Morla MA noob game (running)
 

I am going to start a new game, this time MA, too much free time=less money :D

Oh, the recruitment was fast, tomorrow(september 24) i choose a map and upload the game in llamaserver. Ok, game is up. Desing your pretenders, now you can change nations. I accept suggestions on map changing and game settings.

-game name "MorlaMAnoob"

-Noobs
-MA 8 players
-Map: Land of Legends (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=43144)
-Mods: cbm 1.92
-Diplo:RESPECT the trades, and respect the non agression pacts(but we are humans after all).

-Game settings:
-HOF 15
-rename enabeled
-magic sites frecuency 45
-rest by default
-winning condition: 5 capitals for 3 turns
-hosting schedule, llamaserver
36h+quickhost, it will increase as the game advance

i´ll play with Ulm, maybe Machaka

PLAYERS:

Morla- Ulm
SpaceViking21- Jotunheim
Immaculate- Pythium
triqui- Ermor
shatner- T'ien Ch'i
Olm- Man
Anaconda- Machaka
TimpaMan- Marignon

Re: Morla MA noob game (recruiting)
 

Any chance you could increase the time frame for either this game or your other to about 54-60hours?

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it will increase, as the game advance

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Sure, why not? I'll do Jotunheim.

Re: Morla MA noob game (recruiting)
 

nice

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Pythium

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I want to play too.

I'd like to be Ermor.

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Immaculate, triqui, wellcome

Re: Morla MA noob game (recruiting)
 

Just noticed that it runs with CBM. Never have done before. I'm ok with it, but need some help about how to install it :P

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I'll join this if the LA game doesn't take off (I don't trust my ability to juggle more than 3 MP games at a time). Since Pythium is already taken, I'm going with MA T'ien Ch'i.

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To clarify, I'll join whichever of the LA or MA games that comes together first.

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triqui, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=47741 you can download it here, a lot of changes, a lot.

download the mod, unrar it, create a "mods" folder in dominions 3 directory, copy the "cbm 1.92" files in "mods" folder. In the game go to preferences, mod preferences and enable "cbm 1.92".

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XDDD, shatner OK, i think this one has more chances to start.

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I'll give Man another try.

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nice ,2 to go, or do you want to play now, the 6 of us

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I don't mind waiting, this is going quickly enough.any idea what map we're gonna do?

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Sign me in for Machaka, will ya?

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of course, the game is almost full.

map chices?

Land of Legends (found here, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=43144 )?

suggestions?

Re: Morla MA noob game (recruiting) 7/8
 

Hi. I could join too. I havent yet decided the race nor made my pretender... can i have time until tomorrow evening? now leaving for work soon, no time to do it today....

Re: Morla MA noob game (recruiting) 7/8
 

ok TimpaMan. And with you thats all. no more players.

i was thinking, waht do u think if i´ll rise the magic sites frequency to 45?

tomorrow i choose a map and upload the game to llamaserver.

Re: Morla MA noob game (closed) 8/8
 

thanks for waiting:)

Re: Morla MA noob game (closed) 8/8
 

I'm just fine with the magic site increase. When do we have to build and send the pretenders?

Re: Morla MA noob game (closed) 8/8
 

tomorrow i´ll create the game in llamaserver, i´ll post here the name, and change the title thread to (design pretender). if you want a pm i´ll send one to you.

Re: Morla MA noob game (closed) 8/8
 

ill take marignon

Re: Morla MA noob game (desing pretenders)
 

OK, the game is up, name "MorlaMAnoob" so desing your pretenders.

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Dang, looks like I'm the only nonhuman race. NOW WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO SHARE MY GENOCIDAL AMBITIONS WITH?

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XDDDDDD

triqui- desing your pretender with cbm 1.92 enabeled, few changes to scales, pretender costs...

Re: Morla MA noob game (desing pretenders)
 

Hey Morla, the link in Llamaserver to the Land of Legends map for this game actually takes you to a random post in a Babylon 5 Mod thread (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showpost.php?p=43144 note the p=43144). The actual link to the map is this (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=43144 note the t=43144).

I don't know if this is a Llamaserver thing or what but what seems to have happened is that the link is going to forum post #43144 (Babylon 5 mod) when you want it to go to thread #43144 (Land of Legends).

Re: Morla MA noob game (desing pretenders)
 

hummm, alot of maps doesn´t have links, and some of the links send you to a babylon 5 random thread :cold: . I think it´s just a link problem and the map is the real deal, well i hope :D. if somthing goes wrong i pm llama

Re: Morla MA noob game (desing pretenders)
 

I already built the pretender (with CBM). Is the Server ok?

EDIT: I took the map from Shatner's second link. Is it right?

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server-OK, map-OK.

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Ok, now I have another problem.
Can't find my savedgames folder...
Have been looking in the FAQ, and it's an issue with Vista. I don't have Vista, but Windows 7, however, I have the same problem. I don't know how to solve, though, becouse the answer given in the FAQ for Vista does not seem to help me :/

EDIT: Ok, found it, inside the "compatibility files" tab. Weird things Bill Gates do, young Skywalker.

Re: Morla MA noob game (desing pretenders)
 

Once we start, remember that it's on quickhost. If you're the last person to send in your turn, wait a few minutes and do the next one instead of waiting so that we can get the first turns churned out.

Re: Morla MA noob game (desing pretenders)
 

YaY, all pretenders sent. the game will start in a few hours. i´ll change the name of the thread to (runing).

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It Has Begun

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

weird, i change the hosting interval to 36h and-->Next turn due: 03:29 GMT on Wednesday September 28th :doh:

i hope you like it :D

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News From The Travelling Bard

As the Lands of Legend awake to the presence of many new cults and faiths dedicated to strange and wondrous creatures who would call themselves gods, the bards already sing of distant and strange places.

They say that amongst the people of ‘Man’ and ‘Ulm’ potent would-be-godlings seclude themselves in their castles and libraries, uncovering the secrets of tomorrow through diligent research (man has research 20 and Ulm has research 23). What sorts of godlings these might be none know but many are keen to guess.

The nations of Ulm, Jutenheim and Ermor are also known for the strength of their cult’s faith and some say that either their godings walk among them, inspiring them to greater and greater piety or that their faith is really just that strong. Only time will tell (Ermor: 35, Ulm 56, Jutunheim:45).

Lastly the Bards sing of war and preparations for blood. It seems that the armies of Man and Machaka in particular are preparing themselves, training many new soldiers to swell their ranks that they might bring their faiths to the heathens by spear and spell (Army size: Man 114, Machaka 104)

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Also, Tien Chi's citizen seem to be quite rich, their god has blessed them with good scales it seems :). Quite the opposite than Machaka, whose god magic is demanding in term of economy.

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News From The Travelling Bard

The songs on the lips of every bard tell of the death of the would-be god of the Machuaka people; some say that the godling is immortal and the death a minor set back from which they will soon recover. Others say that only the fervent prayers of the faithful will return it to the Land of Legends. Only the Machaka know- for now.

Elsewhere there is continued evidence of the will of other godlings. No doubt the god of the Ermor leads forces against heathen provinces, conquering them for the glory of their nation (Ermor: high dominion, 3 provinces versus everyone else’s two). The gods of man and Ulm continue to advance the knowledge of their subjects, already uncovering precious secrets for their followers (research for man and ulm at 45 and 48 respectively). The god of the Jutunheim is said to walk amongst his subjects and yet it is not clear what role he plays- certainly he is not trapped in some laboratory like those of Man or Ulm- perhaps he personally leads his forces to victory over foreign lands.

Tien’chi continues to dominate economically, it treasury bloated by imperial tax-collectors working at high efficiency (and perhaps a bit of over-taxation coupled to efficient martial law). Surprisingly, Marignon’s taxation has almost completely disappeared and none know exactly why (do you?)

The largest army in the world belongs to Machaka, perhaps partially explaining its precipitous drop in financial fortunes. Man and Ermor, already strong from their god’s direct involvement, also dominate in military affairs, no doubt promising to soon take many more territories for their faiths.

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

Just to point: Ermor's god does not appear in the hall of fame. It's hard to conquer provinces without killing anyone. :)

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good call... thoughts? unless its a fear effect?

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Well, given than _I_ am Ermor, of course I've thoughts about the question :P

But a few hints:

1) Even with fear effects, the God would be in the Hall of Fame. It would have 0 kills, but some experience. There are several commanders with 0 kills and some XP already in the hall of fame, including two from Ermor.

2) there are more than 1 way to conquer 2 province in turn 2. Ermor starting armor is decent, enough to take most Indies. You just need a second army good enough to take another. That might be done with a recruited decent army: few sacreds with bless, decent sized medium infantry supported by a Prophet, or, in case of Ermor, buying a bunch of 1 turn-only gladiator. Or, if you get lucky, and there are 2 weak indies around your capital, your starting army plus a few recruits can be split in two, and take both.

That said, about the rumour the bards sing from distant lands: why do they think Jotunheim's god is out there? It's not in the Hall of fame, either, and did not research anything at all in both turn 1 and turn 2. Jotunheim does not have enough gems to forge in turn 0, so unless the god is being used to Patrol and raise the taxes (which does not seem so, given the income it gets), I doubt it's out there... If it is, what is s/he doing?

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I like this hypothesizing- for a newb game i think its good and can help us learn the ropes a bit.

EDIT: I encourage everyone to take some screen shots and when things are safer to reveal (20 turns down the line?) we can post a few of the things we grappled with so everyone can learn a bit from each other.

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Well, bards would normally be my business (and I guess some of you will get to know them by the end of this) but I like those reports. Keep up the work. When my Bards have reports from battles near and far I will add them.

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Yes, I agree, this is good, specially in newbie games. This way we all learn about what other people do, and how to extrapolate data from the statistic graphs and hall of fame.

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Jotunheim here, this guy is right. Either I am doing nothing with my pretender and just letting him domspread (which is strange), or he's not quite out yet and the high dominion score is something else. Even though this is a noob game, the smart money is on option 2.

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Ouch!

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Sad day for your expansion party. We will always remember them, as I'm not sure they will ever come out of our boots.

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The bards are strangely quiet this turn- perhaps they mourn... as they await the construction of a human-sized violin.

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In their place, unusually large bards will sing the song of the world.

The nation of Ermor seems to be reclaiming its holdings quite well in the wake of the cataclysm. Their faith in whatever tiny human god must be spurring them on. Good for them! On their heels are the mighty Jotnar of Jotunheim, and all of the other tiny humans are somewhere behind them.

The tiny humans of T'ien Ch'i are still leading in income. While some may speculate that this is due to hard work and perserverance, the Jotun know that it is because human coins are much tinier than giant coins, so as a result they have more of them. The Ulmish are right behind them, and the tiny humans of Man bring up 3rd place.

The Ulmish and Man nations are still leading the pack in terms of books. Not too much to say here that hasn't been said by inferior human bards.

Faith is strongest in the lands of Jotunheim, as King Harald's messages of peace, tolerance, and genoci...er...kittens have found much sway in the local populace. Ermor and Ulm are close behind.

In terms of army size, the Machakan nation is the clear winner, though they have been tapering off recently. Ermor, Man, and T'ien Ch'i are neck in neck for second, and Jotunheim follows them.

That is this month's report from the suspiciously large bards, I hope you all enjoyed the show.