Jaguar - finished, Szumo declared winner

[Loren]

sum1won said:
Eh, I had to expand south because my income is as bad as yours- forests and mountains, with a couple swamps. If I had the choice, I wouldn't be going against you- I don't relish fighting the longbow-knight armies that man always seems to field.

Yeah, that's exactly what's going to smash into you. We'll probably end up taking each other out.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Not if me and R'lyeh are fighting each other until the end of time. I think you could have five men left alive, and we'd be to busy throwing spells at each other to go out of our way and conquer you.

And if you'd attacked one of us, who knows what would happen. You'd have R'lyeh expanding all the way up the western edge of the map with the world's highest gem income, or you'd have me moving my decrepit mages and golems oh so so slowly southward behind an easily defended mountain range. While a turtle or snail passes me in traffic.

[Szumo]

Oh come on Lazy Perfectionist, you have the pretty much the same gem income as i do and your recruitable troops are way better than mine on the land.
I just wonder whether you'll move before i Mind Hunt most of your commanders to death ;P

Anyway, i'm happy that you (Pythium and Man) decided to duke it out between yourselves, one on one wars are usually fun while i assume no one likes to be gangbanged

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Damn. Why the hell can't I 'continue construction' on the damn fort? Now I've lost 2400 gold as my builder has been remotely assassinated twice, and can't have two guys work on it simultaneously without paying double.

Also, attack me already, R'lyeh. Apparently, a Lead Shield isn't a reliable antidote to Mind Hunts. And I'm not getting a fort up, ever, dammit.

[Szumo]

I'd prefer to attack you after all your commanders are killed ;P

As for Lead Shields, they just about cancel penetration items on my casters. It was a big investment to set up those (30 gems per caster or so) so i'd say Lead Shield work quite well.

What's definitely helps me is magic +3 dominion though.

[sum1lost]

To atlantis: Go ahead and keep the province. However, next time you plan on attacking a province which is directly adjacent to another player's army, when said army has been steamrolling in that direction and that is the only province left, try to make sure that your intentions are known. If you did mean that as an act of war, I'd like it if you said so. If you didn't, I'd like it if you said so, and had just warned me ahead of time. Nobody likes to lose 40 vestals for no gain.

Otherwise:

It appears that ermor plans on stalling. Again.

[Starshine_Monarch]

Um, something seems to be wrong with the server. The last turn I sent in was 37, but it says it's turn 42 now. That and it isn't showing the nation list.