OOC Thread and Chatroom

Oh, I know, I should have said, The Lemongate is looking to make things interesting at Belgrade with his absence during this 24 hour period, combined with my unwillingness to put slack into the schedule.

*Looks at Northnovas taking the save 24 hours and 7 minutes after it was opened.* :inquisitive:

Actually, I wasn't gonna pick up the save until a bit later tonight anyway, probably after TC's bedtime, and since he needs to play the rebel turn, LG will have a few more hours for the last-minute order.

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Originally Posted by FLYdude

Pontic Frontier

An army roughly 1500 in strength has gathered near Sinop, which was defended by Pavlos Chrysovergos with 370 men. He has withdrawn from the city to east, though I don't know what he expects to find there except Turks, for it is not possible to pass to Trebizond by the coast, and no ships are deployed in the Black Sea.

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WHAT!? Wait, wha... :inquisitive:

Really scared me there for a second. I had to go and look for myself and luckily for me I haven't made a complete fool out of Pavlos. There is a land route to Trebizond it's just that the Turkish army is currently blocking the ford that leads there. So once they move I should be able to get through.
If they don't move... well there's always Edict 2.4b! :evilgrin:

Yes in bizarro world this would be a perfect time to declare war on the Turks. :laugh4:

Why don't we just sell Sinop to the Turks and then attack them?

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Originally Posted by Ituralde

WHAT!? Wait, wha... :inquisitive:

Really scared me there for a second. I had to go and look for myself and luckily for me I haven't made a complete fool out of Pavlos. There is a land route to Trebizond it's just that the Turkish army is currently blocking the ford that leads there. So once they move I should be able to get through.
If they don't move... well there's always Edict 2.4b! :evilgrin:

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Hah. It was an honest mistake on my part. I checked the route by clicking and dragging, and it was all the way around, then I looked at that river, because I knew the Turks could block the route, but I just didn't see the ford. Still, I'm glad this ended up working out as a prank on you. :laugh4:

Oh, and just to spoil your fun, I don't really want you taking far-away Trebizond yet, so I've asked Ignoramus to recall you. I'll won't allocate enough recruitment so that Igno feels comfortable taking on the rebels without you. Sorry, I'm not very nice (just ask Tristan :laugh4: )

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Originally Posted by FLYdude

Oh, and just to spoil your fun, I don't really want you taking far-away Trebizond yet, so I've asked Ignoramus to recall you. I'll won't allocate enough recruitment so that Igno feels comfortable taking on the rebels without you. Sorry, I'm not very nice (just ask Tristan :laugh4: )

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Exactly... I think FlyDude should get the "Harsh Taskmaster" trait... :whip:

Though I'm happy that Zagreb was sold... Being unable to save the population from the ravages of the rebels chaffed with Methodios...

Yes, good. . .this will cast my rather lacksadaisial term as Megas in a kinder light.

Of course TC's intervention in my term, the armor sweepstakes, was a bit less severe, it just made a a lot of people build churches instead of roads or grain exchanges.

Any idea when my army will be finished FLYdude? I wanna kill some Turks :clown:

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Originally Posted by FLYdude

From the 1095 Report in the Megas Thread

Bucharest was in best shape, being outnumbered only by about 3 to 1, and Basileus Alexios attacked the rebel army gathered near Bucharest. He inflicted significant casualties and retreated to the city.

Zagreb has been abandoned by Methodios Tagaris.

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I expected to do the exact same thing if I had been allowed to recruit a few mercenaries...:wall:

Not so much abandoned as forced to do it...

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With permission of Methodios Tagaris, Zagreb has been sold to the Hungarians. The agreed price was 10,000 florins, which was delivered immediately. The Megas Logothetes thanks our good Hungarian allies for their cooperation in our time of need.

The finances are in good shape, and the Empire looks to profit by about 3000 florins thanks to the Hungarians, despite heavy recruitment and construction.

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A little thanks to Methodios for his participation in the war effort would have been kind...

I just wanted to tell you guys that i have been having large issues with my home internet connection for several days and it seems because of that i missed the entire senate session + the only intent i picked my current character failed miserably also meanwhile, which was to get the Kantakouzinos family to the family tree.. Still though i will continue playing my character, but i would be grateful if he would remain where he was when i left him the last time or atleast turned back to that direction. I hope my home internet will be back in couple days so i could actually move my character and play possible battles also.:shame:

Hope you can solve your connection problems, Kag... Otherwise, if anymore players go missing, we'll soon be in dire straits...

Hope your internet woes clear up Kagemusha.

Don't give up hope about getting into the family tree, remember there's always Man of the Hour. That's how Maximillian Mandorf got into the family tree in KotR.

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Originally Posted by Tristan de Castelreng

Hope you can solve your connection problems, Kag... Otherwise, if anymore players go missing, we'll soon be in dire straits...

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Even without Kage, we've still got 27 active players, which is way more than KOTR or WOTS ever had. I actually think we're at the ideal level for now. Enough to have a fully fleshed out game, but not so many that people have absolutely no chance to get beyond Strator level. As the game goes on and we expand into more territories, we will be able to support more players without disrupting the balance. I anticipate that after the third Megas term (the one following this one) we will have expanded enough to recruit into the 30-40 player region. Until then, I'd prefer to hold off.

For all you landless Strators, the next event will probably give you all an opportunity to own a province. It's the one I'm most excited about so far. I think you'll enjoy it. :2thumbsup:

Seeing how we get adoption offers every single turn, I do not think we'll get many MoH offers...

I hope to be wrong...

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Originally Posted by TinCow

For all you landless Strators, the next event will probably give you all an opportunity to own a province. It's the one I'm most excited about so far. I think you'll enjoy it. :2thumbsup:

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Seeing how the last Event deprived me of my province, I better get it back with the next one or else there will be hell to pay, M. TC :whip:

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Event 2 has only deprived you of your province because you chose to play it that way. Get some friends/allies together and take it from the rebels after they conquer it from whomever you've sold it to. Nothing is forcing you to permanently abandon it.

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Originally Posted by TinCow

For all you landless Strators, the next event will probably give you all an opportunity to own a province. It's the one I'm most excited about so far. I think you'll enjoy it. :2thumbsup:

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Sorry TC, I must disagree with your previous statement...

I did not choose but I felt I was forced to play it that way... There was no way for anybody to reach me in time and bring help... (Though I can understand how going out on a limb like that only made the fall harder...)

My only options were either to get the Megas to provide me with some mercs so that I could hold my own against Lydham (which was refused and amply justified IC, no complaining here) or run (which I did)...

So choice was never really an option... If I had a choice, I would have done what OK did at Bucharest : go out against Lydham and his men and whittle them down as much as possible but with only a BG (though overpowered) against 1700 men that would have been suicide... So Methodios swallowed his pride and ran... To fight another day...

I hope I don't come out as grumpy because I'm not... I only feel a bit cheated of my ability to make choices for my avatar but I'll go with the flow, don't worry ... and wreak havoc next time... :charge:

Old Chinese proverb.

"Ahhhh even with gun to forehead, person always has choice.

You must simprry choose consequences of that choice."


ahhhh.

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I definitely made you abandon the place. What I have not done is make you completely give up on it. If you don't go back and reclaim it, that's your own decision, not mine. This event was never designed to permanently remove any provinces from our control.

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Originally Posted by TinCow

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I definitely made you abandon the place. What I have not done is make you completely give up on it. If you don't go back and reclaim it, that's your own decision, not mine. This event was never designed to permanently remove any provinces from our control.

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rasping hollow sounding voice

"All provinces will be within our grasp. Nothing can stop us. It is only a matter of time young Jedi Games Master."

I haven't given up on it as is made clear in the story I posted before we started this discussion...

I would simply have liked to have a chance to keep it (even if very slim... defeating 1700 men with only 25 BG is not slim by any margin...), that's all...
Were I in Belgrade, I would feel the same... Bucharest and Sinop have their chances, though...
In my opinion, Zagreb and Belgrade had none...

But, hey, TC, don't worry... There's no hard feelings... As I said before, I'll ride with the flow...

Mmmmm.... this AussieGiant, too sure of himself, he is... and games not make one a Jedi. Only knowledge of the force, properly studied, can THAT, bring about. My own counsel I will keep on who is ready. From the clutches of the evil Catholics, the world must be reclaimed, and an easy task THAT will be not. Only a true jedi, with the force as his ally, can destroy the Pope, and his Emperors. You must feel the force flow through you... but beware of the dark side. Fear, anger, jealousy, these are the path to the dark side. Once you go down that path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Fear these rebel hordes, you should not. Miss your fallen friends, you should not. Hate, you must not feel against TinCow. For in order to become a master of the force, tested you must be. Wars not make one great, but idle farming not make one a warrior. Destroying remote droid armies, too easy it is. More challenges you must seek, before fully trained you can call yourselves.

Glory... heh. The excitement... heh. Adventure... heh. A Jedi craves not these things. YOU are RECKLESS, master Tagaris. When one is too sure of himself, he invites weakness, arrogance, and the wrath of the Cow made of Tin. But complain, should we? This master of evil, doing only what he does best, he is. Once a Jedi was he, powerful Jedi. Chosen the dark side, he has.

Prepare ourselves for the coming storm, we must.


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Tristan,

Actions have consequences...

People wanted to run out and exploit the awesomeness of the RBG unit, and the stupidity of the AI sally mechanic, and grab some easy provinces.

So, TC has shown us that, that tactic is still allowed, but you might very well face an angry rebel full stack for your troubles.

Furthermore, you wanted to play a loner. You consistently did things to set yourself apart from the group and you rejected any offer to bring you into the group. While this is certainly your right, you can't be surprised when you get pretty much abandoned when the going gets tough.

With TC as GM, I have a feeling this game will become a learning exercise of "you reap what you sow."

None of this is criticism. But I just want you to know that you put yourself where your at.

Tristan, you made the right decision...a key aspect in any general's success.

The point of TC's events are to ask these questions of us, and see how people want to react.

Face with the situation, you did admirably and it benefited the Empire as a whole.

Standard Officer training is to run through scenario’s like this and test the cognisant abilities of the people involved to see if they can react to a variety of situations.

One of those situations is inevitably the "impossible one". Why, because you can't know what the world will throw at you...but how 'you' handle it is "knowable".

Hell, you made 10 grand out of an impossible situation...I'd say you past with flying colours my friend.

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Originally Posted by AussieGiant

Hell, you made 10 grand out of an impossible situation...I'd say you past with flying colours my friend.

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Exactly. And the 10 grand will help others be saved. Something you can (and should) bring up IC. :yes:

And yes, ATPG, got my obscure reference.

Reading Yoda's impressive knowledge puts it all into perspective. :balloon2:

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Originally Posted by Privateerkev

Exactly. And the 10 grand will help others be saved. Something you can (and should) bring up IC. :yes:

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That's a 10-4 rubber ducky...I'd be pounding that little point IC as far as my little brain would take it.

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Originally Posted by AussieGiant

That's a 10-4 rubber ducky...I'd be pounding that little point IC as far as my little brain would take it.

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Methodios gave up his chance at personal glory to help save the Empire in it's time of need even though the Empire abandoned him.

The story practically writes itself... :beam:

*edit*

(and why do I always have to be "rubber ducky"? Can't I be "fierce badger"?)

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LOL, which faction paid 10k for a city they'll lose almost immediately? (I haven't looked at the save yet.)