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I regret to inform you all that I unexpectedly will not have internet access for most of this weekend (Oct 23-24, PST). I would like to request a turn extension, please.

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Yeah, guess with mockingbird's extension, now is probably a good time to find a sub. Sorry for having to drop out everyone. But is has been a blast.

I would be more than happy to give a detailed summary of where Abysia is to the sub as of turn 66 when you find one. Just tell them to message me.

Thanks for a great game everyone and a great war Mockingbird. Hopefully my sub can be as much of a headache for you as I was :)

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I'm sorry to see you go, but I understand. It's been great fun, even if it has involved being slowly crushed in your iron fist. :)

Hopefully we'll see each other again in the world of Dominions.

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Excellent game, Inindo, and thank you for playing as long as possible. I will extend the current turn indefinitely while we look for a sub.

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Thanks for playing Inindo.

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Any word on a sub for Abysia?

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Sorry, I've been slacking on this, but will get to it now.

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It's now been over a week that we're looking for a sub, and there has been absolutely no interest despite multiple bumps and pleas. I am not sure what to do about this. Any suggestions?

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It really would be nice to finish this game somehow.

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Sorry I haven't been posting much. Work got crazy busy, so while I've been sad that Inindo couldn't continue as Abysia (seriously GG, Dude), and that the game has been on hold while we (hopefully?) sort out a stand-in, the timing was kind of good for me what with stuff being nuts.

Given that Groundworm is out of this game as a player, I think he's been doing a fine job trying to track down a sub, but I guess it's probably hard to find new players out there who are willing to take over for this one. Abysia is so well established and the game is obviously drawing toward a close - I guess it isn't easy to step in and take over a nation that large and advanced, with large and advanced opponents.

Seems to me we have 3 options:


1. Keep waiting and searching for a new-ish player to sub for Abysia.

If choosing this option, we should probably choose a timelimit. And if we're going to do this one of the remaining players should probably take this over from Groundworm. He's done a fine job, but I don't think it would be right for us to expect him to continue to cast about looking for subs for us in a game in which he's no longer playing.


2. Accept non-newb subs (even vets?).

This could be rough for those that are at war with Abysia or might soon be (or, well, everyone, since Abysia has a commanding position with a decent chance of victory in the hands of a skilled newb, nevermind a vet). However, it does increase the likelihood that we could find a sub and avoid the 3rd option...


3. Set Abysia AI.

This option really has one main selling point: We get to go on with the game. No more waiting.


Of course, I still have a bit of a crazy week at work and in RL in general, so I'm cool with not making up our minds until next week. :)

What're your thoughts? Are there other options that I'm not thinking of? What're everyone's preferences?

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Putting Abysia in the hands of a veteran would be pretty deadly. Perhaps we could lean on Groundworm or the other players who have been eliminated to pick up Abysia. Setting Abysia AI would be a last resort.

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I considered taking over for Abysia, but I decided that it was something I just don't want to do. My apologies to the rest of you, but I'm not that experienced with the Dominions endgame. I'm reaching the endgame in another game I've been playing from the beginning, and it's fun but very taxing to my poor inferior brain. I can't imagine how I'd begin to assimilate a nation as big as Abysia from the ground up.

So, my apologies, but I must continue to decline. :(

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Though I'm giving up hope that anyone is interested, I'm bumping the thread to catch some more eyes. Still looking for an Abysia sub.

Thanks!

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Can you edit the thread title?

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I don't have any experience with CBM and with Abysia.
Will give it a try, would be a shame if the AI had to take over.

I send Groundworm the Email-Adress?
When is the turn due?

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I'm very pleased that you're willing to step in and take a shot at this. I was beginning to resign myself to this game stagnating. I think we'll all need a little time to get up to speed with the game again, but you'll want to get the detailed briefing from Inindo if possible.

You know, so you can rule the world. Evil laugh sold separately.

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Got the Prep-talk from Inindo.

As for evil laughter, I'll use my GM laughter... :evil:

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Take your time Korwin. I picked up Jomon recently and it was a little overwhelming. Don't kick our butts too badly right away. Thanks for picking up Abysia.

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Muahahaha! (?)

Seriously, Korwin, thanks for sub-ing for Abysia. Inindo did a great job of getting his nation into a dominating position and it would've been sad to see Abysia get taken over by the AI.

We all appreciate you helping us see this game through to the bitter end.

And now, I must go try to remember what the heck I was doing in this game... :confused:

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Hope I didnt make an to big of an mess for Abysia.
But done is done, turn was sent...

Edit: I hope somebody did something against Marignons Forge of the Ancients...

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Sorry for slacking on getting my turn in. Been dealing with a whole bunch of RL this week.

I'll submit my turn tonight.

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That last turn hurt. I was a little in shock.

Should submit the new turn in the evening (MET).

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So I think I got into my nation and I know what I will do in the future.
Could we shorten the time between hosting? 240 hours is a little long...
(I know I was the last this turn, but future turn will be faster :) )

Edit: Reminder E-Mails are at 6 hours, is that as intended?

Edit2: Whoohoo, Force of the Ancients was dispelled! :)

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I don't have a problem with reducing the cycle time, although I'd like it to be no less than 96 hours.

I'll probably still be the first one to submit a turn 95% of the time, though. ;)

Also, since I've never cast Astral Corruption before, I don't know whether you get to see the battles thus induced, but in case you missed it, you managed to cause my first Doom Horror attack in a multiplayer game.

Congratulations. :(

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No didn't see it :(

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I'm fine with a shorter turn timer.

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I'm also fine with a shorter turn around.

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Jomon terminates it's NAP with Abysia.

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per your PM to me, we have an NAP +5.
Its turn 73, so Orders to attack can be given in turn 78 and fights from that order would be in turn 79.
Correct?

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Abysia

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Agreed.

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I submitted my turn a couple of hours ago, and the turn apparently still hasn't cycled. And now it's occuring to me, maybe I was supposed to patch my Dom3 install to 3.26?

Does anyone know if patching is necessary to keep using Llamaserver, or can we keep using 3.24 since that's what this MonkeyParadise began with?

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You do need to patch, but that shouldn't affect the turn you sent in:

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Hmm... Still, all the .2h files are submitted, but >12 hours later the turn hasn't cycled. Can the admin try to force the turn to cycle?

Any ideas?

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Ignore this. Shouldn't post when I'm no completely awake yet.

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It is intolerable to Tien Chi for anyone to cast Arcane Corruption. Accordingly, Tien Chi declares war on Abysia.

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double post

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We are sad about that double standard employed by Tien Chi.
Forge of the Ancients, etc. from Marignon wasnt an reason to war?
I was only acting in self defence.

Anyway shouldnt have that war declaration have come before your attack?
(Did we have an harbor in that province? Anyway we will call it Pearl Province...)

Vengeance is on the way.



OOC: Looks like I'll be shortly on war footing with the rest of the world (except Mictlan). As second strongest nation (at least thats my impression) :rolleyes:

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Tien Chi has a single standard: Forge of the Ancients does not interfere with the actions of our mages. Arcane Corruption does.

If the declaration arrived before the attack, then it would not be a surprise, now would it?

(Actually, I was going to send it in game simultaneously with the attack, but, er, I forgot.)

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A minor clarification, Jomon has terminated our NAP with Abysia, we have not declared war. However, I tend to agree with TC about those globals.

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Forge of the Ancients got dispelled by my Astral Corruption.
Astral Nexus by Marignon is still up. And if you think it doesnt hurt you in the long term, you are badly mistaken...

Since nobody dispelled those globals, I had to take desperate measures.

@Yomon if you are terminating the NAP, I see it as an declaration of war in X turns.

But to see the brighter side, hopefully I get more successes in Tien Chi than in Marignon :D

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Oh, I'll agree Arcane Nexus is more powerful than Astral Corruption. But Astral Corruption is much more annoying.

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The really bad thing is, it doesnt hurt Marignon much...
Hey Marignon, how about a cease fire until we have eaten Jomon and T'ien Chi?

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Thanks for the offer, but no. We don't really like Astral Corruption either.

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I've now taken over adminning the game from Groundworm. (He thought he'd already given it to me, and I thought he was still doing it...) I've lowered the turn timer to 1 week for now. Should it be shorter?

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This game is really dragging. I'd suggest reducing the turn time to four days. Any objections?

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No objections from me.

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Things have gotten somewhat crazy for me at work so 4 days might be a little rough for me. Would 5 or 6 days work?

I know it's not fair to you guys (specifically those of you who are really good about getting your turns in early) to have the game drag on like this, but I think 5 or 6 days would be a dramatic improvement on the 10 day cycle we've been running, while still giving people enough time to deal with our increasingly complex turns.

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Jomon may need an extension?

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Turn extended by 24 hours. Turn timer for future turns set to 5 days.

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Sorry for the delay, my turn is in now.

A shorter turn-around would be better for me. I tend to lose interest with a really long turn-around.

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Bad turn for me... again...