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Well what is more logical for Mictlan, production or sloth.
I always tend to take sloth anyway, it's the least important scale in my opinion.
And I fail to realize how it hurts me if everybody knows the approximate scales I took, the only nations that can attack me already know the scales and the bless probably.

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Sorry guys, I had to quit. I'm now ai.

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Sorry to see you bail out of a good game, Bwaha.

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Agartha declares war on Vanheim. They are too aggressive to be kept as a neighbor.

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Sh-t. I broke 4/5 of my LCD computer screen. :o/ Smashed. White, black and pink. No good. I can't run dom3 on any other computer at the moment, so the 10 or 11 games I'm in need subs :( I'm really sorry. Hopefully it'll be temporary (anyone know if it's possible to replace monitors on laptops?)

Okay, I go to post on the next game =(

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Any suggestions as to what we do about Vanheim (Strictly Rockers) in this game? Think they've staled for the past 4-5 turns now, and are currently acting as no more than Agartha food.

I PMed StrictlyRockers a few days ago to find out what's happening, but haven't had any response (although know he's a very busy person in real life, so wouldn't be surprised if things have just cropped up for him). Hate to find a sub, or AI someone 'behind their back' as it were, but it's a bit unbalancing to have a decent sized nation just sitting there doing nothing for so long.

This is a very quiet thread, but still hope I can get some opinions on this. Also, who is the admin for this game now? I'm pretty sure Chrispedersen was at the start, but he dropped out ages ago, and not sure who (if anyone) took over.

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He should be subbed or at least put to AI, It's better than to just wait for someone to kill him off without a fight.

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I still try to pay attention = ). I said when I was knocked out I don't mind doing admin .. or handing it over to someone - but that someone would have to tell me when something needed doing - I don't mind reading the forums periodically, but I can't check all the games.

So, if someone wants the job - happy to hand it over else, would you like a delay while you look for a sub for Strict?

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If nobody objects, I'm going to ask Chrispedersen to delay the game for 48hrs, and try to find a sub for Vanheim (StrictlyRockers). If no sub is found, then I suggest the position gets turned AI.

Hard to tell what the Vanheim position is like, but it may well still be tenable since they had a very good start, still appear to be 'in the game' (from the graphs anyway) and must be sitting on a huge stack of cash right now due to the stale turns. So somebody may pick them up :) and prevent another nation going AI :(

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If you still need someone I'd like to sub for Vanheim. It would be a shame for you guys to play against an AI and even though I haven't played MP for almost 2 years I'm pretty sure I can put up a better fight than the AI. :D

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It looks like I may need a sub. I have not had internet access for the past week. I am still working on that. Also my dad has gotten into a very serious motorcycle accident. If you find a sub, that's fine. I may still be able to play, but not sure when I can pick it back up. Very sorry to have staled last few turns. We were just getting to the good part.

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Sorry to hear about you real life problems Strictly Rockers. Hope they sort themselves out soon and that your father makes a full and speedy recovery.

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Saarub.

Great to hear you fancy stepping into the Vanheim shoes. Certainly a bonus to all the players if a still competitive nation can avoid being turned AI. So a big thanks from everyone for offering up your time and talents for this game :)

Have sent you a PM.

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I'm sorry to hear the bad news Rockers, hope your dad is ok. Best of luck, hope to have you back playing soon

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Ok everyone, looks like we're back up to a full compliment of players now as 'Saarud' has kindly and bravely taken over the Vanheim position. Apologies for the delay, but hope you all agree it was worth it to prevent losing another nation to the AI.

Also, I've taken over from Chrispedersen as the admin for this game, so any problems or delay requests please PM me or post in the game thread.

Game on :)

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Aarrgh, just realised that 'anticipatient' (who appears to have gone AWOL in all his games) is playing Agartha in this game, so a replacement will need to be sought asap (I thought it was someone else who was doing the stale turns, so just checked the thread to find out who it was)

Will look for a sub now, and delay the game slightly if needed to try and find one. Agartha are one of the top nations, so definitely don't want to see them AI-ed.

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Ok, looks like this game will need to be delayed again :( Sorry folks.

My request for a sub for Agartha/'anticipatient' got answered quickly, but I haven't heard anything back yet from the player who showed an interest in taking them on. So the sub process is currently in limbo. I will give the player another 12hrs to get back to me, if not then I'll ask again for a sub.

Also, 'Executor'/Mictlan seems to have appeared briefly on a few other game threads yesterday (27th Sep) requesting a 48hr delay due to internet problems. Not sure if he forgot to post the same message on this thread or not, but I'm going to assume he did forget (or lost his internet before getting to it) and delay the game slightly for him.

Sorry again for the recent hold-ups. But hopefully the game can sun smoothly again once a few of these minor bumps have been sorted out :)

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Right everyone, 'MadFrancis' has very kindly agreed to take over Agartha from 'anticipatient'. So a big thank you to him for that :)

Agartha appears to be all setup now, and will probably be in touch with several of you regarding current Agarthian diplomatic issues in the very near future (so please check your PM's).

We're only waiting on Mictlan/'Executor' now for the current turn. I'm guessing he still has the internet problems he posted about on the 27th Sept. While the friendly side of me would like to delay the game until his situation is clearer, the admin side of me says there's already been a long delay for the current turn (the current turn file came out on the 24th Sept) and a further delay of the current turn would hold up the game for just too long, and we'd risk other players dropping out as a result due to inactivity.

I hope the game can get back to smooth running now :) but guess another delay might unfortunately be around the corner if Mictlan/'Executor' stale again the following turn.

Best of Luck all, and let those battles commence :D

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I've delayed the current turn by 48hrs to give Mictlan/'Executor' one last chance to appear before looking for a sub. My guess is Executor will get back on the internet properly first chance he gets. But right now, when that might be is anyones guess. Sometimes problems just happen and they take longer to solve than you first expect.

I will start looking for a temp sub sometime tomorrow if he doesn't show up overnight (UK time). I think this game is proving to be a bit jinxed at the moment.

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I'm back in the game ( hope I am, haven't looked at my turn yet),
sorry for the delay everyone.


Wow! I don't know how many turn I staled but gems, slaves and gold stoked up, watch your backs now!

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Just wanted to say thanks to you Calahan, you have certainly done good job in keeping this game running as smoothly as possible. :)

Personally I don't mind at all if the turns get delayed a bit because I'm playing in Kingmaker + RAND and both those games are in late stages and take lot of time.

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Thanks for the kind words Zenzei :) This is my first ever go at being admin for a game, and while the unfortunate stales and drop outs we've had have given me a far from perfect introduction, I hope I've managed to keep some sort of flow going to the game. And I'm happy not to have lost any nation to the AI yet :D


Great to have you back Executor :happy:

Tried to do my best regarding delaying the game for you, but without going nuts. I would have tried to find a sub for the last turn if my weekend hadn't been unexpectedly manic. Good to hear Mictlan are still in pretty good shape though. Maybe you can become the force to blackout Caelum's growing power :p ;)@Zenzei


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I recently changed the game timer to 72hrs to give Executor more chance to continue without suffering excessive stales. But I will be changing it back to 48hrs from the next turn onwards to see if we can get back to a normal schedule :) I will change the game to 72hrs hours either after 2-3 requests, or once the game gets somewhere past turn 50.

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Marvaeni is trading for air and astral gems. Please be using the forums if you're interested in a trade.

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WTB rings of the warrior. Willing to trade E gems. Message Ryleh if willing to trade.

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I was caught by an unexpected internet reconfiguration (or something along those lines). Need at least 24 more hours (will post if more needed). Sorry for the inconvinience.

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Sorry to hear about your internet problems Aapeli. Have delayed the current turn by 24hrs.

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I have temporarily changed the hosting interval to 96hours. I am leaving for Greece with work in a few hours, and have no idea if I'll have internet/WiFi access where I'm going. It might turn out that internet wise, everything is good where I'm going, but to be on the safe side I've altered the hosting interval to carry to the weekend in case I end up in an internet deadzone.

Sorry to all for the slight delay.

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So, uh, how long are you landlubbers going to let Caelum have the run of the world above the sea? :hide:

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Why don't you try and stop them than?

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The people of Ryleh have other goals in mind :fish: <- haha who's gonna get smacked by a fish? lol only time will tell..

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So, uh, Calahan seems to have gone to Greece and never returned! We need a new admin, and I guess need to try to find a sub. Sauro was at war with Marv right?

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WingedDog has agreed to sub, to move things along I'll get in touch with llama to get him set up, and extend the current turn by 24 hours so he has a chance to familiarize himself with the position.

I guess I'm be the new admin for the time being, if someone else wants to be or has objections to this, then post away.

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I was also thinking of changing the hosting interval to 48 or 72 hours. Any preference? Or would everyone like to maintain the 96?

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Greetings everyone, I'm the new Sauromatia representative. I hoped to get familiar with the game situation today, but my e-mail adress wasn't set up as Sauromatian yet. So I'd like to ask for a delay at least until Monday. Sorry for keeping you waiting.

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I'm up for 72 hours hosting interval.

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Np WD, and sorry for the delay...Sauro was the admin and llama's been out and about so he probably hasn't seen my pm yet.

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Guess I should pay more attention to the thread! Having my opponent suddenly switch is pretty important news.

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Thank you for hosting when I was taking my turn, I do oh so enjoy staling. :clap:

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Who are you thanking? Llama still hasn't responded to my pm, understandably seeing as llamaserver is still acting up. Currently the game is adrift and subject to the whims of llamaserver.

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The administrator of the game should have sent his password to somebody before leaving...
I still did't have the chance to see the turn.

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I've pm'd the original game admin asking for the admin password, hopefully he recalls it...

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Alrighty, big thanks to llama, who has supplied me with the admin pass (chris did 2, but calahan changed the old one, still thank you chris). Llama also informed me that wingeddog is now set up as the new sauromatia. This turn will remain as 96h, but the next turn and all turns onward will be 72h.

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Yep, I'm in. I apretiate noone atacked Sauromatia while it was staling. As I was told my enemy was Marveni, so I'd like to tell I do not intend to atack my other neighbors unless they do atack me. If someone desire to speak of diplomacy, trade or share information - adress me. For now I need some time to figure out the political situation and my predesessor's motives to undertand what do I need from others and what I can give in return.

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I see what happened, the change of hosting interval from 96 to 72 hours prompted llamaserver to host and made me miss my turn.

Generic rage towards the deus ex machina it is! :rant:

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Actually I think it was my fault, I set all games to host 48 hours after I repaired the server, which meant they all hosted this morning. Sorry about that.

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May I have another question? What are the red chiniese-teple-look-like-buildings in provinces 100 and 195?

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Do not forget to patch the game before sending next turn (49). Here's the link:
http://download.shrapnelgames.com/do...ompatch321.exe

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Who is mysterious person playing Vanheim?

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Yes It makes me wonder also, can't do diplomacy if I don't know who to do it with.
Could Vanheim please PM me.

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2 Exacutor
I also PMed you, don't ignore plz.