Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

Extension granted. Sorry for late reply- I'm out of town until tomorrow.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

A thousand apologies for the length of that turn. Aside from being out of town and having a hectic work schedule, that turn just took forever to plot and script. I did actually take my time to make sure my scripts were sound, and, well... one way or the other, this turn is going to be interesting.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

I move that we declare GroundWorm the victor. There is no real resistance to his domination.


Is there anyone who really needs to keep playing this or who thinks there is any doubt as to who will win? Playing this out is an exercise in fruitless micromanagement- at least for me. The winner is not in doubt.



Groundworm has certainly played extremely well, and, in my opinion, well earned the victory.



Immac.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

LOL Immac you can't be serious. You're pushing him and he's raiding you slightly and you're caving? What's the net gain/loss in territories for you at this point? Not to mention that this turn that we're about to play right now is the turn that GATH steps into the fray.

Game is not over by a long shot imo.

Plus who knows what squirrely Arco is up to with his no diplo shenanigans lol.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

I wrote that because he has two armies that i cannot counter. My pushes are against undefended lands. His pushes are right through my armies, destroying them and sending them scatter.

I sort of assumed you weren't playing seriously at this point because Gath hasn't done anything for like 3 turns despite declaring war. Lets see what you can do to stop him.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

[quote=Immaculate;813090] Gath hasn't done anything for like 3 turns despite declaring war./QUOTE]

NAPs gotta run out ;)

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

He broke the nap with arcane nexus.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

How so?

It hasn't affected your gold or gem income has it? Just his.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

i thought arcane nexus breaks NAPs?

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

Well each to their own, but it doesn't hurt other nations at all, unlike Burden of Time etc, thus I don't see how its breaks a NAP.

It obviously is a VERY powerful spell and almost a game winner in its own right, thus people need to really get together to fight the casting nation.

But in my view its not a NAP breaker.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

Pretty much what HD said - tho even if someone put up BoT or UD, even then I'd stick to the terms of the NAP.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

I agree with HD and Slobby- there's some question that casting a global that affects other nations (BoT, Utterdark, Arcane Corruption) could be interpreted as a sign of aggression and invalidates NAPs, but I'd argue against that. Also, where then does one draw the line? Does the Kindly Ones constitute breach of NAP if you're fighting against blood nations? Second Sun? Purgatory against undead nations if you have a strong dominion?

I appreciate you adhering to our nap, Slobby. And I agree with you- I don't think I've won this game hands down. In fact, I think I may be in for an uphill battle against both Patala and Gath. Neither of you are weak.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

I don't understand what happened. I saw that most of us had not submitted our last turn, so I delayed hosting. Llamaserver confirmed the delay in hosting... then it hosted anyway.

A rollback is always a questionable thing to do. Since most of us staled anyway, it shouldn't affect things too much. I suggest we continue playing as is. But I still don't know why that happened.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

I got this turn in but i need to go from the 16th to the 27th. Feel free to grab a sub if you can. I asked around on gamechat and came up empty for this game. Otherwise pause? If you want you can force stales- i am not super worried that that would be worse than what i can do anyway.

I.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

Finding a sub has proven difficult for this game, so we'll have to play it out. I know things have been difficult time-wise for you, Immaculate, and I appreciate you sticking with it.

I'll turn quickhost off for the next turn and extend the timer.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

They are actually getting a bit better. I DO appreciate your kind words.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

Time to call it? With Patala AI and Marignon staling over and over, I'm the only super power left. While it's amusing to gobble up the two I think it's safe to say that Gath wins.

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

Agreed, Slobby, I'll put an end to the game. Congrats on having the huge armies (and the dedication) to bring Gath to victory. Well played!

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

I am sorry to have stalled couple of last turns. It could have been interesting to clash with Gath. Congratulations to Slobby for win thou!

Re: Smiting Season (newb-intermediate, LA, CBM 1.92) smiting has begun!
 

Thanks! Yeah it would have been fun to pit my swarms against you Wholla. Technically this is my first win, but it doesnt really feel like one. I beat shard and batman, but thats really it. Everyone else just got occupied with rl and gave up. :(