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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
I'd say having a strong combat pretender in your capital on turn 5 is a pretty desperate situation. Little income and no recruitment of nationals makes it virtually impossible to build much of an army, and a Manticora is a hard one to beat. They tend to collect afflictions in big battles but they still win.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
It looks like something is wrong with llamaserver. It hasn't updated since 14:16, and it hasn't acknowledged the file I sent it, about 3 hours ago. Does anybody know if this is common?
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It's not acknowledging my turn either :(
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Same here..bummer.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
Alright, so now I've received 6 mails from llamaserver, saying that it's received the turn file for turn 6 from me. When I check the game status, it says it's turn 7, and that it hasn't received any turn files from anybody. I didn't receive a file for turn 7, though. Did anyone get one?
edit: Nevermind, I requested a resend, so I got the file now. |
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I have a similar problem except the resend didn't send me my turn. I'll try again shortly...
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Me thinks there is still a problem. I sent my turn in 2 hours ago but it did not get acknowledged yet.
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Yeah, there's definitely something weird going on. The stats page is still showing the stats from turn 6.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
The back end seems to be down - the last update on several games is 18:54 GMT Saturday even though it was (as of my viewing) 1:17 GMT Sunday. So roughly, it seems the problem from Friday/yesterday has recurred.
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I didn't get turn 7 and resend turn doesn't work :(
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Yep. Dead in water right now.
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I wonder what'll happen when the server is back up, since it was supposed to send out new turn files about 20 minutes ago, and I assume that mattyburn hasn't been able to extend the deadline. Will it send out the files as soon as it's back up? That would mean that some people wouldn't get a chance to send in their turns.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
That's a real good question. I finally got email notifications that it received my turn 7, but it hasn't updated on the games page. I tried several times to extend to 72 hours but to no avail.
I'm also going on a business trip soon so my availability won't be as extensive the next 5 days. Let's see what happens, play by ear and communicate hear. |
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It seems to be working fine now. The statistics screen still shows the stats from last turn, but that shouldn't be real problem (or so I hope).
edit: I was too fast, the proper stats are showing now. :) |
Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
Yep. Looks like we are on turn 7!
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
It looks like I'll be going down next turn. Let no one say that Fomoria did not fight until the last. Wish I could have been in on this longer.
Good luck everyone. |
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Has everybody received turn 13? I'm asking because I had to request a resend, before receiving it. I just thought I'd mention it, since the deadline is in about 13 hours, and 7 people have yet to send in their turn file.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
if it looks like some people are going to be late. I'll push back turn 24 hours. I'll wait until later today to make the call.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
I went ahead and pushed back 24 hours. If you haven't received the turn yet you will need to request a resend.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
Can people who are being eliminated please send in their turns anyway, so the rest of us don't have to wait for the timer to run out?
I guess it doesn't really matter with Torgon, since the next turn is due in a few hours, anyway, but it would be nice in the future. |
Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
Admin question guys? I see Fomoria is kaput. However he is still on the server list. Do I need to manually delete him from the game also?
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So guys, we got a bit quiet, time for gossip. I'll start by confirming that with some luck i finished Fomoria off, but that pause made me expand a bit slower than some of the others (Tien Chi and Hinnom for example). I no longer need owl quills, but if someone can forge and sell earth or fire items please contact me :) And some new conclusions from the score tables: - Ulm has mad research but no gem income. Start site searching man :) (Tien Chi has almost the same research, and a lot more gems!) - Sauromatia, your dominion is getting dangerously low. Better start preaching. - Same for Mictlan. Time to sacrifice some blood slaves ;) - Tien Chi has most provinces, gems and income. Nice :) - I have the biggest army, though Tien Chi is just behind me. Hail to the warmongers ;) |
Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
There's a nice little war going on between Helheim and Mictlan. I can't really tell who's winning, though.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
I'm flying fairly blind as well.
Is it just me, or are there very little scouts on this map? I don't have a single independent province that's capable of producing one. |
Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
I'm not sure, but I think Mictlan may have staled last turn, or at least he cut it very close to the time limit. If he's having time problems, maybe we should consider increasing the limit?
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
It's pretty early for long turns - we can't use them and they'll considerably draw out the game. I think players should just ask for extensions.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
He did Stale. but that's the first stale for anyone so I agree I don't think we want to extend time limit. If anyone needs extensions though I'm generally pretty active on here and will grant if needed.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
Ideally, I'd rather not extend the turn time limit either, but I've noticed that Mictlan has been cutting it kind of close for a while now. It could be that he's just getting creamed by Helheim, and doesn't feel like playing anymore, but it could also be that he just has trouble making it.
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Well, that explains why I had such a good turn. He's been a tough opponent - I assumed he had been spending a lot of time thinking about his turns.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
Something odd happened during turn 20 for me: I sent in my turn, and got a normal receipt, but for some reason none of my actions took place. It was as if I had staled.
I've actually been writing a fairly detailed after-action report after each of my moves with screen-shots, so I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything bone-headed. Has this even happened to anyone? |
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All good here from what I can see. But yeah, that sucks!
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
Yea. My turned looked good also. Server doesn't show that you staled at all. That's kind of bizarre. Anyone know what our options are if this happens again? I think turn rollbacks are possible, but that seems kind of ugly.
Also we got a 2nd stale from Mictlan. |
Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
Rollback and new orders is a no-go IMO. Is it possible to rollback and roll forward with the sent orders? That seems the way to go. In this case, since Mictlan, who Ermor is fighting, staled, he should probably have to give an OK for any kind of rollback.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
I think we should investigate further before doing a rollback. I've heard that it can seriously mess up games, and that we won't necessarily be able to tell until much later in the game. I can't say I really know much about it, though, so maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
I've had what you describe happen a few time to me, and every time the reason was a mistake on my part - sending turn without clicking "End turn" and exiting, or entering game and clicking "Redo turn from the start" by mistake.
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Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
A lost turn isn't the end of the world, and knowing me, I probably did do something bone-headed. No need to roll-back.
Thanks guys. |
Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
I'm looking forward to reading that AAR, by the way. Where are you planning on posting it?
No need to answer, if you're already posting it. :) |
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It's still fairly preliminary, i.e., I might make edits, and the turns are a delayed to avoid giving away too much information. However, there's some stuff in there that might possibly be used against me, e.g., info about my pretender, but I don't think it will be that big a deal -- especially for a newbie game. |
Re: MP: New Noob Game/Inexperienced. EA - NOOBAPHOBIA Filled
Cool. It will be fun to read! By the way I know Formoria went out early and Mictlan may be (hopefully not AWOL), but I'm enjoying the game and the company even more. Cheers to the players of Noobaphobia!
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Iron Dukes profiles shows he was around the forums yesterday.
I think you can safely say he is finished with this game, and a name to remember when recruiting in the future as "unreliable". |
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Excuse me??!! Unreliable? Two stale turns and you get the "unreliable" tag? I have been fighting on 3 fronts, and will continue to do so until the very end. I am on three games now, losing two(in one only my capital remains) and my total stales in those games amount to two. By the way I demand an apology.
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Still, as HoleyDooley points out, it probably would have been a good idea to at least let us know what is going on, especially since we've been speculating about that, in this thread, for several days. Anyway, I'm glad that you're still in the game, and I apologize for writing you off so soon. |
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Sending a notice out there to all who's willing to help. I won't last much longer but I will pay for any assistance given. my territories are under heavy invasion from both Sauromatia and Ctis. From what I can tell the whole of their armies are on my front.
If anyone can possibly perform a counter invasion of their territories (Can't be hard. There's no way they have much more defending their own territories). I'll make sure to pay out what gold and gems I still have. PM me the details if you do. ;D |
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