MP: Chronicles_MA - General Game Discussion

[DonCorazon]

Anyone else besides Calmon want to continue? maybe we can all go AI and he can play with himself

[quantum_mechani]

Just want to say, my last two stales were not because I had forgotten about the game. First one, for some reason I didn't get my usual llamserver warning about the turn being due, the second one I somehow sent the wrong .2h

Given that frustration, I'm particularly keen on calling the game off.

[Executor]

I'm game, fight on.

[DonCorazon]

Here's the prob I have:

Even winning this game would not be satisfactory and will take months at our pace. The landscape has been totally messed up by stales. For example, my strategic thinking was that Marignon would be a good counter to Ermor, but they just evaporated with stales/player transition totally changing the landscape. The same might be said about Atlantis (under its old player) vs. me (although we were allies), or TC, or Man, or Hoburg.... Even if R'lyeh won this, I wouldn't even want to count it. So why play on in a game where most players would rather quit and a quarter of the original ones have just vanished? Not to mention, the story telling purpose of the game has disintegrated and that was why I joined.

Remember this -

Originally Posted by calmon

I would like to join this game.
I prefer a "normal" game with VPs and a lot of writing/AARs...
If people don't want to write they don't need to join the game. There are enough others...

So far its 4-2 against continuing.
Caelum
Marignon (PMed me)
Rlyeh
Man

Any others have an opinion? If the remaining players strongly want to continue, maybe we can find some more subs...

[Jarkko]

Atlantis here. To be honest, the game is not that interesting for me I'll keep on playing and doing my best, but there is actually very little I feel I could do with just WEA magic available (and since a few turns back Death too), very hard pressed by hostile dominions spreading under the waves, and there is only so little I can RP to the wiki (Turn 33: This turn we did raise some taxes and built a temple. Turn 34: This turn we did raise some taxes and built a temple. Turn 35: This turn we did raise some taxes and built a temple...). Ok, I have (I think) recruited and summoned a nice army (compared to what I had when I joined the game) for such a small nation that Atlantis is atm, but I am so far behind in research (I think) that the end-game doesn't look promising.

So, I'll continue if the majority decides to continue, but I wouldn't actually cry a river if the game ended...

[calmon]

Everyone sees that most of us lost interests in writing. Your discussion several turns ago where you stated that you stop writing may worsen the problem (at least it did for me). And you're right by sure my words at the start was by far more ambitious than i end with. I know it!

However whats the sence of starting a discussion for ending the game? There are still players which have some fun and for me its my only running game in dominions. If you don't want to continue the easiest way is to find a sub.

I can take over the game admin if you want.

[DonCorazon]

Originally Posted by calmon

Everyone sees that most of us lost interests in writing. Your discussion several turns ago where you stated that you stop writing may worsen the problem (at least it did for me). And you're right by sure my words at the start was by far more ambitious than i end with. I know it!

However whats the sence of starting a discussion for ending the game? There are still players which have some fun and for me its my only running game in dominions. If you don't want to continue the easiest way is to find a sub.

I can take over the game admin if you want.

I worsened the problem?! - come on, get real calmon - thats 3rd grade psychology. you clearly weren't writing anything before i said anything...

even though this wasn't my game concept, I stepped in and tried to keep it alive. i looked for every sub: hoburg, atlantis, marignon...not a single player posted a message to try and get one themselves. ko just stopped playing, and the players here didn't want to get him a sub the time i mentioned it until he got to the point he staled so many times it was hopeless. (although he clearly has diplomatic immunity from any wrath given his overall contributions to the world )

what i find annoying is chronicles devolved into a game where some people like yourself were playing it as a hardcore competitive game, while others were happily writing of their exploits, disclosing intel, and other were just abandoning it, etc. not a great mix for a fun game.

anyway, i've pm'ed you the password. you can be admin and figure out what to do. if you can keep the game going (and fun), i'll keep playing. good luck.

[Executor]

I with Calmon, I think I have a solid position, would be better if I had some neighbors turn AI or my enemies wouldn't fight till the last man standing but hey, I'm used to s**t happening only to me.
Being a mod nation, and a damn interesting one I'm still up for this game.

[Wrana]

I have to second Jarkko's opinion right now. I have a relatively solid position so it wouldn't do justice to the nation if I quit. At the same time , much of the interest was lost for me when KO'd dropped out. I had plenty of plans for intrigues at TC court... Plus other stales. I just don't know whether it's still worth it.

[Executor]

So it looks like only Calmon and me want to continue this game?