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My computer died! I lost my email! And dom3! :mad: I'm stuck in the unfortunate situation of being unable to retrieve any of the turn files to actually do any turns or any stories, it seems. :( At least I can keep my email so Llamaserver will continue sending me new turns.

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Man, that must suck :doh:

At least your uptodate for this turn so you won't lose any momentum ;) Just hollar if you need more time to take this next turn.

Still waiting to hear from NKIcan in case any of you see him in the IRC room. Guess I'll postpone another 24 hours then consider hunting down a sub. He hasn't posted anything yet and he -has- taken every single turn up until 3 turns ago so maybe someone can be tempted into taking the role of the lizards.

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What's happening with the turns? I could've sworn on Thursday (or was it Wednesday? If so, add another link to this chain)I should have the .trn file. I check my email and I don't. I check Llamaserver and the turn seems to be postponed to Friday. So I check my email on Friday, then Llamaserver, and now it's postponed to Saturday. When will this turn end?! :mad:

:p

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No, the game is not trapped in a never-ending timeloop. I've just been busy this past couple of days so I've been postponing every 24 hours. No replies yet and still no turns from Pangaea/C'tis so I'll start looking for possible replacements. With luck we should be on track to resume within a week.

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I haven't been able to access this site or dom3 for a week, I was on vacation and had some issues with my home computer. While I am back now, I don't think I have time for this game anymore, so you should probably still look for a replacement.

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Aw, are you sure? Sorry to see ya go BigandScary, but I understand completely. It can be hard enough finding time for regular games without all the writing involved. In other news, looks like Llama server crashed on Sunday, though it doesn't look like we'll be setback or anything. Actually kind of fortunate because I forgot to postpone the game another 24 hours today so we would've hosted if the site had been up :p

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I would like to politely request that an effort be made to keep the game on track. We're about a week and a half since the last turn, and 4 months(!) since people signed up while we're only on turn 10. Big breaks tend to derail games as people loose interest and have other things come up in life. Stales suck, but there's not really many reasonable reasons not to take 5 minutes to handle the critical parts of your turn, we're not even out of year one yet.

Again, don't want to sound like a jerk, just a gentle reminder that pacing is an important part of the fun of the game.

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First--why'd you have to go, BigandScary (well, I already know, but still)? I'll miss your, well, your prologue I guess.

Also, I agree with Baalz--this game was supposed to be slow originally, but at this point it's getting a bit (only a bit! We're not at the 'laugh-at-a-decade-from-now' or 'try-desperately-to-forget-ever-happened' stage yet) comical. At this stage (for me at least) doing my turn and writing a huge, giant story (the kind I'm prone to posting) could probably take at most three hours, and that's for a really big story with a writer's block larger than Austria.

Edit: Also trying not to sound like a douche. Hopefully I succeeded.

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With a creative writing class and poli-sci I have more writing to do than I can deal with. Any extra time is put into learning latin. I have been able to do the turns, but the writing has simply eluded me. I'm already so far behind, and I seriously doubt that I could catch up, which is why I think that a replacement is a good idea.

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Ah, so your excuse is having more important things to write. :p It's fine. A prologue is better than nothing, at least (and I think there are a couple nations still out there with nothing, due to real life, laziness, or perhaps both).

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My apologies, I have the best intentions but lack in follow through at the moment.

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I know Baalz, the sooner we get moving again the better.

BigandScary is out for personal reasons, can't argue with that I guess, and NKIcan is AWOL so I've posted looking for replacements. If we don't get any bites in a few days to a week then I'll consider taking over Pan/C'tis, just so their not free food for surrounding nations. I doubt I'll do any writing for 'em. Unless I find myself particularly inspired by what I find ;)

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I'm having trouble understanding this delay. It's been 10 days since I posted this, is this game dead? I think it may be even if it resumes this second....

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The game is set to resume today, I think. The whole people-dropping-out thing, plus the Llamaserver going crazy, was quite a bit.

Plus, Ruminant never managed to get those two subs he (?) needed. So yeah, this game is in fairly dire straits right now.

Edit: Hmm, it was due for today yesterday I think, but now it's due for Saturday.

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Terribly sorry for the delay.

I'd like you all to welcome Agarthan Raider, our new sub for C'tis! Three cheers for him :p

I will be taking over Pangaea for now. As soon as Raider sends me his email address the game will be back on track.

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Three cheers for C'tissian Raider of Agartha (or is it Agarthan Raider of C'tis? :p )!

Hopefully no one else has dropped out after this long wait :p

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Alright, soon as me and Raider finish our turns the game is back on. Hope the break hasn't left any of you too dispirited ;)

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Story up for Pangaea, by the way ;)

I think this sabbatical was exactly what I needed to let my creative juices marinate for a while.

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I'm not sure I'll have the time to get everything I want down, but I have time to get the two 'big' stories down, I hope. Also I need to save the name Zukkekon.
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Cyy Coth walked upwards through the beach. He broke through the waves quietly, concentrating on stealth. Ahead of him lay a dense jungle. Behind him lay the Sea of Lantan, recently annexed into the domain of Atlantis.

There was a crash as the Triton Knights charged into Cyy. Their long spears and lances did nothing to him. He batted idly at the Knights as his wife moved in from behind him to begin helping him to provide the beating. In a few minutes, the Knights were scattering wildly as the main part of the defense rolled in. The triton militia stabbed into him, but by Critias's divine power their spears did little and, though he could feel their poison running through him, he felt divine magic keeping it at bay, even repairing his body. They fared even worse, scattering fear after facing the gargantuan Atlantian royalty.

The dense jungles were reported to be home of the Lanka, a race of monkey beings, and their demonic masters. And, he knew, these demons ruled over themselves by a pretender to the throne of Pantokrator. This pretender claimed to be King of All Sources of Water, he claimed to be the Turner of the Flood. And he demanded territory in the sea. I could walk into that jungle right now, Cyy Coth thought, and destroy the Lankan rabble defending it. I could put an end to this farce of a god. But, he knew, he could not. He would fall in the end, he knew it.

"An officer will be coming soon to investigate, regardless of how stelathy we are. We must be off soon. We can't fight the entire Lankan Army--or an entire army, dear. We are not gods, that is why I serve Critias." Zukkekon's voice was slow and heavy. She began her descent to the sea floor and home, or close to it than this strange world.

Cyy Coth threw the inscribed shell on the ground and turned back to the sea.
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"We been under their rule a while now. Ain't too much difference, under them or those bastards afore them. At least these Abyssians care enough not to rape our daughters when they get drunk, not that they'd get anything but a burnt corpse." The barkeep barked and spat on the floor. "But enough about us in Serpent Hills. What news d'you have, stranger?"

Inutho considered his words carefully. "These Abyssians, the ones that conquered you? They're expanding. I've been travelling the conquered territories, seeing what's there, what they do. They swoop in, destroy the local guards, instill a couple of loyal Abyssian officers, they move out for new lands."

"Hah! That's not news. So where does a frog-man like you, runnin' around an' spyin' on everyone an' all, come from, anyways? Men on fire, that I can believe-some crazy bastard of a wizard got angry, cursed a poor guy. But a frog-man? What sorta ugly guy was your dad, he went out with a toad?"

Inutho stood up. "Consider your next words carefully. I suggest you apologize for the insult."

Another short bark. "You ain't gonna do nothin' to me, you twisted little mutant, you freak o' nature."

When the barkeep was sufficiently gutted, Inutho dragged the body behind the saloon--that was what these barbarians called them, it seemed--and lit it on fire to hide the method the man died. Who it was would be obvious, in a small town like this. Inutho's only hope was to get away as fast as possible. Always on the run, always trying to be one step ahead of his pursuers. A scout is supposed to stay stealthy and gather information, but Inutho had never made a very good scout--he left a trail of blood wherever he went.

"Hey! What you doin'?" The low, deep voice was brimming over with poorly-concealed rage. Inutho already knew he was dealing with one of the worse specimens of Abyssian.

Inutho swerved and began running full-speed to the east.
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And I only get to the two. Oh well. Better than none.
Edit: Also, isn't it turn 11, not turn 8?

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Good point ;)
I'll bring the wiki up to date.

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Well, I haven't heard much about what other people are doing, though I myself have been giving away tons of stuff regarding my location, what I'm doing, and who I neighbor in the Name of the Story(tm). So, ahem, what's up with everyone else? I know Helheim is at war with Agartha, but not too much else. I, myself, will soon have a rousing story of sweet victory over an ancient enemy (or a bitter defeat that increases the enmity) quite soon. :) Cax Kulu shall be avenged!

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Having a little bit of trouble getting in contact with Ulm, Marverni and Arcoscephale so I might have to delay a day or two. Hopefully they'll be back in touch soon.

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I am dabbling about some huge moorland with the coast to our West; sending my pretender off to survey his lands. Apparently there are elements here rthat are not happy with our rule and they have incited the local primitives to rise up against us on several occasions. We have found a local group of water mages who have agreed to work with us, as our opposing elements offer ample opportunity for experimentation. We have also found some sort of portal that reeks with conjuratuion magick but have yet to find a use for it.

We have seen another nation traverse the lands to our North, we believe they are Marverni or some similar ilk but we have not made contact.

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I've been surfing the wiki (:cool:) and I've noticed a few people don't have any updates, on the wiki at least, specifically Tifone (who plays Oceania), C'tis (though Agarthan Raider hasn't had much time to get together a reasonable update) and Soyweiser(of Abysia; by the way sorry for Inutho's trail of blood :D). Even fewer people have updated their pages past turn 8. So, I ask, what's up? Do you guys just not know where the wiki is or how to use it? I know Tifone is separated by a language barrier (Tifone is from Italy, right?), maybe some of you other guys are? Is there just some sort of prevaling current of apathy or massive e-flu keeping you from being able to write stories? The world demands to know!

The world being me, of course.

EDIT: For the truly e-ignorant, click on the word 'wiki' to get to the Dom3wiki page for Chronicles EA.

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Sorry for not making texts, but you are the only other nation I had contact with so far. And there is only so much I could write about conquering independents... :(
I suspect that one of my potential neighbors was Mictlan...

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Apathy is closer to target, I think. :( I still hope to catch up when (if) something interesting happens, but... :(

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Fighting independents is about all the early game has to offer. :o You could consider it a chance to practice your writing skills, to make the big battles that much more epic. Or experiment :p Try different viewpoints, styles, etc. Have a blast while you can!

@your second post: If nothing interesting is happening, MAKE something interesting happen. Write about a vast parade in your god's honor to celebrate some victory or another. Or perhaps two of your commanders have an, ahem, interesting history. Perhaps a commoner is challenging one of your senior officers? Go wild! Make Lanka come alive!

This applies to pretty much everyone, by the way. Even I could use a few more updates--sure, they might be long, but I haven't hit every turn like Caelum in Chronicles MA. :)

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I've just been swamped lately so I haven't had time to get as much writing as I'd like done. Got a bit of breathing room at the moment though, so I might get down to polishing off those turns I haven't finished writing..

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I'm experiencing minor technical difficulties which will stop me from getting turns in and, because I'm bone idle, it may take some time to fix. Taking into account the nature of this game I'd like to keep going, which probably means quite a few stales. Since I have no neighbors and the likelyhood is I'll get back in a couple of turns it shouldn't be to unbalancing. But if you get a willing sub I wouldn't mind, especially if it looks like a neighbor is about to roll over me.
Thanks and sorry.

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Alright, Mith. Fair enough. I'll take over your turns until we can get a temp sub. Hope to see you back in game ASAP ;)

Unfortunately Maverni and Ulm are still AWOL : /

Let's wait until Monday; if they haven't submitted turns or contacted me by then I'll look for permanent subs for them.

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I may drop out of the game. No neighbors and slow turns are bad for keeping interest. :( Please, include Lanka while looking for subs (if the game will continue, that is).
In case of voting for who'd written the best texts in this project, I vote for Darkwind.

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I don't want to give up on this game just yet. :D And you have me for a neighbor!

But, I do agree we might want to speed the turns up a little. Stopping half a week for every person who starts dropping out isn't going to help the people-dropping-out problem. Maybe set the turn to early Sunday and try to keep on track after that (obviously if something big comes up we won't be able to, but it's a slow game anyways so there's not much need otherwise to keep people from staling (unless they chronically procrastinate like me, in which case they (and me) should break the habit))(that was an excessive use of parentheses ;)).

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Alright, we're hosting in just under four hours and we're gonna keep on every 48 hours. No more stoppage.

I'll try to find subs for Ulm/Maverni and tentatively start looking for a Lanka sub, though I hope you change your mind once the turns start rolling past Wrana ;)

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Phew. For a moment there I scared myself into thinking Mictlan was still a human player; ignore this post people, it's merely a by-product of a late night :o

Will edit the wiki in the morning.

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So, after a quarter of a year playing we're on turn 14 of this game, have 12 nations left, 3 of whom need subs, and we're playing on a map with 466 provinces. Sorry, but I'm going to have to suggest that this game is dead. Is there any strong sentiment to keep playing by many people?

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I think it's dead Jim. :(

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I've already voted for winner. ;)
I'd also say that the following are things that went wrong:
1. We started this project at the same time as MA game. It would be better if we looked how it would turn out first.
2. Some confusion with game threads at start. Maybe it was insignificant, but still...
3. The time spent to set up wiki. I don't see that it added particularly to this project, but it took time and took still more while we learned something about wiki (the latter may still prove useful, but it was still time...)
Maybe some other things I've missed?

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Well, I'd like to keep on playing, but if the overwhelming sentiment is that the game is dead then I'll live. That is a rather large number of dropouts, too.

Plus, I haven't been keeping up with AARS lately (though I've been meaning too), sine I've been spending my time messing around with the falling sand game.

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Yeah, as much as I enjoyed the game at the start I have to admit my enthusiasm is lagging too after all the crap that's going on. We're down to 8 active players on a 466 province map and it's the kind of game that's going to be hell finding subs for. Let's take this thing off life support and let it fade gently away into the night... *sniff* Poor EA Chronicles, you were too beautiful for this world.

Kudos to everyone who participated, and especially those who wrote on the wiki ;)

Edit: And to Agarthan Raider, sorry to make you come in for the last two turns of the game. Thanks again for the sub.

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Well, majority opinion seems to be that the game is dead (plus only Tifone and Baalz have turned in their turns at this point) so I suppose it's tie to end this game. It was fun while it lasted :o

So, with the game ending this early, is there a winner?

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Gosh, that's a shame. Chronicles games seem to be a bit of a struggle it seems.

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You, as a majority of myself determines (it seems nobody else wantes to vote).
And yes, it was a fun initially. Did anybody else noticed any mistakes we should avoid? :confused:
Sometimes at autumn I would like to think about something similar... though probably a game by like-minded people without writing requirement could generate no less texts (as it would run faster).

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I thought Maverni started out interestingly and I really liked Baalz's concept but for pure quality and consistancy it's all yours Darkwind ;)

As for mistakes made, I -really- shouldn't have made all those turn postponements. The slow pace was what just devestated interest in the end. Also we didn't quite end up with enough players for our map after all the initial dropouts. Some people had interesting clusters, Maverni for instance was in between Helheim/Pangaea/Abyssia and somewhat close to Agartha and, according to Darkwind's stories ^^, Atlantis. Agartha's capital was only a few provinces away from Oceania's and I bordered with Helheim really early on. Sauromantia on the other hand hadn't seen a single neighbour by the end of the game.

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no worries.

sorry i wasn't able to get anything written on this. i was just sort of juggling everything in my head, trying to figure out what angle i wanted to take, it was kind of hard coming in cold like that.

i would love to do another one of these from the beginning, if the kinks can get worked out.

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Yes, too few people for such a map, too. I agree. Especially as the only other nation I met was Atlantis - the perfect case of peace due to absolutely different interests!

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Well, since this thread has been bumbed, I might as well post that I actually didn't have any intention of attacking Lanka. I was planning on building up to some heat-resisting spells and throwing cold water (Hah!) on Abysia's fire with buffed Deep Ones (100% fire resistance, hah! Again!) Not to mention, my start was rather nice because I don't think I had any competitors for the sea and I had easy land access. I could slack off and still survive reasonably well (I actually only had one fort by turn 14, though I had plans to get another; I simply didn't have the money).

I wasn't sure what to do with Arcoscephale on my border, though. They never contacted me. I guess they took my short message as a warning. Deep Ones only want friends :( (well, and food, but don't remind them of that or you might lose an arm).

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Well, I had no intention for war with Deep Ones either - I could win on land with my sacreds, but I would need to make a horde of water-breathing items to actually invade you. Of course, I gained access to water mages just in case ;) - but this is what I meant by completely different interests above!
On the other hand, it was a pity that I had met nobody else at all - I was planning to either invade someone or entrench some turns before... Having all southern landmass to myself was actually pretty depressing - even if I'd won, it would be mainly due to luck of placement... :(