Re: Procyon - One age - Resend pretenders!
 

Sadly, it looks like I'll have to drop this game. I'll be leaving for Florida in a few days and will not have access to Dominions.

Re: Procyon - One age - One more player...
 

One more player so we are six to kick it.

Re: Procyon - One age - One more player...
 

I'll join in as LA Ulm.

Re: Procyon - One age - One more player...
 

Sorry about uploading using wrong mod. guess I had CBM enabled. I forgot exactly what my pretender setup had been, I'm retesting and I'll upload again in just a bit.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Game started!

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

The nation of Sauromatia hereby acknowledges that it has accepted NAP 3's with the good people of both Acroscephale and Pythium.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Sauromatia and Arcoscephale have a standard NAP-3, effective as of turn 9.

EDIT: Ninja'd by Sauromatia. :)

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Hosting interval changed to 24 hs

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

For 67 months have the peoples of Sauromatia and Arcoscephale existed in peace, and even cooperation, with one another. The end of this pax is at hand. The expansionist armies of the Sauromatian Empire have strategically extended so as to block Arcoscephale's only paths of conquest through crumbling Ermor. This is considered a hostile act. Futhermore, the dominion of Sauromatia is now breaching our long-established borders. This too is regarded as a hostile act.

Starting with the 79th month of these ascension wars, the non-agression pact between our nations will be considered dissolved.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

The Sauromatian nation would like to send their condolences to the people of Arcoscephale for the imminent death of their god Sylvanos. The brave soldiers of Arcoscephale have fought well against the undead horde of Ermor and earned their place in whatever afterlife they believe in.

As a partner nation in the destruction of Ermor Our nation deeply regrets that it must now be forced to destroy our long standing allies. But indeed it may not be necessary to destroy Arcoscephale once Ermor falls and our 40 temples spread the word of the one true god Frosty the Snow-Man across the lands of Procyon like wildfire. In the end your people may simply come to see the light and know who their true god really is.

Psi

Herald of Frosty the Snow-Man

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

We would like to commend Arcoscephale on its casting of Gift of Natures bounty as that had been our plan to cast all along as we built up our temples. With 3 excellent globals in action the nation of Arcoscephale will likely prove to be a more challenging target than Ermor ever did. Although we have no doubt that the effectiveness of your Gift of natures bounty will be dropping fairly rapidly before long.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

The proud people of Arcoscephale look forward to the challenges ahead. Far behind in provinces and thus [official] gem income due to our protracted war with Pythium, our struggle will be an uphill one. But, fight we shall.

We commend Sauromatia on their recent temple-building frenzy. The move was unexpected and only became manifestly obvious over the last few months. We will honor our NAP until its appointed end, even as we longingly finger our temple-smashing hammers.

May the true god ascend.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Yes the temple building move was both part offensive and defensive against Ermors population killing dominion. And while we could have surpassed you in research instead we thought the more subtle approach of Domination through Dominion may be more appropriate.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

I'm not sure who the game admin is these days... but I am requesting that we move to 72 hour hosting intervals for this game. My RL commitments have increased recently, and I also need more time for micromanagement now that war with Sauromatia is about to bloom.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

I dont know if we have an admin anymore lol.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Psi, would you be so kind as to PM Torin, and see if he will give you the game password - assuming you don't mind being the admin?

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Hmmm.... Psi, you and I seem to have two different ways of counting down to the end of a NAP.

I announced the dissolution on turn 76, after you had already submitted your orders for that turn, and so I thought the counting would be 77...78...79. But, I see that I was attacked this turn (turn 79). I would've expected attack orders to be set this turn - not to be actually attacked.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Doh. Sorry about that I was thinking.. 76, 77, 78 with attack occuring on 79.

Otherwise it would seem to me more like a NAP 4

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

The attack occurred on the 79th month.

Perhaps you can see how there may be a bit of confusion there.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

No worries - I just wanted to clarify which way to count down the ends of NAPs, whether they are inclusive or exclusive of the last turn. Like I said, I would have expected the attack orders to be given starting with the 79th month. But, it seems you just launched a probing attack into one of my more worthless territories, so I'll let the issue slide. (Since we don't seem to have an admin anymore, there would've been a slim chance of getting a rollback anyway.)

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

If it was that big of an issue I could always send you what you would have gotten in income from the province but I dont really think it was that much anyways.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Well, Congratulations on killing Batman. I'm now teleporting Robin the boy wonder to your capital to avenge him.

And if you kill Robin I'll be forced to send the Punisher, and believe me you dont want that...

But we still have all the others, Scarface, Tiny, Big Daddy, Pekharoth, Mr. Hankey the Christmas Pooh and my Pretender Frosty the snowman is coming to pay you a visit this turn along with his 900 Hp Prophet Santa Claus who's bringing presents to the children of Arcoscephale :D Lets just hope for their sake he doesnt go insane like he did with me this turn and pillage and kill another 1800 of the little brats (He REALLY doesnt like naughty children). :doh:

Rudolph really wants to come play too, but I told him he has to wait for the other Monstrums errr. Reindeer to show up first.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Thanks. If it makes you feel any better, the massively parallel Hierarchs of Arcoscephale meant to enslave that 110 D gems worth of Tarts, not flush them down the void toilet. Thirty-nine Astrologers spamming Soul Slay was plan B. (Pardon me for saying: it was like watching a microwaved bowl of popcorn kernels explode into nothingness at a picnic.) Whatever gets the job done....

Also - you may have noticed - but the good people of Arcoscephale aren't exactly flocking to Frosty the Slow-Man in droves. Probably your recent treatise on the virtues of genocide has something to do with it.... ;)

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

With the fall of Ermor this turn and the complete absense of what was left of his dominion you are about to see my dominion increasing a bit faster so you might be speaking a bit soon about the dominion.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Well my dominion may still not be encroaching on your lands yet but you might have noticed a sharp upward spike on the graph for dominion. Once the dominion vacuum of Ermor's old lands has been filled you might see something happen in your own lands.

P.s. Thanks for the leprosy. I'm returning the favor to ya about 6 fold.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Nice war we've been having lately.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Yeah you have done pretty well considering. I tried last turn to overwrite your Arcane Nexus with my own and failed wasting about 300 Pearls too..

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

I dont know how much longer your dominion will last out though. Its starting to drop at a pretty good rate now.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Well, I think the dom has been getting killed mostly from that stroll your pretender took through my territory, and now by your prophet with the Ark. That prophet is one nasty SC, btw - I bet I'll lose some Ether Warriors taking him out if they get the chance.

And, yeah, I'm also surprised I've lasted this long. Given that this is the first MP game I've ever played from the beginning, I didn't even expect to be in the "finals".... I'll see how many more fun experiments I can perform before I get overwhelmed by sheer numbers and incomes. :-)

When it comes to globals, I'm apparently my own worst enemy. I won't be protecting important mages with the Pelt of Fenris anymore, now that I fully understand the berserker effect. If you can't take down my globals, let me take them down for you.... :o (I would have kept Sylvanos out of battle, but it was do or die time as far as breaking that siege was concerned, since all those Tarts were starting to tear down my defenses.)

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Well there are a few other things happening with dominion too. Silly me having just realized I have all those priests sitting around that can be blood sacrificing... I was having too much fun trying to kill them with the Ankh and get Reanimators I didnt even think about just having them blood sacrifice instead. Ive been spending all my Blood Slaves on Vampire Lords but I suppose I could just cast a Big Astral Corruption and Wait for the Dom Kill to play itself out so you cant really use the Gems you get from the Nexus. Which would also mean no more Tarts for me but Oh well.

With me having 49 temples and building 3 more this turn and setting about 30 priests to start Blood Sacrificing I dont think your 5 temples will hold out for long.. Your dominion had only been holding out so far because I hadnt yet hit the 10 candle mark in all those provinces I took from LA Ermor but that is coming soon. But you have made the last few turns interesting at least. My policy had just been to contain you and to wait for Dominion to grow but you have done a pretty good job of throwing out your oppressors :D

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Well, it looks like this game is about over - I don't think my dominion is going to hold out until turn 100. Might have been able to make it if I had managed to snag the Ark after your most recent prophet's sudden disappearance.

I am wondering how many stealth units you have equipped with Stone Idols or whatever. Kudos for finding a way to achieve victory when the military option wasn't working so well.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

No stone Idols just a lot of black servants and Bane venom Charms.

Speaking of which... Something screwed up.. You should not have been able to mind hunt the last bunch this turn.. I had empowered one of them in Astral.. Your Mind hunters SHOULD have been feeble minded.. I dont know what happened. In fact the one that had been empowered in Astral was even mind hunted. Doesn't make sense.

I wished for a pretty special unit with Stealth that Has Astral as standard magic though so If I was ever able to use him and it doesnt appear I'll have time you shouldnt be able to mind hunt his group..

But it looks like it will be over next turn considering your capital is now under my dominion and you only have 1 candle left which is in a province belonging to me.

Too bad the Horror Seeds I planted in your Mage's will not have time to work :D The mage's that killed my Prophet have taken a little something something back into your capital with them this turn :D Not to mention your Trolls in Grandfather and their Horror seeds.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Good game man. You managed to keep it interesting until the end.

Re: Procyon - One age - Started!
 

Thanks! I had a blast - all the way to turn 99.

Congrats on your victory. :shake: