Re: Sneaky bastards
 

Well, I'm not going to be much longer for this game. Unless Morkilus just stops attacking, I'm just delaying the inevitable at this point. I'll fight it out as long as I can, but I don't have the research to compete.

For those who might be interested, Herskwood (province 117), which Ermor took this last turn holds 2 20% bonus enchantment sites. I couldn't make any good use of that, but I suspect Ermor will be able to.

Re: Sneaky bastards
 

The Dragon God Bwargh speaks:

I could have offered you peace for your allegiance against Mictlan and Caelum, but your sneak attack ruined my hopes for you. And after my 1000 gold gift... I'm utterly heartbroken.

Morkilus speaks:

You've done very well so far, considering you had one besieged province when you took over around turn 20 or so. At least you have the victory of stopping me from effectively fighting Mictlan. And don't listen to Bwargh, he's a bloodthirsty, power-hungry, vestal virgin-eating bastard.

Re: Sneaky bastards
 

Bwargh,
Did you really expect Marignon to remain at peace with Ermor for long?
And the gift was only 400 gold, if I recall correctly.

Morkilus,
I started with a few more provinces than that, though my capital was under siege. What really hurt was that I only had 3-4 mages. All of them in the besieged castle with my only lab, so I couldn't even recruit more. When I did build another lab and start recruiting, I had to turn some of them to bloodhunting. I was so far behind in the research race, there was no way to catch up.
I don't know if my predecessor hadn't been recruiting, or if Ulm had slaughtered all his mages.

At least I'm having some effect. I wasn't sure. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Sneaky bastards
 

Bwargh has a propensity for exaggeration and/or poor memory as well as being quite ignorant of changing political climate. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Morkilus fully expected a simultaneous assault by four nations, perhaps five... so the current "situation" is quite better than he could have hoped. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif[/img]

Re: Sneaky bastards
 

I love my faery trod, its been climbing up to my #1 spell i love to use =)

Re: I\'m starting to have trouble connecting
 

I'm starting to have trouble connecting to manifest destiny...

Barely was able to get my last turn in after retrying for about an hour...

I can still connect to and play the winnowing fine, so it might be a good idea to see if iron can restart the process on the server. If any of you guys see him in irc, could you ask him?

Re: I\'m starting to have trouble connecting
 

Yep its going down with me to. I can't get on. I'll PM Iron Hawk now, but if you see him in IRC ask him plz.

Re: I\'m starting to have trouble connecting
 

i usually get on my second try. i find it helps if i try connected to it first, fail, then connect to another game, and when i'm done that turn, go back to this game, and then it usually works for me.

definitely needs a reset, though.

Re: I\'m starting to have trouble connecting
 

<trashtalk> One more archdevil down! </trashtalk>

Oh yeah, Air Queen/Wrathful Skies is broken. (sobs for his Ether Lord and Troll King) I'm all for fighting to the end, but I'll need some major help here, guys, if you don't want to see Caelum walking all over me.

Re: I\'m starting to have trouble connecting
 

At OG Gleep's request I bounced the server for this game. Seems to be working fine now. Unfortunately it means that the timer reset to 24hrs - aiiiiiiiiiie. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Enjoy!