Mana Burn: Accelerated EA [ LoloMo WINS!!! ]
 

Following on the success of the last accelerated game, we are having another! If you are looking to skip the early-game and jump straight into the action then this game is for you. With the additional strength of EA mages we are sure to see some even more awesome firepower produced!

Server:
IP: 24.18.113.45
Port: 7501

Age: Early Age

Map: Random. 12-15 provs per player. No Water.

House Rules
1) No dual-blessing. Max of one level 9 bless.
2) All nations will be given 10 sages at thier capital to simulate the research-base of a normal game
3) Initial 3-turn cease-fire. No nation can launch any attacks till turn 3.

Settings:
Starting Provs: 9
Indy Strength: 9
Magic Sites: 75
Gold Mult: 150%
Resource Mult: 150%
Graphs: On
Hall of Fame: 15
Research: Easy
Renaming: On

Victory Conditions:
Capital VPs Only
4 VPs to win

Mods:
Conceptual Balance 1.0
Worthy Heroes 1.6

Hosting Schedule: 24hr Quickhost

Players
1. Ironhawk - Maverni
2. Boron - Mictlan
3. Rathar - Agartha
4. GameExtremist - Arco
5. Kydorias - Kailasa
6. KissBlade - Yomi
7. Folket - Ermor
8. Msew - Lanka
9. FAJ - C'Tis
10. Malthus - Neifelheim (previously Solo)
11. Teraswaerto - Abysia
12. StrictlyRockers - Vanheim
13. LoloMo - Pangaea
14. PashaDawg - Sauromatia
15. QuantumMechani - Ulm

Backup Players
Morkilus
Peregrine42

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I'm going to go with Maverni. I was sorely tempted to take Kailasa since they are ... basically better in every possible way http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif But for some reason I just dig Marveni. I'm sure I will live to regret it.

I've also reserved Mictlan for Boron because he had to go to sleep and was insistent about playing it.

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For no good reason I desire Agartha please.

Rathar

I think there should be some small water perhaps. It did make for interesting strategy last game I admit.

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Thanks for hosting Ironhawk. I'd like to give T'ien Ch'i a shot.

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Yarr!

Put me down for Arco again....I'd like to see the differences between LA and EA....(crosses fingers not to start next to Caelum)...

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I'd like to give Kailasa a shot...

Hope to not get triple teamed again right in the beginning!! Hehehe...

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Yomi.

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Is there room? I'd like to join as Abysia.

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Vanheim please.

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lanka wanka

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So no attacks on ind before turn 4? Or are all provinces taken from the start?

I'll like to play Ermor.

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Thanks for reserving them, i might be too masochistic but i just always liked mictlan http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif.

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Is there room left for me?

I got on the forums as soon as I woke up http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif.

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I've to step back from this one. 24 hours are to stressful in moment. I'll try to join the follower.

Have fun all! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Hi, I would like to join as Pangea if there is still room

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Niefelheim for me if there is room left.

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Is Abysia open?

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FAJ and Mork there are definitely spots for you http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Mork: Aby is not open, no. Perhaps you could bargain with Teraswaerto for it tho?

Looks like we have a pretty solid player lineup. Everyone beging working on your pretenders. Do recall that its extremely dangerous to have a dormant/asleep pretender in this game! Some nations learned that the hard way http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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What nations are left?

Pencil me in for Caelum.

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No need to ask - I update the first post in the thread every time a player asks for a nation. So just peek up there. You are now slotted for Caelum.

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Alright, C'tis me, you fool!

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Hmm. No one playing Sauromatia yet? May I snatch that slot?

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PASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Happy to finally be in a game with you http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif


Also we should be welcoming Boron back from his dom3 hiatus. Hopefully this game will lure him back into more!

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Ok, I think we have more than enough players to call this game full. I was really pleasantly surprised at the response this got - we had 15 players in less than 12 hours of the thread going up! Should be a pretty rocking game.

I've set VP win requirement to 4VPs due to the number of players.

Everyone get to work on your pretenders, I will have the server up tonight and lets try and shoot for having all pretenders in by midnight on Sunday

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I'm not in this game, but here's some random observations from the last.

A little production scale might be nice with just one castle and income from many provinces (150% prod and gold more or less cancel each other out).

Figure out how to rock the battlefield with mages. A SC pretender wont win the game alone.

I lost only three sages to my death3 scale during the whole game... it was over before late winter, year three. But perhaps I got lucky.

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As abysia I lost most all of my sages near the middle end of the game.

I had death 2 scales

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Burden of time enfluences that, no?

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Yeah, but burden of time came after the second late winter age check. I think.

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Just to check, when you say double bless is restricted, does that mean you can't have 2 paths that are 4 or above?

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It means you cant have two paths that are 9 or above. Fire9+Water9 is not okay. Fire9+water8+nature8 is okay but probably not worth it.

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Thanks! One more question, how much research does a sage produce? I'm looking through the unit stats and I can't seem to find the sage unit. What nation normally recruits it?

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nevermind, I found it, they have research 4 and astral 1 =)

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Does no attacks for three turns mean no attacks on fellow players or no attacks on independents as well?

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Note that the 4 is their *bonus* compared to other mages with a single magic pick, each sage gives 7 research.

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A good measure of sage research is this: With all your sages working together you will get to about level 4 in a single school before the cease-fire is up. That should give you a strong starting positin if you plan your strategy well.

As for attacks: it means attacks of any kind. You cannot attack other players or indy provs.

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The peace for 3 turns means no attacks of any kind during the first 3 turns. Turn four is open to combats of all kinds.

Rathar

Edit darn you Ironhawk! 5 seconds..

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Does the gametitle refer to MTG? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Unfortunately, I am going to have to withdraw from this one. real life has intruded and I cannot commit to another game at this time. I apologize for the inconvenience - really wanted to play in this one... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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I won't be able to upload until late Sunday if the game doesn't start in the next couple hours. So I guess drop me if it's too late.

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If Morkilus cannot play, I would like to take C'tis.

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Now that I think about it, you can have it, FAJ. I'm gonna be out of town next week anyway, and getting a sub isn't worth it.

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Sorry to lose you Mork and Peregrine - I'll put you guys on the backup players list in case someone needs a sub.

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Ok, the server is ready for uploads.

Make sure you have the correct mods loaded before you create your pretender

IP: 24.18.113.45
Port: 7501

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I'll take one of the empty slots as Ulm if it's alright.

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Hey, QM! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Of course you can have a slot. Always welcome!

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Vanheim pretender "Thorinwode" uploaded.

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The server appears to be down.

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I think someone mistakenly hit "start game". Let me fix it...

Ok, it should be back up now and the start button shouldnt be visible anymore. But for the record if you ever see a "start game" button during pretender upload - dont touch it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Thats only for the server admin.

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Doh!

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When is the game anticipated to start, just so I will be watching for it?