PBEM game: Song of the Blade (Running) - Page 10

Alneyan · #91 May 20th, 2005, 04:14 PM

There is now an opening in the game: Quantum Mechani, for Mictlan, would rather hand his nation over to another player. I do not know how well Mictlan is doing, but I gather they are in a fairly average situation, at the very least.

If you are interested, please let me know, and I will forward the turn file to you.

PashaDawg · #92 May 21st, 2005, 09:28 AM

They wouldn't let The Spawn make a humorous speech? There ought to be a law! Let's sue the bastards.

CyborgMoses · #93 May 24th, 2005, 12:11 AM

I would be interested in taking over, but it should be noted that I've never played Mictlan in multiplayer.

Alneyan · #94 May 24th, 2005, 05:29 AM

Welcome aboard! The nations were fully random, so not having played the nation should not be too bad. They still do not seem to be involved in a major war, so you should be able to sit on a fence for a while.

The relevant files will be sent soon.

Oversway · #95 May 24th, 2005, 10:42 AM

I don't have much left but I'm trying to distribute pain equally between van and mictlan. Also, I've killed mictlans god three times in this game. I'm not sure how well their research is, I think maybe not too good. Otherwise from what I can tell mictlan is in ok shape. Not poised to win the game but playable.

The Panther · #96 May 24th, 2005, 11:31 AM

Panther as Ermor

I think Mictlan spent too much effort reanimating slaves (because of getting invaded early) when he would have prefered to concentrate on blood research and blood summons. He is not sacrificing very many blood slaves because he wanted my good scales to cancel out his horrid scales. Hard to believe that people want Ermor scales to spread into their territories, but that's Broken Empire for you!

I am currently at peace with Mictlan which includes a 2 turn NaP. We fought an early war in which he was in deep trouble for a while, so he sued for peace. He offered me enough that I just had to take it.

Mictlan was at war with Machaka, but I think he no longer is. Machaka is hurting badly right now anyway and might be eliminated within the next 10 turns or so.

Steerpike · #97 May 24th, 2005, 10:27 PM

Panther I believe your good scales dont effect other players, only your bad ones.
Not 100% on that.

The Panther · #98 May 25th, 2005, 12:18 AM

Yes, that is true. But my growth scale prevents his death 3 scale from taking effect in his own territories.

CyborgMoses · #99 May 25th, 2005, 01:21 AM

Death 3, on a living nation? What the heck?

PS: Is profanity approved of here?

PPS: What am I supposed to do for the custom hoarding mod? There was not a file in the mail Alneyan sent me.

Alneyan · #**100** May 25th, 2005, 06:06 AM

I have resent the files; the other solution was to rebuild the .txt files yourself. Some mail programs have this annoying habit of putting any text file or picture in the body of the mail, and not as an attachment. Got to hate that.

Death 3 is actually fairly common for living nations: the impact of it is fairly reduced, though it grows more and more annoying as the game goes on. It is the deadliest of the "lesser" scales (sloth and misfortune) however, and should be avoided if possible. The problem is having Death on a blood hunting nation using patrollers; I am not sure if that is such a good idea. Still, you should do fine by keeping your Dominion low where you have a border with Ermor, and let their Growth scale take over your provinces.