MP Game - Yarnspinners

puffyn · #1 September 1st, 2004, 11:47 PM

---- Arcoscephale, Turn 3 ----

Early summer, year 12 of my exile.

At Last, some good news. Three more hoplites came into town Last week, and I suspect more remnants of the broken taxis will continue to straggle in as they emerge from their winter shelters in a (futile) attempt to find civilization. This means that one-third of my foot soldiers are now non-barbarians, so I have decided that we are strong enough to take on a nearby nest of bandits that the villagers have been harping on us for weeks to attack. Reports indicate that there are almost as many bandit as I have troops under my command, but even my locals, I think, are worth more than these petty thugs, at least after the rigorous training I have put them through.

So there will be some honest fighting, a welcome change from the bizarre events of the Last few weeks, and also some money, because the citizens Skelde Henge have agreed to submit to the direction of the village leaders if we will rid them of the bandits. (Or at least so I have been told.) And there will be no one winking at me, or worse, bowing, no Balachandra or his brother Divakar to chant ridiculous rhymes about me and butter and who knows what else.

If I had known, when I left Pagasae for the Great Campaign so long ago, that one day I would be thousands of leagues from home, scratching battle plans in the mud, in breathless anticipation of a brawl with a bunch of ignorant peasants...

I should be back in a few months. I hope that Thymbre will have returned by then, and I may hear how her journey to learn of quaint local superstitions has fared.

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deccan · #2 September 2nd, 2004, 12:10 AM

Just my personal opinion, but I think this competition is being too "bland" if the judge(s) continue to refrain from judging the relative "quality" of the yarn. It's like you get 2 points automatically simply for handing in your homework, but there's no effort to differentiate those trying to be really entertaining and those just filling in something for every turn.

Zapmeister · #3 September 2nd, 2004, 12:12 AM

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deccan said:
Just my personal opinion, but I think this competition is being too "bland" if the judge(s) continue to refrain from judging the relative "quality" of the yarn. It's like you get 2 points automatically simply for handing in your homework, but there's no effort to differentiate those trying to be really entertaining and those just filling in something for every turn.

Yes, that's down to my laziness, really. I believe the new administrater, Magnate, plans to do a better job.

magnate · #4 September 3rd, 2004, 10:26 AM

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deccan said:
Just my personal opinion, but I think this competition is being too "bland" if the judge(s) continue to refrain from judging the relative "quality" of the yarn. It's like you get 2 points automatically simply for handing in your homework, but there's no effort to differentiate those trying to be really entertaining and those just filling in something for every turn.

Yes, that's down to my laziness, really. I believe the new administrater, Magnate, plans to do a better job.

Interesting - I was very careful in my first post, in case people really didn't want me to judge relative quality. I'm quite happy to be a bit discerning (only 1 point for just filling it in, 2 points if it's good, maybe a rare 3rd point for outstanding) - but please, everybody chip in if they don't like this idea ....

CC

magnate · #5 September 3rd, 2004, 10:28 AM

P.S. Please, somebody tell me the days on which the turns are run. I'm planning on giving points for turn 3 reports this weekend, on the assumption that turn 4 runs some time Saturday or Sunday. Then you have until the following run (Wed?) to write turn 4's pieces, etc. etc.

Karacan · #6 September 3rd, 2004, 11:49 AM

Check here on Mosehansen to see when the next hosting is due. I think it hosts thursday/monday. Make your own calculations for your timezone.

As for points, I am pretty certain that everyone included does it for the fun, not for points. That said, I don't mind any incentives for everyone to keep writing their stories... I can't wait until turn 60's culmination. Will puffyn locate the missing Holy Butter? Will Lillith the Damned get bored with her new playthings? Will the Ghost of the Wingless finally find the rest he doesn't deserve? Yeah, I read 'em.

puffyn · #7 September 3rd, 2004, 10:21 PM

I agree with Noth, writer of Posts.

This game is all about the stories, rather than "points" or "winning" or other linear, western concepts like having your narrator actually survive long enough to establish a consistent voice.

On a related note: I recently read this AAR and thought that it would be nice to have some maps for our game. Obviously posting pictures of the maps while the game is in progress is a little too revealing, but perhaps everyone could make screenshots (or just a copy of their turn) every five turns. Then, when the game is over, someone could make complete situation maps every 5 turns and edit them into the thread for posterity.

Alneyan · #8 September 24th, 2004, 09:10 PM

On another matter, both Sheap and Jarenko (Machaka and Atlantis) seem to have been AWOL for the past two weeks, and I did not hear anything about their absence on the forums. Should we wait for them or attempt to find a replacement, assuming there was a master password for this game?

I will be asking Zapmeister about the master password; since we are going PBEM, the players themselves can have this password, as you will only be able to access your own nation. If there is no master password, is there any way to access the password-protected nations? I guess it is not possible, but I hope I am wrong here.