PetrifiedGod - 8/8 - Newbie-Intermediate (Winnder Tiavals/Caelum)

[Tiavals]

Game is now over, Caelum won.


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Technically anyone is free to join, but I would prefer that people who join are fairly committed to it, not disappearing suddenly, and aren't some sort of super-players that will sweep the floor with everyone else.
So, anyone from Newbie to Intermediate skill is allowed to join. No elites or veterans or whatnot.


Game name: PetrifiedGod(which will be the name in llamaserver once I host it))
Era: Late
Map: The Hyborian Age(unless someone disagrees)
Turns: Slow(48h) - Also using Quickhost(turns will be hosted earlier if everyone has sent their turns already)
Number of Players: 8
Mods: Conceptual Balance Mod 1.93
Diplomacy: Machiavelli

Special rules:
None

Players:
Tiavals - Caelum
Jolly Roger - Gath
mattyburn7 - Bogarus
ReverandZombie - Marignon
Austen - Mictlan
Stattis - Atlantis
HoleyDooley - Patala
Lumix19 - Agartha

Please send your pretender gods to pretenders@llamaserver.net
Make sure the CBM 1.93 mod is active when you design your pretender god.

The email subject file must be like this: PetrifiedGod

Any and all rules can be modified if people so want. Post and explain why you want something to be different and we'll discuss about it.

As for magic site frequency and all that, it'll be set to default unless someone disagrees.

If you have questions, I'll try to answer them.

[Jolly Roger]

Thanks !

GATH for me


Regards, Klaus

[mattyburn7]

I'll play with Bogarus

[Reverend Zombie]

Marignon, please.

[mattyburn7]

Rev: If we are neighbors I hope this turns out better for us than Primordial Cake did!

[Reverend Zombie]

Rev: If we are neighbors I hope this turns out better for us than Primordial Cake did!

Our cordial relations got that game off to such a nice start! Unfortunately, it was downhill for Marignon from there...

Who's got you under attack there?

[statttis]

Atlantis for me.

[mattyburn7]

Nobody yet Rev, but I'm a non-entity. Pretty much surrounded on all sides. But I saw you get hit hard.

[Austen]

I'll play TBD!

[Reverend Zombie]

Using CBM 1.92 w/fixes instead of 1.93?

[HoleyDooley]

I'm in some familiar faces here.

Nation TBA

HD

[Austen]

I'm Mictlan!

[HoleyDooley]

Patala thx, never played them, so it might be a short stay for me.

HD

[Tiavals]

Using CBM 1.92 w/fixes instead of 1.93?

This is partially because I like the summon cost increase mod. Is it included in the 1.93? I haven't checked the changelist for it.

[Reverend Zombie]

Using CBM 1.92 w/fixes instead of 1.93?

This is partially because I like the summon cost increase mod. Is it included in the 1.93? I haven't checked the changelist for it.

Yes!

This is not a huge release, but it does contain quite a lot of goodies. There are some balance tweaks and bug fixes that the community has been asking for a lot. One of the really big things is that EDM summons have been made harder to summon. Everyone can still have Zmeys if they want, but they're going to have to make a real effort to get them.

[Tiavals]

Oh, in that case we're definitely using 1.93

[Lumix19]

Could I join as Agartha please?

[Tiavals]

And so we have full players.

Does anyone oppose the map or mods I have proposed for the game?

If no one says anything today(about 24h from now), I'll make the game on llamaserver and you can upload your pretenders afterwards.

[Reverend Zombie]

Oh, in that case we're definitely using 1.93

Might I suggest updating the first post to replace the reference to 1.92 to avoid any potential for confusion (and possibility for restart because someone used the wrong mod to make their pretender)?

[Tiavals]

Oh, in that case we're definitely using 1.93

Might I suggest updating the first post to replace the reference to 1.92 to avoid any potential for confusion (and possibility for restart because someone used the wrong mod to make their pretender)?

Right, didn't realize it said the wrong mod in more than one place.

NOTE FOR EVERYONE:
Use Conceptual Balance Mod 1.93 when making your pretender.

[Tiavals]

Game has been created!

For now Score Graphs are On, but if you want, I will disable them.

Hopefully 1.93 will be stable and without bugs.

Send your pretenders in!

EDIT:
Seems like there are some stuff that are a bit wrong in 1.93. However, none of them affect the nations in this game, I think, so we should go on anyway.

[Austen]

FWIW I've played a fair number of graphs off games lately, and I sort of prefer them on..

[Tiavals]

Still waiting for Austen's and statttis's pretenders.

[HoleyDooley]

CBM 1.94 is out...should we give that a go or stick with 1.93?

HD

[Austen]

OK. sorry for delay.. I have build, but am holding off on uploading as I think we prob want to go to 1.94 and don't want to get autostart...

[HoleyDooley]

I think given we can all submit pretenders in CBM 1.94 with only a 24 hour delay....Its worth doing given the list of changes from 1.93.

HD

[Tiavals]

Sigh, very well. :)

Changed to 1.94

[HoleyDooley]

Pretender resubmitted with 1.94.

[Tiavals]

To prevent the troubles as in another game I hosted, I've disabled automatic start.

POST HERE WHEN YOU HAVE UPLOADED YOUR PRETENDER FOR 1.94.
(copy paste this list)

Tiavals - Caelum - UPLOADED
HoleyDooley - Patala - UPLOADED

Only when the list is full, will I start the game.

[Lumix19]

Now submitted using the new mod

[Jolly Roger]

New pretender uploaded

Klaus

[mattyburn7]

New Pretender uploaded

From Bogarus

[Austen]

I hate to be the problem child here, but I think I am going to need to sit this game out. My wife is in the hospital and things aren't going well and I'm starting a new job and I don't think it makes much sense for me to start any new games right now.

I'm really sorry for being such a nuisance, but I didn't foresee these events when I signed up. I think it prob makes more sense for me to step down now before the game starts than to be a drag on the whole game.

Again, I'm really sorry :(

[mattyburn7]

No Worries mate. Take care of RL first and thanks for being responsible with respect to the game. The only time you are a problem child is playing Helheim!!

Hope all is ok on the health front.

[Reverend Zombie]

1.94 Marignon pretender uploaded!

[Tiavals]

It's most okay Austen. We can always host a new Dom3 game, real life on the other hand doesn't allow loading and such. :)

Perhaps in a few months, a new game will begin where you can join.

We'll be playing with 7 players then, since the game is going to start soon.

Looks like statttis is the only one we're waiting for.

[statttis]

New pretender is in.

[Tiavals]

Game started!

Here's the map in case you don't have it yet.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com//showthread.php?t=30792

Note that it's case sensitive, so if it says it can't find the map, just change the capitalization of the first letter.

[mattyburn7]

It looks like hosting is set to 24H. Can you switch to 48H?
Thanks!

[Tiavals]

Yeah, done. Noticed it myself only now. Also on my other games. How foolish of me. :)

[Jolly Roger]

Gentlemen,

I´ll be on a trip to the beautiful city of Dresden from Thursday to Saturday evening. Gonna have no internet access until Sunday
morning ( GMT +1).

A break for this period would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Klaus

[Tiavals]

It shouldn't be a problem. Unless someone disagrees?

When Thursday morning sets in, I'll postpone the next turn by 72 hours.

[Jolly Roger]

Hi Juhani,

thanks for postponing the game.

Cheers, Klaus

[HoleyDooley]

FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

statttis has staled the last 2 turns whist still submitting turns in HOT Hot.

This is a totally stupid thing to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sick of wankers doing this as soon as things go south in a game.

[Tiavals]

statttis, do you have anything to say for yourself? If you don't answer by the end of the weekend, I might have to replace you. Perhaps even earlier.

[HoleyDooley]

statttis is also in Urraparrand, and has not staled a single turn there either.

Time to advertise for a replacement, he has obviously lost interest in this game.

[Reverend Zombie]

I will be traveling and unable to complete turns from Tuesday the 20th through Saturday the 24th of November.

May we pause the game during this time, please?

[Tiavals]

I have done so. Please remind me when you get back to turn quick-host on so the game continues.

[Tiavals]

Game has been delayed 72h due to request from player.

On the good side, I have turned Atlantis to AI, due to massive staling.

[Jolly Roger]

I´ll be on vaction, leave on the 19th and return early on 22nd of December. Would be great if you could postpone the next turn until the 22nd.

Thanks, Klaus

[Tiavals]

It is done my friend. Have a nice vacation.

[Tiavals]

I'm setting the hosting interval to 240 hours, as most people are likely busy with holiday and I might not be here later to set it to delays and such, hope no one minds.

It's still on quick host, though, so you can do your turns as you like.

[Tiavals]

I have normalized the hosting time to 48 hours.

[Reverend Zombie]

Any chance we could postpone for another 48 hours, please? I'll be unable to do the current turn till then.

[Tiavals]

Certainly. I have postponed it.

[Reverend Zombie]

Thank you.

[mattyburn7]

It was a warm spring day that hinted at the summer to come when the caravan from Marignon arrived. In truth it was a rag-tag group that had been harassed on their way by the flyers of Caelum. But arrived they had with a message from their Pretender. It was a plea for aid from the war-mongering flying rats of Caelum.

The Great Nation of Bogarus raised the banners for war and struck out for the Caelum lands. Alas, their was a problem. For some time the evil mages of Caelum had been sending monstrosities in the night to murder the mages of Bogarus. What appeared as an isolated annoyance became a drain on the great nation.

But we fought. We fought well, but there were too many. Slowly the flying rats infiltrated our lands and further whittled us down. A poison Golem arrogantly strutted across our entire lands. Emboldened by this, the lone province that remained of Atlantis struck out and also joined the fray.

Then came the fall day. A hoard of 150 flyers mostly with other evil hidden within. They struck Resting Heights and besieged the great capital while the Bogarussian army stayed inside. Then news came. The other great Bogarussian army killed the Pretender of Atlantis. With this news in hand the young warriors in Resting Heights called for action. They swore not to stay behind the walls while the flyers camped outside. The leaders counciled caution. Let them come to us so that we may have the first strike. So that we can raise battlefield defenses before the missiles come down on us.

But no said the youth and they overtook the leadership and led the great host out of the city walls. To find...

A Trap. The great host of flyers left and alone on the Caelum side stood just 2. A Large Poison Golem stared down the Bogarussian army while a lone evil mage taught in the arts of air and earth and death hid behind him.

It took the clumsy, foolish youth of Bogarus too long to call their spells. Not once, but twice the mage of Caelum brought stones from the sky. Many stones. Too many to count. When it was over, there was nothing left but the tears of widows and the stories to be handed down from generation to generation about the Defeat.

I tip my hat to Caelum. Well played. You whittled me down and got me to make a foolish move. You deserved to win the war. My forces will regroup at our Eastern capital and will bloody the nose of any that strikes at us.

[Tiavals]

Good to hear that my plan worked. :)

I knew many mages had to be inside with a lot of other people, so sieging it would be foolish. However, knowing that the defender gets the first spell cast, a plan formed with Rain of Stones and a golem as the only siegers. Anyone trying to come out would be destroyed. And so it happened that your army came out with it's unprotected mages. I didn't expect my mage to die, since I had armored him well, or so I thought. But it was a great success none the less.

With your guys casting Fog Warriors, there were precious little tactics to use except Wind of Death and Rain of Stones, once I had researched it.

But it's not over yet, although things do look good.

[mattyburn7]

I went AI. Congratulations to the eventual winner. Twas a fun game with good people.

[Tiavals]

Thanks for playing, good to hear you had fun.

[Tiavals]

Okay, so it seems most of the world has been conquered by me by now and that Agartha(the other remaining bigger power) thinks he can't resist me for long.

Is it agreed that I will be the winner then, or does someone still think you have a chance?

[Jolly Roger]

I vote for a Caelum victory

[Reverend Zombie]

I concede; well played Caelum. (I'm surprised I survived as long as I did; I guess the big boys knew they could finish me off at their lesiure...)

[Tiavals]

Yeah, I had far bigger problems than you to deal with, since you weren't attacking me and so on. I was fighting a two front war against Patala and Bogarus a few turns after I had attacked you so I had to withdraw. And I had just recently concluded that war to my satisfaction.

All in all it was a nice game. I was very lucky in the war against Bogarus that my plan worked and the Rain of Stones killed 90% of his mages, had it not been so I'd imagine the war could have gone quite differently. :P

[mattyburn7]

Very well played and a fun game. Yes. You drew me out nicely. The Kindly ones you casted also was devastating attrition. Bogarus will try never to let them one go so long again!
Great Job.

[Lumix19]

Great game guys and congratulations to Caelum. For me the Wild Hunt was the most annoying because the wolves would kill about two Ktonian Necromancers each turn. That's part of the reason why I struck at Gath (sorry about that) because I only had 2 castles so I thought i'd take some more from Gath plus I knew I needed the land. The Kindly Ones were no doubt less painful for me then for Bogarus but one of them went after my god quite soon after the spell being cast and then my prophet so that wasn't great. I think my biggest regret was not attacking Caelum with Patala and Bogarus, I should have made peace with Gath and joined the war.

[Tiavals]

Frankly I was quite surprised you guys didn't pool in together to dispel both of those globals. I assumed it would happen so I had a stack of gems in reserve, but since it never happened, it suited me fine. :)

Okay, I'm closing the game and making myself the official victor then.

Thanks for the game everyone, it was fun.