random settings won by AI (Meglobob)

Sheap · #1 January 7th, 2007, 12:38 AM

Something caused this game to crash on hosting. Not sure what. It works now.

More to the point, no one noticed or complained...?

tibbs · #2 January 7th, 2007, 04:48 AM

Well, there is that bug with undead commanders and the Dreams of Ryleh spell that can cause crashes or so I've heard and I border Ryleh on a few provinces.

He knows about it though so I'm sure it was an accident if that is indeed what caused it.

Folket · #3 January 7th, 2007, 08:21 AM

Trust me when I say it was not the dreams that is to blame.

Meglobob · #4 January 7th, 2007, 12:17 PM

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Sheap said:
Something caused this game to crash on hosting. Not sure what. It works now.

More to the point, no one noticed or complained...?

I noticed but any slow down from a killer 24hr turnaround is VERY welcome. Playing into turn 40+ with a 24hr turnaround is a bit insane and I am being destroyed anyway so I could'nt be bothered.

Meglobob · #5 January 8th, 2007, 07:55 PM

Sadly my 2 week hols have come to a end. As I am back at work, I no longer have time to fight/script/organise a 3 front war vs 4 attacking nations. Especially with the 24hr turnaround. Indeed my last half a dozen turns have been very substandard for me. The AI will at least move all the units and put up some resistance. Also I have left the AI with over 20+ unique items and lvl 9 or 8 research in virtually every sphere of magic. So who knows what it may do?

Thanks to everyone for playing, Sheap for hosting and good luck everyone.

Folket · #6 January 8th, 2007, 08:12 PM

Hmm... Meglobob, you just won the game. Strange to turn over the control to AI the turn before victory.

Teraswaerto · #7 January 8th, 2007, 08:15 PM

Whoa. That about sums it up. Research victory was it?

Did not see that one coming, completely forgotten about the victory conditions.

Meglobob · #8 January 8th, 2007, 08:32 PM

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Folket said:
Hmm... Meglobob, you just won the game. Strange to turn over the control to AI the turn before victory.

What?!?!? Smacks head, going doh! In a homer simpson kind of way.

Just like Teraswaerto I forgot about the victory conditions.

Can you believe it, I missed seeing my final turn and the victory screen.

Cool, Mordenkainen is the one true god over you all.

Folket, could you do me a favour and change the title to something like:-

Game over, won by Meglobob playing LA Agartha.

I can bask in the fame forever, cheers. This is the 1st ever MP game of Dominions I have won...cool, great...made my night...

tibbs · #9 January 8th, 2007, 08:58 PM

I was afraid that you might pull a research victory Megloblob. After I fought your armies and you had not only wizards but also sages in your army and you had several paths researched to level 8.

I thought I myself might stand a chance of research victory after Ryleh and I traded probably 80 or 90 death for air gems I was able to make a lot of research skulls but apparently not enough. I think I was doing around 210 research per turn at the end.

Meglobob · #10 January 8th, 2007, 09:21 PM

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tibbs said:
I was afraid that you might pull a research victory Megloblob. After I fought your armies and you had not only wizards but also sages in your army and you had several paths researched to level 8.

I thought I myself might stand a chance of research victory after Ryleh and I traded probably 80 or 90 death for air gems I was able to make a lot of research skulls but apparently not enough. I think I was doing around 210 research per turn at the end.

My last turn I was doing over 1000+ RP's. I have 500+ research for ages. I did choose my pretender/scales with a research victory in mind and I think the first 20 turns I played aiming at the research victory. I then started playing to conquer my neighbours, totally forgetting about the research victory...

Lucky I was paying attention those first 20 turns or so.

If I had kept to the research road, I could have probably won 5-10 turns ago.

It was a combination of a early discovery of the wizard province 10RP's/turn and Agartha's death magic(skull mentors)/fire magic(lightless lanterns), the sages I discovered fairly late in the game, so did not make a huge difference, near your border by the way.