Broken Crescent Hotseat: Commanders of the Faithful

[phonicsmonkey]

seljuks are up

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/BC-24-05.zip

[rossahh]

I knew it.



sneakymonkey indeed

[barcamartin]

Still can't get any of the uploaders to work. This will have to do again.

Ghazni up, Zim! :)

http://www.megaupload.com/se/?d=U3ZI1GRC

[Ramses II CP]

C'mon Z! I can do EF's turn for him again if necessary.

[Zim]

Will get this done today.

[Zim]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/BC-24-07.zip

[Ramses II CP]

EF hasn't been around for awhile; should I do his turn again?

[phonicsmonkey]

yes please Ramses, that'd be great

[Ramses II CP]

Ayyubids are up:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mthttmqlznj/BC-24-09.zip

[Banzai Kamikaze]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/BC-24-10.zip

The Shah is up !

[Askthepizzaguy]

I predict the Shah outlives all of you. You just can't kill this guy.

I should know, I'm dead!

[00jebus]

oh I dunno...I changed my faction name to the doomed shah ages ago... Ill be joining you in valhalla within 10 turns.

yes. the shah has converted to norse mythology


next up, deguerra

[deguerra]

Great Imam Murshed is dead. The council of Imams of Arabia has elected Great Imam Khalan in his place. Long live Great Imam Khalan.

Rome is up:

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/BC-25-01.rar

[phonicsmonkey]

Merlox has not been seen for a week or so and last posted in BC3 with a message that indicated he might not be back for a little while

rossahh, do you want to sub his turn for him?

[rossahh]

Ok, he sent me a message for the last turn about his strategic aims so I'll go on with them.

[rossahh]

On behalf of the Roman Emperor, I politely declined the Caliphate's offer. It seems a tad silly to give away 27 provinces in exchange for absolutely nothing.




Georgia:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4091

[phonicsmonkey]

[phonicsmonkey]

ok, Flax asked me to sub for him, so KoJ is up:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4094

[rossahh]

The Caliphate's offer for all of my land was rejected. I also noticed a 3rd Seljuk army moving into position. You guys aren't mucking about, are you?


Make your move, monkey:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4095

[Merlox123]

Sorry guys, my Medieval total war just stopped working while i was "Exploring" the data files. >_>; lol

any ways, whats up?

Tried to download the file to a different computer with out a name but...

"
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /files/pbm/BC-25-01.rar on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apache/1.3.41 Server at www.mizus.com Port 80
"

Lmao >_>; sorry i tried. XD

[rossahh]

Your terms are impossible to meet and you know it, phonics.



But it looks like I'm screwed regardless. I kinda figured the Ayyubids had picked the other side for once. It's time to execute PLAN B.

[phonicsmonkey]

Your terms are impossible to meet and you know it, phonics.



But it looks like I'm screwed regardless. I kinda figured the Ayyubids had picked the other side for once. It's time to execute PLAN B.

I see you have quite the war chest - 16k or something, right? Let's get this party started..

[rossahh]

I just spent it all on soldiers. Oops.

[phonicsmonkey]

I just spent it all on soldiers. Oops.

Eeeeeexcellent - the war to end all wars...

[rossahh]

You said you wanted my lands in Muslim hands. The Khwarezm are Muslims, so won't that mean you won't attack? Or was the Caliph lying and simply trying to find some sort of pretex for war?

[phonicsmonkey]

Tell you what, I'll attack until such a time as I see the Khwarezm flag flying over Jerusalem.

EDIT: Scrub that, I don't trust you even so. Remember last time you 'gave up' some lands?

Hand them over to any Islamic nation other than the Shah and you have a deal. Otherwise, we fight.

[rossahh]

That was to screw ATPG, remember? And it worked.

It was either going to be the Shah or the Ferrets. They're both Muslim and much maligned. The problem is unless either 1 of them could find my diplomat wandering around the eastern deserts it would take at least 2 more turns for any deal to take place. You and the Sweljuks can't do much but the Ayyubids could cripple me in that time.

How could I trust you guys not to try and take me down as I negotiate with one of the far off Muslims?

[phonicsmonkey]

This debate is academic.

The Ferrets are a founding member of our Brotherhood, and would be on your doorstep with troops right now if they hadn't been disarmed by Ramses - feel free to hand over your lands to them, I'd welcome it!

The Shah is holed up and under siege in Samarqand, and I think anything bearing his name or insignia outside those walls has long since been murdered by the Seljuks and Ghaznavids. So I don't think you'll be getting that deal done..

I don't know what you're so worried about - remember, you've just spent 16k on troops, and you're the guy responsible for knocking out both Armenia (Tristan) and Turkey (ATPG)!

I don't stand a chance - I have fought ZERO battles this whole hotseat! You're a shoo-in buddy, start measuring drapes for the Caliph's chambers at Baghdad...

[rossahh]

I was brimming with confidence until 2 things happened: I saw the 3rd Seljuk army and the Ayyubids picked a side. The first 2 crappy armies the Seljuks sent forward looked easy pickings. Even your prince's army with his bloomin' cammels would be easy enough to chop to bits. However, the 3rd army is made up of vastly experienced heavy cavalry of both the melee and archer kind. This army is mobile and deadly and will be an absolute b***h to beat with a fresh army, let alone one that's been depleted twice.

The Ayyubids have put me in a strategic sandwich. I could hold on for a long time with just you 2 as you would have to attack from the same direction. The Ayyubids however, will create a whole new front forcing me to split my armies. So instead of the battles being 1v2 up north it will now be .5v2 up north and .5v1 down south.

Eeek.



That said, I'm never going to capitulate, nor hand over anything to you brotherhood boys. I was just seeing if you would be true to your word (you said you wouldn't attack if they were in Muslim hands. You didn't specify which Muslim's hands they had to be in).

Bring it on.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I've got PLAN B. It's quite nasty so watch out. It's even worse than anything ATPG could think up.

[phonicsmonkey]

I like the sound of Plan B!

I mean, it terrifies me of course, but it also sounds like fun!