OOC Thread and Chatroom

[ULC]

And I wish Rowan would hurry, am going to burst with excitement otherwise, and it won't be pretty.

[Askthepizzaguy]

And I wish he would hurry, am going to burst with excitement otherwise, and it won't be pretty.

*ATPG wipes his face off*

If that happens three or four more times, I will seriously consider writing a letter of protest!

[BananaBob]

By which means are we uploading/downloading the savegames?

[Ituralde]

You will be able to upload the savegames using either the PBM Uploader or the Backup PBM Uploader. Please make sure to put your file into a .zip format first.

You can find the savegames here.
Our savegames will start with LOTR followed by the current year. You can find the LOTR save for 1081 somewhere in there. The best way is to sort by date, once the game gets rolling our current saves should be near the top of the list.

[TinCow]

The official start save won't be up until the first Senate session is underway, because I need to wait for Smowz to pick his avatar before deleting the rest. It shouldn't really be needed for the Senate session, though, so I don't see any cause for alarm or delay because of it.

[TinCow]

Ok, I've decided that since there are only 2 players left waiting for avatars, we can go ahead and start the public IC. The Senate is not yet open, nor can people post in the Status and Orders thread or interact with the saved game, but all other IC actions can now begin. The Hippodrome is open for use and the various Houses may start posting their own threads. This also marks the official end to any rule changes without a vote. All future rule changes will have to be made by Amendments. Swearing (and breaking) of Oaths is now allowed, so long as it is done in a public thread.

So what I'm essentially saying is...

Game on!

[pevergreen]

Excellent! Just as my computer gets the XP SP3 bug and destroys itself!

New one coming this week I think

[TinCow]

As noted in the Hippodrome, I'm going to run a race on Sunday. I know this is a bit early and people don't have much to bet with, but I want to demonstrate how the thing will work. If people feel like betting in some fashion (votes?) then they are free to do so, but it doesn't matter to me if no one does. It's mainly to get myself and everyone else used to the system.

[Ferret]

How do we know how much money we have to bet with?

[TinCow]

Money is pretty much the only thing you can't bet with simply because no one has control over it... well, unless you're the Megas Logothetes. What you bet with is entirely up to you. You can bet retinue, units in armies or garrisons you control, or settlements. You can also bet less tangible things, like a bet between two commanders in the same army to determine who gets to fight the next battle. Or perhaps you bet with your Senatorial votes, promising to vote the way the other person wants on a particular issue. It does not matter to me what the bet is for. If you can find someone who is willing to take the bet, you can make it. Just remember that enforcement of the bets is entirely up to you. If you win and your opponent doesn't pay up in whatever manner he said he would, you'll have to figure out what to do about it yourself.

[Ferret]

Ah right I get it now. I had a vision of each person having a set amount of money for their rank and being able to win more depending on the odds on each racer, more of an official bet with the people who run the Hippodrome.

In this case though I don't have anything to bet with yet but I place a virtual bet on the Green Team!

[00jebus]

Im going home tomorrow, which means I wont be able to do anything tomorrow (saturday) and not much on sunday.

I know we havn't got started properly yet, so thankfully I wont miss much, just maybe political bickering, house forming and a race.

[OverKnight]

To those who have written the Basileus: I'll be replying soon.

I wanted to see how the houses shook out and who claimed what avatar before writing back.

So, it looks like we have two feudal chains going?

[Privateerkev]

So, it looks like we have two feudal chains going?

right now mine is more of a horizontal line with a tiny vertical stub in the middle.

[OverKnight]

Well fine, rudimentary feudal chains.

I will also be doing another history for this game.

[Zim]

Two chains, both looking a bit horizontal at the moment.

[Cecil XIX]

I've decided that I'm going to make a political map of Byzantine Territory, color-coded by ownership. To that end I need Ignoramus, Privateerkev, Zim, Northnovas and Flydude each pick a color to represent their territory before the end of the voting. Purple is reserved for the Basileus.

[Zim]

For the House of Asteri I'd say something from our Heraldry. Black as the first choice, or dark gold as the second.

I've decided that I'm going to make a political map of Byzantine Territory, color-coded by ownership. To that end I need Ignoramus, Privateerkev, Zim, Northnovas and Flydude each pick a color to represent their territory before the end of the voting. Purple is reserved for the Basileus.

[Zim]

Hello everyone. My wife and I will be leaving on a trip for our first anniversary tomorrow morning. I should be back some time Monday afternoon.

I'll be around the rest of the evening. In my absence, deguerra (Ioannis Kalameteros) will be running the House of Asteri. Any questions about the House should be directed to him.

House Thread:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=104252

[Privateerkev]

I've decided that I'm going to make a political map of Byzantine Territory, color-coded by ownership. To that end I need Ignoramus, Privateerkev, Zim, Northnovas and Flydude each pick a color to represent their territory before the end of the voting. Purple is reserved for the Basileus.

I'll pick white then.

[flyd]

Dark blue.

[Ignoramus]

Gold for me.

[Northnovas]

I would like green and am trying to catch up here for a house I started this morning but I am on the road. Will have something up very shortly.

[Ignoramus]

I feel sorry for OK, since as Basileus he'll have so many messages to reply to

[OverKnight]

That'll be your problem soon enough Igno.

I swear I'm writing replies to everyone, just give me a bit longer.

I've never been the Monarch before, just a lowly Chancellor, it takes some adjustment.

[TinCow]

You've got plenty of time. I am likely going to give the first Senate session a longer debate period, simply because there are so many of us and it may take a bit of debate to see where there are differences of opinion on expansion and whatnot. Right now I'm thinking of 4 days of debate, followed by the usual 2 of voting. I would prefer to open the Senate tomorrow, but Rowan still hasn't gotten online to pick his avatar. Regardless of what happens, the Senate will open no later than Monday. So, we're looking at next weekend for the first actual game advancement. That's plenty of time to sort out this initial chaos.

[Zim]

Hey everyone. The new Gahzette is up. There's an interview of AussieGiant that, through no skill on my part, is still rather interesting. It might be worth a look, as we discussed KotR at great length

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=104270

And now I'm off. See you guys on Monday!

[gibsonsg91921]

I am just green with jealous rage!

[AussieGiant]

just wading through the material being posted up...impressive list of players TC...this is a real step up from KotR already from what I can see.

[TinCow]

Since Smowz has picked his avatar, all initial selections are now done. georgeman51 has not posted again or otherwise contact me, so I am not going to wait for him. The Senate session will begin later today.