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Oops...hmmm... I sort of thought that when I came in I was under attack from everyone...I haven't even done ANY diplomacy yet so I figured I really had to defend myself...so, hey, everyone, leave me alone and I'll leave you alone..

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Nyark, nyark, nyark.

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When the original Machaka player had to leave because of computer problems, the host took over playing Machaka and he didn't attack or got attacked by anyone.

I did have a little accidental run-in with Machaka when we both tried to conquer the same province, but Machaka did the same with me so all's fair.

You might want to ask for some advice from the experienced players who volunteered to give advice in the beginning of the thread if you're completely new to dominions 2.

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Ahh, I did not know how it worked, I just heard it was good against UD.

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Turn 33

The province tally is: Ermor 37, Machaka 29, Marignon 17, Pangaea 16, Jotunheim 14, Arcosephale 13, Pythium 9, and Man 7. Gem income increased for Pythium, Ermor, and Marignon and decreased for Pangaea and Machaka. Marignon is now in fourth place in research. Obscuro was hired by Marignon; the Armored Fist of God, the Black Fists, and Mighty Pak-ur were hired by Arco.

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Sorry, I know its past the deadline, but Ive been gone all day.

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Turn 34

The province tally is: Ermor 38, Pangaea 21, Machaka 20, Marignon 18, Jotunheim 14, Arcosephale 14, Pythium 8, and Man 5. Pangaea has a new fort. Gem income fell for Pythium, Pangaea, and Machaka. Dagan the Sage was rehired by Ermor.

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Hi...hotmail is down for me, has been all day. I'm not sure why, but hotmail seems down a LOT over here in Bahrain. I will consider getting a different email address for this (and other) games if this keeps up. Sorry...I might miss my turn, might have missed it already...if you wanted to send the turn to my gmail acct (same username, just at gmail) that would work - gmail seems to work well here...

thanks, and sorry for the hassle...

Alarik

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No one has missed any turns under my watch because I am still trying to collect all the turn files. I do have the fatherland file now.

Heck - Alneyan might even get home before the next turn hosts at the rate I am receiving the files...

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Turn 34

Not much news to report.

I was busy today, so my turn is later than usual.

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We are on a 48-hour deadline. About half of us send our turns within 24 hours, and the rest take closer to the whole time.

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I get mine in on the 24hr timeline...so long as hotmail doesn't crud out on me. you'll get mine ASAP.

...

Not like it's helping me survive anyways....the AI might do a better job...

Thanks,

Alarik

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Well, I have received all turns but I cannot get the Ermor .2h file to work properly. Sushiboat and I have traded files back and forth and nothing seems to work. Perhaps someone familar with the hosting of the game can explain this:

1. Using the turn file from Tauren, the Ermor .2h file I had did not work.
2. sushiboat sent in another .2h and it still did not work.
3. sushiboat then sent in his .trn file to see if the one I had was corrupted. Using the sushiboat .trn file produced a Nagot Gik Fel error.
4. I sent sushiboat the .trn file I was using, for I knew it was compatible with the fatherland file.
5. sushiboat did his turn over from scratch and sent back the .2h file, but it still did not work.

The only thing I can do at this point is force a stale for Ermor, which is not fair to him.

The alternative is to wait for Tauren to get settled in his dorm room at his college and give everything back to him. Of course, there is no guarantee that it will even work in this case. I think sushiboat may be on a MAC and maybe there is some special switch I need to use to make it work on my XP machine.

Can anyone help with this?

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I think everything should work normally.

Maybe try zipping+passwording everything, because e-mail (anti-virus) program may be messing up attachments.

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Thanks, Molog, that worked!

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Ummm...not to be the one to put the turd in the punchbowl, but I got a .2h file emailed to me, not the .trn file...

COuld I get the .trn file instead?

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Thanks! Sorry for the hassle...

alarik

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Me too http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

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Eh, so did I O_O

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Well, at least I was consistent. I sent the 2h file to everyone! It was late last night and I was wanting to go to bed when I sent out the turns.

The correct files have been sent this morning.

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Turn 35

The province tally is: Ermor 37, Machaka 20, Marignon 19, Pangaea 18, Jotunheim 15, Arcosephale 15, Pythium 12, and Man 4. Gem income increased for Pythium, Arco, and Jotunheim and decreased for Pangaea. Obscuro, the Armored Fist of God, the Black Fists, and Mighty Pak-ur are open for bidding.

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Turn 35

Not much to report.

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Back online, stuff is not yet unpacked; please let me know if something needs to be done *now*.

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So who do I send my turn to?
And I am dead http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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I sent my most recent turn to Panther.

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I will do the current turn and then see if Alneyan wants to take back the hosting.

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Waiting for new turn.

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I thought we were due for a turn last night. It's been two days since I sent mine in. I'm getting the DT's!

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I did not have all the turn files last night, but I do now. I decided it was better to wait for all the turns, plus I was very busy this weekend looking at houses all over town, so I didn't host yesterday.

Now, with Alneyan back from his vacation, he will be taking over hosting this game. So I just zipped everything up and sent it all to Alneyan. He will likely host and email the turns when he wakes up in France tomorrow, which is just a few hours from now.

Sorry for all the delays and stuff from passing this game around so much.

Panther

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I will be out of town for a week starting tomorrow morning (death in the family), returning on Saturday. I've asked Alneyan to sub for me, and he is willing. If the turns continue to run 2 days at a time, I should only miss a few turns, so not much should happen. I hope this is okay with everybody.

Shmonk

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Sorry to hear about your loss, Shmonk.

The substitution should be fine.

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The turns will be sent in a couple of minutes.

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Turn 36

Another free troop event. Great, another 60 militia I have to give money and devote commanders to.

Not much too report for the rest.

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Turn 36

The province tally is: Ermor 38, Machaka 21, Marignon 20, Pangaea 18, Jotunheim 15, Arcosephale 15, Pythium 11, and Man 3. Ermor and Machaka each gained a fort, and Man lost a fort. The fort tally is: Machaka 5, Marignon 3, Ermor 3, Pythium 2, Man 2, Pangaea 2, Jotunheim 2, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income increased for Ermor and Pangaea and decreased for Man. Arco and Ermor lost substantial numbers of troops. Marignon rehired Obscuro. Dagan the Sage and the Archers in White are open for bidding.

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Turn 37

Not much interesting too report. I gamble a bit.

I notice some of my units got diseased, most likely caused by a hidden disease causing site.

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Turn 37

The province tally is: Ermor 39, Machaka 22, Marignon 21, Pangaea 17, Jotunheim 15, Arcosephale 14, Pythium 11, and Man 2. The fort tally is: Machaka 4, Ermor 4, Marignon 3, Pangaea 3, Pythium 2, Man 2, Jotunheim 2, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income rose for Ermor and Jotunheim and fell for Arco. Ermor rehired Dagan. Dante's Stingers are open for bidding.

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Or maybe they have been having unprotected sex. Those Pangaean goatmen are notoriously horny. You may have to forge some Condoms.

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Is going AI(im leaving on sunday) any differeint in PBEM games then in normal games?

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Going AI should be the same. Do it and send in your turn.

By the way, it would be great if someone would give us newbies constructive criticism of how we played the game and ideas for what we might do differently in the future. The time when a player leaves the game would be a good opportunity to tell him/her privately.

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Not a bad idea; I can speak a bit about the strategy myself, but my ability to screw around in tactics is legendary (I sometimes leave the AI to do the tactics on its own, and the worst part is that it does a better job than me).

And yes, going AI is instantaneous. All your other orders for the turn will be overriden however, so don't go AI right now if you still have things to do.

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Turn 38

The province tally is: Ermor 40, Machaka 22, Marignon 21, Pangaea 17, Jotunheim 15, Arcosephale 12, Pythium 10, and Man 3. The fort tally is unchanged: Machaka 4, Ermor 4, Marignon 3, Pangaea 3, Pythium 2, Man 2, Jotunheim 2, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income increased for Ermor, Pangaea, and Jotunheim and decreased for Pythium and Arco. Army size for Ermor dropped noticeably. Obscuro the Hidden Master is open for bidding.

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Well im almsot dead and I have to leave for camp this coming sunday so I shall be turing AI.

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Turn 38

Not much too report.

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Turn 39

The province tally is: Ermor 44, Machaka 22, Marignon 20, Pangaea 19, Jotunheim 15, Arcosephale 9, Pythium 9, and Man 3. The fort tally is unchanged: Machaka 4, Ermor 4, Marignon 3, Pangaea 3, Pythium 2, Man 2, Jotunheim 2, and Arcosephale 1. Ermor's income is now in fourth place. Gem income increased for Ermor, Pangaea, and Jotunheim and decreased for Arco. Dagan the Sage is open for bidding.

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Turn 39

I forge a +3 dagger of orc slaying, which glows blue if orcs are present. I find a province with a death scale, while it should have a growth scale and start searching for sites.

Not much to report for the rest.

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Well I've gone AI for Arco due to strategic, resource, and tactical reasons.

Thanks for a good game folks. It's been fun!

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Turn 40

Sad to see another player drop.

Not much to report for the rest.

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NOT MUCH TO REPORT?!? Okay, I agree. Though Man is going down shortly.

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Turn 40

The province tally is: Ermor 46, Machaka 22, Marignon 21, Pangaea 20, Jotunheim 15, Arcosephale 7, Pythium 6, and Man 2. The fort tally is unchanged: Machaka 4, Ermor 4, Marignon 3, Pangaea 3, Pythium 2, Man 2, Jotunheim 2, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income increased for Ermor, Pangaea, Jotunheim, and Machaka and decreased for Arco. Dagan was rehired by Ermor. The Lost Legion is open for bidding.

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Turn 41

The province tally is: Ermor 45, Pangaea 24, Machaka 21, Marignon 21, Jotunheim 16, Arcosephale 8, Pythium 3, and Man 1. The fort tally is unchanged: Machaka 4, Ermor 4, Marignon 3, Pangaea 3, Pythium 2, Man 2, Jotunheim 2, and Arcosephale 1. Gem income increased for Arco, Ermor, Pangaea, and Jotunheim and decreased for Pythium. Ermor hired The Lost Legion. Obscuro the Hidden Master is open for bidding.

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Turn 41

I start getting some breathing room.