Greetings

mighty_scoop

Tolkien
May 7th, 2009, 07:10 AM
I could make one in two turns.

How much are you willing to pay me, though, is the real question. :p

Alpine Joe
May 7th, 2009, 09:57 AM
I could also provide you with one. What is your best offer?

mighty_scoop
May 7th, 2009, 10:52 AM
Hi Alpine_joe,

i already made a deal with Tolkien ... perhaps we could trade the next time.

Greetings

GrudgeBringer
May 7th, 2009, 07:27 PM
I am giving notice of the retration of the Nap3 between Arco and Pangea on turn 20 with ths turn counting as turn 1 as you have received this before the hosting and can take whatever actions you deem necessary.

As an Honorable Nation I am returning this turn the 20 Nature Gems that was sent last turn with my regrets.

This is nothing personal and only due to expansion needs.

Hostilities, if any will commence on turn 22.

GrudgeBringer
May 7th, 2009, 07:27 PM
TC and Arco announce a Nap3 on turn 20

mighty_scoop
May 7th, 2009, 08:29 PM
We reached turn 20 ... so i extended the hosting intervall to 48h. It is rumored that Ghostrider won't keep that peaceful.

GrudgeBringer
May 7th, 2009, 08:34 PM
I must Apologize to Pangea, TC, and the rest of the Nations of Ghostriders.

I was out of town playing ball at the start of the game and directed my wife to make certain moves (as she has done this before).

Pangea had shown up at my Northern Border on turn 3 or 4 with a LARGE Army and if I remember right his pretender.

I directed my Wife to ask for a 3 or 5 turn Nap and she informed me that he had agreed to a nap.....

I then ran out of expansion room and noticed TC had taken a good bite out of Pangea so I made a nap with the Honorable TC and broke my nap with Pangea as I felt forced into to begin with.

I checked my notebook to make sure it wasn't a 5 turn Nap instead of a 3.....

SIGH....MY wife MADE A 50 TURN NAP:eek:, Thats right...a 50 turn nap with Pangea (nice job Pangea, you must have clairvoyance):doh:

As most of you know I will NOT go agianst an agreement I entered into.

With the way the game has taken a right turn and the promises I have made, I have no alternative but to bow out of the game with my MOST sincere apologies.

I will NOT go AI as that would be the same as breaking a Nap.

I invite Pangea and all those that border me to take what they can starting next turn.

I only ask that you do it quickly. I will be pulling all my troops into 1 province and when it comes down to that province ..THEN I will go AI so come prepared.

To those that do not border me...I will send gems and money in rotation to try and make up for this IDIOT move.

LOL, my wife is now banned from D3:p

I'm sorry guys!!!:o

GrudgeBringer

Tolkien
May 7th, 2009, 08:53 PM
Well in which case...
Helheim has a few new provinces to attend to.

Also: geez, 50?

GrudgeBringer
May 7th, 2009, 09:29 PM
Yep...50, wanna bet it don't happen agian!!!

Frozen Lama
May 8th, 2009, 12:08 AM
just out of curiosity, your bowing out because you can't attack Pangea? i mean, i'm not trying to question you, but it sounds like sommething else went wrong right? i mean, i'm sure Pangea will understand, and if not, you always have other neighbors right?

GrudgeBringer
May 8th, 2009, 06:19 AM
I am one of those guys that hold every agreement sacred.

I have cultivated that reputation from my first game, and because of that I have people that trust me when I offer a nap that thier borders are secure under all circumstances.

While I can and will give a notice and go to war, it is thought out and usually is in conjuntion with someone else.

That was the case here, while I was pondering options TC attacked Pangea and since I kind of felt (I wasn't there) that I was forced into asking for a nap, I decided that the option of throwing in with TC was my only option.

When I found out that I had a 50 turn nap (and the more I think of it....it might have been a typo for 5 turn nap, she agreed to it anyway which effectively takes out 1 of my options for the entire game.

If I was Pangea and was being attacked I certainly would expect Arco to hold to the nap...mistake or not.

Call it a quirk, but I would have felt shackeled for the rest of the game.

I have tried to make sure Everyone gets a little compensation and I am sorry if I disrupted the game.

My suggestion id to jump in if you can and grab a piece of territory.

Thanks for commenting though and giving me a chane to explain myself....:up:

mighty_scoop
May 8th, 2009, 01:40 PM
To be honest ...a 50 turn Nap is ridiculous. Everybody playing this game should get it straight that it had to be a typing error. I hope Denisius understand this situatian and agree to treat your nap as a 5 turn one. Until this situation is cleared i will postpone the hosting. It would be misery if Grudgebringer is bowing out because of that and would totally screw the game (i would even benefit because i have borders to acro but i don't want to).
So i hope we could solve this problem not with Acro leaving the game.

Greetings

mighty_scoop

Alpine Joe
May 8th, 2009, 01:59 PM
Yeah arco bowing out messes up the game far more than will relating the misunderstanding to Pangaea. Mistakes happen, and the first solution is not exiting the game in a disruptive fashion. Your reputation won't be sullied by this one event. We all understand and I'm sure the Pangaea player will as well.

GrudgeBringer
May 8th, 2009, 02:03 PM
If Pangea agrees its 5 turns I will stay of course and play.

I want him to realize that I will have served the notice that the 5 turn Nap is now null and hostilities can commence on turn 24 and I will be Napped with TC as I will attack Pangea.

IF he feels that the only way to survive is to keep to the 50 turn Nap that I think MUST be a typo as he is not some NOOB and a good player, I will honor that and withdraw.

Furthermore, I will NOT hold it agianst him in future games in any way, shape, or form.

Nor will I mention it ever happened to anyone.

I could have read my notebook as soon as I got back home so I am at fault also.

I just want to make it clear that this is a massive screwup and not just on one persons fault.

I am very embarrased that this happened but will live with it and learn.

Thanks for all the support from the other nations.

Actually (LOL), I liked the way Helheim put it in the forum!!!

I will check back and will go in any direction you gentlemen decide.:up:

GrudgeBringer
May 8th, 2009, 06:04 PM
I would suggest you talk to Pangea in privite with the knowledge nothing will be held agianst him regardless of what he says or does.

I REALLY feel bad I put him in this situation as If I had been here, this of course would not have happened.

I agree that a nation my size would disrupt the game as some will get numerous Provinces with no risk and shoot ahead of others....regardless of how much I try and compensate the others.

But Pangea is no less valuable to the game and he is a good player.

I will just say this....

If it was a 3 turn Nap I would have attacked him, and if it was a 5 turn Nap I also would have attacked him (I may not have won but I would have attacked).

But I also am a stickler for the unwritten rules and sometimes things just fall thru the cracks.

I don't want to hold the game up as we where cruising right along (good job folks!!), but I have my turn set up for an exit and if I am staying I need to talk to TC and redo my turn.

Because of Mothers Day we are not playing out of town and I am taking a well deserved break at the Pub this evening, I will check the Forum before I go out (in about 4 hours max) and have been known to close it up more than once.

Thanks for the support Scoop and Joe.

I know this looks simple to work out but lets not forget Pangea is in this also.

One thing I like about D3 is that there is a multitude of serious gamers and very intelligent people from all over the world that care about the game just because it is a game....

I am to prepare to drool all over myself now and will check later, I hope but can't promise that I won't feel like this in the morning:hurt:.

mighty_scoop
May 8th, 2009, 06:44 PM
[...]
One thing I like about D3 is that there is a multitude of serious gamers and very intelligent people from all over the world that care about the game just because it is a game....
[...]


... and that's by far the most important thing ... it's a game ... we want to have fun with it. Letting you drop out of the game because of a typing error is just stupid and not fun for us all. So let's hope will get it back to normal.
Don't get stressed ... as i said the game is postponed ... it is a very good game so far and i don't want to let it getting wasted this way.

Greetings

GrudgeBringer
May 8th, 2009, 08:55 PM
OoooooooooooK, off to the Pub:p

Will check tomorrow when I come to:sick:

Denisius
May 9th, 2009, 02:07 PM
Sorry about not providing my input, I did not see any new posts been made in an extended period of time and thought that this discussion is inactive.

GrudgeBringer, there is no need for you to stop playing. If I were to know that a 50 turn NAP is not agreeable by you, I would not have made it in the first place.

A 5 turn NAP will be just fine.

GrudgeBringer
May 9th, 2009, 02:58 PM
have you read the whole post on this....I have brokrn the Nap effective this turn, sent your gems back and have Napped up with TC,

I will be attacking you in 5 turns this counting as turn 1.

I want to make sure you understand this whole situation before I do anything....

If I don't hear from you or get any input I will assume you have read this whole thread and agree.

I'm sorry about the 50 turn Nap...there is just no way anyone can have that in a game from the start.

But I wWILL bow out if you think it means you won't survive a joint attack.

You make the call and then I will submit my turn as we are on hold right now.:confused:

Toni_Bubu
May 10th, 2009, 09:59 AM
Hello everyone,

I didn't want to say anything on the NAP 5/50 issue as T'ien Ch'i in this case is directly affected. However, Mighty_Scoop reminded me that, as the creator of the game, I should give a statement as well.

This is the first MP I have directly participated in but I have followed a few. I played a lot of SP and as far as I can tell from these games and respective map sizes, a NAP 50 will hinder any player (including Pangaea in this case) considerably. Without giving any in-game info away, it is safe to say that both races would virtually be trapped by such a NAP. Pangaea has agreed to a NAP 5 and Grudgebringer definitely has no reason to fear his reputation, this clearly was a mistake. So Denisius, if all is cool with you, the next turn will be hosted at 1800 GMT on Monday (I finally got to know the hosting magic..).

cheers,

T_B

GrudgeBringer
May 10th, 2009, 12:07 PM
Thank you for clarifying things, and thier is no assurance we will win the war to start with...as I said Pangea is a capable player in his own right.

I an redoing my turn and will be as before withthe same Naps (except pangea and I will commence hostilities (if any) in 5 turns (this being turn 1)

I look for peace with my other brothers and have no fear that they have been following the forum and our boundries are safe and defined.

I am sorry to put you all through this and hope its the last discussion we will have to have.

Good luck to all and sorry you all arn't getting any goodies:D

majuva68
May 12th, 2009, 03:14 PM
I must go on a business trip the days 15 to 17.Can we delay the game?

mighty_scoop
May 12th, 2009, 03:16 PM
sure

GrudgeBringer
May 12th, 2009, 05:35 PM
That works for me as I will be in Tulsa Playing Ball from Friday afternoon (15th) until Sunday night (17th) so this is perfect...:up:

Frozen Lama
May 12th, 2009, 09:32 PM
I will be gone tomorrow thru Sunday.
since that would be a long delay, Trumanator will be subbing in for me. since nothing major is happening for me, this should be ok. just letting you guys know in case you need to PM him.

GrudgeBringer
May 14th, 2009, 11:29 PM
For some reason we have not got the new turn that was due a few hours ago.

I am leaving tomorrow at Noon to 1 PM CST and will not be back until Sunday evening.

I could have (and may still be able to) get this next turn in if we fet it soon, otherwisw I will need an extension until Monday as I am about to go to war.

Any idea why we didn't get the turn as everyone has sent in there turns?

Trumanator
May 14th, 2009, 11:30 PM
Same problem in Diversion :?

GrudgeBringer
May 15th, 2009, 06:46 AM
Just got the turn in and will have it completed before I leave for the weekend but will NOT be able to get the next turn in until Monday Morning CST so will need an extension.

mighty_scoop
May 18th, 2009, 11:37 AM
I just checked the scores of our game ... and what did i see ... Mictlan has an income of 666. What a coincidence! :-)

Greetings

majuva68
May 18th, 2009, 12:10 PM
Kailasa and Fomoria make an alliance against me.I need help to stop them. Death to Fomoria and Kailasa

Alpine Joe
May 18th, 2009, 12:55 PM
I just checked the scores of our game ... and what did i see ... Mictlan has an income of 666. What a coincidence! :-)

Greetings

Are you trying to imply something? Mictlan hasn't been summoning up any devils....so siree...

Toni_Bubu
May 18th, 2009, 04:19 PM
Hi,

I am about to go to Cologne to see AC/DC (yeah!) and I don't want to rush my turn, since it requires tome strategic thinking which I just don't feel capable of after Hells Bells. Right now I'm just too tired to do my turn, so I will delay by 24 hours-- sorry!

but then, If you want blood, you'll get it...

:D

T_B

mighty_scoop
May 18th, 2009, 04:34 PM
Boo :(

Toni_Bubu
May 18th, 2009, 04:43 PM
C'mon scoop, you're just jealous... :D

statttis
May 18th, 2009, 05:34 PM
Death to Fomoria

Looks like this one is pretty well covered. I'm facing about 40 E9N9 neifels in a cold dominion :(

mighty_scoop
May 18th, 2009, 05:45 PM
Jealous ... bah ... i will be sitting at home, waiting for the next dominions turn and hearing Falsbordone on my new speaker system ... you on the other hand will be standing in a huge stadium full of perspiring, long haired oldschool metal fans, getting your eardrums ruined by much to loud music and seeing (or perhaps not seeing because you will be to far away) 5 old men bringing rock and roll to around 50000 people ... i'm not jealous ... i hate you !

Toni_Bubu
May 18th, 2009, 08:47 PM
Let's not put the masters down, alright? There'll be 80000 people.

Toni_Bubu
May 20th, 2009, 04:30 PM
By the way, whar happened to Marverni? They rose like a shooting star, then fell, Icarus-style. Sorry PAR! Hope the game was fun for you anyway! :)

P3D
May 20th, 2009, 04:57 PM
Blessed Giant sandwich, that happened.

Toni_Bubu
May 20th, 2009, 05:02 PM
Yummy!

mighty_scoop
May 21st, 2009, 08:26 AM
I've just watched Ghostriders the movie ... oh my god ... pure trash ! :-)

statttis
May 27th, 2009, 08:17 PM
One of my druids was weaing an Eye of Aiming and got killed in battle. So of course my Fomorian king picks it up and goes blind :doh:. I wish the eye loss items worked like slave collars and coulnd't be picked up after death.

GrudgeBringer
May 27th, 2009, 08:22 PM
I'm sorry and didn't mean to laugh out loud Statttis, but I was just imagining me seeing that come across my screen if it had happened to me.

Eyes bugged out, yelling "this is BullS*#t" and then just staring at it.

Hope it gets better my friend...:up:

P3D
May 29th, 2009, 12:01 AM
Ouch, R'lyeh, even looking at your losses hurts. 7000+ golds worth of Mind Lords and Slave Trolls.

Slave Trolls looks really impressive but their attack at a skill of 7 is one of the worst in the game.

Toni_Bubu
May 29th, 2009, 01:29 PM
Next turn has been postponed by 48 hours as requested by mighty_scoop,

P3D
June 3rd, 2009, 08:19 PM
To whom it may concern.

Agarthan patrols discovered that Caelum decided to dishonor its NAP by deploying Bane Venom Charm equipped scouts.

Frozen Lama
June 3rd, 2009, 08:35 PM
Just passing through?? ;)

P3D
June 3rd, 2009, 09:03 PM
Ah that explains.


;)

P3D
June 7th, 2009, 06:03 PM
We'll need to switch R'lyeh AI.

Frozen Lama
June 7th, 2009, 09:40 PM
Umm Alpine Joe, did you get an incorrect replay for the battle in Prov 7? mine showed me winning without a loss, but i appear to have lost

mighty_scoop
June 11th, 2009, 04:19 PM
Because of Toni_Bubu laying in his bed being ill i postponed the turn for 14h.

GrudgeBringer
June 16th, 2009, 07:50 AM
Arco & TC formally disolves thier 3 turn Nap on turn 36.

Hostilities (if any) can begin on turn 39 should either Nation desire.

Alpine Joe
June 16th, 2009, 09:22 AM
I think Mictlan is seeing its last days in Ghostriders :(

Between the mysterious disappearance of my pretender and the badly needed ice devil he was using my last blood slaves to summon, an unfortunate and accidental stale mid war, and the fact that I confused my ally Agartha and enemy Hellheim's flags:eek:, I have made too many mistakes to salvage the wreckage of my nation. I will set myself to AI before the next hosting. Congrats to Caelum and Hellheim for the joint conquest. I hope to see you two in other games (frozen llama you better watch out in Cataclysm:) )

Tolkien
June 16th, 2009, 04:30 PM
I'm just scavanging, blatant opportunist I am. :P

Your Ice devil is in the province just below the fort I conquered, right? That's where I see him.

GrudgeBringer
June 16th, 2009, 04:44 PM
Is there something wrong with LLamaserver that it won't hot?

It was supposed to host this morning and now I see its postponed to tomorrow and a couple of turns havn't been submitted.

Where are we on this, anyone know?

Tolkien
June 16th, 2009, 05:20 PM
I think there was an overall postponement, as when I sent in my turn, most players hadn't sent it in (and that was three or so hours until update).

GrudgeBringer
June 16th, 2009, 05:45 PM
Ok, must have been my mistake....thanks.

Alpine Joe
June 16th, 2009, 06:28 PM
I'm just scavanging, blatant opportunist I am. :P

Your Ice devil is in the province just below the fort I conquered, right? That's where I see him.


not that ice devil......a much much better one :0

Tolkien
June 16th, 2009, 08:50 PM
Oh, I see. :)

mighty_scoop
June 17th, 2009, 10:09 AM
Hi fellow ghostriders,

i'm sorry ... Toni_Bubu and i are together on a workshop ... thought we would be back today but it was extended for another day. Rare internet access here and no dominions ;-(. We will be back tomorrow.

Greetings

statttis
June 26th, 2009, 10:43 PM
I won't have access to dominions for the next few days and would like to request a delay until monday evening.

Tolkien
June 27th, 2009, 01:09 PM
While that's going on, I need to find a sub for Ghostriders. I'm disappearing for a few weeks (starting Monday) with uncertain access to the internet, and I've been putting this off for awhile.

Tolkien
June 27th, 2009, 07:27 PM
It looks like I might not be able to find a sub in time before I leave (I actually leave Sunday, not Monday).

If I can't find a sub soon, I think it's best you guys find one. I'll be gone three weeks (the 28th to 17th), so what have you.

Also, if it turns out I do have internet access where I'm going, I'll be sure to tell you all. :)

Tolkien
June 27th, 2009, 09:45 PM
Three posts in a row (I hate not being able to edit after 30 mintues or so :( ).

Anyway, I've got to ask: would it be fine for Alpine Joe to come back in the game as Helheim (he's wondering if there isn't some kind of unwritten rule against it)? If yes, then I've found a sub. :)

Frozen Lama
June 28th, 2009, 04:44 PM
well if he does, then he can inherit another more powerful nation to invade me with just as i'm cleaning up his old one..... lol. i don't mind

GrudgeBringer
June 28th, 2009, 09:49 PM
OK with me as lomg as he knows and agrees to currant treaties ect.:up:

mighty_scoop
June 30th, 2009, 11:49 AM
i don't mind too ... guess it's ok ... nevertheless will postpone the game until situation is clear

P3D
July 1st, 2009, 02:35 AM
If the turn is run scheduled, I might need a 12-24h extension for the next one due to travel.

mighty_scoop
July 2nd, 2009, 08:09 AM
any news about alpine joe and helheim ?

Alpine Joe
July 2nd, 2009, 08:22 AM
I havn't heard from Tolkein back, but if it is okay with you all, I'd be happy to assume the sub position right now.

Frozen Lama
July 6th, 2009, 08:47 PM
All i can say is Ouch!

very nicely done. and oh the irony that i'm playing Caelum

Frozen Lama
July 8th, 2009, 10:06 PM
I will be going on vacation from the 16th to the 25th of this month. Fortunatly for me in this game, i'm almost done for. unless i do something amazing to come back, i will probably just go AI on the 15th. I hate quitting when i'm still fighting, but its inevitable now.

Frozen Lama
July 15th, 2009, 10:51 PM
My turn sent in will be setting me AI, despite my ability to fight a little more, Its not worth subbing into. thanks for the game guys

Tolkien
July 18th, 2009, 03:31 AM
Well, I'm back. How's Helheim doing. :x

Alpine Joe
July 18th, 2009, 11:23 AM
With Tolkein back my tenure as a sub is finished. You can switch the email address back to him. Good luck with the game everyone!

Tolkien
July 20th, 2009, 05:57 PM
Thanks Joe for presiding over my Helhirds.

mighty_scoop
July 21st, 2009, 03:54 PM
Just saw that Tolkien is back ...

@Tolkien I need your email ... just send me a pm please

welcome back !

@Alpine Joe Thx for subbing !

Tolkien
July 21st, 2009, 04:04 PM
Ah, thought Toni was still hosting.


Sent.

GrudgeBringer
July 23rd, 2009, 03:57 PM
I have managed to get my games down to one and was hoping to be able to continue it.

However, with the onset of the Rugby Season (practice ect) and my STILL being involved with a Traveling Tournament Softball Team there is no way I can keep up with the turns without asking for a LOT of extensions (From Friday to Monday mostly)

And to be honest, I wouldn't be putting the time on the turns I needed to.

I have tried to find a Sub asking Alpine Joe and a coupls of others but to no avial.

I will post for a sub in the MP Forum but don't think it will come of anything.

You guys decide,

I can just stale when I am gone but will be there to fight once in a while.

I can go AI

Or those around me can eat me up (that isn't good for the rest of the players).

Sorry guys, I will probably just take a break until the middle of November. Its been a GREAT time meeting and playing with all of you and I will be back to get beat on agian!!

Let me know what you think...I leave for Salt Lake City Aug 6th and will go AI then if noone has a solution.:(

JR77
July 24th, 2009, 09:25 AM
Copy of my post in Grudge's sub advert:

As Grudge says, I will be subbing for him from Monday. I have the list of official NAP's, but feel free to update me with more diplomatic information. Of course I will not know the history of the game and will probably not have time to look through the game thread, so see this as a new opportunity to make a friend (or enemy) :-)

The King is dead, long live the King!

PS Who should I send my e-mail address to? (After reading this thread I think I should send it to mighty_scoop... so that I have done. Have a nice weekend!)

JR77
July 27th, 2009, 10:38 AM
I would like to extend existing NAPs with 5 months and offer a new NAP to any that I am not currently fighting. Both to keep good relations, but I also think it is fair to allow me a few months to get settled in this new chair. I do not know whether you use only in-game messages (I have sent messages to you this turn (53)), private messages, or open thread messages like this one for diplomacy, but I would like an update from each of my worthy adversaries with response to NAP offer and the current diplomatic status.

Btw, I look forward to an interesting mid-/end-game. Thanks for letting me join, and I hope you will give me a fair fighting chance!

Tolkien
August 10th, 2009, 12:00 AM
Why is statttis always the one to attack me? :p

Also, I just realized I am the only reliable blood nation in the game. Hmm.

Anyone want to trade gems for blood slaves?

JR77
August 27th, 2009, 04:03 AM
Beware of the astral MONKIIIEEESSS....

That has got to hurt ;p

In case Fomoria does not know what I am referring to, ask either Argatha or Kailasa :)

statttis
August 27th, 2009, 04:24 AM
Heh, my scout saw the whole thing. Nothing worse than having your artifact wielding Tartarian enslaved by a bunch of monkeys :D

And JR77, why do you send your horrible creatures into my peaceful lands? They make the baby Fir Bolgs cry :(

JR77
August 27th, 2009, 05:56 AM
Well... my pretender is insane so I try to make the game decisions reflect this :)

P3D
September 22nd, 2009, 12:56 PM
OK, I just checked the turn file, and I need a rollback to turn 71, Kailasa has enough SCs that not staling being an AI caused me quite a damage.

Or I need a 6 hr extension to submit a turn.
Anyways, Statttis, do you have a lot of gem gens? If yes, I am willing to concede the game. Tart factory or not, you have twice my income.

statttis
September 22nd, 2009, 01:25 PM
Actually, I didn't forge my first clam until around turn 50. But I have enough now that I'm casting wish every turn. And I have masses of equipped SCs (2-3 more per turn), artifacts, huge armies, etc.

The game has effectively been over since I took out Helheim, I've just been playing around with my shiny toys :)

JR77
October 1st, 2009, 06:47 AM
Taking the above post into consideration, I think it is ok to go AI? Even though it is very funny to view some of the cool battles between you guys!

/arco

statttis
October 19th, 2009, 03:48 PM
Who is the admin? The game is over, time to end it.