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Ah, I hadn't realized he had agreed to Mari already, I just suggested Utgard since you omitted it in your earlier post about which nations needed subs, and I would have been happy to have him there. As long as someone's found for it though I suppose it's not too important as far as specifics.

Oh, and the game isn't 400 provinces, it's true, but it has the gems like it is at this point, due to all of the gen items out there.

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"late game fights tend to resemble scared girls slap fighting"

Haha, awesome.

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If you can't find anyone to take Utgard on then I guess I can offer myself as sub, as long as the current hosting schedule isn't some insane 24 hour job (which I very much doubt with the game at turn 100+)

Have sent you a PM WraithLord.

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Oh dear! Upon review, I'm actually trying to attack myself in some places. I gotta get used to the mari orange banner!

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It's funny 'cause it's true.

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Yes, Micah's observation is an accurate insight. Although I think this is only true for the first rounds of the war. When the opponents measure each other's worth, weakness, routines and so forth. After that, at least according to my past experience, things do get brutal. In the sense that every ounce of gems, gold, wizardry or arms goes to to holy cause of hurting the opponent.

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The game has 4 day turnaround and is tolerant to further extensions upon request. If ppl start to get stressed due to long turns I wouldn't mind adding another day to the interval.
I have added 48h to this one to allow the new subs to accommodate themselves with their nations.

Welcome on board tgbob and Calahan :)

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Must admit I am a big fan of the friendly schedule :) and I am happy to have the chance to play against the great players competing in this game :)

@ tgbob - are you following me around, or am I following you? As I'm pretty sure you are in every game I'm playing in at the moment?!? Strange how these things work sometimes :confused:

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You followed me into this one!

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I certainly can't argue with that. So guess I'm a stalker. Which I must say is news to me, but at least I know now for future incidents :D

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Damn, is this game still going on? Give it up Wraith. You are beaten.

Or, perhaps, if I was Wraith, I would take my football and go home.

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Be nice, Kent. While I agree that it's somewhat absurd that this game is still going given the subfest, mm hell, and the high likelihood that the game is already over, Wraith hasn't done anything wrong aside from having a difference of opinion on the state of the game. He has acted within his rights as a participant in the game by not conceding. I disagree with his assessment, and I think it's within my rights to whine about it every so often, but the game isn't completely decided yet since there ARE VPs, so he's not even being particularly unsporting by doing so.

More importantly, regardless of the above disagreement, Wraith has acted in excellent faith, including granting me an extension when asked (not the actions of someone that is trying to manipulate the game to his advantage.) He also has not made our difference of opinion into any sort of personal attack, I would ask that you do the same.

(And I'd imagine that no harm was meant by your post, just an attempt at a joke with the football line, but given the tonelessness of the typed word and the somewhat high level of drama over this game in particular it came off in somewhat bad taste. Not trying to jump on you or anything, just to nip any potential problems in the bud, especially since the forum won't let you edit stuff. And I know I've said some stuff in frustration on IRC while doing my turns, so I can completely understand making an idle comment or two, the forum just isn't the place for it.)

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Hey Micah, Thank you very much for that last comment. I appreciate your sentiment and understanding.

Far be it from me to try and deliberately make the game drag against hopeless odds. To the best of my judgment, and I can at least say I have participated in muchos games over the years and seen a thing or two, this one is not decided yet. You have a good healthy advantage and a nice shot at victory. However, since we are talking VPs and since I have the right to try and stop you from winning (this is after all what this game is all about) I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. Look at it that way, I built up my nation for a hundred turns, so it's kinda stupid to just raise the white flag now. If and when it becomes clear to me that you are unstoppable I'll give up the game. Until then I tell you, come and get it :D

Lingchih, I think your comments directed at me are consistently in bad taste. As for this situation you are welcome to read threads of past games I played, you'll see that I'm not one for surrendering - and you know what, every once in a while I even managed to turn the tables on. So I ain't swayed, moved offended or irritated by your comments and you are more than welcome to cont. them if that makes you happy. This is the last I relate to OT remarks from you.

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This game is almost a year old! I'm impressed by the fortitude of the players who stuck with it, especially with all the subs coming and going.

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"the players"? Only 2 of the original 19 players actually stuck with it, tgbob. You might as well call them out by name :)

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What?- the fun is just about to begin. So far in this game, all my wars were either a tie or a landslide victory. This last one I think will be very interesting and I'd surely learn a lot on the way. For me that latter is what really counts. That and proper closure.

Had the game not consisted of grizzled vets only and had the map been more run-of-the-mill I assume this game would have been over much sooner. Be that as it may, the early and mid game conflicts saw no clear winners (except Mari's victory IIRC) and it was only past mid game that things really got moving - via the dreaded predator pack behavior.

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Don't worry Wraith, I don't intend to let your streak of landslides end, just make sure to check where you're standing when the rocks start falling. =)

Mari's victory was noobicide, was it not?

I also killed Ctis in a solo war, but it wasn't really fair.

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Heh, well I would argue almost any early victory can be counted as either noobicide or unfair (or one side going AWOL).

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God this game has gone on so long, people probably don't even remember Pan or Mictlan.

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yeah i think DC technically got the first kill of anyone

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Sorry Wraith, my comment was in poor taste. But then, mine usually are. See my sig. Good luck to you.

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:lol
Do domes protect from landslides? ;)

I think you are right WRT Mari's victory. And of course you are right about Ctis. I forgot about it. But then I noticed a number of wars around the globe that ended in stalemate. Including our very own failed crusade vs. Atlantis. The 2nd crusade worked a lot better :)

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Don't sweat it Lingchih, I just made an observation, nothing to be sorry about :)

I would humbly suggest though, that you be more considerate in your future comments, I think ultimately it will serve you better.

I'd also like to raise a toast in honor of all the artifacts players, past and present :cheers:

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My computer has stopped working. It just turned off suddenly yesterday and a smell of something burning spread. It was very hot to touch. I tried to turn it on after it cooled down but to no avail.

If I stale the turn, it means I didn't fix it and you might want to turn Midgard AI.

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Whoever runs this game, please set me back to Midgard if Psycho's computer is toast. I will go ahead and shepherd them to their final end.

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BL Psycho, hope your computer isn't too toasted.

Lingchih - If you do get a gig, I hope you know how to fend off a large pack of rather ugly, rabid wolves... :)

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Sorry to do this considering how long the hosting has been on this turn, but can I please get a 18 hour delay of the current turn.

Organising Utgard affairs is proving to be a bit of a nightmare due to random equipment on random commanders in almost every province, so sorting it all out is slow going. Already spent a few hours on the turn, so most of it is done, but won't get a chance to finish it now until Sunday afternoon (llamaserver time) as tomorrow is a wipeout due to a sporting event.

Sad thing is the turn would probably have been completed easily by now if there wasn't a limit on the lab size :( But you just have to work with what you've got I guess....hard life being a sub if the previous owner was a bit, lets say, untidy.

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Psycho, sorry to hear about your computer. I have no objections to waiting a bit for you to sort it out. Also, It's your call of course whether or not to cont. playing or giving control back to Lingchih.


Calahan, extension given.

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Yeah, sorry about that. With the forge up (not sure if it still is) I was forging 50 items a turn and hand to clear out the lab every turn. I did have everything kinda organized, but that was one sub ago with a different mind and a different organization strategy....

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Utgard is now on it's 4th player... must be some kind of record.

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and given the pace of this, it's like each of them has played a full game :D

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As I mentioned to QM on IRC earlier: it's a bad sign when I start feeling proud of myself for getting through individual parts of my turn, since the whole thing at once has gotten to be too daunting. =)

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Is anyone going to switch me back? Turn is just about up, and I am about to go to bed.

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No worries Baalz. Not sure how you organise things, but there doesn't appear to have been any organisation recently. So guessing all the personal assistants you hired to keep things tidy slacked off after you took early retirement :)

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Hmm, no word from Psycho (unless it was via PM) and 2 hours til host, can we try to get Lingchih in here and give him enough time to get a turn in? Or is it too late to postpone at this point?

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I haven't heard back from Psycho. I'll PM him asking whether he plans to cont. playing. If I don't get an answer by tomorrow I'll set Lingchih in his place.

Lingchih - Please PM me with your email address.
Oh, and I am curious, I recall only recently you wanted nothing to do with this game. I wonder, why you want back now?- esp. with Midgard down to two provinces and in hopeless situation. Do you have a secret plan to stop Bogarus and steal the victory? ;)

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Just doing you guys a favor.

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Thank you Lingchih. I set your email for Midgard. Welcome back :)

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ROFL I just realised that stupid Purgatory spell kills all undead within my dominion, not just enemy undead. Not a good look for country lead by a vampire counts :P

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Oh, and here I was being darn sure Micah has enslaved the mind of one of your fire mages to cast this global at your name :D

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I didn't see any fireworks, what did I miss? Or was that said with the supposition that I would waive the notice on the NAP?

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No fireworks I agree :)

I don't think any harm can come of letting you know that my attempt to overwrite your forge with an E11 mage using 999E gems has failed. The DRN gods have smiled upon you and your forge advantage is maintained. I could retry soon but I'm loath to risk loosing 1k E gems again, so I guess I'd save them for less riskier propositions.

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Wow, impressive...that's what, E16 with a full set of boosters? Do paths even go over 15?

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Naturally, I'll have to postpone full disclosure on that until the game ends.

It would have been much more impressive had the attempt actually succeeded :D

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Ha, I'm not really sure if keeping the details to yourself after admitting you blew 1000 gems is going to save you much tactical advantage at this point, but feel free. =)

I'll be happy to hear the details down the road though.

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Yeah, I was probably overconfident with the recast - I didn't figure you'll go all the way to 999E casting and even at that I figured a strong earth mage would suffice to overwrite - A mistake I can gladly admit to.

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BTW, anyone heard from tgbob lately?

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My computer is completely toast. I hope you switched Lingchic to Midgard.

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Bob's on IRC pretty often, I've spoken to him since the last host.

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I was waiting for more things to stick into the email before responding.

Edit: Yeah, I'll stop slacking now.