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will the server info be posted here or in our e-mails?

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You will receive emails with all the info inside once the game starts.

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awesome, i'm getting excited here

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1) Using a battlefield enchantment that stays after the mage has retreated is a major shortlist issue and is not allowed. Using evocations, buffs, whatever, and retreating is just fine though.

2) Mists of Deception, even in conjunction with battlefield enchantments, is fine as well... but see 1). You cannot script the mage to retreat, nor have the Returning ritual cast on them, nor items with the same effect, if you use a battlefield enchantment. If there is a chance to kill them, and thus negate the enchantment, it's perfectly acceptable in my opinion.

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It appears as though Real_friend wants to withdraw, citing internet connectivity issues. So I'm recruiting one last person I saw in the general forums wondering how to get into his first MP game. If he doesn't answer soon, I'm going to quickly find someone who will join us ASAP.

Everyone's waited long enough to play this game, I think. I'd like to apologize to anyone who signed up for a 13 person game that then turned into a 15 person game, if it's going to inconvenience.

hunt11/Yomi, get your pretender in to Ich yet?

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I really need to get Outlook Express up again, don't I? I rewrote my computer recently and never got the chance to put it back up.

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Understood on battle enchantments. Though it's probably less of an issue for me, with all that mighty Ulmish magic... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif
To Darkwind:
And why in Hell are you going to use this... this... well, I really got no censure-allowed words for this Bill's creation? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif
This will get you to Hell! AND drop you mails. AND cause you to lose this game! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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I'll fill if your other guy doesn't get back to you, I've never played a MP before and was hoping to get in on this game but it was already full. Let me know, otherwise I'd like to be noted as wanting to join the next noobie game that starts up.

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You're in. You can choose between Agartha or any nation that isn't in use yet. And no, I still haven't gotten any email from hunt11.

Dear gods, no, I would never require anybody to install Outlook Express! That would be unethical. But I do suppose that you use something to read and write your emails, and whatever it is, even if it's web-based, should be sufficient.

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Alright, I'm at work at the moment but I'll have something ready by end of day today... I guess that's relative given everyones global location. I'll be aiming to have it ready ~6 hours from now as to not cause an even bigger delay.

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Good. When you're done with the pretender, then send them to me via email together with the password that you picked for it to
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If someone would be kindly enough to suggest an e-mail service other than Outlook Express, I would gladly subscribe (as long as it's free).

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Outlook Express is a email client. You use it to retrieve email from an existing email account, usually one that is given to you by your internet provider. If you are looking for an free email client to use other then Outlook Express there are many choices although the most popular alternative is probably Thunderbird.

If you are looking for an email service provider there are many web based ones you can choose from and requite less setup then Outlook Express or Thunderbird. Again there are many free ones to choose from but Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Gmail are probably the three biggest ones. Personally I would recommend Gmail because of the excessive amount of storage space they give you, clean easy to use interface, and the ads on their site are not as intrusive as the ones on Hotmail or Yahoo!.

I'll be happy to help you further if you need it.

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Just worry about choosing your nation and pretender. What nation are you taking anyway? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Well I'm equally good at all of them, and by that I mean I'm equally bad. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I think I'm going to give Marverni a try. No shirt, no shoes, your hired!

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I'm interested in joining if you have room for one more. EA Arcosephale for me, let me know!

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Oh and where can I find the files for my pretenders?

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Sorry Vellon, Deadboi got the go-ahead to replace the one nation we needed to start, so unless someone else drops out before the (very soon) beginning of the game, it's nix for this one. Ya just weren't fast enough. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Honestly, since hunt11 failed to send a pretender so far and has gone silent for the past few days instead of getting help, I don't see a problem of replacing him with Vellon or starting without him. That, or we wait even longer - it's the only thing holding me back from starting the game at this point.

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hunt11 is still AWOL? Ok, let's jump Vellon in.

Vellon, your pretender file is under your dominions 3 folder in Savedgames - Newlords. Delete all the other files you have in there before building your pretender so you know for sure which is the correct one.

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To DW:
You may look either at mozilla.org or opera.com .
They both have free e-mail clients included. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif I don't remember about free specialized ones but there were quite a few of them some time ago...
To Vellon:
It's not necessary to delete all files - you can either temporaly move them into other folder or just sort them by modification time & take last one.

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i've been having a real problem with my email and since it will be a problem for a bit longer you guys can start without me, sorry for all the hassle

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Since hunt11 is dropping out maybe Vellon should be sent a PM so he actually knows he's in the game after all?

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I've got an email client now! I'm ready! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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Ich, please just start the game as soon as you have 15 pretenders in, whoever makes it first is fine, I think everyone is ready to play.

Make the first turn 48 hours long, in case someone misses exactly when it starts, then 24 hours thereafter.

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Sure, I'll do that. I already have deadboi's pretender and I've just sent a PM to Vellon, too. When his pretender is in I'll start the game.

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You will post in this thread when the game starts right? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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I've just emailed off my pretender now!

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How does the PBEM thing work, I get my turn file e-mailed to me, play it and then e-mail the host back my turn?

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As far as I know, yes. But somebody said here something that it's not quite PBEM... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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We're not using PBEM; lch is running a server. Basically, lch's fancy scripts email you a notification when a new turn is ready. Then you connect to the server through the Network option, select your nation and enter your password. After the game downloads the turn file, you can either play your turn directly on the server, or you can then disconnect and play the turn offline through the Play an Existing Game option. After finishing your turn, when you reconnect to the server it will automatically upload your turn. All in all, it's a lot more convenient than PBEM.

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What he wrote.

The game is up and running, everybody should have received a message with the info. Except for Darkwind / R'lyeh, because his mail bounced back: "User unknown". Please give me an email address that can actually receive the turn notifications. For a game that's running with a 24 hours timer this could be very important unless you check the game server status a couple of times each day yourself. In there is the server/port info how to connect, too, Darkwind.

P.S.: The VP win options that you wanted are not possible to achieve through normal game setup. But it will be quite easy to make out from the graphs when one nation gets 7 VPs and holds them for one turn. Shouldn't be surprising, too.

P.P.S.: Renojustin, please remove my email address from any and all posts. Especially that first one. If you need to tell people about the email address, you can link to the graphic.

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Let's roll!

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Sauromatia is awakening to the glory of the new goddess. Woe be to the foe who crosses us with economic or military aggression!

The Black Knives stand ready to flay the flesh of men once more as in days of old, except of course that of the mighty and virile Androphags, the only men worthy to fight by the side of the Amazon Queens. So don't let the name fool you.

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Ulm is beginning its victorious march. CRROOMMM!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

To Ich:
So THEY began to fubar your mail? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
And also, what's the reason you consider this more convinient than PBEM?

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All shall love Claire !

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Its more convinient because you dont have to drag 2h files all over the place

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Well, it's not that they take so much space... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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lol "Claire"

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I still haven't received the message http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif I even PMed Ich what I believe is my email (bloody rewrite must have messed up something, that or I'm more computer illiterate than I thought).

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lets finish the first turn...cmon...

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Don't be hasty, the new turns will some soon enough, and you meet Claire and be swayed by her beauty and strenght !

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When you're dealing with 60+ nations and a war on three fronts you'll be glad you're only playing a turn every day or two.

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I freakin love T'ien C'hi's pretender. lol

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And how do you profess to see 60+ nations? I'd like to know it.
To Ren:
Well, C'tis one also has something in him... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Have I been forgotten? I still haven't received any email or PM. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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Whoops, Darkwind missed the first turn. Oh, well, as R'lyeh it shouldn't be a big problem. Darkwind, you can find the server location and current status here: http://valhalla.techno-mage.com/stat...game=Ascendant If your email isn't working you won't get notices when a new turn is hosted, so keep watching that page.

And it seems that Claire has already met something that was neither swayed by beauty nor strength....

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I did miss the first turn! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif I'm not sure why I'm not getting the automatic e-mails/PMs/whatever, but I'll probably be changing my email soon enough and will tell everyone what it is when I get it.

For now, I'm going to be struggling to catch up with Atlantis power-wise (well, struggling with everyone for that matter). Bah, at least I have Giboleths (the least costly mind-blasting unit in the game, I think, at the very least the least costly one in any R'lyeh age)

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Looks like Rlyeh and Atlantis are going to have an early clash.