Careful what you wish for, guys. Klimis is still young.
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Careful what you wish for, guys. Klimis is still young.
You are without a doubt the one person whose desire for civil war has never been in doubt. For all the Illuminati wranglings, I think it was your havoc in Swabia that kept the Cataclysm the most interesting. Perhaps you just need to start spanking some butt in LotR... :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ignoramus
Think about it... all those people who failed to heed your call to arms weren't exactly shining examples of loyalty. :creep:
Just reviewing some post about the mod 1.3. Is the wages in the treasury the confirmation? I did a manual copy and I usually don't have a problem with this but when I look at my wages they are 7500 and the turn advance 7400. Are they suppose to be higher with 1.3?
Don't worry, if anyone comes to Egypt in the Emperor's name Vissa will be waiting for them, but IC he has a line to walk that doesn't include weakening the Order by expelling himself over a 'war' which sees the two parties a minimum of 6 turns march apart.
Knowledge which, as far as it isn't obvious IC, I'm sure can be kept OOC. :smash:
:egypt:
I think my reluctance is location of everyone. I am not happy where I am and everyone seems miles apart. Especially the two foes and the logistics of getting things together is a lot of game turns.
I must admit I am in the mode of game ending then game change for a civil war. :embarassed:
damn waiting too long to post posts. Not sure it makes sense anymore, with the Basileos' latest scam. You make my life difficult Igno :laugh4:
As to the civil war, I (as in Ioannis) simply see no profit in it for me, and I have always been motivated mainly by profit.
In the LOTR-1155-6 save, I show wages as 10700.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northnovas
[edit] Just read the Magnaura. Ignoramus, you're my hero.:applause:
TC, am I correct in seeing the "new" war against the Order as separate from the one against Methodios?
Yes, it is a separate war, though I'm still going to call the whole affair the War of the Princess for now. WWII counts as one war, even though the European and Pacific theaters were essentially different conflicts.
This isn't what I had in mind for Tiv, but it is fun. :laugh4:
No taxation without representation!
Ah, where would we be without the colonists?
:clown:
Regarding Civil War, I would love to see it occur more often OOC, but the route I have taken IC with Pavlos doesn't leave me a lot of choices without completely ruining the character concept I have built in the past! So I like the situation although it puts me in quite a tough spot IC. :2thumbsup:
Ioannis was always going to snap, in fact it's a remarkable achievement that he kept restrained for so long. He's a no-nonsense emperor, and I'm not one to shy a away from a challenge.
Thanks for all the feedback on the installer. I didn't actually know if anyone even used it :laugh4: Good to know that people find it useful. For the next game I'm thinking of a feature where you could choose to keep the original mod intact and the installer would handle all of the dirty details under the hood.
In other news, can the deadline changes be announced a little earlier. I had to make my moves for the turn in less than 10 minutes, unable to coordinate with others. Now that there is ample time there are quite a few things I should have done instead.
In the Civil War thread..
Didn't Ioannis Komnenos declraed war against Michail Arianitis?
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Originally Posted by Rowan
I'm sorry about that. My weekend plans had been a bit flexible so it was something of a last minute decision. I try to keep this in mind though the next time I do it. Just learning along here.
No problem :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ituralde
Not as far as I'm concerned. To make sure there are no errors (just as with oath swearing) it needs to be said pretty clearly (i.e. I declare war on X). Igno specifically declared war on the Order of St. John, but he just called Arianitis a traitor and essentially that anyone who defeated him would be given Durazzo as a reward:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ibn-Khaldun
It seems to me that he wants Arianitis defeated, but wants someone else to do it for him. If Igno did indeed intend to declare war on Arianitis, he can just make a quick IC post which will satisfy that requirement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ignoramus
No need, I did it myself.
Urinating on the throne....
PEV, now that's pretty straight forward.
I thought so. Michail only really disliked Ioannis and Makedonis so it wasnt a hard choice for him.
I'll say here, I'm not going to go back in the Magnaura with him while this is happening, as I am a traitor etc.
So dont expect responses in that thread.
Fair enough Pev.
So my first turn as Megas is done. Once again I would like to ask you to update your SoT posts. It gets confusing when you have to doublecheck the ownership of provinces. Please also include your Prioritization there, as that makes it easier for me to have all information in one place, meaning I don't have to go through several PMs to find the information I'm looking for.
I tried to comply with all the rules, if I made any mistakes don't hesitate to point them out. I'm still familiarizing myself with all the things. It's awesome fun though to finally lead the Empire! :2thumbsup:
Ituralde,
I'll up date mine tonight.
FYI:
I'm heading to Argentina Tuesday (tomorrow) morning for 5 days. I'll be on US eastern Time until Saturday.
OK, GH, this will put me in the same zone as the two of you. Igno, Ituralde, we will be out of sync for 5 days.
Anyone want to help proof read and edit a story before I post it? I am really tired, but I'd love to get htis done now...before I have to change more parts of it :laugh4:
Northnovas I had wages of 10400 at the beginning of the turn.
That is the proper number, and since you're the one hitting end turn, that's all that really matters at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ituralde
I realized that I'm technically at War with Tagaris. Do I just need to declare that I opt out, or do I need to break my oath?
You'll have to break your oath to Apionnas Vringas and then make a public IC post saying you are neutral.Quote:
Individual Senators may unilaterally remove themselves from a Civil War within one turn of the Declaration of War that brought them into it by breaking all Oaths of Loyalty that tie them to any Senator involved in the War and by publicly declaring Neutrality. Neutrality cannot be claimed by a declarer, a target, or any Senator who has been involved in a PvP Battle during that specific Civil War.
I just got an idea: since many people want to make sure if they managed to install a new version of the mod successfully, the version number should be embedded in the game. I think that appending it to the end of the faction leader trait would be optimal, since one avatar always has it and it is easy to find. Another option that wouldn't be too obvious could be the description of a certain building.
That's a good idea of the changes are more vague. For the current version, the change is easy to notice. If your wages are in the 10000+ range, it's installed properly. If they're in the 7000+ range, it's not.
:furious3:Quote:
Originally Posted by TinCow
I have copied a few times but I am missing something. :wall:
I am not the end turn guy but I want to get it right. Will make another attempt. The wages are a easier indicator but I think the leader or building being ID would be a good marker if there are any future add ons that are more subtle.
Try using the executable that Rowan made. I have a feeling you are probably extracting the files to the wrong location, and the .exe version should avoid that mistake.
Problem solved it was a combination of Rowan's file; very slick program and overwriting manually the file. I have the game broken into mods by med manager so I think Rowan's file covered the root file and I manually did the mod. I got increased wages to confirm so its been fixed. :pleased:
Tooting your own horn there a bit OK :clown:?
That's one way to look at it. It's not like I have any other former Emperors to reference in the game. :dizzy2:
I'm wondering what people think of my writing. Good? Bad? Twisted, convoluted plot that doesn't make sense and is untrustworthy because not everything I write for my characters is true? Or understandable and easy to read? Enjoyable? Skip it? Too short? Too long?
I wanna know, because of half the enjoyment is writing it, the other half is knowing that someone else liked it.
YLC, I certainly enjoyed it. You have given Nikilaos an interesting depth, he is clearly has been part of some complicated and twisted plot lines (including the latest war for the princess). The poor fellow seems destined to be caught in knots his entire life.
On an OOC note, I will be away from the next few days. I will be returning saturday afternoon/eve.
Please be aware that in order to declare neutrality in a Civil War, you must break your oath to ALL other Senators involved in the Civil War:
This includes vassals. Thus, Northnovas has not yet properly removed himself from the Civil War. If you have a vassal in a Civil War and want to leave it, you must either break your oath to the vassal or have the vassal get out of the Civil War as well (via neutrality or Peace Treaty).Quote:
Individual Senators may unilaterally remove themselves from a Civil War within one turn of the Declaration of War that brought them into it by breaking all Oaths of Loyalty that tie them to any Senator involved in the War and by publicly declaring Neutrality. Neutrality cannot be claimed by a declarer, a target, or any Senator who has been involved in a PvP Battle during that specific Civil War.
All of this political maneauvering on the declarations of war (which we have never experienced before) has made me realize that this system is a little bit cumbersome. I think we can streamline it a bit by falling back on our feudal system. At the next Senate session I will propose a Rule Change that will make declarations of neutrality and Peace Treaties signed by any Senator also apply to everyone below them in their vassal chain. This will make the process a bit simpler, and it doesn't really prejudice anyone because any vassal removed from a Civil War in this manner can just declare war again to get back into it if they really want to.
I'm hereby resigning from LotR. Ever since the Klimis character was spawned, I've tried to make things work, but it just didn't happen. There were numerous attempts at immersing myself in the game (alliances, Megas election, new House), but none of them worked. I realized that even after a potentially juicy civil war situation when I wasn't motivated enough to move my character around for 5 minutes every 2 days or so and make an SoT post that this just wasn't going to work.
I'd like to apologize to the people that invested time in the game with me, notable OK, AG, and deguerra for making a brilliant coat of arms that will, sadly, never be used.
I'll still be around, voting in an OOC role and umpiring any potential PvP battles that come up, but for now, I just can't be bothered to take a character and go with it. Maybe sometime farther down the line. Have a good game, guys. :bow:
I'm surprised and saddened by this. I hope it didn't have too much to do with me winning the election for Megas. I hope your motivation will return eventually! :beam:
Smowz has contacted me that he will not be able to fight the battle within the 48 hour timeframe that is allocated for fighting battles. Since he could easily retreat back to his ships I saw no need to extend this period and have played on before the 48 hours were over.
FYI, Tristan should be back on a regular schedule by tomorrow. As such, beginning tomorrow I will return the minimum turn period to 24 hours.
Civil War! The intrigue! Big fight, who will win?
Whomever holds the Megas position when the actual fighting breaks out, of course. :laugh4:
:egypt:
I am back !!!
Though I still have a lot of catching up to do...
The war will have a mind behind it soon...
In a fairly dismal rushed saturday evening effort my avatar is dead!!!
Nevoulas is dead long live his next charactor!!!
All the young recently come of age charactors look interesting to play, the second sons of Komnenus or Kalemeteros or the new husband of that princess hmmm....
I will come back to you with the decision!!!
Doh! Sorry Smowz, you never even got to fulfill your Moorish crusade-y idea. Some of those italian spearmen catch you? I have a feeling our avatars won't be quite so rough and tumble once we get deeper into the professional western spearmen.
Maybe you should take a chivalrous, religious type. You know, sort of a monk-ish guy with a proclivity for the Levant... :laugh4:
:egypt:
Status Update: My wife and I closed on a new house last week. We take possession tomorrow and have a lot of work to do in repainting it and making some modifications, as well moving all of our stuff over. For the next 2-3 weeks I will be online very rarely from home. This is especially true for the days of November 14th to 16th when I will have no internet access at all. However, I will still be online regularly from work during this time period. I'm pretty far ahead on my workload, so I can spare a bit more time there for LotR. So, I expect to be active during normal EST working hours M to F, with low level activity at all other times, except Nov. 14th to 16th, when I won't be online at all. I don't think any of this will impact the game in any way, since it seems to be moving nicely on its own, but if I am needed for something, just be patient and I'll deal with it as soon as I can.
What would we do if we didn't have internet access at work?
We wouldn't get all our fun completed. :jester:
Congrats on the purchase TC! A smart move homeownership. :2thumbsup: I just finished paying mine off, and I am moving on, working on a summer place but the US dollar conversion. :furious3:
People can write their wills after they die?
No they cannot. That was sent to me via PM by Smowz. From the way it was written, I assumed it had been posted elsewhere and he was just relaying it to me. I admit that I did not check to confirm this at the time. I have now check and unless it was in his now-edited SOT post, I don't see it. Thus, the will is null and void and everything goes to Nevoulos' Lord, which is Zigavinos. So, the only chance would be that Belgrade goes to Zigavinos instead of the Basileus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
Editing the Magnaura post to reflect this.
Aghh did not realise this was the case.
I had not seen OK's will anywhere when he had died, so I assumed he had done this posthumously.
Fair enough I guess.
So we all have to write our wills before we die, like real life?
Mizus link takes me to the clan takiyama site. AtomicGamer requires me to register before I can upload. Sorry for the wait, I'll try to get the new save up as fast as I can.
Yep, that's part of the rules:Quote:
Originally Posted by Smowz
You certainly don't have to post your will publicly. You can PM it to me at any time and I will simply store it in case you die. You can send me changes to your will whenever you want, but it either has to be posted publicly or sent to me by PM while you're still alive.Quote:
2.4 – Wills & Inheritance: On his death, all of a Senator’s provinces and retinue are distributed according to the most recent valid Will. In order for a Will to be valid, it must have been posted in a public thread or PMed to econ21 or TinCow prior to the Senator’s death. Except as noted below, a Will provision is only valid to the extent that it names a living, of-age avatar that is controlled by another player as the inheritor of the province or retinue stated. A player's next avatar may only inherit a single province and a single retinue. A Will may name multiple Senators as inheritors, so long as each province and/or retinue is only bequeathed to a single Senator. Any provisions of the Will that do not meet these requirements will be invalid. Valid provisions of a Will will not be negated due to the existence of invalid provisions in the same Will. If there is no valid Will provision for an owned province, the Senator’s immediate Lord gains possession of the province. If the Senator also has no Lord, the Basileus gains possession of the province.
I've got to be the richest Strator in history. I own four provinces!
TC and Cecil,
Yes I can see the rule now. Sometimes you think you know all the rules and then something like this comes and bites you in the butt.
As I say it was a mistake, there was nothing sinister or gamey about what I was trying to do. As Nevoulas died in the battle, I was thinking to myself what would he do in his will. Of course I should have figured this before I fought the battle, but I didn't anticipate this outcome.
But I can see why the rule is there and rules are rules, it makes sense.
The curse indeed. Out of the eight people who have ever worn the Asteri arms, four have died in battle, one went inactive, one was kicked out, and two still remain.
It seems I managed to fry my graphics card. That means my main computer is inoperable and I won't be able to access the save for at least a few days. CecilXIX can move the avatar in my absence.
Can I request a small extension of the turn period ?
Until 1300 GMT today ?
Done!
Just send me a PM when you're ready. This is generally the case. If you need more time, just let me know! :2thumbsup:
I should be done by 1300...
Thanks !!
And I'll send you a PM
Smowz is now playing Vakchos Tzetzis.
I got myself an early Christmas present by getting a new fast, whiny, video card. So I'm back in play!
Err, not to be to much of a bother, but why is Modestos ek Edessas still alive, in Constantinople? He was one of the three RBG's spawned (along with Tiverios and Klimis) a while ago, shouldn't he have been, well, testing experimental diving equipment at this point?
As noted previously, I don't really have much spare time when at home at the moment. Thus, it may take me a while to get around to disposing of that avatar. Anyone is free to send that avatar to the bottom of the Bosporus... just make sure it is not assigned to someone according to the Senate Library or a family tree avatar (which we keep around even if no one is playing them) beforehand.
Thanks for the delay, Ituralde... :2thumbsup:
and there goes another bomb into the Magnaura...
I don't think the delay was that bad. I just figured I'd rise the speed a little after the 48 hours and sometimes more turns we had last week. Although I saw that other people also accessed the save after the initial 24 hour window.
I wanted to try for another 24 hour window, but could easily extend to 48 hours. What's your feeling on this? Were the recent 48 hour turns too long? Are 24 hours too short right now? I'm really quite flexible here so it depends on what you want!
I'm usually fine with the 24-hour window, it is just that sometimes things keep piling up and do not allow me to access the save in a timely fashion... Just knowing that you're amenable to extend the window past the 24-hour line on simple request is enough for me...
For what it's worth: I prefer 48 hours.
Me too, (or at least two evenings local time :laugh4:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andres
Lol, I think my character have never been mentioned in the Megas report so often! :laugh4:
It's so good to be famous! :laugh4:
One wonders if the Megas is rethinking his decision to 'downgrade' the Order's troop requests. :laugh4:
:egypt:
Theo just needs lots of ships to carry the wine barrels on his leisurely Mediterranean cruise...
Well, Theo have "Alcoholic" and "Slave to superstition" traits, so this might be the best explanation for his actions! :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rowan
I just want to note that Magnentios the Bastard is now possibly the most epic potential entertainment in the entire Empire. At the end of his education 'the Bastard' who also has 'prolific' for his reproductive trait has been ordained by the church.
If V ever encounters the man I will refer to him as Father Bastard.
:egypt:
:laugh4::laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramses II CP
Hehe, no problem. IC, IC, IC that's the way it goes. I'm really enjoying it and it's good to see that you seem to enjoy it too! :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ibn-Khaldun
We need Zim back! Come back to us Zim!
More like, what would I do if I didn't play DOTA in chem? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Northnovas