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Re: lolwut
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Re: lolwut
That's not true. I decided to remove my request after this:
<lch> Sensori, Bluebird isn't a newb, I know, I don't know why he signed up for this... but as he adds two players to the game and I'm still looking for players, I can't refuse AND THIS! <lch> or maybe I let you in and you restrict to a 1on1, Bluebird and you :3 You said that Bluebird isn't a newbie, but you'd put me to duel with him, so you pretty much claimed that I'm not a newbie in the process as well. :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO |
Re: lolwut
Dayum, a' been found out now fo' shizzle!
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Re: lolwut
Hmm - ok, because Sensori is making so much noise: I was looking for a game where Mow and I could join. Mow is a real utter newbie, having just maintained a single game of mine for 2 turns while I was away. So, I was just about to create an own game when I discovered Ich's offer and asked if we could join.
I do fully understand that this is a newbie game, where I participate mostly because I want to play with Mow and I can do a little bit of coaching for everybody: I will give feedback to the other players and play defensive. This is Ich's game, and I do not think that there is a reason for him to justify himself. The set of players has probably developed over time, and there is not consisted rule to justify it anyway. If he thinks that I am unbalancing the game, he could tell me any time and Mow and I would withdraw, no hard feelings. But the goal of this game is to learn Dom3 and to have fun for everybody, and that is the way that I will play http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif |
Re: lolwut
As Sensori wrote, he's just pulling a leg here. I just hoped that Newbies could enjoy their first MP game and have some fun and success even with "weak" MP tactics without being pummeled to death by turn 5-10. As long as that's the case, I don't mind. Should you start a savage bloodbath among them I might emulate LA R'lyeh's insanity and change some of your orders before I host a turn, maybe. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
We're waiting for Mow's pretender, then I'll start the game. |
pretender
Hmm.. I had problems to download the update. Sorry for the delay.
My pretender is on the way. |
Re: pretender
Okay, the game has started now. Everybody should have received a message from the host with the info how to connect to the server etc. - if you have not received the message then please check your Spam folder and add the email address of the host to your Whitelist. If you can't even find it in your Spam folder then report it here.
The timer is set for 48 hours per turn, if you all are done before that then it will automatically host the new turn even before that. So better check back on the game once per day. In case you won't have time to do your turns in time because you'll be travelling or for whatever other reason, please leave a message here in the thread in advance and send me an email (you can just reply to the host messages). Have a good game and have fun, everybody! P.S.: In case some other game already uses the same name, please tell me about it and I'll change it. |
Re: pretender
Hmmm... I've greylisting on my mailserver. And your mailserver tried to deliver the mail only once (10:31:45) and then never again.
Might it be that the mail server you use do not handle RFC correct? |
Re: pretender
I'm using nbSMTP over a smtp relay server for the turn notifications. It is only called once, that's correct. I could switch back to sendmail if you prefer that, although I don't trust it that much.
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Re: pretender
Actually, it seems as if even nbSMTP is resending emails:
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>############################################ ######################## # THIS IS A WARNING ONLY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE. # ################################################## ################## Your message could not be delivered for 24 hour(s). It will be retried until it is 4 day(s) old. For further assistance, please see (german lanuage only): http://www.arcor.de/hilfe/neu/index....002&id=198 The Postfix program <Kxxxx@Exxxxx.de>: host xxxx.Exxxxx.de[xx.xxx.xxx.xx] said: xxx-xxx.xxx.xx.xx is not yet authorized to deliver mail from 451 <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxx> to <xxxxx@xxxxxx.de>. Please try later. (in reply to RCPT TO command)</pre><hr /> Looks like this game is having a good hosting frequency so far. |
Re: pretender
Hmmm...
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre> 2007-05-10 15:40:07 1Hm8sD-0001DJ-HN SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx>: host mx00.uxxx.de [62.146.106.39]: 450 4.7.1 <nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx>: Recipient address rejected: You are greylisted for 300 seconds... 2007-05-10 15:40:07 1Hm8sD-0001DJ-HN == nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-44): SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx>: host mx01.udag.de [62.146.106.40]: 450 4.7.1 <nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx>: Recipient address rejected: You are greylisted for 300 seconds... 2007-05-10 15:53:55 1Hm8sD-0001DJ-HN == nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx routing defer (-51): retry time not reached 2007-05-10 16:23:56 1Hm8sD-0001DJ-HN => nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mx00.uxxx.de [62.146.106.39] 2007-05-10 20:34:39 H=mail-in-13.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.53] F=<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx> temporarily rejected RCPT <Kxxxx@Exxxxx.de>: greylisted. 2007-05-11 02:30:38 H=mail-in-13.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.53] F=<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx> temporarily rejected RCPT <Kxxxx@Exxxxx.de>: greylisted. 2007-05-11 10:31:45 H=mail-in-13.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.53] F=<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx> temporarily rejected RCPT <Kxxxx@Exxxxx.de>: greylisted. 2007-05-11 15:27:10 H=mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45] F=<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx> temporarily rejected RCPT <Kxxxx@Exxxxx.de>: greylisted. 2007-05-11 18:28:00 1HmXyK-0000L0-KR <= nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx H=mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45] P=esmtps X=TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32 DN="C=DE,ST=Hessen,L=Eschborn,O=Arcor AG und Co.KG,OU=Arcor Online GmbH,CN=mx.arcor.de" S=1602 id=2xxxxxxxxxxxxx.Cxxxxxxxxxx@mail-in-05.arcor-online.net 2007-05-11 22:04:28 H=mail-in-02.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.42] F=<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx> temporarily rejected RCPT <Kxxxx@Exxxxx.de>: greylisted. 2007-05-11 22:30:29 H=mail-in-13.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.53] F=<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx> temporarily rejected RCPT <Kxxxx@Exxxxx.de>: greylisted. 2007-05-12 00:27:45 1HmdaT-0000gB-2N <= nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx H=mail-in-02.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.42] P=esmtps X=TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32 DN="C=DE,ST=Hessen,L=Eschborn,O=Arcor AG und Co.KG,OU=Arcor Online GmbH,CN=mx.arcor.de" S=1603 id=2xxxxxxxxxxxxx.3xxxxxxxxxx@mail-in-07.arcor-online.net 2007-05-12 10:30:18 H=mail-in-13.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.53] F=<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx> temporarily rejected RCPT <Kxxxx@Exxxxx.de>: greylisted. 2007-05-12 14:06:27 H=mail-in-01.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.41] F=<nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx> temporarily rejected RCPT <Kxxxx@Exxxxx.de>: greylisted. 2007-05-12 16:39:23 1Hmskl-000236-J1 <= nxxxxxx@kxxxxxx.nxxx H=mail-in-01.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.41] P=esmtps X=TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32 DN="C=DE,ST=Hessen,L=Eschborn,O=Arcor AG und Co.KG,OU=Arcor Online GmbH,CN=mx.arcor.de" S=1603 id=2xxxxxxxxxxxxx.Cxxxxxxxxxx@mail-in-09.arcor-online.net </pre><hr /> seems that arcor has a bit buggy mail setup. They seems to send out every mail only after more than 4 hours. Then the greylisting ticket is not valid anymore. Also it seems to use different senders for the same mail. Well, anyway, I got the information from Bluebird as you could see. |
Re: pretender
We should organize some time when we all get online at once and get a whole bunch o turns done.
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Re: pretender
Mow, I can switch back to the local sendmail if you like, I just thought the smtprelay by arcor might be more reliable.
Eldanesh, that's what I wish for all the games that I'm in, too, but I don't think it's too easy. Most of the times people are living in different timezones (US/Europe/Asia) and have duties and ligations which conflict with those that others might have. Waiting for the host to hand out the next turn can be very boring during the first 10 turns where nothing much happens, but you'll have to live with that. As soon as you get in contact with your neighbors it's going to get interesting. If the game moves too slow for you then you should join the #Dominions IRC channel on irc.gamesurge.net and look for people who want to play a blitz game with you. |
Re: pretender
I found it a bit hard to see where the boundaries lines between the provinces were drawn on the map as they were pretty faint, so I had a go at changing the contrast on the tga file. It seems to have worked quite well and the boundary lines are much clearer. I've attached the modified file in case it'd be of use to anyone else. You'll want to back up the existing parganos.tga so that it doesn't get overwritten by the new version.
Edit - the site seems to be really slow and I don't think the attachment works. It took about 10 minutes to get the post to appear so I'll try and fix the attachment when the site's running quicker. |
Re: pretender
Because of Ascension, I leave tomorrow morning and will only be back on Sunday evening. Probably some other will, too.
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Re: pretender
Okay, in case the game hosts I will disable the timer until Sunday then.
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Re: pretender
Ironically, I'm away for a while as well, probably until tuesday. Ich, Pm me about this, but could you cover for me?
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Re: pretender
D'oh, could you download and play the turn while you're travelling? Otherwise I'll sub for you, I guess.
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Re: pretender
> Mow, I can switch back to the local sendmail if you like, I just thought the smtprelay by arcor might be more reliable.
Its on you. I can just tell you that this setup is, well, not optimal. Other: Seems that cupido2 is out of toun. I hoped to just can play one turn before I well be out till sunday too. |
Re: pretender
I already switched to sendmail, in case you didn't notice, because the messages over the smtprelay to your server bounced back.
I haven't heard from cupido that he's going to take a time out, so I assume that he'll play his turn in time. If that is in 30 hours then I won't turn off the timer, if it's today I'll extend the timer to allow the people that are out of town till Sunday to get their turns in. I'll play for Eldanesh in case he isn't able to play the turn himself before the timer runs out. I think the turn frequency in this game was quite good so far. |
Re: pretender
If I don't have my turn done by the time it's needed to be done then ok, but I may be able to jack a 56 dial up LOL.
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Re: pretender
Unless Eriu gets his turn in during the next couple of hours I'll extend the timer by 24 hours like announced earlier.
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Re: pretender
Sorry, I forgot that it's my father's birthday today so I didn't get to stop the server before it hosted when returning home today.
But I have now restored the game to the turn before and restarted the server, so that Bluebird / Eriu has time to get his turn in. |
Marignon
As per Eldanesh's request I will play his turn for Marignon unless he's going to do it himself in the next couple of hours.
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Re: Marignon
Yea, thanks for the turn, I'm back now.
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Re: Marignon
Greetings all,
The board is quiet. Seems like some wars have already started, the southeast seems to be very active. The north is tense as well. Pangaea is praying mightily for the return of their God. A critical strike of 74 damage laid her low, the elite heroes led by Bogus are not to be trifled with. They have been banished from our realm with a stern talking to. |
Re: Marignon
I would just like to announce that I have a crapload of money.
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Re: Marignon
Uhh, spend it? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif You're last on research and lacking in the other graphs other than income, too. You'd better buy some mages and go researching, site searching, forging etc. ...
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Re: Marignon
More like more priests. I'm magrinon for Pete's sake.. I want a 400 hit point god and 10 dominion in every province!
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Re: Marignon
It would seem that Eriu has been destroyed...
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Re: Marignon
I stopped to write a game-log and taking screenshots for an AAR... to much happens, and i spend far enough real time just writing diplomatic messages.
This is my first multiplayer game with Dom3, and i must admit it feels far more "real" than singleplayer... and also far more stressfull. Wow. amazing game. |
Re: Marignon
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Server stuff
I'm sorry to have to announce a bad thing (in my opinion): My host is changing from Linux based to Windows based. Not my decision and I can't do much about it, but let me tell you that I don't like it at all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif While it should be theoretically possible for me to get all the nice things back that I have right now (sendmail, webserver, don't know about cronjobs and multiplexers like screen) my trust in Windows as a serious multiuser system is quite low. I don't expect that it would be possible to login graphically (or otherwise?) with more than one connection, I have no idea. I will either try to get my stuff on the Windows system or else use a linux box that I am administrating at my office, or something.
If for some reason you can't connect to the game server anymore (because the DNS records will prolly be changed) then try the current IP: 88.198.59.162 If that doesn't work anymore, too, then I guess the game is on hiatus... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif I'll try to sort it out ASAP but as I wrote before, I'll be busy aswell. If I know anything definitive I'll let you know. |
Re: Marignon
Well - thanks for the game. Sat in the middle, played really bad and then also had a number of cases with bad luck. Have fun everybody ...
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Re: Marignon
I will be on holidays for the whole next week, from monday 18th, and will be back on monday 25th.
I don't want stop the game, so if you can't wait me, I'll ask Ich if he can play my turns. |
T\'ien Ch\'i
Sorry, I'll be extremely busy during that time, too, so it'd be better if you get another person to sub for you. I'll create a post about it.
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Server switch complete
Okay folks, the server switch is finished. The game is now up and running at valhalla.techno-mage.com with everything else staying the same. The timer has been reset, and I'm using nbsmtp instead of sendmail for now, so if you don't get the turn notifications via email anymore then send me a PM.
Big thanks to Gandalf Parker who is providing the host. |
Re: Server switch complete
Well, nobody wants to sub me for a week.
I'll try to play my turns, but I don't know if I'll be able. |
T\'ien Ch\'i gone for a week
Unless we find a sub, I can just turn off the timer for the week. Then the game will host when all the turns are in, including yours. I guess that'll be okay because usually the people do get their turns in in time in this game.
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Re: T\'ien Ch\'i gone for a week
I have stopped the timer for the game now. Siever, please put in your turns whenever you got time to do them, and report back when you're back from your trip.
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Re: T\'ien Ch\'i gone for a week
I'm back and I put my turn.
Thanks for your patience. |
Re: T\'ien Ch\'i gone for a week
Okay, so I can turn the timer back on, I guess?
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Timer is on again
Okay, the timer is on again. The first player has been eliminated from the game! I certainly didn't expect that Bluebird would be the first one out. Good luck to the others!
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Re: Timer is on again
Ok, I am out - the first one to go. So much for a bonus for my side as being more experienced than the rest. I probably took the game to easy from the start.
Thanks for hosting, Ich, it was a pleasure. And everybody else, have a nice game. It was a lot of fun (and some frustration as well) for me. |
Re: Timer is on again
Ich: Seems that the status page has a small problem...
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Re: Timer is on again
oops, yeah, thanks for telling me!
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Re: Timer is on again
I may have asked previously, but I cannot find a link. Could someone please post the status page address. Thanks |
Re: Timer is on again
It's sent to you with the email auto-notification on a new turn every time... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
http://valhalla.techno-mage.com/stat...p?game=Newbies You got about 8 hours left to do your turn. |
Re: Timer is on again
er, duh? I also have a sneaking suspicion that I asked this question before and got the same answer. Deja Vu!
Thanks |
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