OOC Thread

[The Celtic Viking]

There is a random phalanx unit hanging around near the Judea/Sinai border, I think it's been there a while.

Yes, I know. It belongs to LeoCordis's Royal Army. He was marching them towards Antiocheia but hasn't taken the save for a while.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Hopefully in the end of this week I have enough time to fully participate in this game!

[The Celtic Viking]

Is there no one interested in being Chancellor?

[johnhughthom]

Is there no one interested in being Chancellor?

Sorry, I thought about it, but I don't have the time for it at the moment. I also tried to think up a few edicts or laws, but my character already has a goal and the authority to achieve it so none really made sense.

[The Celtic Viking]

Well, I'm just warning you guys that if I am forced to do it again, then you should expect bad things to start happening.

[Folgore]

I'm quite content with my current position.

[The Celtic Viking]

Fine, but then you might have to face me stealing another extra year for my term.

... yes, I did just notice that I accidentally had it one year too long. We could compensate for this by making this term only two years long and pretend as if it had happened correctly, or we could just go along with it. What do you guys think?

[johnhughthom]

To be honest I don't really see the problem with not electing a new chancellor/calling a new Council meeting if everybody is focused on their tasks and happy with how things are going. I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't mentioned it...

[The Celtic Viking]

I agree, but the rules are what they are (tautologies FTW!). Is there any problem with having it so everyone can propose laws/edicts/rule changes at any time without having to pause the game, and have all the sessions be like emergency sessions in a way? One could still use terms for Chancellorship; for example, one could have a 3 year term as now, and let anyone who wanted to be Chancellor state that he'll be running for Chancellor. Then when the active term is up you put it to a vote (unless only one nominated himself and the acting chancellor pulls out).

This seems reasonable to me at first thought at least.

[johnhughthom]

Voted.

Are you still playing?

[Paul D]

Alright, now in a few turns I can come back and tell a tale of Homeric proportions to explain what exactly went wrong up there. It is a tale of intrigue! A tale of guilt! A tale of friendship! A tale of war! And other neat stuff like that.

Unless taxes are at lowest setting, Kydonia will revolt.



Whoever ends the turn, can they type this in the console:

move_character "Areus Agiados" 138,105.

Koinon Hellenon AI didn't capture Kydonia for 43 turns, I don't think their army there is going to do anything. Typing that in console will at least send them back home to Sparta, and will help AI Koinon Hellenon fight off Macedon and Epirus.

As a side note, this is a major, major element of my RP cover-story, so damn if it is not possible.

[The Celtic Viking]

Okay, I would like to say this publicly now since two people have made the same mistake: please do not fiddle around with the taxes no matter what, not even if a settlement is about to rebel. If you don't trust your dear, old Chancellor to do it, you should have nominated yourself as Treasurer, because he's the only one allowed to do that. Feel free to point it out if you fear he might miss it, but remember to respect the rules and also keep in mind that if he doesn't change the taxes, it might have an IC reason.

Also, recruiting units is only to be done by the Polemarchos/Treasurer, and this is especially important with mercenaries. This is not just to keep with the rules but also to make life easier for me as I have to keep track on not just private but also the kingdom's economy. After all, the game doesn't see the distinction of which units are privately funded and which are not.

Thanks.

[Paul D]

If chancellor controls the taxes of Kydonia then he betrays the law because it is an illegally occupied territory!

Beat that! :P



As an aside:

If Kydonia has a civil revolt it would join Koinon Hellenon and we would be automatically at war with them

Same goes for Palmyra and Saba- if Palmyra revolts, it would join Saba and we will be at war with them.

[The Celtic Viking]

Yes, I have thought about that as well. I think I will lower the taxes only to avoid a revolt; I had planned to gift Kydonia over to the KH anyway so I don't want our alliance with them destroyed when there's no reason for it.

I have some bad news, though. Ibn-Khaldun PM'd me last night and told me that he is retiring completely as GM, and won't be playing with us here anymore. This means that I'm taking over as GM on a permanent basis, so I hope no one objects to that. I will contact some admin and see if I can get mod privileges over this section.

[Folgore]

I'm sure you'll make a great GM. Will Ibn Khaldun come back as a regular player?

[The Celtic Viking]

Unfortunately, no. He doesn't know when he will come back, and it's possible he never will. His character will be boarded onto a ship in the Nile as his friends and family watch him go up in flame and glory, in honour of what he has done for us all.

[Folgore]

Oh, how sad. :(

[johnhughthom]

I'm not sure I'll be able to continue, my EB is not working, I've reinstalled four times but it's crashing on the splash screen.

[The Celtic Viking]

Hm. Does it happen both with and without the KotN mod?

[johnhughthom]

Hm. Does it happen both with and without the KotN mod?

Actually, after it stopped happening I haven't even tried the KotN mod with the fresh installs so the problem isn't there. I'll try installing the mod to see if that makes a difference, unlikely but worth a shot...

edit: Nope, still crashes.

[Paul D]

Did you try reinstalling rome Tw itself?

check to see if you can get vanilla to work right.

If all else fails, just erase everything and start over reinstalling rome tw from scratch.

[johnhughthom]

Believe me I've been playing EB long enough to know how to do a clean reinstall, anybody playing the mod from the beginning will know how to do that. RTW works fine when it's installed, it's when I install EB 1.1 I get the problem. I've even redownloaded and tried that.

I'll keep following along and play my character in thread, just not sure I'll be able to use him in game. I was finally about to finally attack that stack south of Ammonion when I tried to load it up...

I'll keep trying to get it working and see what happens.

[The Celtic Viking]

Can't take the save tonight, guys, so I'll end the turn tomorrow.

[The Celtic Viking]

Hey! Don't judge me man, you're married to your sister.

Yeah, well, at least she had tits to seduce me with. What excuse do you have?

[Folgore]

Hahaha :D

Touché...

[Skullheadhq]

Long time since I took the last save, will do it tonight I think ^^

[The Celtic Viking]

If you do that, it would be great. If you plan on being active I could give you the command over the 1st Syrian army as johnhughthom still has issues with his computer.

[Skullheadhq]

If you do that, it would be great. If you plan on being active I could give you the command over the 1st Syrian army as johnhughthom still has issues with his computer.

That would be nice, but I'll relinquish command once john returns.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Hi,

Since I have some time now I thought I could help you out by updating the Library.
However, I need to know who are still playing, how many battles someone have fought etc.
If someone could provide me all the information I need for the update then that would be nice.
PM me if you want to help.

I-K

[Hamata]

I'll join but my character is to be revealed.

Hint:he is a rebel who wants to kick the ptolomioi out of Egypt and restore pharaohs power over the land