two v. two v. two v. two v. two (full)

[Zooko]

Also, the Pretender of Man hasn't been responding to the messengers I've been sending him. Is he permanently absent? Is the nation of Man critically wounded?

[Turin]

man is pretty much dead. he´s down to his fortress and one province and lost most of his mages in a breakout attempt.

[Zooko]

Ah, so this makes it more likely that Team Tauren+Panther or Team Turin+QM will win.

Go, Ioticus! Surely Machaka is powerful enough to singlehandedly defeat all enemies!

[The Panther]

Machaka is in a tough battle with Arco. Hard to say who has the upper hand, but I think the Man/Machaka team is nearly down for the count.

Tauren (Abysia) will probably be staling for a bit while he is moving over the next few days. I almost did his move for him, but I had no idea if he wanted to storm the Man capitol or not, so I declined to do anything. I do not have the slightest idea what army is inside the Man capitol.

I have my hands full with endless undead with 3 strategic moves. Did I ever mention how much I hate to fight Ermor? I have killed maybe 200 undead riders, and there is at least that many still around, for I have been unable to kill even one single commander other than his immortal pretender (who did not have the decency to stay dead). Most of my troops are starving and diseased from lack of proper supplies. My income has been trashed. I don't think I am in danger of being eliminated soon or anything like that, but both Marignon and Ermor will come out of this war very weak, no matter who gets the upper hand.

I also think that T'ien Ch'i is in very bad shape, from what my spies can see.

The stales have been a problem for sure for our team. Both my son and I are chock full of RL these days, and a 2 day forced schedule is problematic at best. This would have been a lot better game under PBEM, in my opinion.

The only thing to do is keep plugging away until the game is over.

[The Panther]

By the way, I would have to say that the Arco/Pan team has this thing mostly won. With Man nearly dead, Machaka will soon die from a 2 on 1 (it has already begun). And with TC nearly dead, Ulm will also soon follow. This would be the end of the game when those 4 are dead.

Ermor and I are in a huge death battle with neither side dying soon. After Man is gone, Abysia will probably jump on C'tis, but I believe C'tis is currently unscathed and will take an immense amount of effort to kill. The only good thing for Abysia is that all his powerful devils are immmune to the Miasmi.

At this point, I don't see any possible path for the Abysia/Marignon or the C'tis/Ermor team reaching victory by destroying the other team.

[Zooko]

Hm. I may be fooling myself, but I don't perceive the Tien Chi/Ulm team as really down for the count...

[Zooko]

Panther: what if it were quickhost with no forced-hosting time-limit? I, too, have been disappointed to see lots of stales in this game (including on my team).

Also I think a game like this ought to have score graphs on.

Any other ideas about how to improve my hosting?