Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

Edi, why didn't you prolong the turn a little and offer somebody to step in for tien chi. How unthoughtful of you.

Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

I wouldn't be so quick to blame Edi, but if you insist... I'd love to hear who you think would want to play a position like T'ien Ch'i's, with 5 provinces, a meager army, and no chance of winning.

Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

I would if I weren't in the game already. I'm just saying that before turning to AI, he could have tried to find a sub. Maybe somebody would answer. If not, he could always turn tien chi to AI a few hours later.

Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

I suppose I could have tried to find a sub, but to be realistic, there was little that could have been done by a sub. During the turn that I turned TC to AI, Lanka for all intents and purposes destroyed his largest army. He's surrounded by Abysia, Lanka and maybe even some Kailasa provinces and there is simply no way to come back from the position he is in. Or to even prolong things.

There is also the fact that for all intents and purposes, this is my first MP game. I took part in two others two years ago, one a very shortlived one and the other a longer-running one that was completely ruined by the strongest player just vanishing without turning AI or leaving any word. This is certainly the first game I've been in charge of, so to speak.

So apologies if the decision to turn TC to AI was a bit rash, but I honestly did not think of postponing the hosting of turn 36 further. I'd just come home after a 14 hour day and did my turn and the other alterations as the last thing before going to bed.

Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

Never mind. It would only delay things for a couple of turns.

Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

Edi's right, I can't believe anyone would want to sub for me in that position. And I haven't played that many MP games, but it seems to take a couple days to find a sub for a player who is in a GOOD position. All that's left now is for the capital research mages to spam magic (research being the only category I'm not at or near the bottom) and hope for the best. I knew things would end badly for me soon when my push into Lanka territory failed; besides, even if it had succeeded, I would only have war with a much more powerful Abysia to look forward to.

At least I'm doing better in my other games. GG everyone.

Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

Your AI got an annoying global cast(wrath of god) that killed some of my guys if that makes you feel better http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

I can't even see his territory without scouts and I'm getting hit by [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Lightning.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Lightning.gif[/img]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

TC knows how to say adieu with class.

It's certainly a painful global and it likely affects me a lot more than the rest of you... I'm doing my best to kill the caster but that may still be a turn or two away.

Re: LeafNosedBat- EA game for new players
 

Man, I wish I would have thought of casting Wrath of God...I tend to shy away from globals in MP just because some of them seem to make people very angry at you (Wrath of God, Forge of the Ancients)...

Almost certainly it was cast by the pretender, though.