Chronicles MA

[calmon]

Well i'm out of this game. My last dogpile (on artifacts) its just a too short time ago.

I'm not sure whats the fun for people is to unite 4 vs 1. I'm happy with 2 wars against equal strong Nehekhara on westside and somehow weaker caelum on east. We had a lot of battles since the start of the war.

But know with Shinuyama and R'lyeh NAP notices is just the begin of the end of any fun.

It seems the game ran in the same ways artifacts did. I've no fun to overrun others with a huge alliance and on the same time i'm not a fan of being overruned once again. Sure i'm strong but there are a lot of other nations strong as well therefore i have problems to understand the reason.
Maybe i lack to intrigue enough to prevent this. However its not my world and like i said 'not again'!

I think the new RAND game will be the last one i participate in dominions.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by calmon

Well i'm out of this game. My last dogpile (on artifacts) its just a too short time ago.

I'm not sure whats the fun for people is to unite 4 vs 1. I'm happy with 2 wars against equal strong Nehekhara on westside and somehow weaker caelum on east. We had a lot of battles since the start of the war.

But know with Shinuyama and R'lyeh NAP notices is just the begin of the end of any fun.

It seems the game ran in the same ways artifacts did. I've no fun to overrun others with a huge alliance and on the same time i'm not a fan of being overruned once again. Sure i'm strong but there are a lot of other nations strong as well therefore i have problems to understand the reason.
Maybe i lack to intrigue enough to prevent this. However its not my world and like i said 'not again'!

I think the new RAND game will be the last one i participate in dominions.

I feel your pain Calmon, and I agree with you normal dominions games hinge far too much on diplomacy (in particular staving off ganging that way). But there are lots of games where that is much less a factor. No diplo games, graphs off and blitz games are all alternatives.

Don't let two disasters of games (this and artifacts) sour you to dominions altogether.

[Calahan]

Originally Posted by calmon

Well i'm out of this game. My last dogpile (on artifacts) its just a too short time ago.

I'm not sure whats the fun for people is to unite 4 vs 1. I'm happy with 2 wars against equal strong Nehekhara on westside and somehow weaker caelum on east. We had a lot of battles since the start of the war.

But know with Shinuyama and R'lyeh NAP notices is just the begin of the end of any fun.

It seems the game ran in the same ways artifacts did. I've no fun to overrun others with a huge alliance and on the same time i'm not a fan of being overruned once again. Sure i'm strong but there are a lot of other nations strong as well therefore i have problems to understand the reason.
Maybe i lack to intrigue enough to prevent this. However its not my world and like i said 'not again'!

I think the new RAND game will be the last one i participate in dominions.

Up until now, I have never had the pleasure of playing in a game with you Calmon, although I will be correcting that in Pasha's new RAND game.

But speaking for myself, and I'm sure many others as well, I would certainly hate to see you leave the Dominions community. You are a very talented player, and you are one of the very few players who, for me at least, always manages to get to the real heart of the issue when it comes to discussing various aspects of the game.

Yourself, Micah and WraithLord are the only players who's posts I religiously read, as they usually without fail highlight some really minor detail in a discussion that is easy to overlook, but which has a major baring on the issue, and normally escapes most regular players attention. It would be a real shame for the community to lose one of the very limited sources of such expertise

I know how much I hate diplomacy in MP games, so I have no problems understanding when players get put off playing in future games because of it. I am more convinced than ever that no diplomacy games are the way forward, since that goes a long way to helping ensure that the most skilful players do well, and not just the players who just happen to have a silver tongue.

Soon I am hoping to start, and be the non-playing admin, in a new RAND game or two. I would be honoured if you considered playing in one of those games, as there you can let your talents do the talking for you

[sansanjuan]

Originally Posted by calmon

Well i'm out of this game. My last dogpile (on artifacts) its just a too short time ago.

I'm not sure whats the fun for people is to unite 4 vs 1. I'm happy with 2 wars against equal strong Nehekhara on westside and somehow weaker caelum on east. We had a lot of battles since the start of the war.

But know with Shinuyama and R'lyeh NAP notices is just the begin of the end of any fun.

It seems the game ran in the same ways artifacts did. I've no fun to overrun others with a huge alliance and on the same time i'm not a fan of being overruned once again. Sure i'm strong but there are a lot of other nations strong as well therefore i have problems to understand the reason.
Maybe i lack to intrigue enough to prevent this. However its not my world and like i said 'not again'!

I think the new RAND game will be the last one i participate in dominions.

cal,
Join or start a team game. With only two teams (such as the recently finished Lord of the Rings game) there is zero diplomacy, no chance of back stabbing, etc. All teamwork. I *really* enjoyed the one I played in.
-ssj

PS Your play in Chronicles is very strong. I've learned a lot trying to hold back the undead horde...