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his account says he checked the forums this morning, id give him another couple hours. I dont know what time zone hes in but its very possible that he checked from work or something and hasnt got a chance to enter the pretender from home yet.

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [RECRUITING 1 MORE REQUIRED]
 

Thats fine and he can still upload his pretender if hes quick but he hasnt replied to my email at all so I dont feel like we should discount the possibility that he doesnt want to play.

I want to get the game started.

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [RECRUITING 1 MORE REQUIRED]
 

I just sent it in. Waiting on confirmation . . .

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [RECRUITING 1 MORE REQUIRED]
 

Confirmation received. I'm in. Thank you for your patience!

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [RECRUITING 1 MORE REQUIRED]
 

Welcome Procyon!! Can you turn on your private messages for the board?
Cheers!

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [RECRUITING 1 MORE REQUIRED]
 

Let's go woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Welcome back Procyon :)

Game started goodluck everyone and have fun...

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [RECRUITING 1 MORE REQUIRED]
 

BUMP!!!!!!!

Read above message Proycon. Very important.

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Boo, renaming is off

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oh god, i see a lot of time spent looking through mystics in my future.

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [STARTED 12/12 REMAIN]
 

Damn that was unintentional....... restarting now before it gets WAY to painful later...

Apologies guys I honestly thought it was set to on!

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Err, how do I turn on "private messaging for the board"?

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Nevermind, I think I got it.

I am dumb. Please enjoy stomping me into the ground.

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [STARTED 12/12 REMAIN]
 

C'tis, what the hell happened to your troops?

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [STARTED 12/12 REMAIN]
 

He tried to take a province blindly and lost?

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [STARTED 12/12 REMAIN]
 

Indies seem unusually tough for 5s where I am.

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [STARTED 12/12 REMAIN]
 

seems they rewarded you with a free gem site too.

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I agree, there seems to be some indies on steroids around

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Some of them are pretty nasty where I am as well. Fortunately, Sauromatia is pretty good at dealing with nasty.

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ive got a couple trouble provinces around me, mainly a stack of 100 barbarians which i have no idea how im going to deal with in any reasonable amount of time. i am still confident that ill be ahead of the province graph after this turn though thanks to the mercenary pick up in the first turn.

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As someone with way too much Arco practice, I'll just say this:
Slingers are surprisingly effective against low protection, no shield, mediocre movement units. They are also cheap, easy to mass, and capable of providing siege fodder.

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This....

The indies do seem tough... it was on 5 but then again I thought renaming was on too so if its higher...:confused:

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I think its set higher.

I am getting my arse handed to me big time. Plus I am attacking the "easy" pickings. The others, the BIG ones, will certainly take some beating.

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I just checked and it's on 5...

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LOL. Well if we were playing on 7 in that case, it might be into the 2nd year b4 I got my 2nd province.

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Acro is really good on expanding... It is 11 provinces right now?

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Yea. Everyone else is about even on provinces. Arco is pulling away a bit.

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Arco is doing well, and I suspect some sloppiness on the part of other nations (myself very much included. I need to remember to test new strategies more thoroughly).

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11 provinces, but that growth will be slowing as i have neighbours who obviously want to lay claim to land now.

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Procyon: When I click on your name the dropdown gives me an option for Private Messaging (which wasn't there before so that is good), but then I still get a message that either you won't receive PM's or you aren't allowed. Not sure what's up.

Anyway. I got your message in game (Caelum). Wanted to reply back here so we don't have any unfortunate conflicts (I'll send more detailed message in game).

I am fine with spirit of the post. No need for hostilities between us.

The province on the other side of the bridge from you. I am next to it and will attack into it this turn since its on my side. If you are unsure what I'm referring to, send me a post back.

Cheers Mate!

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byrs guide to turning on PMs:

at the top of your screen, just under the thread title, there will be a list of options in white with a black background (user CP, forum rules, chat, etc). Click on User CP. Once there, under the "settings & options" section, open up "edit options". The second section will be Messaging and Notifications, find the Private Messaging and make sure your "Enable Private Messaging" is checked. Once checked, please dont forget to scroll down to the bottom of the page and Save Changes.

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [STARTED 12/12 REMAIN]
 

. . . and do NOT check the box that limits your private messages to folks on your contacts list, which is right below the "enable private messaging" box. I sort of checked boxes willy-nilly, which is why people couldn't PM me.

Problem solved.

Notice how stupid I am? You should let me live, and not prioritize me for destruction.

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make sure the box thats "only receive PMs from mods and admins" isnt checked too.

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Regarding game rules and borderline exploits, what's the policy on sticking slave collars on mercenary mages?

Re: NEWBIE GAME - EA - Stumble onwards to Victory! [STARTED 12/12 REMAIN]
 

Good question. I don't know if I've seen that listed as an exploit. Any opinions from any others?

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if you really want to spend the slaves, go for it.

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so this thread got quiet. Hows everyones game going?

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Pretty well so far. As suspected the attack plan against indies doesn't work against other pretender armies! Good bunch of chaps in the game. I"m enjoying it!

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hehe, sorry bout that eagle king. =)

so far my expansion went well, only real run in with other people over it was your king. I lucked out and found a province i could recruit scouts in so its given me a good idea of what the world looks like. And so far everyone has been a pleasure to deal with, ive been enjoying my time here.

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Yea. Scouts can be scarce in EA. I lucked out also. Last province I grabbed produces scouts. That's a big bonus. The Caelum native scout is nice with the Move 3 - Flying.

Hats off to the Pegasus. They were on me faster than my King could say Blessing :sick:.

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People seem to be busy teaching their all true religions to so many still not converted stubborn indies.
A task in which you two are doing well :rolleyes:

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ya, i think weve all but stopped now though so people are probably going to be catching up.

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HD(Abysia) hasn't sent his turn in and I believe he is out for the next couple days. Can we delay 72 hours until he gets back (or gets his turn in).

Thanks!

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Oh. Is it the same for BSoD?

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Yes. But he got his turn in + LL extended the turn length.

I think all of Holey's other games got extensions also or he got the turn in.

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It is Hooley Dooley you're talking about?
He is in another game I'm in, but as far as I know he has not asked for an extension. The deadline is in like 4 hours. I'll give notice anyway.

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Yep. Yea. If he hasn't gotten the turn in you might want to. He's away for 3 days, but was hoping to get to an internet cafe or something to get a turn in if need be.

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ok i'll extend the turn timer to 72 hours for now

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That should be enough..then one he posts his turn we'll be good to go again. THanks!

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Ouch Caelum, thanks for teaching me how to eat electric death! Nice units :)