Global War (upgraded to 3.20)

[Foodstamp]

I can take a look at the game for you guys and determine if there is an obvious winner. Just let me know and I will review each position tomorrow afternoon.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by Foodstamp

Just let me know and I will review each position tomorrow afternoon.

Not sure all who there is to let you know... I think we are unlikely to get everyone checking in on the thread at this point.

[CUnknown]

If there is no obvious winner, we should vote on whether to continue playing or not, majority decides. If Foodstamp doesn't declare a winner, and if we decide not to continue, the game will be called a draw.

[archaeolept]

But what is it to win, anyways, my friends?

Is not the greatest win living on in the memory of your kith and kin, and the peoples of a later age? And who better lives on in memory than those heroes whose great deeds excite the young and comfort the old? Those magnificent heroes whose thrilling battles against incomparable odds races the heart and causes the hands to grip the page in the telling of them? Glorious champions fighting for the noblest cause, and for the very personification of beauty and wisdom.

who wishes to read about old diko-diko the bakemono shaman, and his codification of the 17 laws of propriety, along w/ the 27 fully ordained precepts and 13 supernumenary clauses? Also noted for his ability to preserve his writings in a layer of his continuously dripping mucous. Or bt'sht the illithid whose ability to control undersea vermin and have them perform pre-scripted pantomines won him the Order of TlshPPbob 5 years running?

Of course you don't! You want to thrill to Lugal'dimmerankia's burning shield against the endless waves of the really rather flammable dead. Or Asmodel's legendarily obese Angelic form standing fast against the burning lava legions, even when blinded by his own fury. Or Igalima's Hulk-like brawn, braving even the horrors from beyond. These are the stories to startle the mind and entrance the heart! And what better foes in the retelling than the hordes of the dead, or the crafty burninating ones, whose every delight is another's pain? And what better friend than the doughty mystic smiths of Ulm, or the resolute astrologers, or the daring raiders of Eriu?

Of course, religious orthodoxies may attempt to ban these stories, but every shoolchild, after a day of rote repetition, will be reading these adventures under the covers anyways. I ask you, Mr. Pretenders, to tear down this wall of Dominion! Let your people go! Let them enjoy these tales of wonder!

As such, Pythium humbly accepts the likely universal acclamation.

thank you all.

[Kheldron]

LOL

Originally Posted by archaeolept

But what is it to win, anyways, my friends?

I ask you, Mr. Pretenders, to tear down this wall of Dominion! Let your people go! Let them enjoy these tales of wonder!

As such, Pythium humbly accepts the likely universal acclamation.

thank you all.

[Kheldron]

Where are we now in this game?
Could any observer tell us where we stand?

[archaeolept]

i think we're still squabbling about victory conditions

as there were 3 types of victory conditions

Neutral: QM clearly has the lead here. whether it is enough to hold up against a concerted alliance, I don't know.

Good: Ulm kept the alliance together - Pythium's success is due to CU, so i think Ulm has the edge here

Evil: there can only be one Burninator

Personally, I liked the idea of this game, where each side has different restrictions and conditions. I'd say that denying both death and blood to Good is too much though - death is too important. Perhaps a lesser restriction on death magic? Also, something needs to be done to get the neutrals involved and not able to just watch and turtle.

[CUnknown]

I'm glad you liked it, archaeolept! I enjoyed it, too. I'm not sure how much the Neutrals liked it because there never was any reason for them to do anything. That would definitely need to be changed for a second game.

In my opinion, QM is probably the most powerful, although I can't count Ryleh out due to how he handed me my a$$ in a previous game as Ryleh. Also Pangea is pretty stout as well.

I took the server down, but I can put it back up if we decide to continue.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by CUnknown

I'm glad you liked it, archaeolept! I enjoyed it, too. I'm not sure how much the Neutrals liked it because there never was any reason for them to do anything. That would definitely need to be changed for a second game.

In my opinion, QM is probably the most powerful, although I can't count Ryleh out due to how he handed me my a$$ in a previous game as Ryleh. Also Pangea is pretty stout as well.

I took the server down, but I can put it back up if we decide to continue.

Please put it up so somone can take a look at it and give us some closure.

If Foodstamp isn't available I nominate Micah as judge.

[quantum_mechani]

*Bump*

Is the holdup getting the master password from foodstamp?