Network MA, Whyte (Full)

tromper · #1 May 21st, 2007, 11:30 AM

Poor cornered Marignon's 'fire' has been extinguished before anything but meanie early Independents and a dormant God could occupy its time as the mighty tallmen struck claim to the entire East - was fun for me, if short. Good luck guys, and I look forward to reading updates!

thejeff · #2 May 21st, 2007, 01:50 PM

Marignon has fallen. The fires that burned in her temples have been crushed by ice. We offered peace, but they responded with nothing but insults and defiance. And now they are gone.

Surle, prophet of Ingjald.

tromper, what happened? It seemed like you were provoking a fight and then playing to lose. Did you just have really bad luck with indies early on? The unrest from your spies was irritating, but hardly going to change the outcome. You never even tried to attack me. What happened to your fort?

Still, the huge amounts of PD hurt, and I had to stall a few turns to gather the forces to break them. I haven't actually seen the final battle yet, but I assume from your post that I did win.

thejeff · #3 May 21st, 2007, 01:51 PM

Oh, and somebody in the rest of the world? What happened to Vanheim? Not who I expected to die first.

tromper · #4 May 21st, 2007, 04:29 PM

My positioning was extremely unfortunate regarding independents, and a few bad events knocked me out down there in the corner. Goofy map, ultimately. My little roleplaying attempts at diplomacy to make people aware of your excellent position and easy expansion went unheralded. You've a good shot of overwhelming Pangea which is the only threat in the area, as the apes there to the South were more or less set to AI, or at least acting like it. (?) Have fun.

vfb · #5 May 21st, 2007, 08:35 PM

Sorry to hear you didn't like the map! But I think the strength of the indies on the map is random, and not dependent on the map file itself (unless the map specifically bumps up the indy strength for particular provinces, and this one doesn't).

Were you surrounded by knights or something?

jimkehn · #6 May 21st, 2007, 09:06 PM

Vanheim fell to the Abysians and Ulmians. Nice game, Thraveboy!!! Those glamour guys are tough!.

Eressil3 · #7 May 22nd, 2007, 07:05 AM

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tromper said:
My little roleplaying attempts at diplomacy to make people aware of your excellent position and easy expansion went unheralded.

I offered to help you. I offered to cancel my NAP with the jotuns and attack three months later (according to the NAP). It should have worked. You should be alive now, may be not in good state but alive at least. I wonder why you answered you could repel all the giants by yourself...
May be you should be more clear in your roleplaying attempts...

Now the jotun's empire is as huge as Pangaea's one and the forest dwellers don't want a war with them

thejeff · #8 May 22nd, 2007, 10:42 AM

Obviously I am a great threat. I've caught up with Pangaea's size and he doesn't want to send his fire blessed centaurs after me. So I'm the threat.

Jotunheim was forced into an early war. Now that it's over, we hope to have some peace to rebuild and consolidate our gains.
We are no threat to anyone unless we are attacked.

vfb · #9 May 22nd, 2007, 10:49 AM

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Eressil3 said:

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tromper said:
My little roleplaying attempts at diplomacy to make people aware of your excellent position and easy expansion went unheralded.

I offered to help you. I offered to cancel my NAP with the jotuns and attack three months later (according to the NAP). It should have worked. You should be alive now, may be not in good state but alive at least. I wonder why you answered you could repel all the giants by yourself...
May be you should be more clear in your roleplaying attempts...

Nah! It's most excellent role playing for Marignon. Remember, they are paranoid. They cannot accept offers of help, because it must be a trick! The church will not allow alliances with heathens, blasphemers, and especially not pagans who spend their time frolicking in the forests!

tromper · #10 May 22nd, 2007, 10:57 AM

Yeah come on, Eressil3, you should have been pleased I even gave you warning about the tallmen. And it wasn't like you were going to help our Inquisitors anyway - you offered nothing of substance and merely stated that you had a NAP.

Anyway, if you know Marignon, you know that they would have rammed hot irons into your drunken forest dwellers' earholes, stuck the torso on a fiery spit, and prayed that their now very defunct God would wake the hell up to give you more lessons than Oprah on acid.