Hello. This game is intended for players who aren't necessarily old vets, but no longer fit the definition of a noob. Generally I'd put this at around 10 games. Newer players are welcome, but don't cry to me if you get stomped. ;)

The game will be hosted on llamaserver with myself as the admin under the name The Chosen Ones. I'll be looking for somewhere between 8-10 players and the map will be selected once sign-ups are proceeding.

Game Settings:

Age: Early
Independents: 5
Special Site Frequency: 50
Renaming: On
Mods: CBM 1.84, and make sure you also get the hotfix to make it compatible with the latest patch.
Diplomacy: Anything goes. If someone stabs you in the back, well, maybe you shouldn't have been looking the other way. :angel
Victory Conditions: Last man standing, or by the majority of living players voting to concede.
Map: Cradle of Dominion.
Turn Frequency: 36 hours to start, will most likely increase as the game goes on.

Please post what nation you wish to play as when you join.


Players:
Tratorix - Mictlan
Stretch - Sauromatia
Bullock - Abysia
Ossa - C'tis
Vargr - Caelum
Saros - Lanka
Ecanus - Tir Na Nog
Slobby - Vanheim
Hylobius - Tien Chi
Nightfall - Ry'leh

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Sounds fun. I'd like to join. Please put me down as Sauromantia.

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i was planning to start an EA game too.
So i guess i ll join yours ;)

Sign me in as Abysia !

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I'd like to try Ctis.

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Sign me in as Caelum, please

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Ill sign up as Lanka

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From Ecanus found on invision forum:

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Right, I'll add him to the list. His account should be approved by the time I put the game up.

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vanheim pls

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I'll take T'ien Ch'i please.

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I'd like to try EA R'lyeh if that's okay...

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I don't have a problem with it, if anyone else does now would be the time to speak up. I know some people don't like the idea of only one water nation in a game.

So, that makes 10. I'll get to work on finding a map.

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Alright, after screwing around with the random map generator for about half an hour, I've decided we're just going to use the Cradle of Dominion map. I'll probably wait and put the game up sometime tomorrow so get your pretender designs ready.

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Game is up. Get those pretenders in!

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Had a look at Llamaserver and it appears that someone has already submitted a pretender for the nation that I chose. Can I just submit my pretender and overwrite what was submitted?

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nvm

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I deleted Tien Chis pretender, you can send yours in now.

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Thanks, it looks like all pretenders are in now.

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Alright the game has started. Hosting interval is at 48 hours for the first turn and 36 after that. Good luck!

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Hmm, I sent in my turn file twice and it is still not registering. Is anyone else getting this? Surprising that only 2 nations have turns in by now...

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llamaservers stuck, it hasn't updated in like 6 hours. This has been happening on and off for the last week or so, don't worry, your turn will go through once the server gets reset.

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Ahh, thanks. :) Also, kinda cool to be playing in an EA game where no one took Niefelheim or Hinnom.

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Yeah, I was actually thinking of banning Hinnom, but I forgot to put it in the rules and then it never came up.

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What on earth happened to Tien's income? Tanked pretty hard for turn 2.

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Probably hiked taxes and didn't manage to patrol away the unrest it generated. That always sucks.

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Don't think so. That would have given higher taxes this turn before a crash next turn. Probably some random event although turn2 bad event is HARSH.

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Could have also been a bad event, sucks when that happens to your capital first turn.

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Hurricane :mad:

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Hope you at least have misfortune scales, getting that with lucky or neutral scales makes it even worse. Looks like a few people double taxing turn 2 as well, very interesting...

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You know whats great? Half a dozen elephants on turn 4 is great =P

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Even better: 80 hp damage from a single volley of indie archers, right through personal luck and 22 prot.. :doh:

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I saw the god turn up on the slain list. Bad luck there but good for the rest of us!

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That's extraordinary. Was he badly fatigued?

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2nd or 3rd round of combat after personal luck + 2 x breath attack. Fatigue couldn't have been extremely high, at 20-30 max. Nevertheless it ate all the arrows and must have critted several times, the dmg floaters were all blurry.. And to ad to the insult, this province, scouted as safe w/ militias and light infantries had several A3 mages waiting, finishing my poor wyrm with lighting bolts.

I know the dragons are not the most efficient combat pretenders, but this build was fun and reliable in SP-testings.
I guess even the DRN is crueler in MP :)

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How are some of you expanding so fast? Jeez, my poor jaguars are wearing their legs out trying to keep up.

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Sauro has those hydras who basically walk right over indies as if they're not there.
Tir has ridiculously good ponyman thugs right out of the box. I think CBM gave them some magic items for free as well so a single commander can take nearly any indie prov.

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Yeah Sauro has had crazy fast expansion, but I know that if I had decent early game troops I'd probably be attacking him next turn, so there has to be others considering it.

As it is though, early game aggression just isn't an option for me. :(

Giving Awe to Ri's was not a good call, out of the box Awe + Glamour + 23 Def + sacred self buff + Air magic for 330 gold is a trainwreck, if you think Eagle Kings are good, CBM Ri's are now tons stronger and cheaper.

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Make sure you get the CBM 1.84 from this thread: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=47550

Otherwise, your game will be out of sync and you'll see battles play out one way, then look at your armies and see different results.

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Ouch. Looks like C'tis is in pretty bad shape. Ossa, I don't think anyone would blame you if you want to go AI. Or you can stick it out and try to make whoever killed you bleed. Your choice.

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First stall at turn 20 :(
Doesn t sound good.

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I'll just try to hurt my attackers. Evil Tir!

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We might need an extension... I don't know where everyone is located but east coast of the usa is currently dealing with a hurricane, mandatory evacuations and likely power outages! Delay for next couple turns until people get power back?

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Postponed for 24 hours, will check back in on the situation tommorrow.

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Our family has a house in the Bahamas that took a direct hit from Irene and we are preparing to fly down. I'd love to keep playing but I will be without power and internet for a week starting Wednesday. If you want to delay for a week that would be great. If you would rather look for a sub that is fine.

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Ouch, sorry to hear that. I'd be fine with delaying for a week.

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If you are not in war or in a particular situation i suggest we try to found a sub.

Otherwise i m fine to wait.

Btw i m sorry to hear that i hope you will find your house in a good shape.

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I've postponed for a week, hopefully Hylobius can continue then.

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Thanks for waiting, I managed to get an early flight back. My turn is in but it does not look like the server is updating.

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Woohoo, let the bloodbaths resume! How was your house?

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Hmm, current turn on llamaserver shows turn27, but I just got turn 28. In the llamaserver trooubles thread someone said the same thing was happening to them. Anyone have info on this?