Out of character thread II

Hello, Werner.

Yes, you're welcome to join in. I am not the best explainer, so don't be put off by my description. When econ21 comes online, he'll give you a much more accurate description.

Basically, you pick a house to join: Swabia, Bavaria, Franconia, or Austria. You then get to participate in the Imperial Diet, where there are edicts passed instructing the person playing the game(the Chancellor) what to do. Every 10 turns, a new Chancellor is elected. If you house gets enough generals, then you get to "roleplay" your in-game general. If your general gets a battle, then you get to fight the battle etc. All in all, a great game.

Could someone please upload the savefile packed as rar or zip? I cant get the sav files downloaded,without corrupting them in the process.:bow:

I think that it's not necessary, as after AussieGiant's defeated the Venetians he'll have to save it again.

Oh, and I follow the requests in your letters. I was just reinforcing you with some Armoured Sergeants. I thought that it would be wise and more helpful if you had a few extra soldiers under your command.

Allright, thank you.Maybe its just the save problems of the past couple days that i have no idea whats happening,other then reading the announcements from the Diet.I understand there is tons for you to do as Chancellor, so i would be pleased even for simple yes/no answers to the pm´s.:yes:

Ok.

AussieGiant, can you please get on to that battle ASAP? Thanks.

Thanks!:bow:

Oh, the save game is kotr1136-1.

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Originally Posted by Ignoramus

Ok.

AussieGiant, can you please get on to that battle ASAP? Thanks.

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I'm at work until 16:00 Swiss time.

As soon as I get home I'll do it. I should be finished at 18:00 Swiss time.

Is that ok? Sorry about this.

So kotr1136-1 is the one I load up and use this evening? I'm double checking as this is my first time...I'm still a PBM virgin :)

Welcome, Werner. As has been said, just post here with your choice of House and you're in. Then start posting in the Diet and your House thread.

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Originally Posted by Warluster

it says in the rules your avatar could be taken off you, what sort of situation would you lose your avatar?

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Only if you stop playing and someone else needs an avatar. I tend to measure activity by Diet votes - if a player misses two in a row, I am inclined to regard them as inactive. But other things mitigate that - if they are posting regularly in the Diet between those votes, then missing the votes would not matter.

We try to avoid reassigning as it messes up the roleplaying, but had to do it with Dietrich as the absence of an active player for him was stalling the House with the most avatars.

thanks, just wondering.

Welcome Werner , I hope you enjoy this PBm and remember, be active!

It seems as if I am the current bottleneck.

While I am at work is it possible for someone to post up just what is attacking Vienna? The suspense is just killing me here at work!!

Thanks to anyone that can help.

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Originally Posted by AussieGiant

It seems as if I am the current bottleneck.

While I am at work is it possible for someone to post up just what is attacking Vienna? The suspense is just killing me here at work!!

Thanks to anyone that can help.

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You may have already won the battle by the time of this post but it is few Venetians that I think you can handle.
I have been following this PBEM and find it quite interesting, especially the character development. I would be interested in participating. A little apprehensive about some of the filing.
We had freezing rain today (Canada EST) so "I am working at home". This enabled me to incorporate the version you are using into the Med Manager and check the saved files. It is so much more productive working at home.
I was never a big fan of the HRE but I do have some loyalty to Austria from the Napoleonic days. I would like to participate in the Austrian House and defend the Empire from the Eastern foes if there is still a position.

Ok.

Finished.

Seemed simple enough. saved game is in .sav and .zip format.

It's called kotr1136-2

Yes we beat them. Dietrich on the other hand is in for a 3 way with some Poles...:beam:

Welcome, Northnovas. I'll sign you up for Austria. There may be a wait for an avatar, as Leopold has not been very fruitful (or willing to adopt).

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Originally Posted by AussieGiant

Dietrich on the other hand is in for a 3 way with some Poles...

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I have not checked the save, but do you mean it is still the AI turn and Dietrich is being attacked by the Poles? If so, please can Kagemusha download the save and fight the battle?

From past experience, Ignoramus will be offline during the weekend, so if we can get this out the way by the time he returns on Monday, that would speed things up.

If things are too hairy for Dietrich, dont be a hero, Kagemusha. Run! (Maybe taking out as many of the enemy as you can before doing so).

Hi Econ,

That is correct. My fight was in the Venetian AI turn.

After that I pressed esc and saved the victory.

I then spent the next 3 minutes watching the rest of the AI and in the Polish turn he gets nearly surround and is attached by 3 separate Polish groups of about 180 to 200 each.

It doesn't look good :no:

Kagemusha if you can get out of this I'll buy you a beer.

Ouch, how far away am I? Might have to ride out to assist my lord... :p

[QUOTE=econ21]Welcome, Northnovas. I'll sign you up for Austria. There may be a wait for an avatar, as Leopold has not been very fruitful (or willing to adopt).

Great! Thanks, will be on standby just taking everything in....

Ouch! Maybe its a good thing that I gave you those Armoured Sergeants.

The best of luck, Kagemusha. If you win, you deserve a triumph in Frankfurt.

Northnovas: you are the 6th Elector of Austria! You are welcome to speak in the Diet. I would imagine the Austrians must be getting a little frustrated with the Vienna situation - prim Prinz Henry certainly is. These repeated sieges are insulting (perhaps they also cut off Vienna's income too?). I think the Austrians should give thought to an offensive against wherever the Viennese are coming from - Zagreb?

The problem is that Austria only has one general - Duke Leopold. If he dies, then the House of Austria is no more. So, I hope we get another Austrian or two soon.

Little update on my computer problems:

The power supply did fail as I thought on my new system, ETA on repair is monday or tuesday.

I should have the game downloaded and installed on my old system in about 6-7 hours.

Since I'm running blind at the moment, and we seem to be waiting on Kagemusha, I humbly request a report from the Chancellor, if he has the time. :bow:

Thanks, 6th Elector of Austria. I like that handle.

Certainly. I'll get on it. I must say that Dietrich's position is not good.

And pray tell noble sirs just what will Austria be attacking with??:inquisitive:

I'm about to say the same thing IC. The situation is very frustrating. The is no standing army within two years march.

The House based armies are greatly needed that's for sure.

We are so over stretched its amazing.

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Originally Posted by AussieGiant

We are so over stretched its amazing.

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Well, before the last Diet we were worrying about rushing the AI and the game being boring. :shrug:

In character, prim Prinz Henry is also frustrated.

Out of character, econ21 is finding this gripping stuff.

Oh, it's not so bad. Dietrich's situation doesn't seem particularly perilous. The poles are coming piecewise, and with nothing particularly heavy. The only problem is that the bodyguard would have to get their hands dirty, resulting in possible avatar deaths.

And we're far from overstretched, we have a number of large armies in Italy that could go on all manner of offensives. Of course, their position makes them quite unable to prevent the Venetians from taking tours of Vienna, but that's Austria's problem.

With all that's going on, the next Diet will be a knock-down-drag-out affair to be sure. I hope that we actually have a contested election for Chancellor this time, as I got the impression from reading WotS that that really added to the drama.

Edit: Thanks for posting a report Ignoramus. Interesting times.:sweatdrop:

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Originally Posted by FLYdude

Oh, it's not so bad. Dietrich's situation doesn't seem particularly perilous. The poles are coming piecewise, and with nothing particularly heavy.

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Polish nobles can be pretty nasty. And if woodsmen get lucky, they can chop the horse from under your general... Good vs armour, remember? ;)

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And we're far from overstretched, we have a number of large armies in Italy that could go on all manner of offensives. Of course, their position makes them quite unable to prevent the Venetians from taking tours of Vienna, but that's Austria's problem.

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So, that sounds like overstretched to me. True, with a few years to reorganize, we'd be able to make do with what we've got, but since we can't do it now, we're overstretched.

Still, adds to the fun... I dont have a problem with it at all, but I'd say we are overstretched... :)

Anyway, why am I sitting inside Stettin castle with half the Franconian army, while two of our nobles are outside being hounded by Polish forces? :p

i have returned form spending 12 at the school everyday...

it looks like things are falling apart with out me as usual... lol... :laugh4:

anyway... do you suppose it would be possible to make a peace with Poland?... idk about Medfix... bc i normaly play on LtC... but peace treatys are usally viable... somewhat...

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Originally Posted by FLYdude

Oh, it's not so bad. Dietrich's situation doesn't seem particularly perilous. The poles are coming piecewise, and with nothing particularly heavy. The only problem is that the bodyguard would have to get their hands dirty, resulting in possible avatar deaths.

And we're far from overstretched, we have a number of large armies in Italy that could go on all manner of offensives. Of course, their position makes them quite unable to prevent the Venetians from taking tours of Vienna, but that's Austria's problem.

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I'm not particular bloody interested in what is happening in Northern Italy, and I'm equally not particularly interested in any army not controlled by our Duke.

Were basically standing around with our pants down in Austria. Thank god the Hungarian's went on crusade or we'd all be wonder where to get 2000+ florins because my character would be in the hills hiding or hanging out drinking absinth in Prague.

That's my IC opinion so I'm not having a go at you FLYdude

Out of character this is absolutely excellent :beam: