Epic Battles(PBEM) - Game on!
 

Settings:
Era: Middle Era
Map: Modified Parganos (A version which has a somewhat fairer spread of terrains than the default, so you don't get one person with all the farmland). This will be a dead seas version, meaning the seas will give no income and contain no magic sites)
Players: 8
Game Settings: All at default, except for renaming, which will be set to on.

The game will be a relatively fast game, with a turns interval of 24 hours.

Note: You are free to pick whatever nation you wish to play, but avoiding 'super' nations such as Niefenheim and Ashdod would be appreciated.


Current list of players:
Denisius - Arcoscephale
NKIcan - Ermor
jmb - Pythium
LordShaggy - Mictlan
zzcat - C'tis
DonCorazon - Pangea
Valerius - Abysia
qio - Caelum

Good luck, everyone.

You can download the map using the following link: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/attac...9&d=1217288470

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I'll play. give me Ermor if you do not mind

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I'd like to join with Pythium please.

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Done.

We need 5 more players.

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(not joining, just hopping to advice you maybe it's better to make clear to the readers if this is gonna be a fast game -24hrs quickhost turns- or a slower one from the beginning -48/72hrs quickhost) :)

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Very well, edited the main post.

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Eh Ive been wanting to try MA Oceana But if you go with the Dead seas version I would not join obviously. PM me if you do decide to change from Dead seas.

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I'd like to take Mictlan for a spin.

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Let's try Eriu!

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We're waiting for 3 more players to sign up.

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I'll play Pan

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Sorry, I'm out. :) Sudden change of plans...

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C'tis please

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Eriu, please.

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Actually, please switch me to Abysia.

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I'll take Caelum.

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The game has been filled.

Please submit your pretenders.

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I had sent my pretender but llamaserver replied me that the game 'epic' is already full:confused: Furthermore, I can't visit the webpage of llamaserver so I can't see if there is something wrong...Plz ignore me and start the game if it is full. Thanks.

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zzcat: Our game is Epic_Battle not Epic :)

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Thanks. It's ok now. I used 'epic_battles' instead of 'Epic_Battles' and the server is cap sensitive...

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The game has begun.

Good luck!

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Sent my turn in but seems llamaserver is down and turn hasn't been accepted. If possible it might be good to postpone the hosting.

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Similar problem. My email to the llama server is not being recognized. Nor did I get a 6 hour reminder, and I think hosting is in about 3.

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The hosting interval is currently set at 3 days, that should be enough to get this bug fixed.

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Those posts referenced a couple days ago - I think everything is working fine now.

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The hosting interval has been set back to 24 hours.

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Mictlan has 2 stales so far and may be heading for a 3rd - has anyone heard from him?

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Sorry guys. Been city hopping coast to coast, and just spent two days unexpectedly without internet. Things should be settled now.

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Interesting stuff so far in the game. Making friends, making enemies...fun fun fun.

Couple epic battles so far too. S'been nice :)

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Hmm..looks like Caelum is staling now. Two in a row. Caelum you still around?

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Probably not, I've noticed that he was losing a war he was fighting. I'll message him and ask him to at least set his nation as A.I.

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Hmm...It's a fatal mistake underestimating the power of S9 shadow vessels. Please set C'tis to AI, thanks.

BTW, Is there a cost-effective way to counter S9 shadow vessel for C'tis? With 18 MR, high def and twist fate, they're almost impossible to kill with normal troops or banishment. And dust to dust is distracted by undead horsemen and negated by twist fate. Of course wither bone can do the job, but it's hard to achieve for a year 2 battle.

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You have to set yourself to AI - its one of the in-game options. I prefer fighting to the end - it can be fun to fight and try new things once you know you are losing anyway (takes the pressure off :) ).

Solar Rays works well iirc.

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OK. As a nOOb MP player, It's better to play as long as possible to learn mechanics of the game. I'll remain in the game until there is absolutely nothing to do:D

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The hosting interval will be changed to 48 hours on the 25th turn.

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ok, Caelum/qjo has staled 4 times in a row. Assume he has just decided to leave the game with no notice - nice. We should get a sub or set Caelum to AI. It's not to fair to just let their neighbors carve them up.

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uhm..its 6 straight stales for Caelum and it seems Arcos is taking them over quietly. Even though my nation is doing well I am going to set myself to AI. I dont want to waste my time in a game where a large nation is just left to sit there and be carved up and the admin doesn't even bother to look for a sub, or even set them to AI, especially when it is the admin that is taking them over.

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Caelum did not just leave, once he saw that myself and another nation has ganged up on him and that he had no chance of winning, he simply gave up. He only had about 3 provinces left, and virtually no troops. So you shouldn't quit.

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6 turns ago he seemed to have a lot more provinces than 3, from I could see. If he wanted to quit, he should at least have set himself to AI. Having him just sit there and stale every turn is ridiculous. Basically in this game his neighbors have just been handed an undefended nation to divy up.

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I've sent him a private message asking him to set himself as A.I, he did not reply, let alone set himself as A.I.

Although he did have more than 3 provinces, his forces were outnumbered by 3 to one, he knew he was about to lose, and he quit.

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Well, the Caelum player still seems to be visiting the boards. It would be considerate to put himself on AI so we don't always have to wait 24 hours. And its poor form to 1) just give up, and 2) not bother to turn yourself AI...grumble, grumble...

At any rate, Pan will play on and we snatched the last Caelum province so at least we weren't totally left out on the free land grab. :)

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LOL. Just how many squads of centaurs do have sneaking around there, DC? I count two so far...

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Well, we had a NAP with Arcos. But they just attacked the one province that we took from Caelum last turn. Not sure how they justify that, but we consider it a violation of our NAP.

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Does taking a province in the middle of my territory with stealthy units not justify myself taking it back?

I am willing to negotiate a monetary or gem compensation for the lost troops.

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No. Pan attacked and took a province from Caelum. Location is irrelevant. Arcos then attacked a Pangean controlled province and destroyed Pangean troops despite an agreement not to attack one another without advance warning.

Those are the facts and the only conclusion is our agreement was worthless in protecting 20 innocent centaurs lives.

Pan understands that mistakes happen and appreciate the offer of a settlement, to which we are open. Note: until we come to an agreement, we currently consider that there is no NAP between Pan and Arcos given your attack on sovereign Pangean soil.

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PS well fought battle between Ctis and Ermor at Kunal - wasn't sure how that one was going to go until the end!

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You have been contacted in-game.

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C'tis will be set to AI next turn. I've sent my gems to the nations I have NAP with. Good luck everyone!:)

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Nice fighting with you Zzcat. You put up a valiant defense at the end there

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Hosting interval changed to 48 hours.