MP: Nub Bash 2010 - Late Age - Completed- Victor: Atlantis

[Corvus]

Quitting was never a problem for me, I'm fairly certain early mistakes probably already cost me this game. Its just such a small daily time commitment I don't really see the point in quitting, it just feeds the guy who beat you and makes it easier for him to beat others.

[Septimius Severus]

Ok, so are we continuing, declaring a winner, or finding a sub for R'lyeh or setting them AI? I have glanced at the turn for R'lyeh, I know Blackguard also looked. I can set them AI and distribute any remaining gems, items to the rest of the players and try to move/maneuver their remaining forces into AI Mictlan or some other out of the way place if you guys want. We can also just let them keep staling, means turns will take the full 48 hours but they will be sitting ducks/defensive only and easier to conquer than if we were to set them AI and have them actively resisting. Your choice.

[Corvus]

Ugh, well I'll just set them to AI then. That leaves three players.

[Verjigorm]

I see someone finally dispelled my Nexus, and the Mother Oak as well. Interesting.

[Septimius Severus]

Wow, I am amazed at how fast we are running through some of these turns. Now at turn 102. Must be some excitement brewing.

[Verjigorm]

Originally Posted by Septimius Severus

Wow, I am amazed at how fast we are running through some of these turns. Now at turn 102. Must be some excitement brewing.

Yes, we've been getting 1.5 or 2 turns a day. It is getting quite interesting.

[Gandalf Parker]

for any interested lurkers....
http://game.dom3minions.com/games/nubbash/scores.html

[Verjigorm]

Dangs.... You guys got slightly lucky on that last turn. I didn't get to do all the things I wanted to. :/

Apparently, even though it says it doesn't upload the .2h file, selecting "Save Game and Quit" still uploads the turn file...

I did about half my turn on my lunch break and then realized that I forgot to hit "Quit without Saving" as usual when I started, so I selected "Save game and Quit" which told me exactly what I wanted to hear... That it saves the turn in its current state but doesn't upload it to the server...

but it lied....

it lied to me.

I wonder... should I report it as a bug or is it a known issue?

Oh well. ^_^

I usually do my turn... then ponder... then adjust... then upload. You missed the ponder and adjust.

...and a Dispel on the Arcane Nexus again eh, and for some reason.... Atlantis' Riches From Beneath got kicked too? I'm wondering if it was a horror or on purpose... Hmmm......

Ok by me, of course.


Also Mr. Ulm... Did you like that battle last turn? You seemed to think you would win in advance (referring to the castle as I built as a "free" castle in your haughty little message), but then you died. :'(

I had to swallow my pride and ask around about Iron Blizzard. The missiles it shoots count as regular missiles, so they can be easily blocked by a shield.

[Septimius Severus]

If you hit anything other than "quit without saving" a .2h file will be generated on your system. This .2h file can then be uploaded to the server by your machine when you connect/or are connected to the server (i.e. you forget to hit "exit" to disconnect from the server after receiving your new turn file).

You've done a bad thing Bogarus (by freezing the seas), although it was not unexpected. This has cost me much grief. It is almost tantamount to a declaration of war. But forgiveness can still be yours. Just make right your transgressions by taking down that global and surrender any remaining sea provinces. You know you've no business beneath the waves anyhow. No need to drag me into the war as well.

We should also probably vow to keep the Arcane Nexus down from now on. This is also a bad thing. Lets just slug it out and finish it.

[Verjigorm]

Originally Posted by Septimius Severus

You've done a bad thing Bogarus (by freezing the seas), although it was not unexpected. This has cost me much grief. It is almost tantamount to a declaration of war. But forgiveness can still be yours. Just make right your transgressions by taking down that global and surrender any remaining sea provinces. You know you've no business beneath the waves anyhow. No need to drag me into the war as well.

We should also probably vow to keep the Arcane Nexus down from now on. This is also a bad thing. Lets just slug it out and finish it.

Now why exactly would I do either of those things? Playing your opponents game always results in a loss unless he doesn't understand his own game. Obviously, you've prepared a strategy which would be very good for a late game high-resource slugfest... If I were to try to play that game, I'd get creamed!

As far as I'm concerned, as soon as I put the Arcane Nexus up, I figured that you would consider that a declaration of war since most other people do. It's fine if you want to continue on with neutrality, but there's no way I'm paying to remove the icy seas. As I mentioned after I cast it, it has a few purposes:

1: Prevent you from easily collaborating attacks with Ulm--you will remember that you parked a little army rather close to my coast on the turn I cast it.

2: Provides a convenient way to convert water gems back into astral pearls via the Nexus.

3: Forces you to expend pearls to get rid of it. (exchange your pearls for my water gems). This also has the bonus effect that if you do decide to try dispelling it, it will be that many more turns before you can try to dispel the Nexus again.

I consider it a very good move, and what you're suggesting would indeed be a very bad move.

The way I look at it, if you have somehow come up with a strategy to stop my Arcane Nexus, I might as well see what it is--even if I lose, what I gain in the experience is worth more than the game itself.

If you don't have a coherent strategy for destroying the Nexus (other than by some vain attempt at salesmanship), then it will go back up without any problems and you will be left still poorer in the gems I am actively spending to combat you.

I'm not going to follow your suggestions unless I feel they have some sort of concrete benefit to me. "Your Word" has no value at this stage in the game. I figure you don't attack me because you think you'll lose what you send or because you cannot find a suitable invasion route. Either one is fine with me. The more turns I get against Ulm one-on-one, the better. It's not like you're ever going to magically ally with me and attack Ulm... That would be rather crazy.

We could consider that to be your act of loyalty if you like. Take two of Ulm's castles--then I'll consider you an ally.