Chairwyrm Nomination Committee
 

The Wyrm Suli-Krom speaks:

Please visit the Chairwyrm Nomination Committee for discussion of possible duties of a chairwyrm. We are attempting to put together a rules for better understanding in propositions, and a Chairwyrm would help in these matters greatly.

Turn 28
 

Turn 28 has been sent out. Next deadline is Sunday at 8 PM MST.

Re: Proposition 19
 

Grundle has sent 2 gems each to Abysia, Arco, and Caelum. He promises to send the remaining nations their due gems next month. He apologizes for the delay but claims "times are tight".... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

Re: Turn 28 delay possible?
 

Can we delay hosting until Monday? My local internet cafe is closed tomorrow for the holiday, but I can get my turn in by first thing Monday morning (GMT +1).

Thanks,
puffyn

Re: Turn 28 delay possible?
 

Delay is fine. This time window was shortened anyway, hosting a day later than usual. I will host whenever all players get their turns in to me.

The schedule will become very crazy when I pack up the computer and move across the country (hopefully this coming week). I will try to get Dominions installed on my laptop so I might be able to do some turns during the move. It also would be good to have a backup copy of the fatherland file in case the movers wreck my desktop.

Also, someone was looking for a sub during the same time window I am moving, so we can expect to game to slow down. At least it will give everybody time to work out the details of the quorum and chairwyrm rules.

Turn 29
 

Turn 29 has been sent out.

Lord Pasha joins the list of once-dead wyrms.

Next turn is due WEDNESDAY (not Thursday), January 4, at 8 PM MST.

Sorry for the delay, but Yorgl had been confused by the schedule change over the weekend and he is out of town (I think).

Re: Turn 29
 

Fricken Frack Frick Frack! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif[/img] http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/Injured.gif

Re: Turn 29
 

Squeaker of a turn - 2 friendly Wyrms met in battle (indie province), happily neither was wounded or died.

Pasha, what got you???

Re: Turn 29
 

We should love to hear the story of the friendly game between Wyrms. Did they just get bored and wander off?

Re: Turn 29
 

Want to get yourself a real 2-headed wyrm ?
Look here !
Obviously, the World Aquarium in St. Louis wants to sell its famous twoheaded snake "We". They say it's the only one world-wide that survived longer than some days and hope to make big bucks on it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Sorry, wasn't able to find anything in english, so this must do http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Turn 29
 

ive seen things like those before, including a 2 headed turtle :p

Re: The Council of Wyrms
 

Ermor has attacked a Safe Province of Arcoscephale. I request it be vacated immediately for reclamation by its rightful owner.

Re: The Council of Wyrms
 

Absolutely. Request granted. Glad to do business with a reasonable Wyrm. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Turn 29
 

Lord Pasha and the Good Wyrm from R'lyeh attacked the same province. Lord Pasha did not expect that and paid the price. Sad (and dead) be Lord Pasha.

Proposition 22
 

Proposition 22, Quorum and Proposition Rules Clarifications is open for vote.

Re: Proposition 22
 

Proposition 22 has passed, so all proposing Wyrms, please re-read section 4 of the Charter. Of course, all involved in the Propositions 18-21 snafu knew this was coming...

Turn 31
 

Turn 31 has been mailed. Ermor has staled. No pretenders in the HoF died.

Next deadline is Sunday evening at 8 PM MST.

Re: Turn 31
 

Last I heard the next hosting was sunday, when I got an e-mail that it was hosting this morning. I gave warning I would be late getting the turn, but by the time I finally got home and was able to do my turn, it had already hosted. Needless to say I really hate staling, particularity in a war, I would really appreciate if a sub could step in at this point.

Re: Turn 31
 

If you had done your turn Thursday evening (like 16 other players had done!), you would not have staled. Heck, even Puffyn on vacation did his turn on Thursday.

Had you done your turn within 48 hours of receiving the turn file, you would not have staled.

Had you replied to my noon email today when I had told you I was hosting at 5 PM MST today, you would not have staled.

I even gave you until 8 PM today, an extra 3 hours beyond what I told you in my email.

It is tough enough hosting a 17 player game without the same player being chronically late time and time again. It is certainly not fair to the other players to be frequently waiting on one player.

Considering the fact that you have now twice violated a directive of the Council, I think you are not really much into this game. I have to agree that a sub would be much better at this point for all concerned.

It should not be hard to find a sub since you are doing pretty well in the game. Perhaps Boron would be interested in trying the non-death Ermor theme for once.

Re: Turn 31
 

I told you before, I don't do my turns until the last minute because I always have to do last minute changes and I try not to annoy the host. I never had a chance to read or reply to your e-mail after my warning. Honestly I did everything possible to give warning and get the turn in as fast as I could when suddenly the host schedule moved for the second time. And the game has not been to my knowledge 'waiting on me frequently'.

As for violating the directives, I benefited not at all from them (nor had I intended to break them in the first place). Each of the cases was resolved diplomatically or through the council, which seems exactly what the game is supposed to be all about.

Sorry if I seem a bit harsh, but staling staling was pretty much the icing on 'one of those days'...

Re: Turn 31
 

Sorry I have to say that, but quant is right.

In your last email, Panther, you told everyone the game would host on Sunday evening:

And, obviously, it was not only me who didn't figure that you were talking about the next hosting. If I hadn't send my turn file already on Thursday evening, I would have send it now, instead of writing this posting, believing I still would have some hours before you host.


.. so you start mixing in- and out-game behaviour in an argument to tell a player to leave the game?

Let me give a warning to everyone: I told you all before - do not mix the wyrmy council stuff etc. with game rules and player's affairs. It is perfectly 'legal' for a player not to care at all about the council stuff, as long as he adheres to the rules the game was set up with (e.g. tell everyone if his pretenders dies or is resurrected). If a player chooses not to follow the 'laws' issued by the council, it's his strategical and tactical decision, on which the other players can and should respond appropiatly - in game, not out of it.

As I have no intention to get caught up the the unevitable childish bickering that will ensue if we start discussing in-game behaviour on player, and therefore personal level, I will leave the game without further notice if I ever see that happen again.

Yes, this is intended to put pressure on everyone to think twice about what statements and accusations he posts here. Sorry I have to do that, but I don't have time to wast on a game where players start hurling insults at each other as soon as the first real in-game confrontations happen. Really.

Stefan

Re: Turn 31
 

Edit: Post deleted due to the fact it contained excessive whining!

Re: Turn 31
 

Can't be! I thought I was always one of the last! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif (Albeit I think I almost always send it in first thing on the morning of the hosting, which seems timely enough.)

COW: Map ?
 

Honored Council Members and Advisors,

We, the not-yet-eaten, have not the omniscience of the Council, and our minds span not the world entire. The sum of our poor records do not allow us to know the names of all the place-names of which the Council discussions refer. Perhaps a Wise One would demonstrate his worthyness of worship by providing this initial small boon to the lowly subjects in the world of the Soon Ascended: a simple map of the world showing only the human names of the provinces, and the location of the seat of your nation, so that supplicants can pilgrimage.

And for those Council Representatives whos' words are true, when found to be in property dispute with neighbors of errant opinion, the plain facts presented as simple graphic map can be a pursuasive argument to the obvious fairness of your position. Surely those of honorable intent and wise ends have the facility to present simple maps to make clear their claim?

Sill

(OOC: Could someone Please post a graphic of the province names. Turn-1 would be fine, no need to drop any free intelligence unless you want to. It's hard to follow the arguments about territory boundaries, etc, since the map seems to not used fixed province names. Thanks!)

Re: COW: Map ?
 

I wouldn't mind working on a map (tho I'm sure there are more experienced ones); but my scouts are quite poor at their job, so I couldn't contribute much. Perhaps it is time for our world to be shown to all...?

Re: COW: Map ?
 

Certainly, there is no "overseer" (as in YS2), but certainly as omniscience is considered a quality of godlyness, some pretender(s) might like to demonstrate this quality by showing their knowledge. Perhaps a Council Member would like to sponsor a contest and prize to the one (or cooperative) who is first able to present a map showing all the province names correctly. Perhaps the Council could collect some meager funds which can be spent through Proposition for the good of the world, such as the above contest for Map of the World Entire, or an additional prize for the winner of the Tournament to encourage participation, or in escrow for a Disaster Assistance fund should nations have desire to subscribe to insurance ?

Sill (unofficial speaker for the under-represented)

Re: COW: Map ?
 

I can probably modify the map to change the color of safe territory

would that work?

Re: COW: Map ?
 

I would definitely pay (in-game) for a nice map with borders and names. Earth gems, anyone?

Turn 32
 

Turn 32 has been sent. Not much happened. Next turn is due on Tuesday at 8 PM MST.

Re: Turn 32
 

I have uploaded an altered orania.tga that has all safe territories marked with a red hue. just rename your own orania.tga to orania.old and then extract it into maps. when CoW is over, jsut delete it and rename orania.old to orania.tga

here is a link to the map:
CLICK

Re: Turn 32
 

if you already downloaded it i realized a minute after osting that i missed (at least) one province. If anyone else notices their safe territory is not red, let me know. The link has the fixed map.

Re: Turn 32
 

I can have my cartographers send you a map that also has the nation name tagged to the capitol. My fee, now, for this intelligence is 10 astral or 5 death gems.

Re: Turn 32
 

good idea! How simple is the process to shade provinces? Did you use Photoshop?

Proposition 23
 

Proposition 23 has been posted. Keep in mind that this proposition merely creates the positions, and does not elect any wyrms. To set a precedent, another proposition shall place the elected Wyrms.

Re: Proposition 23
 

I use paintshop pro, but it can be done in photoshop. I make a new layer and set it to 13% opacity, then just trace the provinces with a red point to point vector tool. Merge the layers, and dont forget to replace the white dots.

Re: Proposition 23
 

We need more votes on the Chairwyrm proposition. Make your voices heard!

Vote for your Chairwyrm!
 

Proposition 23 has passed, so we can look forward to having a Chairwyrm and Vice Chairwyrm to keep propositions orderly.

Any Wyrm may post a proposition to place a Wyrm into the Chair, but here is a good place to start. There may be additional nominees, but I think it is time to begin voting. After votes are tallied tomorrow, I will post a proposition to put the Chairwyrm and Vice Chairwyrm in their positions. Please feel free to comment and argue in the Wiki.

Proposition 24 posted
 

A public service announcement: Proposition 24 has been posted by Kir'Doq of T'ien Ch'i.

The new quorum rules of Proposition 22 are in effect, so even if you just wish to abstain you should visit the wiki to vote.

Turn 33
 

Turn 33 has been sent.

Next deadline is Thursday at 8 PM MST.

Starting next Sunday, the deadline times will be moved up to 5 PM Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7) on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday. This will allow me to get the turns out in a more timely fashion.

Re: Turn 33
 

this turn is proof possitive that you can defeat knights with longdead (giants)

Death... where is thy <ouch>
 

Suli-Krom died again most gloriously. Pictures of the cowardly Einhere clan are here.

Re: Death... where is thy <ouch>
 

poor suli-krom

Proposition 24: Election of Chairwyrm
 

There is a new proposition for the council to consider, electing Apep (that's me) and Suli-Krom as Chairwyrm and Vice Chairwyrm. Vote for Proposition 25 here.

Re: Proposition 24: Election of Chairwyrm
 

Hello everyone, so I am the new spirit that has possesed Zona Nyl. It will be fun to make you all my puppets. I am in the prosses of sending my turn to the Panther.

Re: Proposition 24: Election of Chairwyrm
 

And btw, I would never dare to have deathscale in a game of this size... people playing Ulm, Abysia and Caelum must be planing to go rouge pretty soon.

Re: Proposition 24: Election of Chairwyrm
 

Not at all. Abysia plans to have all choose to enter the jaws of Vyrmin freely and of their free will. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

( Remember - Abysia doesn't take nearly as much a hit for death scale as any other living nation. )

Re: Proposition 24: Election of Chairwyrm
 

Actually, I would say they are going for mass summons!

Re: Proposition 24: Election of Chairwyrm
 

Still income may become more important in a game like this. Since borders are not changing to much.

Re: Proposition 24: Election of Chairwyrm
 

As Abysia, I was rather counting on fire gems for income.

And being the baddest Wyrm in the valley of death, meaning ... tribute. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Turn 34
 

Turn 34 has been sent. The next deadline is Sunday at 5 PM MST.


Abysia is immune to the income loss from a death scale. It is not, however, immune to the population loss. I think every Abysia player takes Death 3 without even thinking twice.