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We'll switch to 48h hosting if, let's say, four other people request it.

My turns still don't take very long, but I'm sympathetic to those who are micromanaging more.

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I'm Marignon

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I am unsympathetic to those nations who have extreme micromanagement, since I am fighting one of them. I vote we stay on 24 hour.

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Alright, well then it is helpful for everyone to know that you don't border either Ermor or Argatha. You could aid your ally, Pythium, as he has a clear border with Argatha and Ermor. Now is a good time to take the land from Ermor as Argatha just cut a path through him in order to flank Pangaea.

If you have researched enough evocation then I could be your spotter and tell you where to drop some Flames From Afar.

Here is something for starters:

Doven (116) The province contains about 60 hostile units. The army consists of mainly Argathan Light Crossbowmen. Crossbowmen, Blindfighters and Agarthian Heavy Crossbowmen. The army appears to be commanded by Zanerio the Ktonian Necromancer. The local defense of the province only consists of one officer and a few loyal henchmen.

Binophe (204) The province contains about 40 hostile units. The army consists of mainly Circle Masters and Longdeads.The army appears to be commanded by Primus the Master Lich who radiates power. The local defense of the province appears to be quite well organized. There is a simple Hillfort located here...

P.S.: I'm managing 41 scouts, several spys, and numerous commanders. Yet I still don't need more then 24 hours.

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Agartha ain't cutting a flank on me dog. He can never even dream of what is about to hit him.

Hysteria, oh Hysteria, must you kill so many? Why do you so revel in death?

-Pangaea

Wow, is this open diplo or what? I've never seen this much open diplomacy.

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When is starts to become Ermor vs. The World, it becomes more conveinent to just post a notice rather then a series of private messages.

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So much posturing chatter. We would like to remind our friends in silly hats that if they wish, they are welcome to send fires to our few living mages. However, we would like to remind you your bolts are, like as not, going to hit chaff.

Also, we strongly suggest that you take AOE's words with more than a dash of salt. He is attempting to turn focus away from his own ally, who is much more dangerous than I.

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Am I? It looks otherwise from scouting and battle reports.

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(OOC: Please keep in mind that my comments are in character and in the nature of good fun. I'm havng a blast with this game so far, and the guys who I've been fighting have been awesome opponents :).)

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Errrr, I think you have Zeldor and AOE mixed up. AOE is R'lyeh... Unless you happen to think for some strange reason that Man is stronger. Hell I'm not even going to be fighting against R'lyeh but by the time I finish moving north R'lyeh will have already dealt me a serious blow without ever having lifted a finger, considering that as I look at Mictlan's troops and see they are all Insane, Mine shall be too soon enough...

That or I just forget about Mictlan and leave them to their insanity where they can drool on themselves and preach to their livestock all they want.

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So imagine how many insane troops R'lyeh must have :)

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All of the targets I listed are of no use to me. None of them aid me in my current struggles. Yet, if you want I could easily post some targets I would personally like to see get burned.

Also note that Marignon asked for ways it could help. Nobody is forcing another player's hand here. I'm simply providing options for the fulfillment of another player's desire.

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Can we at least keep the diplo in private, giving out people's intention is simply not a good idea, and it might just turn a friend into an enemy.

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Well, actually, he did flank me. Damn cowardly Satyrs. Agarthan army is in 79 if anyone wants to send some hate that way.

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What's the fun in that :p

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Yeah, let's go to 48 hour. It's getting tough, even for me. Who wants to let Gandalf know?

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I sent a PM to Gandalf to set this to 48 hour host.

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Bleh.. I'll never understand why it takes some of you people so damn long to take a turn.

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I'm the game admin, not GP :). I have (sinister music), access to his server!

If one more person asks for 48 hrs, I'll up the host interval.

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Okay, 48 hrs it is.

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Thanks, DrP.

Not much to report from the front. Ermor continues to move this way and that with his big army. Seems afraid to attack.

Imagine that. Afraid to attack my Gorgon. Why, she's just a little thing... I'm sure she could not do much against big, bad Ermor.

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The same could be said of you. However, we think you will find that the time for dancing has passed. We will silence your people and bring them true peace.

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Who turned off the quickhost?

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Space elves.

In order to turn quickhost back on, you must give if yourself to the Great Red Ape.

I actually turned it off by accident, but personally I prefer to leave QH off once we're taking 48 hrs/cycle anyway. It prevents people from stale-ing because they're afraid of triggering a QH with a partially complete turn.

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Can I vote to have it back on? I agree that the auto-upload thing sucks, but if someone really wants to check the timer/server status they can move their 2h file out of the game folder and that should keep them from uploading when they connect. I haven't tested this, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

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Yeah, 48h is really a lot, and we are not so far in the game that we need people doing partial turns few times.

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Okay, I will turn QH back on after this turn hosts.

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Oh the torture. Four more hours of waking agony. Is their nothing I can do to traverse time and bring my suffering to an end. This only proves that god put us in this horrid world of disease and death only to see us suffer. I can feel his/her piercing gaze look into my inner soul and cackle in pure delight. I can't take it anymore. I feel as though the world is closing in and their is nothing for me to look forward to but emptiness. The dark and cold emptiness which is a direct result of the hollow pleasure I derive from this game. Is there... oh, sandwich... *num* *num* *num*

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...Someone has been close to LA Ryleh for too long...

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OK. The Ulm/Pan alliance is falling to the deadly forces of Ermor. If any of the civilized nations want to send help, send it now. We'll, take gems, magic items, long range strikes, anything. If you don't want to see your provs reduces to mindless undead of Ermor, send help to the defenders of freedom now please.

Ulm/Pan

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Defenders of Freedom is now copyrighted. Anyone that would like to join us is welcome.

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Bogarus is in the market for some earth boots...I have some delightful astral pearls or perhaps some other nice stuff to trade for said boots.

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Well, the Ermor situation is getting grim folks. Several thousands of undead have descended on Ulm and Pangaea, and these aren't dumb undead either. Early in the game Ermor got access to circle masters, and so, along with massive hordes, he also has decent research, as the Darkness and Shadow Blast spam from our last battle will attest.

We will hold as long as we can, but we need help now, or you will one by one, alone most likely, face the unimaginable wrath of Ermor.

Pangaea

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I think I accidentally sent an SDR to someone in error (I'm ulm) if you could pass it on to Pan it would be much appreciated.

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Interesting team work strategy. I like it. Classy. It might even pay off if you can get some assistance. I was personally going to focus on the stealth aspect if I had got those nations. Then again, that's more for conventional warfare against an enemy that cares about their non-castle/non-temple provinces.

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Our teamwork strategy at this point pretty much consists of group prayer sessions, hoping we get some help with Ermor. =)

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Ya na kadishtu nilgh'ri stell'bsna Nyogtha,
K'yarnak phlegethor l'ebumna syha'h n'ghft,
Ya hai kadishtu ep r'luh-eeh Nyogtha eeh,
S'uhn-ngh athg li'hee orr'e syha'h.

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Arrgh. Agartha eliminated, for now. It's up to Pythium to take them out now. Ermor force is staying strong and headed for my cap. We will hold as long as we can.

Pan

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Ulm's still in the market for pearls, anyone trading? We have most other gems available and some limited forging capacity! (stupid junky mages)

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We of the silent lands are pleased to have caused so much commotion. Once again, we would caution others from getting involved in this conflict. As Pangea can attest, our war machine is geared towards the permanent destruction of provincial long-term viability.

However, we would like to pose an alternative to all of the urgent negative propaganda spewed about the coming Ermorian threat. Arguably, we are at our strongest presently. Through liberal use of skull mentors, we have achieved a level of research which makes our hordes dangerous, and capable against traditional counters. However, this advantage is a fleeting one. As this war goes on, our hordes will have a harder and harder time countering the communions that you can bring to bear.

As this war goes on, the threat that we pose will wane. At the same time, the longer these battles go on, the stronger Ryleh becomes. We ask you now, who would you rather fight in later years?

Think on this question carefully. We have enough bane venom charms and castles to make any offensive against us costly to the extreme, irregardless of our military might. Or, we can use our resources to help new friends bring down a looming threat in the sea, which has already annihilated one nation. You cannot stop us without ruining your ability to stop them.

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You forgot to mention that R'lyeh controls a magic site that enables recruitment of Markatas.

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Yeah all he needs to do now is back those monkeys with some of Bandar Log's national summons and they'll be able to take on knights...

Edit: Listen to Ermor. They can't possibly cast any global spells which is the ruin of every nation but them. I mean, they need income too... right? Oh. Never mind.

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Heh. Nicely put.

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If the nations of Ulm and Pan fall Ermor will have a corner of the map, along with all of the income of our broken empires as his military outpaces his dominion, which will allow him to pop up temples and forts en masse.

I'm also sure Ermor will be much weaker later once he can summon up tartarians and really open up his magic diversity. At least rlyeh's mages cost money, which becomes problematic with their upkeep sucking freespawn and their pop-killing dominion.

In addition, we of Ulm have lost barely any ground to the undead hordes, and that only due to their clever dancing and refusing to meet our priests and steel on the field of battle. We have been holding them to a stalemate, which suggests they will have few resources to divert elsewhere if we receive assistance soon. Our nature-loving ally does not fare so well, sadly, so our time grows short before our borders become too numerous to defend, but victory is well within grasp if we have some assistance, and Ermor's threats of devastation have not visited our borders, which have long been locked in struggle with them.

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This month Ulm has lain to rest over 600 Ermorian soldiers, along with a pair of spectators. The victory was not without loss, as some of our brave priests were slain whilst banishing the horde, but we do not lack for volunteers and they will be quickly replaced. Ulm holds strong against the Ermorian tide, and continues to call for help from the other nations.

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Wow, Ermor finally builds an unprotected temple (Nenhaboa, 132). The first one I've ever seen since I've had my eye on them. Nuke it! Nuke it! Poor guy must be losing his mind, cause it sits right on the border of an Ulm province.

Somebody tried to nuke the mind of one my scouts. My apologies to Ratheldun, I'm sure it was intended for another bothersome stealthy unit. Maybe you could PM me some provinces I should stay clear of? Unless it was intended for me, in that case, I believe you take your privacy a bit too seriously.

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(OOC I was out this weekend, my teammate was awesome enough to play my turns :) )

Hm. It seems we have slightly fewer forces. However, while Ulm cries victory, the lands of their ally are silenced. Soon they will have no other to shield them.

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Silence? meh. Up yours Ermor.

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Up mine indeed. Excellent battle. Your god hysteria gets a tad bit more terrifying each time I see her.

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Indeed. We are actually afraid of her now. She is not a kind Goddess.