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Hmm. Weather is fair here in Vanheim. We have lost a few provs, but we've gained a lot of stuff off of dead SCs from Utgard. Money is a bit tight, but we can remedy that. All in all, methinks we are holding Utgard to a draw.

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That's sounds great - waste each other out while one super power grows that much stronger with every passing turn :)

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Hey, Utgard attacked me. I wanted no hostilities after Baalz took over. You can't blame me for trying to stay alive.

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Just an fyi, Jomon (me) is currently leeching wifi from the neighbor and therefore has wonky internets. If I stale the next turn, you'll know what's up. (Like it matters.)

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I'm afraid I need to ask (yet another) extension. Was planning to play the turn tonight, but my sister enlisted my help to babysit her little kid while she goes off galivanting. (The planned babysitter had an emergency of her own.) And tomorrow is the new years' drink at work, which I've been told has a tendency to be quite epic. I'll try not to be too hungover and play my turn on saturday. :)

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Added 24h.

Seems like I'm doing this routinely of late. Anyone want to switch to 4 day turnaround?

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Not really. I have a hard time remembering what I am doing from turn to turn as it is. I'm a pretty unimportant part of this little free-for-all though, so you guys do whatever you want.

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I'm in favor of hoping for 72h but granting liberal extensions, just so we can try to keep things moving.

Thanks WL. I had good fun last night, though I'll have to admit to be somewhat disappointed in my co-workers definition of the word 'epic' (Home around 11 already.) Still, since it started at 5.30h and half of us (including me) had to work half a day today I guess I shouldn't complain too much. :)

Besides, allows me to be fresher tonight, since I'm going out again for a birthday party. :D (yeah, busy week...)

As the ones above I'm not really in favor of longer hosting times unless someone else really needs them. In the end I suspect it would only lead to postponing playing till the last day when you have something sudden come up forcing you to ask to delay hosting anyway. (At least, that would be the case for me, knowing my horrible tendency to live by the famous phrase "Why do today what you can postpone until tomorrow.")

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Midgard is holding. Took out two more SCs this turn, with minor land losses. All castles but one are unsieged. My ability to strike back is somewhat hampered by the lack of gems, but I can still do a few things.

In short, Midgard is holding. What can anyone else do to stem the tide of Utgard?

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Nice turn Baalz. Some very good battles. Very entertaining.

Now, when is it exactly that you are actually going to try and conquer me? I see nothing but dead Utgard SCs and worthless provs taken.

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Due to miscalculating when I would have a chance to send in my turn, I've had to postpone a few times today, I hope no one minds.

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Poor Bane of Jomon, crippled then controlled by unscripted mages.

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I should have known naming him was tempting fate. :D

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Hey all,
Due to my inability to keep up with the pace of turns because of my busy life, I'll be taking leave of the game; I had a good, though short, time playing with you all. Best of luck to everyone.

Mithras will be taking my place in Agartha.

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Time to send me diplomatic imfomation, and perhaps make up a few nonexistant NAPs :D

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Heaven forbid? Artifacts drops off the first page? Bump.

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Extending 24h at Micah's request.

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Hats off to Jomon, fighting to the very end.

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Thanks, it was a learning experience to be sure.

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Sorry to be delaying hosting again, but I've got a pretty bad case of
a cold/virus and I'm not really able to devote any energy to the turn tonight.

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get well soon QM.

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I'm going on vacation until the 25/03.

Calmon has graciously agreed to my plea to keep Caelum well managed (or rather to start managing it well :) ) until my return. He will take control effective turn 84.

I have setup a forward rule that will convey all the artifacts related emails I get from the server to his email so no need to change anything in the server.

Please contact him instead of me for anything to has to do with Caelum.

Naturally, I will also step down as an admin at this time. I hope you feel better QM. Hopefully you would not have too much on your hands until I return.

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Yes, thanks, I'm feeling quite a bit better.

Have fun on your vacation.

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Extended another 24h at Micah's request.

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Sorry guys, my travel schedule has been pretty hectic. =(

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Just in case you missed my pm QM.

Please add 24 hours for me this time.

Thanks and sorry for another delay.

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No problem (other players were also asking for more time), 24h added.

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Sorry for another delay. QM could you please add 16 hours, i got hit by a virus infect.

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No problem, Micah also requested 24h so I'm adding that.

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Heh. Sure. What's another day in a game that has lasted an ETERNITY.

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Just bumping for my new sig, since the new retarded Forums don't update your sig on old posts.

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OK. Anyone that comes into my territory is dead meat. I may not be able to win this game, but come into my lands and you die.

Ignore the sig on this one.

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As you'll all have noticed the Llamaserver just went down. I'm not sure how soon everything will be running smoothly again, but I'm out of town for a few days midweek, (Had planned on playing and submitting tonight before leaving tomorrow.) so after it gets back up I'll probably not be able to send in my turn before thursday. Just so everyone knows in advance and won't be fretting about my missing turn once the server is back up. (Yeah, right... like everyone wasn't already planning on taking advantage from the delay to do nothing at all this entire week. ;) )

And by the way: Congratulations to everyone, including myself, for managing to finish last turn right on schedule. :D

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I think it's hilarious that most of the players are taking advantage of the week long host period, cause by the LLamaserver breakdown, to do their turns.

Seriously folks. Want to get a turn in this weekend?

I, for one, would like to get this game over. I have Noobs to kill in other games.

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Heh. Better get those turns in folks. It's hosting today. You may have forgotten about this game by now.

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Not forgotten about the game at all, and definitely planning to submit my turn before deadline. :)

I'm a bit in a pickle, having had a few very busy weeks/months, and, frankly getting slightly burned out by dominions, and often feeling like doing other stuff in my free time. (This is the last game I'm still involved in too.) If it were any other game I'd be considering searching for a sub, but with the situation being as it is I don't want to bail out either (and I definitely do have fun when I actually start playing) so I'll be sticking this one out till the end. (I might still ask for the occasional extension like we've all been doing though. ;) )

Edit: I didn't want to come off sounding overly dramatic either. It's not nearly like my life is a total shambles at the moment or anything like it. Just a little bit busier with work, a little bit busier with family, (With my sister having had a baby and both her and her husband being nurses they can use a hand on occasion, and my parents are getting a bit older too.) and thus with my free time I sometimes feel like doing somthing a little less intellectually active. Nothing extraordinary really.

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Having artifacts as your only Dom game will do that, it's burned out a lot of players.

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Heh, true that QM. I do not give a **** who wins this game.

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Can you please add 2 hours to the timer QM.

Thanks!

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Actually, I added 24 hours... the hosting schedule was mixed up with the last llamasever glitch and it was on 48 hours.

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Thanks, i really didn't notice it :).

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Hi, I'm back from my vacation and will take over Caelum again.

Thank you so much Calmon for subbing for me.

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Are we still on 72h?

I'm sorry guys but for me this is way too short a turnaround for that late in the game. I find it too stressing. Considering that there's always some reason for delay and that actual turn around is closer to 4-5 days I don't see why we should stick with 72h.
Anyway, as I was saying, for me its too stressing. I'm afraid that unless its changed I'll have no choice but to bow out of this game.

Had I known this game won't accommodate the turnaround according to game progress (like most MP games) I'd have passed from the first place. So IMO this is something worth mentioning in the first post of the game thread so that players be aware of that from the beginning.

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Well, while my personal preference would be to try and keep it at 72h - while granting extensions when necessary - to try and keep the game moving a little bit, I've also allways been of the opinion that if the pace is to fast for some, then it should be slowed. So, bottom line, if WL feels he can't keep up with 72h, I'll back him.

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Above is seconded.

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Well, obviously the hosting has progressed as the game has progressed, if people are ready to take it up the next notch to 96 hours that's ok with me.

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No, I cannot agree to 96 hour. That level of hosting time is never agreeable to me. 72 hour is the max.

I'm sorry if you must bow out because of this Wraith. But then, you are really not much of a factor in this game anyway. Right?

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Well as the 3rd in the majority of the scores I wouldn't quite put it that way.
Yes, clearly Mari and Bogarus are the leading nations but that does mean I'm not at all a factor in the game. Besides I'd venture I'm much more of a factor in this game than you are :)

As the majority of the players support my request I don't see why I should bow out of the game b/c of your preference. I find your insistence strange and inconsiderate, had 72h been that important to you why didn't you rail at all the delays the game for so many turns now.

Bottom line - If 72h stays then I'm out.
I'll let QM take the final call on this one.

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I do believe Lingchih was being a bit tongue-in-cheek. In any case, I have already set it to 96h.