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I am storming one of Man's last 2 castles. I had to go for it since it was right on my border. Other than that, my gem income is just terrible. I can't find a site for the life of me. I may have to sacrifice my prophet or something to get the heavens to open up and shower me with revelations on where all magic sites are in my kingdom. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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Turn 42

The province tally is: Ermor 47, Pangaea 27, Marignon 22, Machaka 20, Jotunheim 16, Arcosephale 6, Man 1, and Pythium 0. The fort tally is: Machaka 4, Ermor 4, Marignon 4, Pangaea 4, Jotunheim 2, Pythium 1, Man 1, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income increased for Ermor, Marignon, and Pangaea and decreased for Pythium, Man, and Arco. Marignon rehired Obscuro. Dagan the Sage is open for bidding.

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Turn 42

Carion Lord gets in the hall of fame after only one fight.
I find a temple to some god in my dominion, but can't raze it. At least it gives me gems.
I lost two beloved mound kings.
I'm waiting for a national hero to show up.

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You can't raze it because it is yours! Your God is stronger than that other random God to whom it was erected. Thus, once captured, it will spread dominion just like any other temple you own.

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Yes, obviously that once-was deity has turned to worship you, thus demonstrating to all your superior claim to divinity!

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But if I am the one true god (he definitely is not), why wouldn't that temple follow my pathos? Maybe because MY divinity is so much stronger than his he can't raze it, but my generosity allows him to "use" it for his purposes. Now that sounds more like it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Turn 43

Carion Lord rises to 4th place in the hall of fame to my surprise.
Machaka is invading my lands.
Man is still leading in research with one province left.

Another free troop event, only 52 militia this time. On the upside it is 520 gold in free troops, on the downside they cost the upkeep of 520 gold in troops and are useless in battle.

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I haven't received the latest turn. I assume that Alneyan did not receive the 2h file I sent yesterday, about an hour after the status report.

Alneyan, can you make my turn available on the Web and PM me the URL? If my mail problem isn't resolved soon, I can post my 2h files here for a while. Thank you.

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Done (soon).

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RE:
Invading your lands?! Hah! WE offered peace many turns ago, you kept attacking us, you stinker...

We're just getting even. Pbbbttt!

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Machaka

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Turn 43

The province tally is: Ermor 49, Pangaea 28, Marignon 22, Machaka 20, Jotunheim 15, Arcosephale 6, Man 1, and Pythium 0. The fort tally is unchanged: Machaka 4, Ermor 4, Marignon 4, Pangaea 4, Jotunheim 2, Pythium 1, Man 1, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income increased for Ermor and decreased for Arco. Ermor rehired Dagan. The Lost Legion is open for bidding.

I didn't get a status report today, so maybe my mail isn't 100% yet. My 2h file is attached for Alneyan.

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I forgot to send a status mail yesterday; I was only waiting for you, so I guess it wasn't quite as much needed as otherwise though.

Right... I was missing a turn for Marignon, and got your ermor.2h in mail just fine. So there will be a status mail and an extra delay, if needed be.

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Turn 44

The province tally is: Ermor 50, Pangaea 31, Marignon 24, Machaka 16, Jotunheim 15, Arcosephale 5, Man 1, and Pythium 0. The fort tally is unchanged: Machaka 4, Ermor 4, Marignon 4, Pangaea 4, Jotunheim 2, Pythium 1, Man 1, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income increased for Ermor and Marignon and decreased for Macahaka. Ermor rehired the Lost Legion. Obscuro the Hidden Master and Mamor the White Wizard are open for bidding.

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Turn 44

Vespur cleans Machaka invaders from my peacefull empire.

Mamor the white wizard get a research bonus, 2 earth and 3 random magics. Good mercenary.

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ALneyan here, not on my computer, so I'll keep it short (that thing will crash any second now): I cannot host anything right now, and won't get back online until tonight at the earliest, in a few days more likely. I'll see once I can get that network up and running.

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Turn 45

Machaka seems under heavy attack.
Nothing much to report for the rest.

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Turn 45

The province tally is: Ermor 52, Pangaea 33, Marignon 28, Jotunheim 15, Machaka 11, Arcosephale 3, Man 1, and Pythium 0. The fort tally is unchanged: Machaka 4, Ermor 4, Marignon 4, Pangaea 4, Jotunheim 2, Pythium 1, Man 1, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income increased for Pangaea. Obscuro and Mamor are working for Marignon. Dagan the Sage is open for bidding.

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Well...Machaka really doesn't know what the heck he's (I am) doing...which ain't helping! Did I mention this was my first ever game of Dom2?

It's been educational...

Thanks,

Alarik
Machaka

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Alarik, FYI, quantum_mechani and Ironhawk are serving as veteran advisors for this game. Perhaps you could send one of them your trn file for some ideas about how you can get the most out of your current situation.

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Ok, I'll look into that...although, I'm sort of enjoying getting the snot kicked out of me. It really does force me to try and figure out how things turn out the way they do...

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thanks!

Alarik

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Alneyan mailed that he send all hostfiles to Pashadawg, I'll ask him if he could host perhaps if he has all turn files from everyone.

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I sent my turn to Alneyan on Tuesday. If a new host (Pashadawg?) has that 2h file, please use it. Otherwise, let me know and I will resend it. Thanks.

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Well, its official, I don't have enough free time to play the game. I've posted a request for replacement over at the MP boards here.
And as for NAPs and the like, don't worry, I'll update my replacement (if there will be one :\).

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Hi Guys:

Molog asked me to serve as the host while Alneyan's server is down. I am happy to do that.

The files sent to me by Alneyan show that you're on Turn 45 with all players sending in turns except Jotunheim.

I have everyone's emails except for Machaka's email. He can contact me at whscom [at] maine.rr [dot] com

Are you guys playing with any mods? I assume that you're playing with a standard map.

I see that Agrajag is having time constraints. Would you be able to stay in the game if the hosting schedule was longer? Later turns can take a darn long time!

Pasha

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In response to Sushi - - - I would encourage everyone to send me their latest turns to make sure I have them.

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The only mod we're using can be downloaded from first post in this thread, incase you haven't got it already.

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Thanks, Molog.

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Pasha, thanks a lot for taking over as host. And thanks to Alneyan for his work so far, and good luck with the computer problems.

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Are we waiting on Jotunheim? If so, any chance Agrajag or perhaps Pasha could play a turn.

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That would be nice, if we are waiting on Jotunheim. It's weird, 2 of my 3 games have been keeping me busy most nights the past few weeks (spending 2 or 3 hours total after work). Then all of a sudden the minor hosting problems have happened (I feel your pain Alneyan and Pasha) or someone goes out of town, and now I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting for a turn to happen, on any game. hehehe

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Yup! We're just waiting on Jotunheim.

I don't think Alneyan gave me the master password for the game. So, I don't think I will be able to play a turn for the Giants.

Pasha

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Pasha, sent you my email...but just in case it is

alarikf
at
hotmail
dot
com

thanks!

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Ok. Still waiting on Jotunheim. Let's wait until the end of the day to see if he can play his turn. Otherwise, I could host the game, but he would stale.

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Does Jotunheim have a password? I know that my nation doesn't. I think that means that anyone with the latest trn file could play the turn.

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Yup! It has a password.

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Ok. So, I have not received a response from Jotunheim. I will go ahead and host the game.

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Turn 46

I make a new friend.
A province revolts without reason.
Still waiting for a national hero to show up.

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Turn 46

The province tally is: Ermor 54, Pangaea 33, Marignon 24, Jotunheim 15, Machaka 12, Arcosephale 1, Man 1, and Pythium 0. The fort tally is: Ermor 5, Machaka 4, Marignon 4, Pangaea 4, Jotunheim 2, Pythium 1, Man 1, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income increased for Ermor and Marignon and decreased for Arco and Pangaea. Ermor rehired Dagan. The Lost Legion and the Master Assassin are open for bidding.

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As a note, is anybody (Ermor) ever going to take that last province of Man? His fort is just sitting there... of course, since I'm still at work you may have attacked it already. But last I checked, his last province was just sitting there... maybe going for a Dominion kill?

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Looking at man's research, the guy has 40something mages in that fort.

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Egads!! Ok, nevermind then, I can see why an attack has been slow in coming (or non-existant).

Shmonk

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Yes, there are many mages in Man's last fort. I lost about 200 undead last time I tried to take it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif Earlier I figured that Jotunheim might take care of it, but now I know that won't happen. I expect to finish off Arco this turn and then I will put Man out of its misery. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif I will be better prepared this time.

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Just waiting on Jotunheim & Machaka.

Gosh! I hope you find a replacement for the giants. Without a master password, I don't know if I can switch him to AI. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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Speaking only for myself, I wouldn't mind if an experienced player took over Jotunheim. Unless the score graphs are deceptive in this case, Jotunheim is an underdog -- not on the chopping block yet, but not in a strong position either. At this point it would take a skilled player to give the top three nations a run for the money.

Jotunheim
 

I requested the master password from Alneyan today. If we don't find another player, then maybe we would want to switch Jotunheim to AI. (I have never done that before, but I know it can be done.)

Pasha

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there can be problems if you're playing in the game and connect to the other nation (to set it AI) from the same machine - at least it used to be that doing so would trigger a cheat protection and force you to stale your move; unless that has been fixed recently...

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I now have the password to set Jotunheim onto AI. I shall I do that? It is apparently irreversible. I am not playing the game, so hopefully, there will be no problems.

I need Machaka's turn. I sent Alarik a follow-up email to remind him.

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Pasha, I don't see anyone stepping forward to take over Jotunheim. If you have the time and desire to play Jotunheim in a neutral/defensive holding pattern, you could delay the decision for a few more days. Otherwise, set it to AI. Either way, let's move on with the game.

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I agree, if you want to play defensely, feel free to. Otherwise, set to AI so we can continue on.

Thanks again for hosting in the mean time!!

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Pasha,

I didn't get a chance to do it last night - got home way too late (and, well, way too intoxicated). Go ahead and run the turn without mine, I'll take a stale turn - I've just gotten to work, and so if you waited for my turn it would be for at least another 10 hours...

sorry!

I'll take a stale turn...

thanks,

Alarik