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FrolickingFledglings - Newb Game, LA - In Progress; ideal for new or inexperienced players
Topic Started: Feb 3 2011, 10:10 AM (9,024 Views)
<span style=Calahan</span>
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Damn, I miss just one scheduled dose of anti-staling medicine for this game and the inevitable creeps back in :( [Calahan mumbles in Raiel's general direction :crazy:]
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Raiel
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Yep... completely my fault. I lost track of time while working on our taxes. Back in the saddle now, though.
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Raiel,Apr 17 2011
02:39 PM
Yep... completely my fault. I lost track of time while working on our taxes. Back in the saddle now, though.

Your stale was perfectly understandable in that context then, since working out the tax you need to pay from all the profit you'll make from Dom4 must take a long time.

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@ All

I've added on 12 hours for BlanketThief, and sent him a reminder. As he was only 30 minutes from staling, and like I said a few posts back, I'm going to keep a close eye on this game if I can to prevent any more stales. (at least until we get a good half dozen or more turns done without any stales)
Never try to help pig-headed douche bags. It's never worth the trouble, as some people are just too stupid and arrogant to listen

Sombre is an egocentric asshole - Jarkko

Calahan can spread shit with the best of them.
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BlanketThief
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Ah, thanks for that. Entire town was without any internet access basically, but everything seems peachy now.
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4.5 hours until hosting, and 3 turns missing. I'll delay if needed to avoid the stales.

@ Raiel, Jimbo, Colonial - How are those turns looking?

@ All - Please let me know if anyone needs a delay over the holiday weekend.

Never try to help pig-headed douche bags. It's never worth the trouble, as some people are just too stupid and arrogant to listen

Sombre is an egocentric asshole - Jarkko

Calahan can spread shit with the best of them.
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The mighty nation that dwells in the Forest of Avalon hereby proudly announces that they have recently doubled their hammer stockpile to 2. And therefore, due to the overwhelming power this represents, we have no other option but to ask for the immediate and unconditional surrender of all other nations.

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@ All

Since it appears that Gordon is never coming back, I will likely start looking for a more permanent sub once this position is less vomit inducingly bad. (as I can't sub it out yet, since I'd never inflict this train wreck on anyone. Except of course Maerlande, as he loves them so much)
Never try to help pig-headed douche bags. It's never worth the trouble, as some people are just too stupid and arrogant to listen

Sombre is an egocentric asshole - Jarkko

Calahan can spread shit with the best of them.
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Colonial
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hey Calahan. would it be too late to ask for a 6h odd extension on this one? I seem to have left it a bit late...

Check out my Youtube channel of Dom4 lets-plays: https://www.youtube.com/c/Colonial
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NaivePhilosopher
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And with that my demise is finally assured. Thanks for the game, everyone, it was a blast and I learned several valuable lessons, like don't get hemmed in by your own diplomacy :D

Thanks a lot for running the game, Calahan, and putting up with the various delays. Good luck to the rest of you as well, may the best nation still standing win.

EDIT: Sorry about assisting in contributing to another delay; I didn't realize that I had to send in a turn despite my inability to do anything.
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jimbojones1971
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NaivePhilosopher,Apr 24 2011
06:31 PM
And with that my demise is finally assured. Thanks for the game, everyone, it was a blast and I learned several valuable lessons, like don't get hemmed in by your own diplomacy :D

Thanks a lot for running the game, Calahan, and putting up with the various delays. Good luck to the rest of you as well, may the best nation still standing win.

EDIT: Sorry about assisting in contributing to another delay; I didn't realize that I had to send in a turn despite my inability to do anything.

Wait, I've survived someone? For real? Wow, pretty happy about that :-)

Seems I made a few basic mistakes in my scripting for my capital (currently dissecting the battle with Nuamahr), which is good as I'm really focussed on the learning. I've done the early game through to the mid game quite a bit, but from then one things get really quite patchy for me.
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BlanketThief
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Sorry about the stale there, just kept on getting sidetracked.
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BlanketThief,Apr 28 2011
04:54 PM
Sorry about the stale there, just kept on getting sidetracked.

Many thanks for letting me know that you are aware you staled :) (as it saves me having to chase you up)
Never try to help pig-headed douche bags. It's never worth the trouble, as some people are just too stupid and arrogant to listen

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Gordon Overkill
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Incredible but true: I've got internet connection again and I'd be more than willing to take over my place in the game again! I'm very very sorry for my disappearance over the last weeks and months. Alot of things didn't go as I hoped.

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Gordon
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jimbojones1971
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Wow, now I have outlived TC too. Will wonders never cease?

My personal goal is to outlive Bogarus, but that seems rather unlikely in the circumstances :-)
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@ All

Ok, it appears there are a few things that need to be sorted this turn before the game can continue, so unfortunately another delay to the current turn is likely :(

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First issue...

Gordon Overkill,May 3 2011
10:53 AM
Incredible but true: I've got internet connection again and I'd be more than willing to take over my place in the game again! I'm very very sorry for my disappearance over the last weeks and months. Alot of things didn't go as I hoped.

Greetings,
Gordon

Welcome back Gordon. I'd heard rumours from Maerlande that you were due to come back soon. Glad your internet woes got sorted in the end :) (even though it always seems to take longer than they say, regardless of company, country or location I find. As "your internet will always take ages to fix" now seems to have become an underwritten rule of life)


Anyway, I've kept Man afloat, and submitted the current turn, so you are welcome to return to your former kingdom if you wish.

Which brings me onto...

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Second issue...

Xma has PM-ed me to say that he unfortunately has to drop out of the game due to RL time constraints, which means Caelum are in need of a new owner. This turn of events now brings with it a few problems, resulting in the following options to sort them out.


1 - Gordon returns to ruler of Man and I find a sub for Caelum.
(feasible. Although might mean an unknown length of delay if no sub is found for Caelum)

2 - Gordon returns to ruler of Man and I sub in for Caelum.
(Not feasible. As while me playing Man, a minor nation, allows me to just keep the fires burning without really impacting the wider world. Playing Caelum would force me to actively participate in the outcome of the game. And that brings with it a whole host of problems. Although I could mix options 1+2 and I just sub into Caelum until a sub is found)

3 - Gordon returns to ruler of Man, and Xma keeps playing until a sub is found.
(ideal. Although this depends entirely on Xma)

4 - Gordon switches to Caelum and I continue playing Man.
(feasible. This would likely mean very little delay to the game, although I would still need to sub-out at a later date)



Any option that sees me still playing in the game is never going to be ideal, but with subs usually in short supply, me playing Man is the best option. But if Gordon takes control of Caelum, then that probably removes the option of him returning to Man in the future. So it might be now or never for Gordon to return to Man.

Option 1 or 4 are almost certainly best, but as usual there is no certainty that a sub will ever be found (although I won't know until I try of course), so both of these run the risk of an undesirable game situation occurring where the game is either delayed until a sub is found, or Xma is (likely) just submitting token turns due to lack of RL time. And it's hard to say which of those options is the worst, but I'm pretty sure neither are good :(


So hhhhmmmm...... some feedback from the players could be useful :) plus Gordon and Xma letting me know what they think of their roles in the above option list (I'll PM you both after I finish this). And while I wait to hear replies, it's probably best if I start looking for a sub for Caelum, as if one does turn up then that could solve just about all of the problems :) and if one doesn't turn up, or we decide on an option that doesn't involve needing one, then no harm done :)


Edit - Xma and Gordon PM-ed. Sub thread posted on these forums and Shrapnel.
Never try to help pig-headed douche bags. It's never worth the trouble, as some people are just too stupid and arrogant to listen

Sombre is an egocentric asshole - Jarkko

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Gordon Overkill
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Hey Calahan,

though I would prefair to continue playing with the kingdom of Chelms, I'd also agree to switch to Caelum if no better solution is found. That might just be a problem if we find a sub for Chelms later, since I know quite alot about the chelmish economy and ressources. I guess that's not that much of a problem if you continue playing because I'm still quite a weak player and you would most likely outplay me easiely even with a weaker nation ;-)
So I'd suggest we start looking for a sub for Caelum immediately. Maybe we get a quick solution. If not, we can talk about other ways around the end of the weekend. In general I'd agree in everything that helps the game in a whole.

Greetings,
Gordon
My band: http://messerschmitt-speed.com
... for those old school Heavy Metal maniacs among you
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... featuring lots of gaming videos (so far ADOM and FTL, hopefully soon Dominions 4 ;-) )
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