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Several druids and one Ice Devil perished in the taking of Niefelheim's fortress this month. Charging forward with some quick units is a good counter to Gifts from Heaven, poor Nycafor never knew what hit him. I thought Gifts from Heaven would target the large giants, but unfortunately for me all the druids aimed at the shade beasts and winter wolves on the front lines.

Good game, lwarmonger!

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Indeed, good game! Shame I didn't adjust tactics fast enough, but now I know!

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Admin: 48hrs added to the turn timer because of a turn mixup.

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Hehe. Well, better than a stale, but we need this one to finally complete. I mean, I have prepared already several hundred magma caves for the final resting of my people, so....

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For those of you who haven't noticed, I'm pretty consistently the last one to submit his turn. My work has kept me pretty busy lately, and though I'm at peace in both this and Smack, it still takes me so long. So, I've asked for a sub for this game. Iwarmonger has he's good for it, but is going on vacation or something in three weeks. I just wanted to get everyone's opinion.

I still plan on taking turns in Smack, as among other things I'm writing the definitive Pythium guide right now.

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Can lwarmonger sub for 3 weeks in that case, and give the position back to you when he goes on vacation?

I don't mind if he subs in, even though Nief got eliminated by Marverni. I think he'll play the position fairly.

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I just checked the response again. Apparently, he'll be gone a month, which is no mere vacation. I could pick the game back up again, but I'd rather not as I'm likely to be even busier by then. I'll put out a general request for a sub, if nothing else comes up, then I'll pass the game to Iwarmonger and hope for the best, and maybe ask for longer timers if I have to start taking turns, especially if a war erupts.

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Yeah, I'll be in the field at NTC for about a month, either way I'll be gone from 8 February to 10 March. I'm fine filling in until then, but you're just going to have to look for another sub at that point anyways.

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Well, we can just put Smack on hold while you're gone, right? It's just you me and OmikronWarrior in that game.

So maybe OmikronWarrior can keep playing Bazooko, and we put Smack on a longer timer or something, and resume it when you're back.

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Well, it would appear no one is volunteering, so I suggest we give my Ermor to Iwarmonger. I'll keep playing Smack, and we'll worry about the Iwarmonger's schedule come Feb. If necessary, I'll resume Ermor in Bazooko, and maybe a sub can be found for him by then for Smack. Do I need to email him the turn, or can he just request it?

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You can email him the current turn, but:

lwarmonger, please PM your email address to me (I thought I had it, but I guess not), so I can switch Ermor to your account.

I've postponed the current hosting by 48 hours.

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I've updated the email address. Welcome back to the game, lwarmonger, and thanks for subbing.

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No problem... from the looks of things it is now Ermor, Abysia, Marverni and an almost defeated Mictlan.

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Has Ermor heard news from the land of Mictlan? Has the Abysian tide turned against them?

The nation had been abandoned, given up in despair as Abysia invaded from the West and Niefelheim attacked from the East. But a new King of Mictlan emerged, and with cunning stunts he drove the giants from his lands, and then set his sights on the Abysian invaders, who are still locked in a fierce battle with the jungle dwellers. Last I heard, anyway.

Meanwhile, still recovering from a punishing final battle with the Niefel giants, Marverni's druids sit in their groves and tend to their wounded.

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Well, we must correct this propaganda, probably stemming from the opium smokers in the wet jungles of Mictlan....

Mictlan had attacked Abysia in the beginning, laying its greedy eyes on the beautiful magma streams that make up our lovely country and eying at the wonderful luscious Abysian virgins (I won't re-post a picture, vfb :p). It was then that Abysia repelled their initial attack & took care of a certain rampaging cyclops when we decided that it was time to turn the tide against Mictlan when our cease fire with them had run out. Niefelheim had already retreated from Mictlan lands, so it was a true 1vs1 fight where we got locked somehow, correct.

But the unexperienced Abysian general has been replaced, and so we can proudly announce that "Cyclops Beaf (TM)" is served from "Hot Stone(r) (TM)" from now on, freshly roasted. Not that Mictlan would be beaten completely, but at least we showed them how to serve their god (OOC: I *love* English for the ambiguity in this word :p).

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Ermor does not enter the quarrels of demons. The unwashed barbarian masses on our borders also engender our disgust. We wash our hands of all of you!

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The Lobby of Abysian Virgin Interests heavily protests against the Marverni incursions on our territory, even without any prior declaration of war on us!

Our cooks were just celebrating the de-petrification of the Mictlan idol when hellish forces entered our realm, without being asked for! Obviously, the attack on a minor nation through one of the two remaining super powers in the world of Six Lands indicates the new low moral standard which seems to be common in Marverni these times, so we hereby demand support from our brethren in Methadone and the import of the army of 127 devils!

(Pah, coward! There's a whole Ermor empire around, and you take on the lowly Abysians? :p)

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Marverni is responding to a Raging Hearts in our capitol last month, with a small punitive measure against the most likely culprit. Such retaliatory strikes are permitted under the code of the Menhir and the Mistletoe.

It's not like you lost any armies or anything!

-- Marverni

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The Abysian ambassador is hurt deeply by this unjustified accusation which is absolutely wrong.

The Abysian army is busy defending against Mictlan aggressors and doesn't need to dabble with Fire magic on nature druids. As you can conclude from the lab journals your rampaging forces have found in our wizards' towers, no rituals have ever been cast against Marverni provinces.

So, how do your Forces Of Evil (TM) now justify their aggression against peace loving magma slurpers?

If you retreat this month, we will not demand the immediate surrender of your demonish thugs to the court of the United Nations of Six Lands.

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Does this "small punitive measure" perhaps involve the annexation of Abysia?

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No, not at all. Marverni has well enough land for our comforts. But we cannot sit idly by while our helpless fair maidens in our capitol are ravaged by the locals, driven mad by the spells of the Abysians.

We are conducting a snatch-and-grab operation to apprehend the miscreants responsible, and any other deployment of Marverni special forces is just there to provide support and cover. The miscreants will be sentenced and punished appropriately once they are brought safely to the Stone Circle in our capitol.

-- Marverni

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If you had checked the evidence you already layed your unholy hands on, you would know that none of your accusations is correct. So it is obvious now that Marverni just wants to attack a peace loving, self-defending nation....

Anyway, can you postpone the hostrun for potentially 24 hours? I've got a date now, and can't predict when I'll be back. ' hope you don't mind these priorities ;), I'll do my turn ASAP once I'm back.

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Admin: No problem! The turn is postponed. Have fun on your date. :D

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And any territory siezed in the punitive action?

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The miscreants have not been located yet. Marverni's support forces are maintaining an open exit corridor for our special forces to retreat through while we conduct our mission. We fully expect Abysia will attempt to sabotage Marverni's efforts to punish the evildoers.

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Nope, not really, just about half of the Abysian homelands....

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*sigh* Not only were the forces of Abysia uncapable of delivering a final deadly blow to the former Mictlan aggressors, but Marverni troops are rampaging in the lands where milk and magma were flowing in the past.....

But, of course, Abysia will not turn AI (for cowards only :p) but will wait to be killed soon. If anyone's got an explanation why I got two heroes in the two last turns, but none for xxx turns, let me know ;)

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Marverni special forces are running around in some sort of three stooges episode. Who is the Abysian poking me in the eyes this month? Larry or Curly?

Marverni needs an optometrist badly!

Unfortunately during our search for the evildoer who has perverted the peaceful residents of Marverni and turned them into raging lunatics, a big decorative fountain in the Abysian capitol was smashed to bits. Such collateral damage is unavoidable in these types of investigations, especially when all of our commandos are running around blindly.

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mmmm milk of magnesia

Ps love the banter you folks get going in these game threads :D

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Oh, what treachery! For all their talk of being civilized, and not entering into the quarrels of demons, the vile Ermorians have joined forces with Abysia to gang up on Marverni. This month they launched several vicious, unjustified sneak attacks on our peaceful people.

Marverni suspects this conspiracy has been growing for some time. Long did the Ermorian nation lay claim to lands of the north, and hint they would be putting an end to the Abysian threat. We see now they are only interested in attacking nations whose special forces have been deployed far into the bowels of enemy territory. Well Ermor, we have more special forces in training, and soon they will be visiting you bowels too!

-- Marverni

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Oops, I forgot: the druids of Marverni are very impressed to see an uber-rare Dome of Corruption looming over the Abysian capitol! Desperate measures indeed. We suspect the outlaw miscreant terrorist must be hiding in there. Just turn him over to the authorities, and we can settle this dispute.

-- Marverni

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The Ermorian forces are merely launching a preventative action in order to retain the balance of power. Marverni has not been acting in good faith, as their "punitive action" has turned into an attempt at outright annexation of one of the three nations left standing. If they were to merely return all of the territory they have taken from Abysia and give suitable reparations to both Abysia and Ermor to cover certain expenses then Ermor would be content with a return to the status quo.

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Hah! A likely excuse for your imperialist aggression.

We were making great progress in our investigations, and we believe that we have located the responsible Abysian terrorist, but he is a wily foe and has thus far evaded apprehension.

But Ermor's attack has been a great setback to Marverni's sincere efforts at ensuring justice. Marverni cannot withdraw from Abysian territory at this time without jeopardizing the entire operation.

-- Marverni

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Outside the walls of the besieged capitol of Abysia, Marverni slew two air queens and lost only 7 regular units of our army. Of the Ermorian army that made it to the battle, 9 out of 11 commanders perished.

At the storming of Fenica, Marverni demolished Anthrax and the army he led, with one Gutuater and a few vine men lost.

The 170 Emorian soldiers who were sieging Mapito cliffs also perished.

Marverni has got nearly all the artifacts, the Ice Devils, the Arch Devils, the Helios, and Father Illearth, both Kings of Elemental Earth, and several Tartarian Titans, all fully equipped. Marverni has Mount Chaining and the Ultimate Gateway, and 2/3rds of the map, and is making two tartarians a month. I've also got S2A3 Silver Adepts casting Fog Warriors for my armies.

Is it worth looking for a sub for Ermor?

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Well, it's only worth the effort if Marverni decides NOT to surrender his territories to Abysia next month. Yes, the magma throne will accept nothing less than total subjugation of its enemies, but we might accept a single wood province as a reservation for Marverni druids, where they are displayed for visitors.


Other than that - my part and viewpoint is clear, Abysia is lost and Marverni is stinking of power. I can't tell if Ermor has any trump cards left, but from what I see, Marverni is winning.

Pah, tree lovers :p

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OmikronWarrior has agreed this one's over, so I've shut down the game on the llamaserver. Thanks for the good times everyone. Yay Marverni! Yay garnet amazons! :)

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Mictlan is pleased to have survived so long, with still no research above level 4. Our great god has been placed in cold storage for the next age, along with some canned heads.
Zlefin :)