4-player ME game - Started!
 

Is anyone up for a 4-player mid-era game? We can use one of Gandalf's automated blitz servers, although I don't really want to play it as a blitz. It's set up as 24-hour autohost, which sounds good to me.

The host is host.dom3minions.com, and the port is 8318. I'll be playing Ermor. Now, I've only played multiplayer once before, and I've yet to have a proper game of Ermor in single player - so while anyone's welcome, this game might be especially suitable for newbies, since at least they'll have one person to beat!

Don't hit the "start game" button unless you're the fourth player. You can hit "disconnect" fine though - once you've uploaded your pretender, it'll keep your spot.

Game on! Post here when you've signed on.

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Hm, what map?

Not that the answer effects whether I'll join or not. I'm in as Pythium if you'll have me.

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The maps are randomly generated. No one has seen them.
Altho I have debated posting the map images when the game is setup.

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I've joined as Agartha. the golems are coming Bwahahaha! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I am a noob too good luck all http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Hmmmm my god has been added then it crashed.... O.o I've never had Dom3 crash on me... If something goes wrong let me know ill add myself again >.>

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Apparently I have a bl_brazilian game in my game list that wasnt there before, does that mean my crash hosted? Do we have to start over? <mumbles to himself>

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Ah, my mistake. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Haha well I'll keep checking here if you both are still interested...back to work huzzah!

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I'll be joining as Abysia in a minute, wich should take us to four then.

Burn, baby, burn! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif


Edit: oh, I'm a noob too, btw. But you'll all burn anyway. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Hmm.... As I said I'm a noob, and I'm not very knowledgeable about computers in general, but unless I'm terribly mistaken One of you two started the game, meaning noone else can join anymore... seems you're spared a burning for now.

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This would be my first (successful) online multiplayer match, so I definitely think I deserve the title 'noob'.

..And I haven't even connected to dom3minions.com yet.

EDIT: And that would mean, apparantly, I still maintain a perfect no-loss record in multi-player. Ah well, maybe next time.

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Yeah I think my crash inadvertantly started it, gandalf can we get a reset for us 4? I'll love you for ever! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif hehe

oh yeah and this would be my first multi match ever as well, yay for dead mountain people! US palies shall own you all....AHHHHH THE SUN BURNS!! >< <Runs away> http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Okay guys, we'll start again. We'll have to kill that last game somehow (sorry Gandalf, I'm really running through your games today!). So, let's take bl_oarless (it's a random name, apparently), which is port 8279, again on host.dom3minions.com.

The players will be:

llamabeast - Ermor
UninspiredName - Pythium
Cerlin - Agartha
Amhazair - Abyssia

If you're the fourth person on, get it started!

PS Cerlin, if you set yourself to AI on that erroneous last game, presumably that'll kill it, saving Gandalf a job. (I hope it won't go crazy and spend loads of computer time on two AIs fighting each other!).

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I timed out... If you've got it working, it might be better to go without me.

EDIT: Oh yeah, firewall. Whoops. I'm in now, though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Haha ok Its all my fault! I can handle that http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I signed up just now and saw at least two of you already signed up, let me know when we start. My drive home in los Angeles traffic commences! Hopefully some fun when I get home. Look forward to playing with y'all.

Cerlin

Edit: I am pretty sure I only saw 2 of you but someone might want to check >< I wasnt looking for it to be honest. Im in a rush to get home.

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Cool! Okay Amhazair, get it started once you've uploaded your pretender.

I'm afraid I'm off to bed now (it's past 1am in the UK), so any fun will this evening will be 1-turn-only fun I'm afraid! But that gives time to browse the manual and get planning...

I'll not be on my machine a lot over the weekend, but I should still easily be able to do a turn a day if not more. Hopefully in general with only 4 of us we might average more than one turn a day, but it doesn't really matter if not.

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So, while we're all waiting... RP/Diplomacy or not?

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why not? makes it fun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Im not the most super agressive player ever...
Negotiating can add to the experiance, but roleplay can especially...we got both Rome's, Fire sons and vengeful earth dwelers,

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Sorry to make you wait. (a bit) I'm an european here, so my hours are a bit different than yours... It was nearly midnight when I tried to connect, and I just got home from work now. I'll start the game in a minute http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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The young people of Abyssia have emerged onto the surface of the world. Led by their experienced 19-year old http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif commander a small handful of troops stands ready to explore this strange new place, and to defend themselves and their people from any unenlightened humans that might be envious of their natural connection to the most powerful element of them all.

The future has begun...

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That means you're up for roleplaying? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Who? Where? What? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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No worries Amhazair, I'm European too, was just up stupidly late last night!

I'm up for roleplaying and diplomacy by the way, definitely adds a bit to it. Let's make this an active bit of the forum!

By the way, to anyone who isn't in this game - this game filled up staggeringly quickly, so there's obviously quite a lot of people out there keen to play. Why not set up your own game? Gandalf's very kindly made his server a public service. Just go to

http://game.dom3minions.com/bin/blitz_chk.cgi

to get a list of available games. The names don't mean anything. Choose an empty one, note down the port number (the host is host.dom3minions.com) and advertise the game here.

Okay, on with the game...

(by the way, I might be relatively quiet on the forums for the next couple of days, since I've come to visit my girlfriend and she has limited patience for such things, but I should easily be able to get some turns done.)

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Ah, we wouldn't want to offend any girlfriends, now would we? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Say hello to her from me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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The ancient remnants of the Pale Ones have again come forth with their new allies the humans. Ready to conquer the world of men once again. Onward march the armies of Kriantornia, Lord of Strength, Lord of Metals, to what fate even the oracles cannot fortell.

on marches the next age...

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I just did my first turn which lead to the second turn http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Which I've also done! look forward to playin with all of you.

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Pffft....


You're a dying race, a phosilised leftover from ancient times. Why don't you just crawl back into your caves? It's us, the young and vital races, that will shape the future of this world. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

Now let's just hope I didn't accidentally foretell the ascendance of humankind. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

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Weak humans?! How could they ever destroy and become more powerful than all the elder kind? Pure fantasy I tell you! Weaker blood will never prevail!

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On this day, Pythium truly began to re-take the old lands. It had been a hundred years since the fall of Ermor, and the independent peoples had grew fat and weak, while we trained ourselves constantly. (Though we still could only manage 40 of our weakest units) It was an absolute victory, and only the first of many. The lands of Ermor will united again, and it will not be by a shed skin of a kingdom, no more alive than dead.

So says Pothead.

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Something went wrong, I think. Agartha became unclaimed, Abysia and Pythium vanished altogether, and Ermor's computer controlled. Anybody know what happened?

EDIT: It also says the game is bl_Brazilian. Yes, I'm sure I'm connecting to port 8318.

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I think you shoul dbe connecting to 8279
At least there is a post saying you are playing bl_oarless which is 8279 and has those nations you mentioned playing it plus you ermor

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Ah, right you are. I'm back, now. Thanks!

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Oops...

I saw your post a little while ago Uninspired, but I thought you had found out you were looking at the wrong game and edited in the lines about the port number and game name as a cynical comment on your own mistake or something like that http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Sorry for not answering your heartfelt plea for help. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

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No problem, it's all good now.

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At least its working again yay! Turn 4 dawns :O

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...I'm not connecting. The port didn't change again, did it?

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Nope, it's still 8279 on host.dom3minions.com. I don't _think_ the server's been down at all, certainly I've had no problems. Could it be your firewall or something again?

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I haven't had any problems either. Smooth sailing all the way.

(Sailing? Did I say sailing? Brrrr.... all that water... Yikes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif)

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...Yes, it's the Firewall... I really don't think anymore at this...

Sorry, all. I'll take my turn now.

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Make sure that you are going to host.dom3minions.com and not www. dom3minions.com (there are different servers with different games). You might also try putting 63.199.8.157 altho thats not a recommended method.

You might also try moving the game on your harddrive to a different directory then reconnecting.

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This is truly ridiculous. For the past six months, promises of glory and prosperity blinded the people to all of the able hands being whisked off to war and the steadily depleting storehouse. Now, after such a brief campaign, the kingdom of Abysia is right up against us with a huge army. Surely there will be much suffering and many deaths, all so that a god we've been told exists can do a job any of the other false gods could do just as well. And yet, the people still cheer and herald victory long before it comes. Soon the strife will be too great to ignore, and too late to resist, and yet nothing can be done because nobody wants to do anything. My friends and family are blinded by the bards' tales told of ascention wars past. There is a reason commoners such as us are never mentioned in those tales, and the reason shall be clear to everyone all too soon.
-Tetheus Underbough, retired guard, scholar, and outspoken enemy of the Ascention Wars.

...Yeah, I was bored.

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This is truly ridiculous. For the past six months the scouting parties of the proud Abyssian people traveled through this new and unkown world, untill they came withing sight of a big settlement, apperently called 'Pythium' or somesuch. Immediately recognising this settlement as the center of some kind of civilisation, they decided this was a matter for their elders to ponder upon, and resumed their journey of exploration. Without even halting to burn the aforementioned settlement!

Apperently blinded by bard's tales of glory the warlike Pythians decided to ignore this grand merciful gesture, and launched a military campaign straight into the heart of Abyssian lands.

Their dreams of glory were quickly turned to ashes, however, when a quickly assembled defense force decisively defeated their invasion army, sending them running whence they came from, the flames of victory hot on their heels.

Soon enough their entire nation will suffer the same fate, with their houses going up in flames around them, the smoke of countless fires taking away their breath, and nothing but the taste of death and ashes in their mouths. And then they'll know. They'll know the superiority of light over darkness, of fire over flesh, and of Abyssian over Human. And they'll belatedly realise the wisdom of submission over defiance. But by then it will be far too late to stop them from burning to death...

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I... Think you might've missed the gist of what my post was saying. That was a disgruntled scholar who is against Pythium's rampant warmongering.

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I got that... but what do I care about some disgruntled scholar (unless he overthrows the government), I never met him, I never heard of him, I'm just observing the same as he is, and it's me who'll have to deal with Pythiums rampant warmongering http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Burn, you rampant warmongerer, burn! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif


P.S. the disgruntled scholar is obviously the wisest man in your country, your government should have paid him more heed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Cool, another turn... seems we're all playing atm... let's see what happened http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I'll need to head out for a few hours, so this blitz of sorts needs to end. It was fun, though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Aye, it was...

And, damn, you built loads of PD... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Ahem. Now that I have more time...

Know this, Abyssia. If you choose to attack our noble kingdom you shall find even the poorest of villagers taking up arms to repel you, while yours keel over at the sight of a single velite in hopes of liberation. Such loyalty can never be achieved in a nation where the people are sacrificed in exchange for demons, or used as fuel for insane experiments. (Not that I know whether you actually use Blood Magic or not.)

So says Pothead.

As for whatshisname the scholar, he didn't want to use his Astral magic for the good of the nation. We burned him at the stake. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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The proud and honorable nation of Abyssia is utterly appaled by the base insinuations made by the Pythian government about our totally imagined practices of human sacrifice and/or demontrafficing! Abyssia's strength is fuelled by the fire flowing through every citizen's veins, not by the fire flowing out of those veins! (Actually, my plans to start setting up a blood economy were rudely interrupted by a certain ambitious ruler starting a war HE CAN'T WIN!!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)

And also: Cool, you're already starting to recognize the strength of fire. Soon you'll reach total enlightenment - at the stake too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Indeed, fire did a brilliant job of delivering him a very slow and inefficient death where steel, or even water would be much more effective. Once it starts getting to our Laboratories, then perhaps I shall respect it somewhat.

I am proud to have put your vile schemes to a halt. A leader cruel enough to (plan to) sacrifice his own villagers, those with no claim in the war, for an advantage that can be supplied by most other paths, will soon find more than Pythium arrayed against him. (Not that I wouldn't likely be playing as Lanka if this was an EA game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif )

Thus decrees Ridiculously Long Name, self-righteous prophet of Pothead.