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Oh wow this thread is busy! Anybody know who the alternates are at this point? If I'm one then I'm probably too low down the list to have any chance, so don't fall over yourself finding out for my sake. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Is everyone aware that there will be 3 new nations available in the patch?

You might want to avoid these, but since it seems likely that the game will start after the release of the patch it might be interesting to have these to choose from. Xietor decides if he will take them into account.

LA Gath
MA Ashdod
EA Hinnom

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KO--

You are a very busy man. Many thanks for your continued hard work, and for making Dom3 the best game out there today.

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Heheh, those were my top three choices before getting roped into MA Oceana, and I know at least one other has picked one of them to. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I was considering them but I am not huge fun of unknown.

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I like the challenge of the unknown - I'd take one of them on the spot.

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I can say that at least 1 player has taken 1 of the new races as his number one. So at least 1 of the new races will be in the game.

I do realize there are many spells and items that make many units(soulstone of wolves, enchanted forest, ma ermor/la ctis reamination. But i believe, and hope, that enough has been done so that it will not be an issue. Even with la ermor and la ryleh owning much of the world, and every one of their provinces having thousands of free spawn, the game made it to almost turn 100.

What you must do is kill off races with high amounts of units early in the game! And leave whatever lowly, nonthreatening, peaceful, friendly race I may be playing alone! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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i would also prefer one of the new races if its still possible. dont care which one exactly though

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moderation is the only player whose selections I have yet to receive.

Do not worry alternates. I think the biggest drop off
in players will occur when some do not get their 1st pick-and do not meet the pretender deadline.

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I think I might as well try some of the new nations, if I can. It might be fun working out a strategy.

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coobe, since you previously had no preference, you should rank your picks, since others have also taken new races as their number 1 selection.

That way i can roll off the appropriate races. Without specific selections, you would automatically lose to anyone that had named a specific new race as their number 1 pick.

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hm okay ill go with this:

1. MA Ulm
2. LA Gath
3. EA Niefel

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Hey again Xietor, I was just reading this thread again ( can't wait to die so quickly http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif ) and just thought to thank you for all your hard work and effort, as well as the doctor, once again my thanks.

Looking forward to it anyway.

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All picks are in.

I will 1st post the players who got their 1st choice without a roll-meaning they were the only player to select said race with a 1st pick.

Final list of players
 

Kingmaker final list

1. Xietor
2. Dr. P
3. KristopherO
4. Baalz
5. Janim
6. ComTrav
7. Herode
8. Meglobob
9. Zenzei!
10. Salamander8
11. Yandav
12. Cupido2
13. Unoptimized
14. Amhazair
15. Twan
16. Bernardo
17. Falkor
18. DonCorazon
19. Zoshan
20. Hoplosternum
21. Slobby
22. Dryaunda
23. Digress
24. Shigure
25. Areaofeffect
26. Hadrian_2
27. Lolomo
28. Chrispedersen
29. Cicadian
30. Lingchih
31. Foodstamp
32. Revolution
33. Fal
34. Admiralzhao
35. Coobe
36. Otthegreat
37. Dedas
38. Tichy
39. Tyrant
40. James243
41. Moderation
42. DaveCG
43. Darkwind
44. Cor2
45. Reay
46. Drake49
47. Mazel
48. Cidi
49. Hellkor
50. Ossa
51. Cleveland
52. Firewalker
53. Jazzepi
54. BigandScary
55. Llamabeast
56. Atul
57. Sum1lost
58. Zeldor
59. GWAR
60. Mr. Sparkle
61. seryozha

I will list alternates later. Have to run and do a bit of work, but check the 1st post throughout the day for your race selection. I may pm players about choices-if i have time.

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Herode said:

"I had a look on EA Oceania, it does not look like a pain in the neck. AW or AN mages can help going out of water. Also depends on the pretender, of course. I can maintain my offer if a water nation still lacks & if it helps you starting the game."

Good luck with EA Oceania Herode! I had to take you up on your generous offer.

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All the races that can be assigned without dice rolls have been. Up in the attic, somewhere, is my old D & D GM books, and more relevant, dice.

Coobe and Darkwind, you both sent me more than 1 set of picks(heh) and both had ma ulm as 1 or a new race as 1. So if you two want to trade races you can. And only you two.

On a positive note, my old Wizard's Quest game by Avalon Hill was sitting on a bookshelf next to some dusty law books(who has time for work) and that game contains dice!

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ashdod is fine with me, i dont know anything about them though =) hopefully the patch comes soon...

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The 1st round selections have all been resolved and will be up shortly. 3 races had 4 picking them 1, and 1 had 3, several had 2. Second seeds will take a good bit longer to resolve.

* edit: All but 1 player that submitted picks has received a race to play that is on his list. And all early seeds have been resolved, with MA Ctis being a 2 pick on more than 1 list and being subject to another roll off.

I need to do some real life things, but i hope to be able to cement the picks tonight or tomorrow at the latest. Players that had previously said no preference can send me a few picks that appeal to them.

But there will be no more roll offs. And I will use my discretion to award the remaining races, paying care not to give anyone a race they marked that they did not want to play. But obviously I will try to give everyone a race they like if possible.

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I've never tried MA Ulm before. This should be interesting http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/stupid.gif Time to stock up on info.

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Hi.

Newbie. 1st Post. 1st game. Sill room? Didn't read all 22 pages http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I'll take any nation. Going to die quick anyway. I want to play!!!

Nauquan

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Pretty sure there's no room left. Some people might not send in their pretenders, though, so you can sign up as an alternate and/or sub.

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Fear the Monkey PD http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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If anyone does not have a race(i think i missed someone), or has a race they cannot stand, and wish to trade it for another available race, pm me soon.

* Since I took a race not one person out of 61 listed in their top 10 picks, I think I should get to start with the MA Arcos
Epic Hero-(who Baalz said is underpowered btw). He is just an elephant with no magic. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Are the races assigned? I for one haven't got any pm.

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Nobody picked EA Agartha ? Wow http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif


@Zenzei : look at post #1 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

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Oops http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif

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Say, when should we set up a trading thread? I'm eager to get my trading gears rolling http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif So, about when the game starts, or when people start itching for some better way to offer/take trades besides using the main thread?

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Man, I can't believe someone else picked LA Caelum. I had my pretender picked out and everything for them. Dang you Lolomo!

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Same thing for LA TC - I was all warmed up and ready to go. But I will take out my anger with some berserking Utgard giants.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Hmm ... Nagas again. At least in this game, starting positions will be random. Over in Alexandria, everyone knew I was their neighbor and took cold scales ...

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I left gwar out by accident(:

He lost a roll, along with 3 others, for ea caelum. Janim rolled a 12, Gwar was 2nd highest with a 7. His second pick was ea vanheim, and he should have received that race. I had it written down on a piece of paper, but it never got typed onto the game thread. So i gave it to a player with "no preference."

I have offered him one of the remaining races. And ea agartha was on his list. So we will see what he decides. And one of the new races is available for him as well.

Please accept my public apology GWAR.

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I got my third choice, EA arco. I am pretty happy.

When will the maps and the mods be up? And when will we be able to upload pretenders?

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We will, we will... stick&stone you http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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The map is almost done. Many thanks to Ballbarian who was able to plug my 61 starting capitals into his script and highlight them all in bright yellow dots on the map image.

Visually observing my capital placement allowed me to catch a few problem spots that are hard to spot when looking at a text file.

Llamabeast is setting up his server, and he is preparing the Mega Age mod. Dr. P is still prettying up the map a bit. But we cannot start the game until the new races come out. And likely we need to give the players who have new races a few days to create their pretenders.

So we need to have the patch, and I am not certain when that is occurring. Hopefully in the next week or two.

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Should I have received a PM with my race? Or how do I check? or have the no preference folks not been assigned yet?

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The races are all posted on the 1st post of the thread. There will be no individual personal messages telling players their races. It is all on the 1st post of the thread.

Additionally, when they become available, the mod and map files will also be listed in the 1st post.

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GWAR, for administrative convenience, I am assigning you EA Agartha which was list as your 7th pick. If you want a different race let me know.

Since I screwed up, I will give you my race if you want it. I am in this game to have a bit of fun. So I am not overly concerned by my race selection.

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Note, if he (or someone else) wanted ME Arco I'm ok to let it to try the new LA Garth instead (picked Arco first as it's my favorite race, but after reflexion, I'm rather tired of it after 3 long MP, writing a guide, etc.. so would have nothing against a change).

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Huzzah. I got my first pick Bogarus here I come.

Research++

Who wants to race to the top of the research tree? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Jazzepi

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Dr. P says his Niefel rush will race you! Given you inherent research advantage, i thought it only fair to have you on a pennisula blocking niefelheim's expansion path.

But never fear, you have a mild mannered neighbor on the other side of you, MA Ctis and the Miasma! I hope those researchers don't catch their death of fever!

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EA arco stomps everyone in reasearch, given the right scales. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif 10 research for 50 gold, yes please.

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I hope you're joking about custom placing me D:

Jazzepi

I enjoy testing new races,
 

If GWAR would like to take MA Man - I would be happy to switch with him.

Chris

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GWAR is a good sport. He is happy with EA Agartha. MA Man was 4th on your selection list!

Jazzepi, would i sabotage a dear friend. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif heh.

There will 4 races, and 4 races only that are custom placed.

EA Oceania, EA Ryleh, to make sure they start in the big lake. LA Atlantis and LA Marigon, because KO says they need to be custom placed on the coast. So if you end up in a tough spot, it is God's will, not mine.

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You know, I'm actually suprised Atlantis needs to be custom placed on the coast. Every game I've ever played with htem they get stuck on the coast. Which is obviously a huge advantage, but also sometimes strange very akward you get stuck next to a lake or something.

Jazzepi

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yeah, LA Atlantis always starts on the coast, but if they do not have a specific spot, they will pick one of their own spots, and not necessarily one that is tagged as a starting location.

Anyway, if you read back towards the beginning of the thread, you will see KO's more detailed explanation.

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I was just curious. :>

Jazzepi

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What will the strength of independents be?

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Good question-and one i thought i had answered on the 1st page, but i just said middle era, not the strength. It will be the default 5 strength.