Veritas - MA, CBM, PBEM - Started

[Meursy]

Hey Valerius,

Nah mate, maybe I'm being too harsh, you haven't made a mess of things, I know you're just trying to find a sub to make the game cooler.

[Meursy]

Val buddy, I sent you a PM, it seems we're shooting messages all over the place atm.

I'll ask for a small delay (though if autohosting is turned off it doesn't matter) so we can resolve this situation and so I know what orders to give my troops!

I'm off to bed, goodnight all

[Valerius]

I'm going to take Meursy's advice and delay hosting by 24 hours so we can straighten this out. For those of you who are interested here is the sequence of events:

Meursy brought it to my attention that Mictlan was staling. I posted for a sub for a couple of days but got no response. Since LoloMo was kind enough to set Man to AI earlier in the game I PMed asking him to do the same for Mictlan (I probably should have PMed him earlier than I did but I wanted to see if a sub would appear). He did not get my PM until after hosting, meaning Meursy did not encounter the AI nation he expected during his attack. When Ossa volunteered the "turn to AI" orders had been submitted but the turn hadn't hosted so I felt it was my responsibility to have the nation taken over by a sub rather than an AI. The problem of course, that I hadn't really considered, is that Meursy had put the resources into an attack expecting an AI to attack him. And that's where we are now.

[Ossa]

I'll leave the province east of my capital alone - whether I should sub now is your call.

I'd like to play if possible, and I can compensate your losses with some astral gems if you want... say 30?

[Valerius]

Thanks, Ossa. Since I'm responsible for the situation I will add something to Ossa's offer of 30 gems. I'll PM you about this.

Meursy, it's your call: how would you like to proceed?

[Meursy]

Hey all,

Thanks to both Valerius and Ossa for your understanding of my side of the situation, and also for being involved in the game

And also thanks for both of your offers of compensation.

Considering both actual gem expenditure, mage time lost (2 or 3 turns per mage), pretender time lost (2 turns), and the poor astrologer who bit the dust, and using an ad hoc formula of 1 mage turn = 1 astral pearl in value (not sure how fair that is) 30 astral gems could be fair. For me, I'm not so sure about Mictlan!

We can say that Mictlan is buying off the ferocious legions of Arcoscephale with that price *takes money and runs before new Mictlan commander has time to evaluate own strength*

So I'd accept that offer from Ossa, and we can get the game going again, all human

And Valerius, no need for you to offer anything, since your nation wasn't involved in any battle I don't see why you should offer anything...being an admin shouldn't be a disadvantage!

Alrighty guys, I'll do the turn and get it in in a bit.

Game on,
Meursy

[Valerius]

Ok, great! Ossa could you confirm that you've submitted your turn? After all this I wouldn't want the game to host with the "set to AI" orders rather than your own. I will delay hosting until I hear from you.

[Ossa]

Yes, submitted my turn three times now with minor changes each time. I'll send you the gems next time, I've no interest in loading this turn up again now

[Valerius]

Quickhost has been turned back on.

[Meursy]

Monkeys!

They provide amusement in zoos, they grind your street organs, they secretly covet your bananas, but should they be ruling _your_ people?

No, the people of Arcoscephale say! It is time for the nations of the world to rise up and cast off the simians from our backs (preferably into the nearest tree trunk).

With this missive the mighty Arcoscephale officially ends its Non-Aggression Pact with the hairy ones, and expect to be dodging flung missiles of dubious origin (where do you _really_ think they get all those "sticks and stones"?) in three turns time.

Now, time to warm up my throwing arm...