Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

[Ibn-Khaldun]

New Save: http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1170-5.rar

Moved Theo and his fleet to port of Tortuga .. eem.. I mean Tortosa and then moved Theo towards Theopolis.

[Ignoramus]

Taking the save.

[Ignoramus]

OverKnight has a denfensive battle, and after that, Andres will probably have a defensive battle against the Venetians.

http://rapidshare.com/files/173517699/LOTR-1170-6.zip

[Zim]

Did TinCow get a chance to take the save? I think he was going to kill off some inactive avatars and recruit some RGBs for a couple people.

[TinCow]

No, I didn't, sorry. I will do that this evening.

[edit] Or rather, I will do it as soon as possible. I cannot do it while the game is holding on defensive battles on the AI's turn. They must be resolved first.

[Zim]

Scratch that.

[TinCow]

48 hours have now passed since the battle was posted for OK. I would like to keep the game moving. I have not looked at the save, but if the battle can be autoresolved with a victory, then please do so and move it onwards. If an autoresolve results in a defeat, I will give OK another 48 hours before forcing it.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

OOC:

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There is always 'auto_win' option

[TinCow]

OOC:

1.3 – Battles: A player whose avatar leads an army that is involved in a battle will be expected to fight that battle. This will involve downloading the savegame of the battle, playing it and then uploading the resulting savegame. Uploading the post-battle save must be done within 48 hours of the pre-battle savegame being uploaded. If the deadline expires, the battle is autoresolved. If a player cannot fight a battle that is assigned to them, the battle may also be fought by any player whose avatar will also be present in the battle. Under no circumstances will a battle be fought by a player whose avatar is not present in the battle. If there is no player available to fight a battle, it must be autoresolved. If there are no allocated avatars involved in the battle at all, it must be autoresolved.

I am making an exception for OK if it risks his death since he hasn't been online in 2 days and it's the holiday season when people tend to be AWOL more often. The rules are clear on autoresolving though, and it'll have to be done eventually, regardless of the result.

[TinCow]

OOC: OverKnight has now had 92 hours to play his battle. He has been online at least twice since that time. He has not read the last two PMs I sent him, dating back to December 9th. He did not vote in the Seventh Senate Session, and has not posted anywhere on the Org for nearly a month. Accordingly, I have no choice but to autoresolve the battle and get the game moving again.

IC: Ragusa has fallen and Tiverios Indikoplefstis has been killed.

LOTR-1170-7

Savvas ek Militou (Andres) is now under attack by the Venetians in Italy. It is a very difficult battle.

[Andres]

Taking the save.

[Andres]

Save is back:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4232

Savvas suffered a clear defeat and got severely wounded. Unfortunately, I forgot to take screenshots

Lost some 200 men vs. 400 or so enemy casualties.

[TinCow]

As it has been 2 days since the last battle was fought and Ignoramus has not finished the turn up, I loaded it myself to get the job done. However, it seems there is yet another defensive battle to be fought this season. This time it is Aleksios ek Ikoniou (Northnovas) being assaulted by two Venetian armies. Good luck!

LOTR-1170-9

[Northnovas]

New Save I think: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4240

The save is at the Sicilian turn I didn't go to the end of the AI movement.

Venetians defeated in an ambush.

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Zagreb was captured and sacked. Will need some time to resupply and rebuild.

Will decline adoption from post below.

[TinCow]

I have advanced the game through the rest of the AI turn to keep the game moving. The save is now open for all to use. The save will close when Ignoramus says it will, but not sooner than 48 hours.

LOTR-1171-1

End of turn scrolls:
Aleksios ek Ikoniou (Northnovas) has a Man of the Hour adoption up. Ioannis Kantakouzinos (Kagemusha) is the adopter. However, as he has not posted in the game in 3 months and is being moved to Inactive status, Northnovas is allowed to decide whether the adoption is accepted or not.
Ireni (wife of Basileus Aleksios, mother of Basileus Ioannis) has died.
Sofia is ready to upgrade.
New noble mission to garrison Acre.

I did not have time to do the suicides or queue up the RBGs this morning. That will be done when I get home from work.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Taking the save!

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Moved Theo to Theopolis.
Set taxes to Normal.

New Save: http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1171-2.rar

[woad&fangs]

taking save to capture Baku

[woad&fangs]

http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1171-3.rar

The settlement of Baku has been captured though the crown prince of the Turks inflicted heavy losses on the infantry. The settlement was occupied.

[Andres]

Taking the save.

[Andres]

Save is back:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4243

Dear Basileus,


Allthough severely outnumbered, Savvas ek Militou decided to attack the Venetians near Bologna.

We suffered a clear defeat. Savvas died heroically.

What's left of us managed to escape to the ships.

We're in a hopeless situation.

Please, send help.

X

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[Zim]

Taking the save.

[Zim]

Marched west to Iconium to resupply on the way to Italy (it was at about the end of my move radius).

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4244

[TinCow]

Taking the save for the Christmas Massacre.

[TinCow]

LOTR-1171-6

The following avatars have been killed off:
Nathanail ek Korinthou (BananaBob)
Makedonios Ksanthopoulos (Privateerkev)
Vissarionas ek Lesvou (Ramses II CP)
Klimis Dokeianos (GeneralHankerchief)

Nikolaos Aristenos (YLC) has requested a temporary stay of execution for IC reasons. He will continue to live until YLC tells me otherwise.

A total of 14 RBGs have been queues up in Constantinople and the 4 other settlements closest to it. If for some reason recruitment needs to occur in any of those cities this turn, the Megas (Ignoramus) is free to remove the RBGs and queue them up elsewhere.

The above deaths, as well as other recent events, have left the title retinues completely mixed up in the game. I will be sorting this out shortly. Please notify me if you are aware of specific retinues which need to be transferred.

In his last will, Makedonios Ksanthopoulos (Privateerkev) left all of his retinue to Armatos ek Naksou (Cecil XIX) to either use himself or distribute to others as he saw fit. The retinue available for Armatos to redistribute is: Fine Armour, Shieldbearer, Veteran Warrior, Iron Crown of Lombardy, Priest.

[Zim]

Taking the save

[Zim]

Moved Rossahh's character towards Belgrade. He gave permission in his SOT and I understand the turn is moving through today, so I figured it was prudent.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4246

[Ignoramus]

Taking the save:

[Ignoramus]

http://rapidshare.com/files/176619789/LOTR-1173.zip

Report for 1171:

I have purchased the castle of Benghazi from the Sicilians. This came at the cost of a tribute of 4200 florins to the Sicilian Crown for 4 and half years(3 turns). I also concluded an alliance with them, which should assist us in driving out the Venetians and avenging the deaths of Savvas and Tiverios.

I note that the town of Bari has fallen to the Sicilians. Thus I shall be forced to make my invasion of Italy at the north of the peninsula.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Taking the save!