LA CBM Game Pyrite upload Pretenders

[Hadrian_II]

Hi Everyone, i am trying to get a new LA Game Started

It would be hosted on llamaserver

Age: Late Age
Game Settings: Everything standard, except HoF 15 and renaming on
Map: Asia Twist
Mods: CBM 1.6
Players: as much as possible
Pace: first ~24 turns on 24h quickhost, then 48h quickhost until at least turn 50, after that extension to 72h by majority vote.

If you join this game, it is expected that you play it to the end, or that you find a sub that takes over for you.

R'lyeh is banned, as it is the only water nation in late.

Nations:

Abysia: Euarchus
Arcoscephale: Herode
Atlantis: iamofage
Bogarus: Stagger Lee (Ossa)
Caelum: Fantomen
Gath: Peacekeeper
Jomon: Graeme Dice
Man: rmcolosimo
Marignon: Baalz
Mictlan: 13lackGu4rd (earcaraxe)
Midgard: Isokron
Patala: Stagger Lee
Pythium: bgifu
T'ien Ch'i: Wrana
Ulm: ghoul31
Utgard: Hadrian-II

[earcaraxe]

Hi! Id like to join with Mictlan.

thx

[earcaraxe]

any map will do for me.

[Graeme Dice]

Jomon for me.

[Ferrosol]

I will take LA Ermor if there are no objections. as for map I would prefer Asia Twist with Alexander as a close second.

[Wrana]

Greetings!
I'd like to join as Tien Chi.
Is it necessary to use wraparound map? I don't like playing on toroids. ;) If necessary, I'd vote for Urraparand - at least, it explains why.

[Baalz]

I'll play Marignon

[iamofage]

I would like to play Atlantis if someone plays R'lyeh, if not then I'll take Bogarus.

[Hadrian_II]

I would like to play Atlantis if someone plays R'lyeh, if not then I'll take Bogarus.

Atlantis is fine, as it is a land nation.

I also noticed that r'lyeh is the only water nation in late, so r'lyeh is banned from the game. (if you object, please speak up now)

@Wrana: Wraparound is only because i like wraparound the most, but you may propose another non wraparound map if you want.

[rmcolosimo]

I would like to take Man,

Asia Twist - Just cuz I have played on it a bunch. :)

[Euarchus]

I will play with Abysia. I don't have an opinion about maps.

[Wrana]

I also noticed that r'lyeh is the only water nation in late, so r'lyeh is banned from the game. (if you object, please speak up now)
Theoretically, both Atlantis and Jomon are nations with good water access in LA, able to fight R'lyeh. So I think it can be allowed, especially as we have both of them present.

@Wrana: Wraparound is only because i like wraparound the most, but you may propose another non wraparound map if you want.
As I said, Urraparand seems the best wraparound map to me. Also a Planet Rorshach, which has spherical geometry.
Among non-wraparound I like Tyrande & Dawn of Dominions, but these are possibly too small if you want many players. Then maybe World of Geometry or World of Symmetry.

[iamofage]

I don't know about some maps but I know Orania only have a tiny strip of water, and Atlantis always starts at the coast. Though there's no garantee that R'lyeh won't steam roll Atlantis over first before I get any indie ranged units to take out the cheap mindblasting bastards or build a fortress in the water to recruit magic resist units which are only available in oceanic fortresses. R'lyeh would offer a challenge for anyone near the water without archers but I suppose it's not so bad.

[Hadrian_II]

Theoretically, both Atlantis and Jomon are nations with good water access in LA, able to fight R'lyeh. So I think it can be allowed, especially as we have both of them present.


But if it is early, would you really enter the water and engage R'lyeh or would you try to fight an easier target?

@Wrana: Wraparound is only because i like wraparound the most, but you may propose another non wraparound map if you want.
As I said, Urraparand seems the best wraparound map to me. Also a Planet Rorshach, which has spherical geometry.
Among non-wraparound I like Tyrande & Dawn of Dominions, but these are possibly too small if you want many players. Then maybe World of Geometry or World of Symmetry.

Urraparand is to small <10 provinces per player, Planet Rorschach would be an idea, as it is a wraparound map.

[Fantomen]

I'd like to play Caelum.


But if it is early, would you really enter the water and engage R'lyeh or would you try to fight an easier target?


A good LA atlantis player would rush R'lyeh.

[Peacekeeper]

id like to take on Gath please.

[Ossa]

I'd like to take Bogarus

[Isokron]

I would like to take Midgård

[Hadrian_II]

we are filling up nicely and the winning map is Asia Twist.

But as asia twist has only 16 land starts if tomorrow in the evening we have 16 or less players we will start on asia twist and if we are more we will take planet rorschach.

[Ferrosol]

I am afraid I will have to drop out of this game as my computers PSU has exploded. yes I am not kidding exploded in a shower of sparks and smell of burnt plastic. Luckily it is still under guarntee so I should get it fixed but chances are it will take weeks to ship it back and forth.

[Stagger Lee]

Patala please, and Asia Twist looks cool. I haven't played that one yet.

[bgifu]

I'll take Patala.

[Herode]

I'm interested in these settings. May I play Arco, please ? And my prefered map is Alexander, or Asia Twist.

[Hadrian_II]

ok, we are now 14 players, and so the map will be asia twist.

game is created, so you may start to upload pretenders

[bgifu]

I posted I want to play Patala.May I upload pretender?

[Peacekeeper]

I posted I want to play Patala.May I upload pretender?

staggerlee beat you to patala by a couple hours. His is the post directly before yours when you said you wanted to play them.

[bgifu]

I posted I want to play Patala.May I upload pretender?

staggerlee beat you to patala by a couple hours. His is the post directly before yours when you said you wanted to play them.

Alright.If there is still free places, I want to play Pythium.

[Hadrian_II]

you are in as pythium

[ghoul31]

I'll take ulm

[Hadrian_II]

yay full house please upload your pretenders so that the game can start on monday

[Hadrian_II]

Ok, it is now monday and we are still missing abysia and man. I sent them a pm and if they do not join till tomorrow evening, the game will start without them.

[Wrana]

Ok, it is now monday and we are still missing abysia and man. I sent them a pm and if they do not join till tomorrow evening, the game will start without them.
Did you start? I (TC) was also missing due to dying motherboard. If possible, I would like to have some 12 hours before start. Though I have a pair of Pretenders ready, I need some time to decide between them.

[rmcolosimo]

Man is not missing, it is called Patala for some reason. I reuploaded my pretender and it has been there all along.

Thanks.

[Stagger Lee]

Man is not missing, it is called Patala for some reason. I reuploaded my pretender and it has been there all along.

Thanks.

Actually, Patala is called Patala. LA Man is Chelms. Abysia is in now and we are just waiting on TC, who posted that he was having PC trouble, but would be in shortly.

[rmcolosimo]

Man is not missing, it is called Patala for some reason. I reuploaded my pretender and it has been there all along.

Thanks.

Actually, Patala is called Patala. LA Man is Chelms. Abysia is in now and we are just waiting on TC, who posted that he was having PC trouble, but would be in shortly.

Err.. That's what I meant Chelms. And I am uploaded. Sorry, I was thinking about something else when I typed and din't proof it.

[Hadrian_II]

ok, we are waiting for TC, and i hope that we will be able to start tomorrow

[Wrana]

Here we go. :)

[Hadrian_II]

good luck for everyone, bow to the power of utgard

[Wrana]

good luck for everyone, bow to the power of utgard
As soon as we see you, of course. After all, we are a civilized nation... ;)

[Fantomen]

I'd like a dealy until sunday night if that's ok.

[Hadrian_II]

postponed by a day

[Graeme Dice]

Anybody who hasn't turned private messaging on should probably do so if you want to actually talk to the other players in the game rather than play against an AI.

iamofage, this is mostly directed at you.

[iamofage]

Could have just emailed me you know, or send a messenger ingame (he might catch a severe cold on the way back though). Oh well, forum private messaging is on.

[Stagger Lee]

Oh well, forum private messaging is on.

Really, it is the easiest way to do diplomacy. Or look in on irc. :)

[Hadrian_II]

ok, i set the hosting time on 48h.

[Stagger Lee]

Thanks for the game Hadrian. GG Wrana. Later. :)

[Wrana]

Thanks for the game Hadrian. GG Wrana. Later. :)

Thanks. You should have ensured peace with your neighbors. ;) By the way, what was an idea behind your Pretender?

[iamofage]

Abysia seems to be staling for a long time. Should we find him a sub?

[Hadrian_II]

Abysia seems to be staling for a long time. Should we find him a sub?

looking from the graph there is no hope for him setting him to ai

[Calahan]

Nothing to see here.

[Herode]

Nothing to see here.
What do you mean ?

@bout Abysia : true, the counterattack of Ulm against Abysia has been very impressive, some nice little battles around there although I confess that I would not have bid a single gem on Ulm after the initial offensive of Abysia. That's a good lesson : do not rest near a vampire's fort. :cool:

[Calahan]

Nothing to see here.
What do you mean ?
I originally posted offering to sub in for Abysia to give them a last stand. But Hadrian had already sorted the problem by setting Abysia AI by the time I contacted him (and Abysia was the last turn outstanding for hosting). So I then went back and edited my message to the above.

My thought was everyone would just ignore my edited message, and this would help avoid confusion regarding where I'm talking about subbing in to make a last stand for Abysia one minute, but yet they ended up as AI the next turn. But obviously my plan resulted in an epic fail :doh: as evidenced by this very explanation :)

[Herode]

OK, sorry :laugh:

[Stagger Lee]

Thanks. You should have ensured peace with your neighbors. ;) By the way, what was an idea behind your Pretender?

Destroyer of Worlds (d9a4b2, I think). I'm not sold on him as SC, so I thought he could use ranged attacks to suppot initial expansion, then jumpstart a blood economy, and once that was up and running, with precision and penetration boosters, he could support a real army. He was cursed by a lizard shaman on turn 3, and chopped up by barbarians on turn 4, with afflictions piling up ridiculously quickly.

The vampire count you see near my territory did not affect me. Patala gets elephants, and I should have used them for expansion. I agree I should have sought peace, but I wasn't getting into blood with him dead, and my mages are also my priests, so by calling god, I was lagging in research. By turn 6 my situation was pretty hopeless. Bad luck, and worse decisions by me, and no good expansion routes.

See you next time

[Herode]

The last armies of Gath have been banned out of our sacred land, let the people of Arcoscephale and his allies sing and rejoice !

Alas, the Evil Priests left behind them a great deal of pain and destruction : during the few month they ruled the Sami Mantle, the two thirds of the inhabitants of our capitol have been slaughtered through blood hunt and pillage, ruined through taxes, and all the buildings of the City uselessly destroyed.

The people of Arcoscephale claims for vengeance. This is fair but futile : the Ennemy has been wipped and is no more haunting this world. So what ? Ladies and gentlemen, have pity and mercy of us. Any whisky around here in order to warm our bleeding hearts ? We shall gladefully trade any barrel of the Divine Liquor for 10 astral pearls, just PM.
:barrel:

[Peacekeeper]

The last armies of Gath have been banned out of our sacred land, let the people of Arcoscephale and his allies sing and rejoice !

you and all 4 of them lol. Go baalz!

[Baalz]

Unlikely as it is that I'll be able to fight off such a massive alliance after failing to secure a single ally myself, I will make them bleed like pigs. To the few players *not* attacking me you might want to consider what's going to happen when I'm not killing swarms of these guys each turn anymore. Marignon urgently calls for the last couple "independent" nations to rally to their banner. After I fall your owly slim hope will be that they turn on each other before eating the rest because they'll collectively have about 3 times the power of everyone else left.

[Wrana]

Unlikely as it is that I'll be able to fight off such a massive alliance after failing to secure a single ally myself,
Sorry, but blame your own well-known ingenuity for such a popularity. ;) And maybe too fast expansion. You thought your neighbors wouldn't be concerned while you kill us one by one? I prefer to bleed like a pig now to having no chance later. :D

[Hadrian_II]

Unlikely as it is that I'll be able to fight off such a massive alliance after failing to secure a single ally myself, I will make them bleed like pigs. To the few players *not* attacking me you might want to consider what's going to happen when I'm not killing swarms of these guys each turn anymore. Marignon urgently calls for the last couple "independent" nations to rally to their banner. After I fall your owly slim hope will be that they turn on each other before eating the rest because they'll collectively have about 3 times the power of everyone else left.

Do not listen to the silver tongue of the demon overlord of marignon. We are a group of nations who took it upon us to defeat marignon with great costs to our empires to protect the world from his rule.

After his attack and the following destruction of Caelum, everyone should see, that if we do not stand together against marignon, we will be killed one by one by him.

But sadly we have to rapport, that marignon has already a slave empire called bogarus, who took it upon themselves to walk around half the world, to engage me in my back.

btw. LA Marignon played by Baalz should be treated as LA Ermor and dealt with accordingly.

[Herode]

Well, this looks like straight baalzophobia. We may consider this new kind of pathology as another pernicious effect of the dominion of Dom3.

Do you still want you dominions 3, girls ?

And errrr, talking about Caelum, he stalled three turns in a rows, better set him to IA I guess.

[Baalz]

Well, this looks like straight baalzophobia. We may consider this new kind of pathology as another pernicious effect of the dominion of Dom3.

Do you still want you dominions 3, girls ?

This is, quite unfortunately for me not a new pathology. Flattering though it is I have yet to pull myself out from under the 4-5 nation pileup that my inflated reputation seems to encourage.



And errrr, talking about Caelum, he stalled three turns in a rows, better set him to IA I guess.

He's got just a sieged cap. There seems to be a decent sized force in it but he seems to be inclined to force me to storm it. Hard to say how much longer I've got to chip away at that godawful thick wall though.

[Fantomen]

Well, this looks like straight baalzophobia. We may consider this new kind of pathology as another pernicious effect of the dominion of Dom3.

Do you still want you dominions 3, girls ?

This is, quite unfortunately for me not a new pathology. Flattering though it is I have yet to pull myself out from under the 4-5 nation pileup that my inflated reputation seems to encourage.



And errrr, talking about Caelum, he stalled three turns in a rows, better set him to IA I guess.

He's got just a sieged cap. There seems to be a decent sized force in it but he seems to be inclined to force me to storm it. Hard to say how much longer I've got to chip away at that godawful thick wall though.

Ach, sorry about the stales, I thought I was dead already. Ok I'll try to make a worthy last stand.

[Wrana]

Ach, sorry about the stales, I thought I was dead already. Ok I'll try to make a worthy last stand.
No, we had managed to pull at least part of Marignon forces on ourselves, if not much else. ;)

[Wrana]

Could you postpone today's hosting by about 12 hours? Thank you.

[Hadrian_II]

sry, did not see your message soon enough

[Wrana]

Llamaserver says game crashed. What do we do? I'm for resending, what do others say?

[iamofage]

Unlikely as it is that I'll be able to fight off such a massive alliance after failing to secure a single ally myself, I will make them bleed like pigs. To the few players *not* attacking me you might want to consider what's going to happen when I'm not killing swarms of these guys each turn anymore. Marignon urgently calls for the last couple "independent" nations to rally to their banner. After I fall your owly slim hope will be that they turn on each other before eating the rest because they'll collectively have about 3 times the power of everyone else left.

Well, let's hope that you can put up a good fight then. Antagonizing a single player makes the game boring unless it's ermor. Since you only got 2 baalz, at least I hope so, they should be fighting over them in the end. If you win then good for you.

Gath had a good run but too bad giants didn't like my icecream land of starvation or maybe they are all lactose intolerant?

[Hadrian_II]

Llamaserver says game crashed. What do we do? I'm for resending, what do others say?

There was some llamaserver problems, but it should be fine now.

[Hadrian_II]

due to the last llamaserver problems, the hosting was on 36h, i fixed it,and we are back on 48h hosting time.

[Herode]

Looks like Pyrite crashed and disapeared form the llamaserver page :D

[llamabeast]

Yep, same problem again. Sorry! I think I am learning though.

[earcaraxe]

hi!

im looking for someone who would trade dwarven hammers with me. Most probably we can work out something.

earcaraxe, from mictlan.

[iamofage]

Aww, look what you guys did...Baalz turned AI:(, now the game is going to be less fun with a major player gone. I got a feeling I'll be ganged by all 7 neighbor players at once very soon...

[earcaraxe]

why?

[Wrana]

Maybe because of too much territory and too high research for his own good? ;)
And yes, it's a pity that Baalz is gone. But I'd prefer that to being his next victim any day of the week. :)

[Fantomen]

The purge has been lifted, the beast driven form the gate. Still rings the forges of Caelum in the icy night, still flies the ravens on silent wings. Caelum will rise, do not stand in her way!

Err, perhaps not, but I still live. Huzzah!

[Wrana]

Excellent! We are happy that our help was not in vain! Emperor sends congratulations to you!

[Herode]

Hum. Resurrection in heretic lands ? So weird... I will have to cut two or three heads amongst my astrologers for they did not tell me anything about those irrational mysteries.

But this is not the purpose of my presence here.

I am here to claim, Lords and Ladies and Bachelorettes, that War has been declared upon Atlantis.

At last.

Yes ! 't was about foocking time. And y'a know, maybe it is already too late. The True God will give us some signs about our fate soon or late. Anyway, Plotin the Wise said once in his Enneades : "It was not the duty of the Gods to win in place of the peaceful. The Rule is that at war, one gains his people's life and safety through fight, not through prayers" (free translation from your miserable servant, please have mercy for my weaknesses in english ;)).

So, Ladies and Lords and Bachelorettes, the point is now that I invite you to join the Holy Crusade Against The Evils Shrimps (or Worse), for They are now so Powerful and Ugly and... well, you know... that we will for sure need help and troops and love (and whisky).

Hence, gifts, allies and any form of effective help on the field are critically welcome.

Do not be shy. Just sign here. It's going to be so fun !

Sincerely Yours,
Herode the Everthirsty, Astrodiplomat of Arcoscephale.

[Wrana]

Whisky especially. ;) Well, if I will be at your lands, I'll remember this. By the way, some time ago you said something about Bogarus attacking you or something. As I still don't see them nowhere close to me - what's with them and where they are?

[Herode]

Bogarus attacking me ? Probably not, dear neighbourg : I never saw the smallest sign of their witches and I don't have any idea where this nation could possibly stand. ^^

[iamofage]

Hum. Resurrection in heretic lands ? So weird... I will have to cut two or three heads amongst my astrologers for they did not tell me anything about those irrational mysteries.

But this is not the purpose of my presence here.

I am here to claim, Lords and Ladies and Bachelorettes, that War has been declared upon Atlantis.

At last.

Yes ! 't was about foocking time. And y'a know, maybe it is already too late. The True God will give us some signs about our fate soon or late. Anyway, Plotin the Wise said once in his Enneades : "It was not the duty of the Gods to win in place of the peaceful. The Rule is that at war, one gains his people's life and safety through fight, not through prayers" (free translation from your miserable servant, please have mercy for my weaknesses in english ;)).

So, Ladies and Lords and Bachelorettes, the point is now that I invite you to join the Holy Crusade Against The Evils Shrimps (or Worse), for They are now so Powerful and Ugly and... well, you know... that we will for sure need help and troops and love (and whisky).

Hence, gifts, allies and any form of effective help on the field are critically welcome.

Do not be shy. Just sign here. It's going to be so fun !

Sincerely Yours,
Herode the Everthirsty, Astrodiplomat of Arcoscephale.

The council of shambling shamblers was struck by the outrageous reports of deliberate attack from Arco without a sign of breaking NAP3 nor declaration of war. With this angering and saddening news, Hatteliar the ugly basalt king have been elected councilor of the new SS by the angry mobs of young foolish atlantians. Our beloved icecream dagon is too diseased and cursed to stop the inevitable says his spokesman the river naiad, "peace and love will no longer be the priorty of the icecreamland, now death and blizzard will play with the land!"

Hatteliar first act coming to power was to employ global policy of human genocide recently annouced by his new icecream truck Goebbols:

1. All humies found in our land will be frozen into cubes and transported to the concentration caves for later undead uses.

2. All humies found outside of ourland will age and die and frozen for later undead uses.

3. All humies that are still not born have a chance to live by crawling out of mother's womb and crawl into the new invention that our beloved Naiad discovered- The Refridgerator. It will turn yuckie humies into icecream loving Atlantians! Mothers of human kind, think of your children and buy them a refridgerator! It's only now 1g if you hand over your husband! Sold in your local caves.

Hattelair has also announced that all races inside the lands other than humans that cannot breath water be tried for witchery and blasphemy. The trial will comprise of 3 step process:

-First, victim needs to submerge underwater without floating for 1 hour to get to second trial.

-Second, you will wear the slave collar and submerge underwater without floating for 1 hour to get to the third trial.

-Finally, you will be inspected by a professional Angakok and be cast Control of Dead(Thau 5) which recently just discovered to vaccinate witchery for eternity.

This news reporter is in grave danger and will not declare his identity and cannot continue to write anymore due to an immediate danger.

[Herode]

:p

Nice statement, Unholy Rotted Shrimp.

We from Arcoscephale the Peaceful Land, nevertheless notice that your words and the rituals you have just cast are an evidence of universal evilness and a straight Declaration of War upon all the earth (hence civilized) nations of this World.

I guess most of them will hear the threat and act accordingly. May the Three Thousand Incontinent Cats forever cast their Stinky Rain upon the heads of those who will not join the Crusade.

Also, I want to point some erroneous statement in your declaration :
The council of shambling shamblers was struck by the outrageous reports of deliberate attack from Arco without a sign of breaking NAP3 nor declaration of war.
No NAP has been signed between our nations. Arcoscephale went at war against Gath to help you, our warriors saved your people from a fast and bloody extermination, but no formal and quantified treaty has ever been signed.

Moreover, despite the provided help, despite the price paid by the people of Arcoscephale, while we were struggling against the last hordes of Gath, the Greedy Shrimps occupied some of our former lands and refused to give them back to us.

We saw that our help, our sacrifices were not rewarded in return.

We cried and mourned and moaned for our Lost lands.

We drunk a whole bunch of Holy Whisky Barrels along with our priestresses but no way, the offense was too rude.

Unfortunately, as you mostly live under the seas, the Three Thousand Inc. Cats are almost useless to blame such a piracy. The war was then the only solution.

Wasn't it ?

Long Live the Tuna Eaters !
Arco
:fight:

[iamofage]

1. 1 wasteland province with 10g income 40 resource is all that you lost to me, it was taken to stage an attack to relieve your capital from Gath if your forces are not enough.

2. It was only after Arco attacked me that I casted Burden of time.

3. It was after the turn Arco attacked me did he declare war on here.

[earcaraxe]

Our terrible lord, the great Smoking Mirror, has in His property many essences of earth which are no use to our people. We would like to trade them away for essences of water and death.

in the name of Smoking Mirror,

the rain priests

[Hadrian_II]

postponed by 12h for jomon

[Herode]

Greetings, guys. Just to let you know that slayers_ai is going to sub me for a week. PM sent to hadrain with the email to set for Arco.

I will not have any reliable access to Internet during this time so don't bother about delays in PMs ;)

See you soon. And thanks to slayers for the help !
H., for Arcoscephale

[iamofage]

Sorry guys, but this game is getting dumb, don't feel like I am having much fun from all this ganging. I'll try to find a sub, can you postpone until then Hydrian?

[Hadrian_II]

game postponed

[earcaraxe]

i would like a 24hrs postponement as im going away for the weekend, thank u very much,

earcaraxe

[Hadrian_II]

i'll postpone after the next turn is in

[Ossa]

Same as in Marakas and men:


You need to find a sub for Bogarus, I was unsuccessful in finding anyone yet - though chrispedersen may be interested;) I'll be off from tomorrow morning on, unfortunatly


I'm sorry I cant coordinate the takeover, in the worst case the admin should put Pythium to ai - which would definitly be a shame.

[Stagger Lee]

... in the worst case the admin should put Pythium to ai - which would definitly be a shame.

Set Pythium AI? I died on, like, turn 6! If you guys can wait til Monday, I'd be happy to jump back into a live nation like Bogarus in this game, though. I'm away for the weekend right now. No game and sporadic access.

[Stagger Lee]

... in the worst case the admin should put Pythium to ai - which would definitly be a shame.

Set Pythium AI? I died on, like, turn 6! If you guys can wait til Monday, I'd be happy to jump back into a live nation like Bogarus in this game, though. I'm away for the weekend right now. No game and sporadic access.

Damn, too late to edit. My forgettable nation in this game was Patala. :doh:

Anyway, the offer still stands for Bogarus.

[Wrana]

Welcome back, then. Bogarus seems to be in a good position.

[Hadrian_II]

Im going to holiday, and i have sent the admin pw to Wrana if there should be problems.

[earcaraxe]

I'm afraid u forgot abuot this and i stalled.

i'll postpone after the next turn is in

[earcaraxe]

its offtopic, but i tried all the other options:

I need a replacement partner in the prepo2 no diplomacy team game. the game has just started (12th turn) and with special independents it seems very fun. PM me if interested.

[Wrana]

earcaraxe, please, state which nation and which era it is. If it's not too late already, of course. I, for example, may be interested, though currently I'm not in the best form.

[earcaraxe]

it was a rand game, thats why i diodnt write the nations.

thanks for the intention of help, but i have already found a new partner.

[Stagger Lee]

As no attempt has been made to switch Bogarus to me, I will wish you all good luck with the rest of the game.

You should probably try to figure out what to do about Bogarus and Atlantis, though. :)

[Herode]

Turn received & email switched back to mine, Wrana, thanks !

As no attempt has been made to switch Bogarus to me, I will wish you all good luck with the rest of the game.

You should probably try to figure out what to do about Bogarus and Atlantis, though. :)
Wrana is not (yet) experienced as game admin but he is learning ;)
You should try once again since he now knows how to handle email addresses.

As for Atlantis, please iamofage, may I remind you that the first post quoted :
If you join this game, it is expected that you play it to the end, or that you find a sub that takes over for you.

You should find a sub or to set the nation to IA. Stalling the former #1 nation is just plain ridiculous and may spoil the game for the other players.

I suggest to delay the next turn for a few days while this subbing affair is solved.

[Stagger Lee]

Turn received & email switched back to mine, Wrana, thanks !

As no attempt has been made to switch Bogarus to me, I will wish you all good luck with the rest of the game.

You should probably try to figure out what to do about Bogarus and Atlantis, though. :)
Wrana is not (yet) experienced as game admin but he is learning ;)
You should try once again since he now knows how to handle email addresses.

As for Atlantis, please iamofage, may I remind you that the first post quoted :
If you join this game, it is expected that you play it to the end, or that you find a sub that takes over for you.

You should find a sub or to set the nation to IA. Stalling the former #1 nation is just plain ridiculous and may spoil the game for the other players.

I suggest to delay the next turn for a few days while this subbing affair is solved.

Sure, do you need me to send my address again? And yes, let's try to find an Atlantis player. :)

[Stagger Lee]

OK, I'm going away for a few days. If you get an offer you're interested in for Bogarus, take it. I won't be able to look at a new game til Sunday now. If you're interested and Bogarus hasn't staled away, I may still be up for it.

[Wrana]

Postponed while Atlantis players is sought. Sorry. If somebody feels that we should continue without it, write here or PM me.
Hadrian is currently looks absent. :(

[Hadrian_II]

sorry for going missing like that, i forgot about dom3 subs before i got to holidays, so it was kinda abrupt and not very pleasant.

I am back now, and i hope that the game can now continue without more interruptions (at least from me)

if there is still something i have to do, please let me know

[Herode]

Don't worry about this, Hadrian. It belongs to the players leaving the game to find subs for their nations, not to the game admin. Unfortunately, this basic rule has been ignored by some folks and their lazziness now forces the admin to get involved in that Quest :bug: ...

NB : I created a thread to find a sub for Atlantis. You may want to give your PM address there if you're back so the volunteers will not contact Wrana instead of you.

And anyway, thanks for taking some of your free time to launch & admin this game ;)

[Hadrian_II]

atlantis is pw protected :( so no subs

[Herode]

No master password ?

[Wrana]

atlantis is pw protected :( so no subs
Damn. Sorry for postponing then.:doh:

[Hadrian_II]

No master password ?

did not set any

[Stagger Lee]

atlantis is pw protected :( so no subs

Which means Atlantis must stale away? Is there no option?

[Hadrian_II]

bug llamabeast for something non life threatening

[Stagger Lee]

Can the reminders be set to 12hrs? I thought I had time to finish last turn tonight. The reminder and the new turn both came while I was sleeping. :(

[Hadrian_II]

done

[earcaraxe]

I will be out of town until sunday 23:00 PM GMT+2. I will have time to issue turns on thursday 22:00 GMT+2. I have already sent my turn in.

So i would like a temporaly +24hrs to the hosting interval until next monday (making it 72 hrs), thanks.

[Hadrian_II]

ok, i will increase the timer to 72 after the next hosting

[13lackGu4rd]

can you guys put me off of the game? I still receive Atlantis turns despite not being able to do anything about them, so it's just annoying now...

[Hadrian_II]

ok, i set the atlantis email to mine, so that they will bug me now.

[earcaraxe]

ok, i will increase the timer to 72 after the next hosting

thanks very much!

[Isokron]

All praise Eric the pd herse who struck down the Ulmish lord of war pretender in single combat.

[ghoul31]

All praise Eric the pd herse who struck down the Ulmish lord of war pretender in single combat.

I didn't realize that if you call you pretender god, he will appear at your capital. Even if someone else currently owns it. That is a pretty dumb game mechanic.

[Herode]

Capitol is a very special place, as its various incomes and sites can show. I find this rule symbolic and relevant. After all, losing it's capitol is a nogo for any nation.

Anyway, I admit that the Lord of War of a nation like Ulm, who fiercely fought against the odds for such a long time, deserved a better fate. :smirk:

[earcaraxe]

I would like to quit this game, but so far couldnt find a sub. I will send in a couple more turns if needed - to avoid delays - . Please help me find a heir to the throne of Mictlan.

[Hadrian_II]

I would like to quit this game, but so far couldnt find a sub. I will send in a couple more turns if needed - to avoid delays - . Please help me find a heir to the throne of Mictlan.

*grumble*, that would be the third major nation bailing out.

[ghoul31]

It looks like this game is over

[earcaraxe]

guys, i will play until we find a sub. so all naps and alliances and plans and such are still holding.


also: i would like to trade for water gems. I have plenty of air and earth to offer.

[ghoul31]

Well I suggest that you guys all start attacking Midgard. He will wipe me out in about 3 turns, and is running away with this game.

[Stagger Lee]

Can I get a 24hr extension?

Sorry, but unavoidable.

[Hadrian_II]

Can I get a 24hr extension?

Sorry, but unavoidable.

Sorry, i did not see that until now, please inform me earlier if you need an extension.

[earcaraxe]

Dear fellow pretenders!

I pass the duties of leading my aztecs to Blackguard, who was so kind to sub in for me. I really enjoyed playing with u. In the end it was too much of a burden playing with a nation i lost my interes in.

I updated BG on every diplomatic agreement and plan i had, so it might go as smooth as nothing has happened.

i wish u much fun in this game, and hope to meet u on the next field of battle,

earcaraxe

[Hadrian_II]

ok, blackguard should be in control of mictlan now

[13lackGu4rd]

yup, I'm in control now, studying my new position. if any of you have anything else to add beyond what earcaraxe mentioned, old things as well as new, than by all means talk to me. PMs are great, IRC even better. lets get your game rolling again and finish off staling Atlantis(that I couldn't sub into before).

[Stagger Lee]

Welcome, BG, from another sub, here in Bogarus. Thanks for helping out.

[13lackGu4rd]

it would be of great help if I can have a 24 hour extension, to give me a bit more time to get comfortable with my new position.

[Hadrian_II]

postponed

[13lackGu4rd]

wow that was close, I thought the 12 hours were going to be up so I sent in my turn, but someone else(besides Atlantis) didn't so I guess it's good you postponed it. anyway I'm ready, and got my turn in.

[Herode]

Hmm, interesting : looks like Utgärd eventually signed some pact with Vanheim and is attacking me (3 Heliophagus + a big bunch of troops).

Maybe it's time now for the neutral turtlers to choose their side and to jump into action :D

[Hadrian_II]

Hmm, interesting : looks like Utgärd eventually signed some pact with Vanheim and is attacking me (3 Heliophagus + a big bunch of troops).

i am still at war with midgard, i just think that i can make better use of your lands than you.

[13lackGu4rd]

need an extension for around 24 hours, hoped I could finish this turn before today but I can't, and I'll be away until tomorrow night. also the turns seem to be very fast, can we slow the game down a bit seeing that we're in the very late game?

[Hadrian_II]

please ask for extensions before the turn is hosting, so that i can react to it. About prolonging the hosting time, we are on 72h now, and going to 96h makes the game progressing really slow, so i wont go to it, until not a majority of the players have voted for it.

[13lackGu4rd]

I asked for it about 12 hours before hosting, sure it's not the standard 24 but it should still be enough... also it feels like we're still on 48h not 72h but whatever... anyway, these 2 stales now(the first 1 completely my fault, was about to send in the turn and I just received the new 1) and now this, so perhaps you guys should find someone else to pick up Mictlan...

[Hadrian_II]

I asked for it about 12 hours before hosting, sure it's not the standard 24 but it should still be enough... also it feels like we're still on 48h not 72h but whatever... anyway, these 2 stales now(the first 1 completely my fault, was about to send in the turn and I just received the new 1) and now this, so perhaps you guys should find someone else to pick up Mictlan...

i think my last comment looks more rude, than i intended it, i just was not able to see your request until after it was already too late. Also please continue to play mictlan, as at this time, it will be almost impossible to find a sub.

[Isokron]

That was a really nice battle Mictlan, lets have another one! Too bad you killed my goatsun though, but at least I wont have to gor it now :)

[Stagger Lee]

Away for the weekend. 24hr extension please.

[Hadrian_II]

postponed

[Herode]

Hmm, interesting : looks like Utgärd eventually signed some pact with Vanheim and is attacking me (3 Heliophagus + a big bunch of troops).

i am still at war with midgard, i just think that i can make better use of your lands than you.
Well, I am heavily in favour of experimental confirmation of theories. Here, it really looks like you're not making such a good use of my lands and you'd better have concentrated your efforts against Midgard rather than stabbing a weak and confident ally :D

[Hadrian_II]

Hmm, interesting : looks like Utgärd eventually signed some pact with Vanheim and is attacking me (3 Heliophagus + a big bunch of troops).

i am still at war with midgard, i just think that i can make better use of your lands than you.
Well, I am heavily in favour of experimental confirmation of theories. Here, it really looks like you're not making such a good use of my lands and you'd better have concentrated your efforts against Midgard rather than stabbing a weak and confident ally :D

Well, quite frankly midgard is stronger than expected. But if i would have only attacked midgard, then i would be in the end weaker than mictlan and loose anyway. But there is still hope for everyone

[13lackGu4rd]

seriously guys, you guys need to find someone else for Mictlan. I'm really not up for this any more, and perhaps someone else will manage to salvage something out of it, as it's still a pretty strong position and all...

[Hadrian_II]

I dont think we can find a sub now, but it might be time to declare midgard the winner of the game (as nobody seems to be able to even get some provinces of his.)

[13lackGu4rd]

well, I don't mind whatever you guys decide, I'm done here.

[Hadrian_II]

I postponed the game undefinitely, so that everyone who is still in it can comment on the current situation, so please do. I personally think that it would be hard to find a sub for mictlan on this turn, but we might try, also i think that midgard is not yet unkillable, but only if micltan plays along, if we do not find a sub for mictlan, i would think that the correct course of action would be to declare midgard the victor. But i will put up a sub request for mictlan, you never know who will sign up.

[Herode]

As far as Arcoscephale is concerned, and considering the graphs, I am in favour of declaring Midgard our new Ruler.

Now, I admit Arco is a very minor nation in this endgame so I will follow the general motto if you guys want to go on. Not that it will be very interesting for me but I don't like dropping a running game. Myrmidons do not stale ! :D

[Isokron]

I dont know, I think Bogarus might want some say in it, he has been sitting still building Tartarians with well of misery for most of the game after all.

[Graeme Dice]

I've been out of contention ever since Pythium attacked back around turn 20, so I'm just enjoying trying out things at this point.

[Stagger Lee]

I dont know, I think Bogarus might want some say in it, he has been sitting still building Tartarians with well of misery for most of the game after all.

Yeah, OK. So it's on then eh, Midgard? :tough:

I only subbed in to see how Bogarus might look late in the late game. Sort of a primer for LO2, which worked as well as most of my stragedies. :lol

[Isokron]

Yeah, OK. So it's on then eh, Midgard? :tough:


Nah its Utgard that want a quick end so go attack him instead. :)

[Hadrian_II]

i do not want a quick end, but id rather end it now, that to have an AI mictlan running rampage.

[Hadrian_II]

OK, Calahan has agreed to sub for Mictlan, so Midgard might still be killed :).

p.s. please get your turn in before the deadline comes, i will force hosting as soon as everyone except atlantis has the turn in.

[Calahan]

As Hadrian says, I've now subbed into this game as Mictlan. Unless I hear otherwise, I'll assume I'm at war with Midgard and at peace with everyone else (although please let me know if any of these 'peace' agreements are NAP's etc. I'll assume not otherwise)


Also, is there any reason I'm missing as to why Atlantis hasn't been set AI?

[13lackGu4rd]

yes, I tried to do it but he password protected his pretender and there is no master password set for this game. so the only choice is to let Atlantis stale away.

[Calahan]

yes, I tried to do it but he password protected his pretender and there is no master password set for this game. so the only choice is to let Atlantis stale away.
Well I must admit, that is a damn good reason :)

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@ Hadrian - Please can I get a 48 hour delay of the current turn. (PM-ed you about it as well)

@ All - Very sorry to ask for the delay, having a very busy week in RL, and as such I haven't had time to do much other than open the turn file yet, so have little to no chance of making tomorrows deadline :( And given the nature of the position, and with it being my first turn, it'd be great if I could get a full weekend (yippee, weekend means no work :)) to assess the position, and get fully clued-up with regards both the postion, and the overall game/diplomatic situation.


@ All again - Please can someone confirm that the following is the correct nation-player list. (I don't suspect the OP to be wrong, but thought I'd double check just in case, as don't want to contact the wrong person about dimplomacy and be left waiting for a reply that may never come)

Arco - Herode
Atlantis - iamofage (happily staling away)
Jomon - Graeme Dice
Mictlan - Calahan
Midgard - Isokron
Bogarus - Stagger Lee
Tien Ch'i - Wrana
Utgard - Hadrian II

[Herode]

Confirmed :)

[Calahan]

@ Hadrian - Please can I get a 48 hour delay of the current turn. (PM-ed you about it as well)

:doh: Obviously ignore my delay request. I totally missed the actual deadline date, and only saw "21:35 GMT on Friday", and missed that all important additional bit of info. "21:35 GMT on Friday 15th October"


I promise to try and not be quite so retarded in-game.


@ Herode - Thanks for the confirmation :up:

[Hadrian_II]

we are missing the turns of bogarus and TC, please get your turns in.

[Stagger Lee]

What's going on? Is TC still with us?

[Hadrian_II]

i think so, someone extended the deathline and it was not me and the only one that has the pw is wrana.

[Calahan]

Pop Quiz time folks, the topic is "WTF??!?"

Check the graphs out (attached for on-lookers), and try to explain how Utgard's research graph went down! :confused:

I can safely say I've never seen that before during my time playing Dominions. Stewpid Jiunts! :)

[Stagger Lee]

Sorry guys. I was away this weekend, and have to work OT tomorrow. Can I get an extra 12hrs? Thanks.

[Hadrian_II]

postponed

[Wrana]

Sorry, brain is completely not working, so I am turning AI.
I'll probably return to the forum after a month or so.
Sorry. :(

[Herode]

Sorry, brain is completely not working, so I am turning AI.
I'll probably return to the forum after a month or so.
Sorry. :(
Sorry to see you go, Wrana. But you'd better find a sub. This game had more than enough stales and IA and what is left form TC could still interest someone, no ?

Pop Quiz time folks, the topic is "WTF??!?"

Check the graphs out (attached for on-lookers), and try to explain how Utgard's research graph went down! :confused:
Did you eventually find any explanation for this fascinating un-learning curve ? :p

[Hadrian_II]

postponed the game a bit to clarify the situation:
Does someone think that he has any chance to to damage to midgard now when even TC is gone?

[Stagger Lee]

Well, maybe I should have tried sooner, but Bogarus marches to war (and certain death)!

[Calahan]

TC are only being set AI this turn, so is there any reason a sub isn't being looked for instead? Since I can't see too much point personally in continuing if we have to lose such an important nation to the AI.

There seems to be a lot of eager new players around these days, and while the position is far from one I'd want a new player to sub into, since the war with Midgard will likely mean the learning curve will have to be negotiated while similtaniously taking a blood bath. Even this has to be preferable to the AI rearing its unwanted head. So trying to find a sub probably isn't a completely fruitless exercise (unless none of the new players want a taste of late-game action)


As a last resort, and if delaying the game again is undesirable, can I suggest to find someone to amend TC's orders to a 'doing nothing/stale' turn rather than setting to AI. Since the latter is rather permanent after all.

Or of course just say well played, and award the game to Isokron. (although I'm happy to keep playing if others are, but maybe less so if TC are lost to the AI, as then it seems a lot less worth continuing IMO. But I still will of course if others are happy to)

[Hadrian_II]

i postponed again, but i have no time this weekend to look for a sub.

[Herode]

I've posted on the dedicated thread in hope some sub shows. I would be very disappointed to see this game ending just at the moment I was about to crush the crappy Utgard's uss :D

[Calahan]

@ All - Hadrian has given me the admin password, and I've just posted for a sub. Fingers crossed one shows up :)


Edit -
I've posted on the dedicated thread in hope some sub shows. I would be very disappointed to see this game ending just at the moment I was about to crush the crappy Utgard's uss :D
Many thanks for that Herode, as the further and wider the request is shouted, the better chance a sub can be found :)

[Calahan]

Ok guys, we need a decision within the next ~12 hours regarding TC. Assuming no sub comes along in that time (fingers not un-crossed on that yet though), then we have two options that I can see.

1 - Allow TC to be turned AI.
2 - Get someone to amend the orders to an effective stale turn.

The immediate outcome of the first option is pretty obvious. The second option gives TC another stale, but does keep the nation 'open' for a sub to be found.

Personally, I don't feel this is 'my game' yet, having only subbed in 2 turns ago. So I don't want to make a decision myself that will affect several months of work by the rest of you, and without a sub, there is no 'good' option for TC that I can see. So some feedback from you all would certainly be appreciated :) But my own take is that if TC is lost to the AI or staling, then this game is over, and we may as well save time by crowning the worthy winner now.


With regards the TC-sub position, can I suggest that if any one of you here really wants to keep this game going, then you need to get active with sorting the TC-sub situation out. As most of you know, I subbed in here as part of a sub-swap deal to solve a subbing problem I had in another game I was playing. So if the continuation of this game means anything to anyone here, then might I suggest you find a game that needs a sub, and offer to do the same.

[Calahan]

Ok everyone, I've managed to find a sub for TC, with Maerlande very kindly agreeing to help us all out by taking up the stewardship. So can you please all thank Maerlande when you see him for saving TC from the AI. (thanks Maerlande :))

Since that dark weekend in early May though, Maerlande is no longer on these forums. So if you want to arrange diplomacy with him, you either need to head over to the IRC channel (details are in the FAQ), or PM him over at the Dom3mods forum...

http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods


I've also added 12 hours to the turn to allow Maerlande time to settle in.

Think that's all for know :)

[Isokron]

I think you should give him more time if he wants it, TC is in quite a complicated situation at the moment from what I can tell.

[Stagger Lee]

Thanks Maer! :)

[Calahan]

I think you should give him more time if he wants it, TC is in quite a complicated situation at the moment from what I can tell.
No fears :) I'm in good touch with Maerlande, and offered him all the time he needs. But so far he has only asked for 12 hours, as he said he had good free time today to settle into his new surroundings.

But I will of course extend the timer wthout question if he needs the extra time.


@ All - You might want to let Maerlande know (in-game message, IRC chat, Dom3mods PM) about whatever diplo agreements you might have with him. Some are likely obvious if he has occupied lands :) but other relations will be unknown to him. So it'd be great if you can let him know somehow of any diplo info he needs to know.

[Calahan]

@ All - I added a further 6 hours to the timer for Maerlande.

I've also PM-ed Graeme Dice, as his turn is still missing, and he would have staled several times had the game seen regular hostings over the past week. Hopefully he's still with us, but I'll let you all know should I learn otherwise. (I won't be delaying the game for him though unless he asks, as ~10 days without a hosting means this game needs to host asap to get some momentum going again)

[Calahan]

Ok folks, I have no idea what happened there. I forced the hosting for turn 76 (due to the usual Atlantis reasons), and the llamaserver appears to have hosted 2 turns in a row for some reason. I only got sent turn 78 as well (not sure if any of you got sent turn 77 or not)

I'll wait a few moments for the llamaserver to come to its senses, and to clear out any kinks, then roll the turn back to turn 77 where it should be.

Fingers crossed that a jinx isn't creeping into this game.


Edit - Please don't open those turn 78 files. You likely won't gain much info, but whatever can be gained, shouldn't be gained. Good sportsmanship and all that :)

Edit 2 - I've asked the llamaserver to roll the turn back, but so far it doesn't seem to be cooperating :(

Edit 3 - Ok, it appears we're back in business :) as a turn 77 file should have just appeared in your in-boxes. Please let me know if you spot any weirdness, so an attempt to fix it can be made asap.

Otherwise, lets get this game going again :)

[Calahan]

Turn delayed 16 hours by request of two players.

[Calahan]

All

I just found about about a death in my close family, so I'm not going to be around for a few days to sort admin stuff out with this game. The current turn is due to host shortly, but after that Hadrian is going to need to step back in to sort admin stuff out until my return, which is likely to be sometime towards the end of next week.

[Isokron]

Perhaps we should delay the turn until Calahan can get back ?

[Stagger Lee]

Agreed.

My condolences to you, Calahan. Take care of yourself and your family.

[Calahan]

Just paying a quick flying visit (while I'm at work) before I disappear again for a few days.

I've added 96 hours for myself then (thanks for the understanding all) to push the deadline back to Friday. Which I think should be enough time for me.

[Calahan]

@ All

Thanks for understanding about the delay I needed to sort out my sudden RL affairs. Very much appreciated.

I should be ok to meet the current deadline, although not 100% sure yet until I get into work tomorrow and find out how many cock-ups were made while I was away. Still several other turns yet to be submitted though.

And has anyone seen Hadrian anywhere? Anyone playing in other games with him? Since he staled the last turn here, and still nothing submitted for the current turn yet. I'll likely chase this up tomorrow if no posts on the matter appear in the meantime. (and after I have a good sleep since I'm shattered)

[Calahan]

Sorry everyone, I've had to grab an extra 4 hours here. There are still a few things to do on my turn (plus still no sign or word from Hadrian), and all my Dom time is currently being consumed by the llamaserver's voracious appetite for eating the NWA game whenever it gets started. Plus most of the test games I've started since while trying to bug hunt the problem. (and I really want to get the NWA started asap, as it's been in limbo far too long).

So apologies again that my admin duties elsewhere are interfering with my playing here. (think this is the first time my admin duties have ever interfered with my playing, despite all the games I've admined. Had to happen one day I guess :()

[Calahan]

I've just heard from Hadrian, and he is still with us :) Seem like he just had some time problems over the last week.

So, I think we are good for trying to get some sort of momentum going here now. (unless anyone else suddenly wants to drop :( :(). The next turn is due to host in around ~23hours, so I hope you are all good for getting your turns in by then. I will of course delay if anyone needs it, but it would be good to get at least a few turns done on schedule if possible.

[Stagger Lee]

I should get my turn in, but can we switch to 24hr reminder instead of 12?

[Calahan]

I should get my turn in, but can we switch to 24hr reminder instead of 12?
That's probably a good idea, and I don't see why not. I'll wait until the turn hosts to hear any objections to 24h reminders. Otherwise I'll do the switch once the turn hosts tomorrow. (plus if I change it to 24h now, the 12h reminders for this turn likely won't be sent)

[Herode]

Utgard stalling again. I knew he would eventually acknowledge the attack against poor Arcoscephale was a fatal mistake.

Now, my boy, let's make peace. I will only claim half of your lands for the price of your repentance.

:D

[Calahan]

Utgard stalling again.
Yes, that is a little annoying I must admit. I guess Hadrian hasn't sorted his time issues out yet. Sadly I wasn't near a computer around hosting time either :( or I'd likely have added a few hours to try and prevent this stale (since 3 consecutive stales is not what Utgard or this game needs at all)

Guess we'll just wait until Hadrian appears again to let us know what his situation is.

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Also, since there were no objections, I have increased the reminder email notifications to 24hours.

[Isokron]

Since my diplomatic situation cant get much worse I think I will just gloat a bit and say, Wow those last two turns must have been really awful to watch as Bogarus :)

[Hadrian_II]

sry, i just started studying, and have some problems squeezing in time for dom3, but i should find some time from now on.

[Calahan]

Since my diplomatic situation cant get much worse I think I will just gloat a bit and say, Wow those last two turns must have been really awful to watch as Bogarus :)
I only caught glimpses from the sidelines, but even I was saying ooouuchhh :hurt:

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sry, i just started studying, and have some problems squeezing in time for dom3, but i should find some time from now on.
Thanks for letting us know your situation Hadrian. Much appreciated. Please let me know if you need an extension for any reason (or just extend yourself of course :))

Although I might have to start considering a sub if you stale again (or return to talk of deciding the game), since your nation seems to be suffering badly right now without regular guidance, and is a fairly pivotal nation for the balance of the game. (as all the remaining nations are). Plus nobody wants to fight a staling nation :( so it's not fair or fun on the players you're currently at war with.

[Calahan]

Game delayed 24 hours by player request.

New deadline is 18:20 GMT Friday 19th November.

[Stagger Lee]

Since my diplomatic situation cant get much worse I think I will just gloat a bit and say, Wow those last two turns must have been really awful to watch as Bogarus :)

Yes, I was hoping to learn some things, but mostly I squandered my opportunities to learn by not giving gems to my mages scripted to use them. :rolleyes:

Anyway, most of my interesting stuff is gone now and Midgard is only stronger. At least my turns will be shorter now!

[Calahan]

@ All

Don't put too much time into the new turn, as I'm now calling for a concession to Midgard / Isokron, as IMO the game is all but over as a contest (and has been for many turns if everyone is honest). Plus Utgard staled yet again, and TC as well :( (completely unintentionally, and due to a hectic day it seems (taken from a PM I had from Maerlande))

I was going to call for a vote last turn, but I thought I'd give one turn of Utterdark being up to see if anyone could conduct a grand plan using it. But all the important graphs still continue heading up for Midgard, and all nations except Mictlan are likely to run out of Dom in a few turns time anyway. (so even if Midgard could be stopped in a military sense, their dom push can't be).

So I will put it to the vote now to concede this game to Midgard / Isokron. I see no nation as being in second place, as every nation except Midgard is just "in the pack" many miles behind the leader. So all nations (apart from Midgard of course) get an equal vote (if there was a clear 2nd nation close behind Midgard and challenging them for the win, then they might have had a veto of some sort. But there isn't one).


So please can everyone cast their vote on conceding to Midgard. Current votes are. (I guess a tied vote will have to mean continue. Stupid even numbers)

Calahan / Mictlan - Yes
Maerlande / TC - ???
Graeme Dice / Jomon - ???
Hadrain / Utgard - ???
Stagger Lee / Bogarus - ???
Herode / Arco - ???

Vote is currently 1-0 in favour of conceding

[Calahan]

(damn, just missed the Edit button)

Voting Update

Calahan / Mictlan - Yes
Maerlande / TC - Yes
Graeme Dice / Jomon - ???
Hadrian / Utgard - ???
Stagger Lee / Bogarus - ???
Herode / Arco - Yes

Vote is currently 3-0 in favour of conceding

Edit - Included Herode's vote.

[Herode]

Agreed, Midgard is the winner :fight:

[Stagger Lee]

I feel like I've heard this before:

Isokron wins!

Thanks for the lessons.

[Hadrian_II]

Midgard won a long time ago. And my strategic errors might have something to do with that.

btw. i wote to concede the game to midgard

[Calahan]

Thanks you all for voting (and apologies to Graeme Dice for closing the polling booth before he cast his vote).

So with a unanimous 100% of the vote, I hereby declare Midgard / Isokron as the very worthy winner of the Pyrite game.

Well played again Isokron, you'll be in double figures on the win count soon I believe. (if this game hasn't already put you there)


Thanks to everyone who played, and to all the invaluable subs who agreed to sub into the game to save various nations from AI, and the game itself from becoming an AI joke fest. (hey, I just thanked myself, awesome :))


Please let me know if anyone wishes to keep the game running for any reason (fight you want to test, a hidden site you know was there that you couldn't find and now want to Acashic Record it to learn what it was etc etc.). If not, then I will take the game down off the llamaserver in around 24 hours.


Congratulations again Isokron on another finely played game :up:

[Isokron]

Ok thanks for the game everyone, although I think you somewhat overestimated my power. With utterdark down my big lead in gold was meaningless and in gems you had more than twice my income together, not sure about blood where I had about 150 per turn on average.

I really must try to get that vampire+gatestone combo in some other game, you all just gave up sending SCs into my dominion after a while :)

[Herode]

Well then, congrats to the True God ! Your stats curves looked really unbeatable, Isokron. :up:

My final thanks to Hadrian who launched this funny game, and to all the players and subbers here whose tenacity saved Pyrite from a pityful fate. Special thanks to Calahan who subbed a major nation and our admin at once (not accounting his helpful interventions on other games) ! You will therefore be known for aeons as our Light in the Bailing Darknesses, the Ruler of Many Tricks, the Stale Killer, the Voice of Eternal Adminity :p

See you later on other battlefields, gentlemen !