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Na - turning off is pointless. We have QH, so lets make use of it: We turn to 72h QH and everything should be fine, even over the weekend.

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i don't think we care about the specifics of what happens, as long as Ironhawk is kind enough to take care of us ^_^

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just mans turn to go iirc (could be wrong)

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Yep, or 2 hours, whichever comes first.

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50 mins to go

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wooo i logged on with 10 seconds to go

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and incase that wasnt clear enough turns up

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did man stale?

and your right blue. I meant the same thing with "turn the time off", I was just thinking leave quick host on with no set time, so whenever everyone got their turns in.

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Ya he did.

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Is Ulm dead?

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i think so

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Not quite dead yet - he's getting sieged in two fortresses, though.

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He's hanging in there. I will take his northern keep this turn though.

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pyth and machaka with 4 hours to go

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1 hour, just Pyth to go

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New turn up

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Yeah, I staled. I made a miscalculation about when the next turn was going up. Valentine's Day clouded my judgement.

Alas.

In other news, I really hope Caelum and Mictlan aren't conspiring together. That would just be annoying, though predictable. My only solace is that Mictlan's provinces are deliciously dwindling!

The Black Annis will fight to the end!

PS - That hat comment from before was priceless.

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why....i would never do that to you.

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Did Iron change it to 72h?

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NM yes he did, shoulda checked first before posting.

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sorry bout that guys, all should be put back to normal now that we are all back in town. I suggest turning qh back to 24h.

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Did Tom get a sub for this game?

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I read in an other thread that his laptop died http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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he got a sub for titans, I guess the sub isn't also doing winnowing

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...26 minutes until he stales :/

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he staled, but you don't hear me complaining.

Tom, since you can't get on, I'll let you know how it went, I broke your siege, with a loss of 1 magus, about 18 out of 43 spirit demons, and about 11/26 infantry/horsemen

you lost all but 5 javelineers, 2 gyjas, and 3 shaman (all your nifels and jarls died. sorry)

heck i'll even be nice enough to let you know I used about 8 magus communion master/slaved to counter you magic duel strategy. your duelists suicided, basically.

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LOL I think a lot of words could be used. Nice wouldn't be among them though =)

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I did not sub Tom as in the other games, as I was involved in this one and thought it unfair to play two parties. IH had the password, but looks like he didn't find a sub. Well, one turn of stale should not ruin a full game ...

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see wish - that's interesting. it has been claimed that communion does not help in magic duels, but i've remained dubious - how many duel attacks did he make, against what, and none were succesful? if you don't mind providing the specifics...

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one was succesful, a tie actually, so they both died, she killed 2 astral magi in one shot - i guess I had them standing to close to eachother, all of them actually only master'd at the time. The slave spell came too late, so I guess it was luck of the draw.

I ran tests in a side game with 1 celestial master vs a number of communioned shaman. Once there where 8 shaman they seemed to be able to kill him more often, so I think the communion does play a factor on comparitive astral levels. but I could be wrong.

Since he was the one magic dueling, the best defence i could think of was a wall of astral mages, equally communioned - which is easier to research in a pinch than magic duel is.

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Good gods. Who kicked the living snot out of Pangea? What happened??

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Looking closer at the scales, Jotuns situation has been explained, but it looks like Citis took a major it as well.

I'm a little bored waiting for the next turn so entertain me with details!!

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At your service... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
9 commanders, 329 regular units, and 8 magic beings stormed a C'tissian castle. Half of them died, including the red dragon, and the rest ran away. Alas for them, they had nowhere to run!
It was a good fight, though... I lost over 100 undead in the battle, many of them horsemen. I hope Shovah's happy.

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Well, it was a suicide run. With Ermor and Abysia carving up my land I tryed to at least hurt someone before I went down.

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If this battle had gone the other way, C'tis would pretty clearly have been a goner. I guess Ermor and Abysia would have finished you soon after, though? As it is, it will be tough for C'tis to make a difference, surrounded by big powerful neighbors...
Anyway, again, well-fought. I'm glad your wyrm and my wyrm are on good terms in COW. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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More to the point I did not look for a sub. I am hosting these games but that does not make me responsible for every players turn in every game, you know? If someone doesnt think ahead and get themselves a sub then they just stale and thats the way of things. I'm not trying to be a hardass here, I just other demands on my time and you have to draw the line somewhere.

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well, i believe it was unforseen circumstances, not something tom could have planned for - nevertheless, it needs to be clear that you have nothing to do w/ finding subs.

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Quick poll, do you guys like sending and recieving PMs in character or out?

P.S. Word is Cast is out for the whole week. Can he be reached by e-mail? We might want to try and find a sub for him.

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He's at a cottage, so I doubt any of us can get in touch with him. I prefer using IRC to negotiate more than anything else, since out of game PMs are unreliable and in-game PMs are so slow.

In other news, I'm sad to see Ulm go down. Hopefully, they'll spend more time being diplomatic next game.

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I personally have found the PMs here to be quite effective, and you have a record of your conversation. But the question was more geared towards content rather than method. Do you like communicating as some sort of actual member of your realm (God/King/Diplomat etc.) or as the addicted Dom II player you really are?

Thats too bad. I don't think he has a sub in either game does he?

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Ulm practiced zero diplomacy this game. You can all see the results of no diplomacy.

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Don't be so hard on ulm, maybe he didn't feel like playing a wargame for the chit chatting http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Castigated got himself a sub before leaving. dont worry about that.

right now i prefer a mix on IC/OOC in the PMs, usually in the same style Im responding to.

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4 minutes until next turn. Looks like Abysia and Jotu are going to stale.

And now the new turn is up.

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Actually he did a little diplomacy, with me. Unfortunatley it ment war, but it was fun back and forth.

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I just received the following mail from Tom Scudder:

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>Argh. Laptop has been downgraded from "fried" to "would you like me to set up
your internal hard disk as an external drive for your new computer?" It's
going to take another week or so to get the new machine - you'd better just
find permanent replacements for me (or AI me) in my games.</pre><hr />

I know that Ironhawk has his password, so if you want to join in for Jotunheim, please mail Ironhawk for the password (you can reference to this posting if you want).

Re: Anti-Marignon Alliance
 

Marignon is out of control, and growing more powerful each turn. It is time for the smaller nations (which is about everyone else) to team up against him. Otherwise, you could be next!

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LoL either your very brave, or Marignon isn't near you =)

Edit**

Forgot one other option...he's already roming through your lands hehe.

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I've been fighting assorted nations the entire game since turn 5. Might as well be Marignon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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he did practice a little diplomacy with his neighbours, just his demands were unreasonable and he wasnt willing to bend. thus, hes the first out.