Alexandria - battle for balanced glory [TC wins!]

[hoo]

Can I get a 24 hour extension? So the turn hosts sometime late Wed night/early thursday AM EST?

I'm out of pocket tonight and won't be able to do my turn till tomorrow night or roughly 36 hours.

[DonCorazon]

Hoo, no problem - added 30 hours so turn should host around Wed midnight pacific

[DonCorazon]

Yo Alexandria,

Just curious - I have never played a game this long and turns are taking longer and longer and almost always getting postponed, including by me. Looks like my dear friend Pan staled last turn. What is the level of interest of continuing on and to what point?

I certainly am willing and happy to play on...always curious to see what tricks my foes have up their sleeves, especially in this late game stage. Others may have similar reasons for fighting on but I thought we may want to consider setting a turn deadline for this thing to wrap up. I am not sure how to resolve since graphs are off but just want to gauge what people are thinking. Any ideas or thoughts? At the current rate I could imagine having to teach my grandkids how to play Dom 3 just to carry on this game on TC's behalf.

Anyway, TC will go on as long as everyone is interested but wanted to check in...

[Omnirizon]

i concur. even though argathans have MASSIVE gem income, we are ready to call the game. I say we vote on winner, and let it be at that. everyone seems ready to let the game end. Had I known what late game was like, I'd have planned for this stage better, and would probably be really into executing my plans; but right now I don't really enjoy playing this game.

[cleveland]

Please accept my most sincere apologies for stalling last turn, RL is nuts right now and even with the timer extension I still screwed up the hosting deadline.

Though this game has been extremely fun and educational, I'll certainly agree that it's beginning to drag on. In what may deserve a Forum Treatise, I've personally found that after all the research was completed, the game became rather homogenous...every turn summoning the same monsters, forging the same items, using the same tactics over and over...a bit sad considering the enormous complexity of the early game AND the fact we're using CBM. Further, the game doesn't seem to be advancing, and would probably take another 100 turns (gasp) for anyone to actually secure a real victory.

I therefore second the Motion-To-Declare-A-Winner. I will also declare that Pan is NOT to be considered for victory, as we're really not in such great shape, nor would even have the ability to shape-up...lack of Astral magic has been murderous & an important lesson.

Of course, I'll most certainly continue on if you guys like. Again, sorry for the stale, it won't happen again.

Cheers,
Pan

EDIT: How's this for Deus Ex Machina...Somebody Wish for a Death Match, all surviving nations send their greatest champion. The arcane fabric of Alexandria will surely see to it that only the Champion of the True God will win...

[DonCorazon]

Hoo?
Spacht?
IH?
Yay or nay on continuing?

Here are some thoughts:
We could post our last turns. Would be interesting / educational to see where everyone is at and then we could vote.

Or send the turns to someone neutral to extrapolate?

Or just vote?

[Zeldor]

Don:

You remember voting in EpikBattel. Send everyone an email as you are game admin, give them 48h to vote. IF not their vote is empty. And count it. Score graphs off make it harder of course.

[DonCorazon]

Actually I don't think i ever voted in Epikbattel. No wonder you won that one.

Anyway, first we need to make sure everyone is ready to call this one. Second, I think it would be interesting to see people's turns. In RAND and EPOTARA we were able to see some people's last turns and it was pretty educational. Gives you a benchmark for future games as to where you should be in terms of gems, how to kit out SCs etc. But I am down for whatever works for the group.

I agree though with Cleveland that early mid game is much more exciting because every choice involves a trade off - do I research Construction or Conjuration, do I forge or research, etc. But now it is just a matter of spending hordes of gem and gold each turn.

So for me this game has gotten to the point where, while there is still some fun to be had, it is not really worth the increasing amount of time to do a turn. In hindsight VPs or a turn limit might have been better. Maybe if we had said at Turn 70 if there is no winner everyone sends in their turn and the one with the most provinces wins? That seems like a cool dyanamic.

[Ironhawk]

The people of Mictlan will NEVER YIELD!!!!!!!!

[DonCorazon]

Well luckily there are only a few of them left. But I take that as a vote to continue on.