I am going to take the save late tonight. Or at least that is what I plan on doing.
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I am going to take the save late tonight. Or at least that is what I plan on doing.
I consider it absolutely essential to the spirit of these games that only those players whose avatar is present in the battle can take command. Reputations are built and lost in this manner, and it's important as a way to bind player and character together. Frankly I'd prefer it that way even when real life intervenes, although our situation seems to be a bit tougher in this case.
Incidentally, I'm fine being on the waiting list for a general. Shall I create my own character to participate in the Council discussion, then?
Cecil XIX - keepin' it real since '05!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
Do we receive any income for blockading an enemy port? I'm currently blockading a Cuman port and it seems reasonable to assume that my war galley would be generating income from seizure of enemy trade vessels. Nightbringer, what are your thoughts on this?
I'll take a look at it during the enemy turn and approximate an amount that you get from blockading based on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by House Stark
As to fighting battles for other people, I think Cecil's comments make a lot of sense, and in the future I will ask that players designate me to sub their battles, along with as specific instructions as possible. Mithri did a very good job of detailing the battle in this case, and I believe the battle plan truly was his, and it was only enacted by his sub.
And yes, Cecil you are first on the waiting list and you should feel free to create a character for counsel discussion. This character could end up being in the service of your future avatar or something if you want.
Hey guys I'm back! It seems quite a lot has happened already. Could someone please give me a quick summary?
Basically, war has started with the byzantines and cumans. Mikan died taking belgrade from the byzies, and the cumans were beaten back in the east. Constantinople is still under siege though and a couple large armies of byzie troops have been spotted.
Can you wait until 10pm European time or so? HouseStark has obliged to provide his character and troops in order for me to push back the main ERE stack. After that I'll rush down with only my cav and lift the siege on Constantinople.
sure
I'm on it right now, just doing my finances before I start the battle. I was disappointed to find a THIRD ERE stack just across from the channel :stare: Are spies allowed to open things?
GOD DAMN IT! Just as I was winning the battle I got a "wait for program to respont" :whip:
We won the battle. I have screenshots, but an IC writeup will come later. I had preserved 90% of my HA units until the very end of the game, when the enemy general charged at them. I counter charged from all sides with my genreal and all my Hungarian Nobles and Magyar Cav. He slaughtered 5 units by himself. Stupid overpowered AI bonuses :shame:
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Thanks for keeping me alive, Myth. lol
The reason I used Rapidshare instead of the file uploader here is that I don't have correct permissions or something and it won't let me use it.
What does it say when you try to upload?
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Originally Posted by House Stark
There's not even an option to upload, just the list of files available to download.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zim
Same for me most often unless i compress it into a .rar but thats prolly due to horribly slow connection. Shows and orange exclamation mark with some code as infoQuote:
Originally Posted by House Stark
And thank you for keeping my city and people alive noble ally! And to you rest for letting him do it, others fighting your battles should be allowed but avoided at all costs imho.
Well played myth! may i ask how you killed the BG? Usually they're extremely resistant to arrow fire, amazed you brought them down with so little losses
I killed everything but as I said the Genreal just massacred 5 units of HAs of mine. HouseStark's own BG was safe since it too had the AI bonus of +lol to defense. The battle ended abruptly as everyone fled, but fortunately the BG was offered for ransom. I executed them, figuring that 2500 gold might get me 3 Hungarian Nobles but if that stack was allowed to live it'd be a lot harder to push back the ERE.
I'm confused, why didn't House Stark fight the battle himself?
Both my forces and the king's were involved and the king outranks me, so I put my forces under his control.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
Ah, got it - thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by House Stark
okay, I am taking the save in a few hours. Mithri, if you want your stuff to do anything on the campaign map you should send me a pm. Iggy, if you want to make any moves this turn you had better hurry up :)
I never got an end of turn report from you Myth, if you are still working on it that is fine, just thought maybe you forgot based on that comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by myth
Ok NB, I'm doing it now!!
I have the spreadsheet I just forgo to upload it. I'll send it today.
I need your report before the next turn can start myth... :)
Hey everyone, Quirl is going to be joining the game!
Welcome Quirl!
Thanks for letting me in your guys' group! I'll do my best to catch up...
:gossip: :surprised: :gossip:
Welcome Quirl. ~:cheers:
I'm waiting a response from Rome before I make my turn FYI.
I think perhaps I should step back from this game. It takes too much time compared to regular hotseats and my schedule can't permit me regularly playing these in 48 hours and replying to ~10 diplomacy messages per turn. It's promising however and we have a lot of new recruits so someone can take the King. Perhaps Cecil whom valiantly sacrificed his character to win us a city?
Noooooo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Myth
Maybe instead we can try to lighten the load on the King a bit? It sounds a bit much
(Obviously Cecil would make a fine King, it's just a shame to be losing someone so early!)
Not losing me, I'll help with the images/sigs etc. and I enjoyed the game but knowing that I have to play my save virtually every day and that it's not simply bashing the AI but every move on the map requires diplomacy and has diplomatic consequences it's overall too much of a time sink for me.
We;;, if you are determined to go I can't stop you, but I will say I am sad you are leaving. If you want to give it a little more time, you could lighten the load a bit by delegating some diplomatic tasks to other players. For example, appointing the Junior King to manage diplomacy with Venice and the HRE. Or things like that. And now that I have slowed things down it is more like a turn every 4 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myth
As to the save, sorrow about the delay everyone. I am in the middle of midterms, but I should have the save up in a few hours.
Are there any characters still available?
Interesting question, especially given recent circumstances and your name...Quote:
Originally Posted by The King
The answer is yes and no. Right now there are not, but i am going to be attempting to use the console to bring in several new avatars this turn, and I think I will be able to succeed. If myth does leave, I think it would probably be best if Cecil took over his spot since he has been here the whole time (provided he wants to be king), but you can join Quirl in playing new avatars.
Hahaa..
Well, if Cecil wants to be king then I don't mind. I think that would be too much of a responsibility for me at the moment anyway. I'm fine playing any new avatars you spawn.
Fine by me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightbringer
Hey The King! Be nice to have another new player to this thing (other than me). :beam:
Any chance you're related to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01fwPZAVEbA
until I here back from Cecil, I will control the King. Unless Myth is still up for it.
No, that's fine. Have fun everyone :yes:
I'm going to need a day or two to think about whether I want to accept being King. If there is anyone else interested in the role, I would certainly not mind giving them a chance instead.
Alright, that is fine by me.
Could someone move my character(Kerecsea Geregye nembol) into Sofia? Also, what traits does he have? I haven't checked the save yet(and can't do that until Sunday).
I can do it for you at the end of the turn, although anyone else is welcome to do it during their turn as well.
I'm not going to be able to take the save this time, could someone please move my magyar cav into / towards my stack where I'm sitting between Zagreb and Belgrade? I have two units almost there and one unit a bit further back towards varad.
Yessir. Hoping to do my turn tonight...
Having given the matter ample consideration, I have decided to accept the role of the King. I shall repay my inactivity over these past few days.
EDIT: Incidentally, I strongly urge everyone to update their avatar and user title to reflect their role in-game. This has been the standard practice for everyone in the past during such games KotR, LotR, etc.
Hail to the king!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAqq11HYMsk
excellent, welcome back to the game cecil!
I will pm you your info tonight, but you should have plenty of money for whatever you might want to do this turn, and if you have time it would be great if you could play out the battle for constantinople
hey guys, someone else post something in the story thread so I can continue...even just a placeholder if you haven't finished a story yet...I don't want to triple/quadruple post!
Done (placeholder, that is. I have screenshots to sort through...).
The battle will be taken care of soon. Just sending a pm to Quirl first...
My M2TW is reeeeeally fighting me right now... -_-*
Gonna try to get it installed again tomorrow.
turn 6 has begun
I checked the save and could someone please tell me why all the settlements were automanaged? Have I done something wrong when I installed the game?
Oh, I think that is because of me. Don't worry, we haven't been automanaging, I briefly made hungary ai controlled during other players turns for mechanics reasons, and it must have reset everything to automanage.Quote:
Originally Posted by The King
It wouldn't have had a chance to build, tax, or anything like that, so players should just make sure that they set their cities to the tax level etc... that they want during this turn.
Hey guys I remembered that I owed LoD a battle report for beating the first ERE full stack. Want me to write it out? I think I have screenshots at home too.
Absolutely!Quote:
Originally Posted by Myth
Yeah!Quote:
Originally Posted by Myth
Ok guys, just a quick heads up.
Andras owns the trebuchet en route from Varda. He also owns the Slav Levies guarding the bridge from Bulgaria to Raska and the two units marching to the recently constructed fort near the Carpathian pass. He is charging 200 florins for travel in Bulgaria, except the king (The avatar in Sofia will not be charged for leaving Bulgaria if he desires, but all subsequent nobles or agents must pay, unless granted permission by Andras.
I noticed the King has the 'grim commander' trait. Unfortunately one result of playing this as a hotseat is that we are deprived of the ability to choice how to respond for ransom requests. It's easy enough to fix the traits, but I'm wondering if there's some was to use the console to restore some semblance of this decision? It's a shame too, the fact that the money would come from our character's own pockets makes the traits especially meaningful.
sorry, I am not exactly sure what you mean. Are you talking about the marriage and diplomatic offers I pmed you about? Because those can be responded to by me when the turn begins. I just need you to tell me your decision on those.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
Speaking of which, what is your decision no those? That is all the turn is waiting on at the moment. Don't mean to rush you if you are talking with people or something, I just wanted to make sure you know you actually need to choose (as in, tell me your choice) before the turn can start.
I think he's talking about ransom offers that the AI makes when we lose a battle and the fact that his character has a trait that has some bearing on those.
Is it possible to sticky the Save thread?
FYI, before I wrote the post in the courtroom I read this here. Just wrote it there to hopefully stirr up some IC tensions. ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Igno
Don't worry, The King, that sort of stuff is encouraged! I always make sure any heated words or exchanges occur IC, so as to make sure that nothing is meant personally.Quote:
Originally Posted by The King
Le voila!Quote:
Originally Posted by The King
I suggest a change in the laws of the realm, this is mostly for Cecil since he is da boss ofter all but still.
Currently the Palatine is the "judge of legal matters among the nobility" yet the laws of the realm says that the Palatine cannot try any noble without the kings permission. This should be change to "cannot pass judgement over" so the Palatine can solve a "case" and find an appropriate "solution" or "punishment" for it. This would save a lot of trouble whilst the king still holds the intended power, he will always have the last word and be able to overrule anything.
Btw it looks like i will get two additional titles, alternatively rework the Privy seal and ill relenquish my current one. (treasury, Palatine and "diplomat(privy)")
My character currently holds the Privy Seal and it would be quite the insult to take it from him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mithridate
I agree with your suggestion about the Palatine.
You would have been insulted badly then because the privy seal would have been the easy route, but since my character got a crush on yours i think we will find another way^^Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
Do you know if we have anything in game that could be used as a "diplomat" Title? Anything really, since now i have to have the treasury title ( due to current laws of the realm ) while i want to keep my current Palatine ( enjoying the power far too much )
But the treasurer should not be the one to be the negotiator, so its kinda weird. Will probably invent a title without representation and allow several offices for now, got any suggestions on naming the title? Royal envoy or emissary (not really noble imho), Ambassador of Hungary, Master of relations or Kings voice perhaps?
Im all ears
I'm sure we don't need an official title if the King wants to nominate someone to negotiate with the enemy on his behalf. It's his royal prerogative after all, he can do what he wants with it.
Is that the position we're in?
Agreed, Ive got a couple own plans but he will point and i shall go.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
No, not really^^ But such an offense would be really foolish to make for the king and Palatine, especially as i see no reason for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
You are right, the system is indeed biased and unfair, just as the King likes it to be. (and hey, it was even worse before the Golden Bull) But these are IC rules, so any changes must be made IC. You will just have to find a way to persuade the king to relinquish some of his power.
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Originally Posted by Mithridate
I think we should rename this game 'Nembols of the Danube'
Does anyone know what nembol means?
Zim, three units of Magyar Cav that I recruited at Kassa and am paying the upkeep for are trapped there in the siege. When you relieve the siege, if any of them remain could you please send them my way?
Sure thing, as long as I survive the siege. :clown:
Vata and Bokony could west to help you Zim, but its far in the open against nasty heavy HA while ive got mostly melee inf (risky!)
I would hold position with most and head south with rest and recruits. Will post something in the courtroom
The war goes on :)
Er...my liege, I'm afraid only a single unit of now hardened veterans (silver chevron I believe) has survived, I have sent them your way.
My upkeep went down to a couple hundred a turn from this battle so I have that going for me now. :clown: Actually making decent money again
General's bodyguard is down to just my character. Forgot about the buffs AI general's units get in SS...
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Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
No worries mate, glad they were useful to you. Let me know when you have recruitment slots free and I'll raise some more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zim
NB, could you pls adjust my upkeep?
Sure, can you send me a pm about it so I remember thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
I notice Mithri's character now styles himself a Duke. Did I miss a memo? I thought Myth demoted us all to Count (or Graf)
Should my character be a Duke too? Or did something happen IC?
I'm not sure, but if he is a Duke this should be announced in the Courtroom, as should the recent title switches.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
@House Stark
You haven't posted in a while, are you still interested in this game?
If not, Vata a Kacsics nembol will revert to my control.
Also, @Ignoramus and @Quirl, it has been a few rounds since you played your turn, are you still involved in this game? :)
notthing has happened, an overlook on my part since the ancillary says "duke of Brasov"Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
ill stick to lord and change the old :)