MP: Mo-Fr 12.00hUTC fixed scheduled (running again

[Chazar]

I am back at home and could connect without any problem. I am too tired to play now, but I am sure that I can do my turn tomorrow morning just in time for the 12.00h deadline!

Dont know whats wrong with my laptop and why it didnt like just this game out of three other Dom2-games. I even deleted the directory and tried to connect anew, but it hangs after choosing the nation as well. Weird! My Dekstop still uses Win98SE, while my Laptop uses WinXP, could this be a problem? I am going to update my Desktop tomorrow (after submitting my turn first - of course) and I am worried that the Problem might therefore return, but I need to update my machine...(In case of emergency I might use an alternate machine...)

[Cainehill]

Cool. Let me see if I remember right - this is the game with Aliens versus Pretenders? It's been a while.

Just kidding.

[Chazar]

What are we doing with respect to the Marignon problem? Since we cannot set Marignon to AI, I would suggest that everybody should ignore their provinces from now on...

I mean, both Abysia, Pangaea and Caelum could easily invade Marignon territory, but where is the sense in this if there is no opposition? So I would treat those provinces as non-existing for the remainder of the game or until Marignon returns...

[Cainehill]

There's still the armies which Marignon had built. More importantly, what you suggest is equivalent to changing the map long after the game was started, when people have built fortresses, consolidated armies, etc, with certain plans in mind.

For instance - it was quite on purpose that Abysia has an open passage to the lands of Marignon, so that they could expand after T'ien C'hi was destroyed, without having to decide whether or not to break treaties made with Pangaea.

Given that I have to finish off T'ien C'hi, and then eradicate R'lyeh for starting a war with me, I'm not going to be benefiting particularly much from Marignon's going AWOL.

But it ain't right to penalize a couple of nations because a player (undead dolphin hacker, was it? I'll be staying out of games with him in it, in the future) dropped out, and because the game was created without a master password.

[Kel]

Hehe, it's a bit ironic that this is a constant problem in games and a protocol/etiquette never seems to have been settled on by the community.

- Kel

[Pickles]

Cainehill said:
Given that I have to finish off T'ien C'hi, and then eradicate R'lyeh for starting a war with me, I'm not going to be benefiting particularly much from Marignon's going AWOL.

Ha Start a war indeed our mighty ally Tien Chi invited us to fight the nasty green things and promised us great rewards when we did so. We are looking forward to these rewards with great anticipation...

Nyarlathotep

edited to make the next post nonsensical

[Kel]

Antipation ? What is that, some sort of squid bodily function ? j/k

- Kel

[Reverend Zombie]

Pickles said:
Ha Start a war indeed our mighty ally Tien Chi invited us to fight the nasty green things and promised us great rewards when we did so. We are looking forward to these rewards with great antiipation...

Nyarlathotep

Yeah, sorry about that!

Abysia and Pangaea were too much for even the "mighty" T'ien Ch'i to handle. Did you two coordinate your attacks, or was that just coincidence?

[JJ_Colorado]

Hi,

I happen to have the missing Marignon's email address and have mailed him to ask him to set his country to AI. Hopefully he'll do this which would solve the problem. However if he will not do this I (Abysia) intend to attack Marignon. I have no other choice really. But I would be willing to basically just carve a single-province path through Mari to minimize my gains and get me into contact with the rest of the world. Of course if someone starts attacking Mari provinces and flanking my single line of provinces I'll have to expand out some to defend my silly single-chain of provinces. :-)

Regds,
John