The March of Time - A Stainless Steel 6.4 hotseat

[phonicsmonkey]

It does create another financial issue for me though.

It's amazing what you can do with the console

[Ignoramus]

Hi phonics, is the HRE available, or Genoa?

[phonicsmonkey]

both are - which would you like? have you looked at the save with the starting position?

[Nightbringer]

wait up, I'm going to see if we can resolve it without replaying since so many others have had their turn since.

Everyone, did anyone else forget about the grace period? Pipe up now please if so.

wait, oops, I completely forgot about not recruiting troops on the first turn. I played as though it was only not attacking other players. I can easily disband those troops I did recruit as it wasn't that many, but I am very sorry for this. I have been really busy lately and just wasn't thinking.

[Ignoramus]

Ok, I think I'd like to take Genoa if I may.

[phonicsmonkey]

wait, oops, I completely forgot about not recruiting troops on the first turn. I played as though it was only not attacking other players. I can easily disband those troops I did recruit as it wasn't that many, but I am very sorry for this. I have been really busy lately and just wasn't thinking.

If this is going to cause a problem for anyone please pm me and I'll see what I can do to sort it out.

[slysnake]

Ok, I think I'd like to take Genoa if I may.

Your inbox is full :)

[Myth]

Having recruited units on the first turn creates problems. Even if such are now disbanded and the players refunded via admin console, they will loose their recruitment pools. RR/RC even when turned off in the SS launcher, still sets built-in limits to the unit pools. Basically those factions that did this would be weaker.

In regards to Genoa being human controlled - i picked Sicilly hecaused i expected the ERE and Genoa to be AI lead. Changing the balance in my region post-factum is something i'd like to avoid if possible.

[phonicsmonkey]

Basically those factions that did this would be weaker.

A price they pay for having ignored the grace period - doesn't seem too unreasonable does it? Unless you have a better idea as to how to straighten this out?

In regards to Genoa being human controlled - i picked Sicilly hecaused i expected the ERE and Genoa to be AI lead. Changing the balance in my region post-factum is something i'd like to avoid if possible.

I'm sorry Myth but I said all along that Igno could join any time. Also you sent me your top three preferences and you didn't know at that point which faction you would get or which Igno would pick, so it's not quite accurate to say you picked Sicily on that basis.

In fact I always make it a rule that players can join at any time, it makes the game more interesting and for the Throne Room to be successful we must be inclusive and involve people if they are interested in playing.

Actually I picked the Fatimids thinking the Kwarezm were going to be AI-controlled and I would be able to gobble up all their lands, but it didn't stop me from letting Silver join the game.

[Myth]

Ok fair enough. Btw check the productiin charts for last turn to see if anyone made units. We can' check for agents but the armiea show up in the faction rankings charts for both production and military strength.

I have an idea for the recruitment pools but it requires you custom spawning armies via console, complete with the armour and chevrons they would get at that settlement, and then charging the player for the recruitment cost. However you'd have to keep track of every unit that has been creared on turn 1. That's a lot of work...

[Ignoramus]

Hi Myth, sorry if I've spoiled any plans. But I think Genoa will be the weakest controlled human faction, so don't feel too threatened - you're a good player!

[Myth]

No worries Igno i welcome having you in another game and I was expecting you to join CoG! as well. Thank you for the compliment but it is because you are good yourself that i tried to get you further away from my starting lands ;) However Monkey has it far worse than me now that he mentioned it... Btw the beauty of fought battles is tyat even a seemingly weak faction can turn a war around with good skill on the battle l map.

Btw i apologize for any mistakes but i'm logging on via my Galaxy S and the tiny virtual keyboard is rather small for my sausage fingers :)

[phonicsmonkey]

Everyone, if anyone finds they have accidentally recruited troops or agents during the grace period, please do not move them in this coming turn. They will be free to move in the next turn, the one in which they would legally have arrived if they were recruited on turn two.

Unless they are likely to be directly involved in a battle on turn two in which case please pm me and I'll arrange something. This goes for opposing players who notice illegal troops of factions they were planning to attack on turn two - pm me and let me know.

[slysnake]

Everyone, if anyone finds they have accidentally recruited troops or agents during the grace period, please do not move them in this coming turn. They will be free to move in the next turn, the one in which they would legally have arrived if they were recruited on turn two.

Unless they are likely to be directly involved in a battle on turn two in which case please pm me and I'll arrange something. This goes for opposing players who notice illegal troops of factions they were planning to attack on turn two - pm me and let me know.

Sounds like a good solution :)

[Nightbringer]

Sounds like a good solution :)

Yes it does, I am just want to apologize again to everyone for blanking out on that.

[deguerra]

And me.

I imagine I will have to disband a number of troops: def. Oslo with Denmark knocking at the door, and potentially Antwerp and whatever the Frisian town is called, depending on what France and Denmark are doing in that area. Let me know, you two, how we can best work that out.

And again, sorry for the hassle.

[RexLegend]

Fatimid's turn

Fought bloody siege of Stettin and conquered it. Oslo is also taken. This is going to be indeed wacky fun!

[Ignoramus]

Can anyone let me know who I'm at war with, so I can do some diplomacy before my turn?

[phonicsmonkey]

Man it's fun being thrown into the midst of it like this...two massive battles fought so far and more to come...

Igno I made genoa human-controlled and added some cash so you'll have ~30k in the treasury like everyone else - take a look at the starting position in the save I uploaded to the recruitment thread, you'll see your diplomatic position there.

[Myth]

You're allied to me (Sicilly) and you have some Crusading stacks in Africa.

[Ignoramus]

Ok, thanks. Will access the original save soon.

[phonicsmonkey]

Cumans!

Five massive battles on my first turn, this is going to be one hell of a ride.

Adrianopolis and Nicaea fell to the armies of Islam, the Basileos of the Eastern 'Roman Empire' met a nasty end with three of his family members.

Captains Dositheos and Daniel cannot move next turn (they were near Adana, in case their stacks show up with different names now).

I'll post in the diplomacy thread and send some pms maybe tomorrow, Mrs Monkey needs me now..

[Myth]

The might of the Fatamid Caliph is truly formidable, as are the hordes of the Moors and the Kwarezmian Shah!

I'm surprised the Muslim nations did so well under AI management.

[Rougeman]

MoT-2-France.sav

[LooseCannon1]

England up

[phonicsmonkey]

Two guys have contacted me to say they'd like to join this game - does anyone object if we add new players? The Rus could probably handle a human player and possibly Poland or Hungary - any objections?

[Nightbringer]

none here, of course, that is the other side of the map from me.

[slysnake]

I'm Venice, so I don't have any problems with a Polish or Hungarian player joining :)

[Myth]

The more (far away from me) the merrier!

[RexLegend]

It's ok, as long as they don't poke their nose into my backyard :D