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Could we please get an extension to tomorrow. Much to do right now... IRL (sigh).

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Ok, hosting for this turn postponed by a day and after this turn I'll delay hosting by another day.

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Great! Thanks. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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No problem - it was actually quite self-serving since I needed the time as well.

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I'm sorry to say that I have to leave this game (and others) due to real life concerns. I'm in the middle of final exams and then I'm moving.

Sorry guys. I will try to find a replacement.

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And just when it was getting interesting.

We in Oceania have had a good look at what is happening above the waves and do not approve at all. Our mages are a touch hapless and every time we forge a booster we get whacked by a horror, do anything else and get attacked by a lesser horror (at least we can beat those pesky things off).

I can say that I am not a fan of Astral Corruption.

Lets hope Dedas can find us a replacement - because without one the game is going to become somewhat lame.

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Sorry to hear that Dedas. I agree with Digress that it's important we get a replacement for Ulm (I also agree that AC is a pain). I'm going to delay hosting by a day to see if Dedas can find a replacement.

Also, I'm going to PM the admin password to Velusion. If you need any changes in the next couple of days please contact him.

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haha D:

I actually have more time now, Dedas. Do you mind if I take Ulm back over from you?

jazzepi

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Sure thing. I was just keeping her warm for you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Darnit. I just realized Ulm was never switched over to Jazzepi and has staled the past several turns. Jazzepi, I'm PMing you now to get your e-mail.

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Maybe you should delay hosting until Jazzepi is on deck with Ulm.

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Good idea, Digress. I just made the change so I'm delaying hosting by 24 hours. New hosting time is 19:50 GMT Friday. Jazzepi let me know if you need more time.

Also, I gave Jazzepi a summary of what I thought was the status of his diplomatic relations. But I don't know if that is out of date or what the specifics of Ulm's agreements are. It might be good if everyone PMed him to let him know of the terms of their agreements.

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Could people please PM me if they have a treaty with Ulm?

Jazzepi

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I've delayed the game by 36 hours so Jazzepi can get up to speed with Ulm.

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We have been attacked by the traitorous, poop headed, savages of Abysia! Apparently our 10 turn NAP must have gone up in a flash of fire and smoke. Never trust people born from a volcano to hold onto your diplomatic documents!

TO WAR!

Jazzepi

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Heh, well when you don't respond to my PMs and miss 5 turns I assume that the nation is abandoned.

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Hi, the new patch has turned my mod nation Tomb kings upside down. My recruitable mages and priests have all lost their magic paths, and there might be other bugs. Can we put the game on hold until an upgrade is made for this mod? Thanks.

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Hmm.... the password I got from Val doesn't work. Val can you try to delay the hosting time?

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Ok, I've delayed hosting until we can get TK fixed. Sorry, Velusion, looks like I sent the wrong password. Resending now.

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thanks!

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SALE!

ULM IS HAVING A FIRE SALE ON LIGHTLESS LANTERNS. WE'RE SELLING THEM IN BULK FOR ONLY 2.5 GEMS PER LANTERN.

SALE!

Please contact us via PM to workout payment. We can definitely take forged items instead of gems, and might even lower the price a bit if you have the right kinds for us.

Jazzepi

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Sorry for staling repeatedly in the last little while. Messed up getting a turn in last week and them had a couple of computer/ISP issues over the last couple of days.

Have got home - have a functioning computer and should get those turns in more promptly.

PS: Is it just me or has Abysia gone and won the game - turns and turns ago http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

PPS: And Oceania has done bugger all to stop Abysia winning http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif

PPPS: Is anyone running Ubuntu flavoured linux - my XP installation on my travelling laptop died and Lenovo Australia doesn't appear to sell recovery CDs for my aged and somewhat battered thinkpad. Forced me to install Ubuntu just to get some work done - it appears to work wonderfully well (other than absolutely flogging my graphics card).

My apologies again.

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I'd be happy to accept the concession of all involved to wrap up this game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I'm running Ubuntu Digress. It's lovely.

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I am impressed that it got my laptop back up quickly without any issues at all. The only functionality missing in the distribution is support for the first generation hardware security chip in my low volume Thinkpad model (a fairly "boutique" security solution - not sure that many other manufacturers used it).

And its pretty zippy compared to XP (at least on my machine) even when it appears to be loaded with some fluff that I will never use.

Velusion - I will concede when I burn through all my mages - masses of criminally under-equipped thugs will carry Oceania still further inland - at least for a bit longer.

Has the Tomb Kings issue been sorted out ?

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Llamabeast couldn't find what was causing the bug. A new game with the same mod didn't cause any problems. He suggests doing another turn and see if the bug dissappears. I'll submit my turn in a few minutes.

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I better do the same. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Looks like the game hosted. I didn't put in my turn yet because I haven't heard that we are ready to start up again.

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Hi, the new turn did not fix the bug. The commanders I hired still did not have any paths. Please hold hosting the new turn.

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We should wait until this is resolved and then announce on this thread when the turn is to be hosted.

Lolomo have you PMed Valerius ?

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yup, I have pmed both llamabeast and Valerius

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I'll take a look at this later today. It seems to be a serious bug that has affected all mod nations.

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Ok, I've delayed hosting by 48 hours. I'll keep extending that until the problem is resolved.

Velusion, sorry about the stale. When the game is resumed I'll message everyone to let them know.

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Right, apologies for taking so long to get to this Tomb Kings issue.

It turns out to be a bug in the latest patch of Dominions - the game, it seems, can only handle so many units with magic (or something like that, bizarre as it seems), and now if you have more than a single small mod running units start falling off the end and lose their magic. This issue will be fixed in the next patch, but in the meantime there doesn't seem to be anything I can do. I tried replacing the Skaven mod with an empty mod to see if that would help, since there'd be far fewer modded casters - no luck. I tried copystatting other mage units on top of the TK units to see if that somehow worked differently - again, no luck.

So I guess it's up to you guys whether you wait for the next patch or just cope without recruitable mages for the Tomb Kings. At this late stage it's possible that you could survive without recruiting any more mages, but of course no-one but LoloMo could comment on that.

Bit of a bummer this, really.

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The next patch is too far away. Rather than hold up everyone, I'm willing to continue playing as is. I'll work on my turn later today.

So I assume that my unique summons will also be affected by the no path bug?

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I'm surprised you want to continue.

I'm actually going to have to resign - I have too much other stuff going on and the work/fun ratio of the later turns are starting to weigh more on the "work" side.

If someone wants to jump in and take over my position I'll be glad to give it over... otherwise I'm going to put Abysia on AI after this turn.

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I am quite happy to proclaim Velusion the very probable winner of this one.

I have discovered how much I detest Oceania (a great deal) and Astral Corruption (especially when you strip your S9 pretender of gems for Returning before getting her to cast a gem heavy spell).

Whenever my pretender is called back she is attacked by a Doom Horror - the amount of horror marking that can get laid down on a sacred statue is pretty scary.

I will play on as long as others are willing too.

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I was a little disappointed by the situation Dedas left Ulm in. I thought he would have forged all of his smiths dwarven boots, unfortunately he did not!

I would prefer to quit this game if possible. If people want to continue, I guess we could do so, but my preference would be to drop out.

Jazzepi

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Sorry Jazzepi. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Astral corruption combined with constant wars and poor research at the time made dwarven boots low priority. I had to shift to intense lightless lantern spamming so to not be left behind. I managed pretty well for a while though, destroying two and a half nation.

It was a very educational game for me.

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I am also willing to end the game. What say you, LoloMo?

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ok I'm also for ending. I think if Abysia quit, it wouldn't really be a fair game anymore since he is in the lead.

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Good Game then everyone!

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Good game everyone. Well played, Velusion.

I've ended the game on the llamaserver and posted the game on the victorious nations thread.