Re: Turn 28
 

Ironically, my turns are lately getting a lot easier in this game...

Re: Turn 28
 

Hmm? Somebody attacking you, djo?

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Half of my neighbors are attacking me (literally, 3 of 6 of them). I am being euphemistic here; when I say "attacking", I mean "occupying", "pillaging", and "sieging". The "attacking" part has been minimal. Ah, the mighty Ulm war machine, you conquered too much, too fast, and the jealousy of the world will be your undoing.

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We are kicking ourselves for not "migrating" to Ulm earlier. So much uneaten rice that has just been sitting in the unguarded fields. Your other 3 pacifist neighbors should join in our efforts to help make Ulm a more multicultural country!

Which raises the question, where is the mighty Ulmish war machine? If there has been a lack of "attacking" it is only b/c we cannot find anyone to fight. So far the country appears eerily deserted...

caveat: I have yet to look at the latest turn file

Re: Turn 28
 

Ulmish folk are sophisticated urbanites. They congregate in the cities, where there is art, music, and good food. And they know that rice is a weed that grows in swamps before you drain them and let the cattle start grazing. When you arrive in the capital, you will meet the brave men and women of Ulm. But we fear that, as is so often the case, the barbarian hordes will overwhelm the civilized few.

O, pity the world that must endure without Ulm! Pity the Epotara that is to come!

Re: Turn 28
 

Jealousy? We are wounded by your words. We merely wish to bring the light the One into the dank and dreary place that is Ulm.

Re: Turn 28
 

Hey Ulm... I know the feeling http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Re: Turn 28
 

I'm currently sieging atlantis in their capitol and have taken down some of their troops.. I'd be willing to leave tha capitol and let someone else take it if I get help on that front.. sart fighting atlantis in the next few turns and move your army towards their capitol (so I can see you are participating ) and I will willingly leave that place (I can use the troops elsewhere)

The offer stands for all nations, of course it must be reflected in the charts of atlantis.. army and province number should drop significatly http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Atlantis is a good prey for those who are adjecent to it.\
1. already in war
2. low income due to sieged capitol (and no 2nd one conquered yet)
3. relative low number of troops.

Help me and we can establish a nice border between our nations halfway on atlantian soil http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

let me hear reactions please.. all nations on the south of the sea should have huge benefit from this.

Re: Turn 28
 

Midguard troops swim, now? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Turn 28
 

Bah! Midgard is easier prey. Attack them! Attack them! We can't be much of a threat (us poor fish people). After all, Midgard is sieging our capital city!

Boo them! Yay us! Be one of the us. Attack Midgard! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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why would I need to swim.. LA atlantis is landbased to start with.

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Oh, my bad.

Re: Turn 28
 

What happened with the turn? I thought we'd have one this morning?

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Still waiting on a replacement turn from Midgard that works. There seems to be a problem with his turn. Hopefully, all will be well by Saturday morning.

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Aezeal & I are still trying to get Midgard's turn to work. He has replayed the turn, but it is still not working. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Re: Turn 28
 

Just for interest, what would generally cause a turn to suddenly 'not work', when others have been OK?

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Perhaps we should consider having a third party play the turn to see if its Aezeal's machine that is the problem? Perhaps QM or one of the other players who could be reached in IRC and could carry out his orders relatively faithfully.

Re: Turn 28
 

send the turn to someone else to see if they can read it.

resend the initial turn to aezeal and see if he can do his turn and submit it then.

Re: Turn 29
 

Problem has been solved. It might have something to do with Vista on Aezeal's machine. In any case, it's in the past.

Turn 29 is out. Deadline is Tuesday.

Pasha

Re: Turn 29
 

Wokeye: I don't know the answer to your question. Sometimes it is just human error, where a player does not play the turn and sends an old file by accident. That's not what was causing Aezeal's problem.

Re: Turn 29
 

I don't think vista was the problem it self.. the UAC thingie on vista gave me problems deleting files and making new ones though (or something..)

I deleted the whole epotara file I had and made a new one and re-DL the trn file in there (all the time asking about 2-3 conformations before it actually did ti).. and somehow dominions still knew what I had done when I send it in the first time... So I forcefully turned that UAC thingie off... and then I could just delete it and DL-ed the trn file in another file I had...(from another game) and REALLY replay it... and then all was well

--> sounds easy maybe but I literally played that turn 6 times.. of which 4 times in a row yesterday --> annoying

Re: Turn 29
 

I'm glad it finally worked. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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hmmm turns not working out for me though.. I notice my lack of experience means I end up loosing the big battles... severe lack of good (mages+ spells)

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I think you're making an excellent showing actually, and I think our war is far from decided. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Turn 30
 

Turn 30 is out.

Deadline is Thursday evening.

Pasha

Re: Turn 30
 

HMM

Re: Turn 30
 

Well I admit that with you it's not THAT bad.. I couldn't know your capitol home army with all mages AND the pretender would be to much for just a bunch of troops ...

And that I can take some provinces from you is because I have all new armies there too...

up north on the other side I've not even beaten the first MAN army and a second large one is coming..

I'm not really sure what I should've done better though.. my mages aren't that good as battle mages I think 2 s or 2a and some randoms...

Once this is over (or anytime anyone is willing to give advice) I should hear what I can do best with volva's and with galdermen

Re: Turn 30
 

Aezeal, your Midgard right?

I am probably being very naughty here but what the hell your new and I am a very nice person (or is that cunning and sly?)!

Anyway...think Vanjarl, think thug/SC, think alteration, think magic items, think cloud trapze and think it all quick before its too late! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

My lips are now sealed!

Re: Turn 30
 

Im losing myself, but that is more due to Caelums Mammoths trampling all over my size two troops. My predecessor did not decide to research any of my good summons so I am a bit behind that curve...

Re: Turn 30
 

I'm stomping something? Sweet!

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Whoo Hoo! Go, Morkilus! Go! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

Re: Turn 31
 

Turn 31 is out.

Deadline is Sunday night at 9:00 pm Boston time.

Pasha

Re: Turn 31
 

Hmm I have tons of vanjarls.. sending them up against whole armies didn't seem like such a good idea to me untill now though... I'll look into it..

another thing.. WTF am I supposed to do with volva's in battle... I mostly intended them to research but now they seem to enter battle now and then I don't see them doing much usefull (nor in the future)

Anyway

SOMEONE SHOULD HELP ME STOP ATLANTIS and man.. I can't take on the 2 largest nations (MAN/ATLANTIS) on my own...
atlantis is largish now.. kill the fishies...

Re: Turn 31
 

Im still trying to finish the extinction of the mammoths. Ice did it a lot better than my short swords...
I need more zombies.

Re: Turn 31
 

Wanted to let you guys know that I will be away all next week. I am currently looking for a sub. Hopefully should have it covered.

Re: Turn 31
 

well, back when troops were more valuable, i'd use volva's to etherealize a squad of shapeshifters. a few squads of etherealized shapeshifters has great staying power against anything mundane.

one volva per squad of ten or so.

Re: Turn 31
 

OK, now I am started to get pissed. Midgard is not dead, and is not, from what I know, on the verge of death. Is he suffering defeats? Absolutely. It is not like I haven't lost a lot of troops myself. Hell, I bet I probably lost more mages. I am willing to give Midgard pointers, but not while he is still in the game. Also keep in mind Midgard isn't some helpless, poor nation here. He was one of the most, if not the most, powerful nations for a while. Moreover, he has cried wolf since the beginning. Midgard will probably complain next turn about being double teamed just as he continually has, every turn. Don't let that get to you. Of course he will make everything sound horrible; he doesn't want to be destroyed.

Midgard is losing against me, but it hasn't been just a walk in the park for me. In one battle for instance, if his side would have had one more turn, I would have lost. So please, unless you are in this war or in the region, stop interfering.

Re: Turn 31
 

Correct me if I am wrong but Man has 3 VPs? You need 5 to win, if you finish Midgard then you capture 1 more VP, which is likely as Midgard is being attacked by both you and Atlantis. You then need only 1 VP for the win.

Mans neighbours take note!

Perhaps this is why Midgard is getting some advisers?

Btw, Vanjarls use as raiders to raid his provinces via cloud trapeze and destroy Mans economy. Even fully tooled Vanjarls will have difficulty taking on entire armies.

Re: Turn 31
 

Ehm I will certainly keep complaining every turn..

it's quite obvious that since this double teaming has started 2 nations have gained a lot in provinces and others stats while I have well... lost everything.. my nations IS on the verge of death since all provinces I have are near the utgard capitol and thus nearl out of reach and my troops there are now seeing 2 large armies from you which I can't possibly beat without more troops which I can't send there since atlantis is on my back..

MORE than enough reason for me to want help AND there are more than enough reasons for others to start stopping you and atlantis now..
atlantis has a LARGE number of provinces and still hasn't got all water provinces which it will probbly also get.. it SEEMS to have few troops but it's gotten crack troops with high defense etc.

kick their asses like I've been doing/trying

ow anyway.. about the advice.. I could ask them in PM or I could even ask in the rest of the forum too...

Re: Turn 31
 

Hello:

Yes, Midgard is in a big war with Atlantis and Man. We in Atlantis attacked Midgard because we were alarmed that they had quickly gobbled up Utgard and were moving swiftly against Abysia. If all goes well in this war against Midgard, Man will have 3 VP's, and Atlantis will have 2. That's not quite so alarming.

In terms of complaining, I think that's just fine! I like to complain, too. I cite my first squeal-fest when Boron smushed me: http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...art=5&vc=1

Pasha

Re: Turn 31
 

ehm except for the fact that abyssia is near there and also close to death and that if you 2 can combine against me you can go against everyone and noone could stop you..

so maybe I could get a lil help? no make that A LOT of help.. my main problem is getting man of my back and getting the utgard capitol back atm.

PS Ramshead.. I can't remember having killed any of your mages.. that communion you had casting blade wind was the friggin problem I lost anyway... I couldn;t get through the knights and your mages got to me.

Re: Turn 31
 

Lies! Midgard is no defender of Abysia, and quite frankly, we are quite sure that Caelum and Pythium are spying the Abysian capital as a tasty morsel.

Atlantis is desperately fighting a righteous war of defensive aggression. Midgard is a disease, and we are valiantly administering the cure. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Peace.gif[/img]

Re: Turn 31
 

We thank our host for sharing with us this fascinating historical document. It was [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon30.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon04.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon23.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon24.gif[/img] http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/Penguin.gif, if you excuse our accent; PashaSpeak is not our native tongue.

As for the rest, we, the rulers of New Ulm, are endlessly amused by the various occasionally contradictory accounts we read here. It greatly enlivens our quiet lives, and we hope to hear much more of it.

Re: Turn 31
 

I'm no defender of abyssia.. lol I'm the one that weakend them in the first place... still.... if man get's abyssia after what he has now... I mean I have about 100 troops against his 100 there and he's got 100+ coming, abyssia seems to have about 100 themselves with not that much income...

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caelum is not near that capitol btw,pytium is... which si even worse.. I mean if he spends his strength on abyssia man can then roll over him...

no no there are no excuses.. man must be stopped NOW or it's too late. to do so I need at least one person taking on man now and if ppzl want me to help against man I need some help with atlantis too so I can save some troops to send against man too

Re: Turn 31
 

Pangaea is in that area, but our main offensive force was recently caught in a pincer tactic by two mighty Tien Chi armies. The fun-loving Pans and satyrs were too busy revelling to move outta the way...

Re: Turn 31
 

We had wondered where they all went...frankly, we are glad to see them leave. They were leaving muddy footprints all over the Summer Palace.

Re: Turn 31
 

[img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img]

The Atlantian morning pundits are appalled by Midgard's war of misinformation. The good fish of Atlantis are still buffing the walls of our capital city following the recent, painful siege by Aezeal and his minions. We are not the threat! It is the Dastardly Aezeal, who will stop at *nothing* until he enslaves the world.

The Dorsal Council has decreed that the Midgard Scourge must be snuffed out for the welfare of all fish! We shall not cease our tireless efforts!

The fine men of Man deserve extra credit for also escaping Midgard's web of deception. They are not fish, but still, they're valiant creatures. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon44.gif[/img][img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon44.gif[/img]

ONWARD! ONWARD AND DESTROY THE MALEVOLENT MIDGARD IN THE NAME OF PEACE!

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Re: Turn 31
 

lol the fact you need to use all sorts of pictures says enough.. i's to distract pplz from the BS text you are typing

ONWARD! ONWARD! IT"S SUSHI TIME

Re: Turn 31
 

Ermm... correction, my summer palace now!

If you keep your armies in your own lands, you can party till you drop!

Also, flying monkeys http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif?!?