KOTF OOC Thread

[Cecil XIX]

Mi Lord, I believe that is a Wizard - Witches are women.

Actually, the male equivalent of a witch is a warlock. We can only hope he is not, God forbid, a witchalok.

[KnightnDay]

"Well he turned me into a newt!"

"A newt?"

"I got better..."

[Zim]

Legislation and Election polls posted. They close in roughly 48 hours. The Council is now closed for the session. Posts can still be made but no new legislation or Seneschal candidacies can be put forward.

[OverKnight]

Cecil, could you please clear some PM space?

How am I suppose to continue our discussion about puppies and sunshine?

[OverKnight]

@ Zim and YLC

Gaetan de Rethel, in the latest save, is in Toulouse. The other members of Lorraine seem to be in the correct place.

[Zim]

Thanks for letting me know. I'm working on a final save. Killed off the Witchalock and moved one other person per their request. I'll move Gaetan as well.

[_Tristan_]

Remember to reset character moves as well or some people will only see the outside walls of their own cities and not much else

[Zim]

Already done. Although they only lose two tiles (one out of current city, one into new one after being moved right next door).

[Ignoramus]

I love how all the chivalrous members have avoided the Tavern. It seems to have indeed received a bad reputation.

[Andres]

I love how all the chivalrous members have avoided the Tavern. It seems to have indeed received a bad reputation.

***whistles innocently***

[OverKnight]

It is a hive of scum and villainy.

Edit: That's why I like it.

[Vladimir]

KoTF =

[_Tristan_]

My fault partly,...

[Vladimir]

No problem, just passing the time

[AussieGiant]

Hi Zim,

Just a thought for you and the rest.

Having the option in the Seneschal vote as "I abstain" seems a little strange, especially considering how many people have made that selection.

Perhaps it might be better to remove it in future.

[Zim]

It's mostly so I can keep of the number of people who have voted or definitely plan not to. I suppose I can stick solely to the the legislation poll (with its abstain choice) nextime for purposes of considering activity.

How is it strange ion comparison to abstaining from voting for legislation? Without it I assume those people just wouldn't vote in that poll

[TinCow]

The abstain option is important for measuring 'activity'. Without an abstain vote, we wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a person who was active, but didn't want to pick, and a person who is AWOL. Since there are consequences in the rules for missing votes, it is necessary to make this distinction.

[AussieGiant]

The abstain option is important for measuring 'activity'. Without an abstain vote, we wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a person who was active, but didn't want to pick, and a person who is AWOL. Since there are consequences in the rules for missing votes, it is necessary to make this distinction.

Ah, understood.

It just seems a little strange to see everyone taking a position in the legislation voting but sitting on the fence in the Seneschal vote.

I really don't want to see 10 abstains and then 4 and 6 votes for the loser and winner...that ridiculous.

[Zim]

Living in America, that seems about right to me for a major election.

Ah, understood.

It just seems a little strange to see everyone taking a position in the legislation voting but sitting on the fence in the Seneschal vote.

I really don't want to see 10 abstains and then 4 and 6 votes for the loser and winner...that ridiculous.

[Cecil XIX]

There's an OOC charter amendment that I forgot to bring up during the Council session, but would like to discuss now.

I believe that in Lands to Conqueor, as in vanilla M2:TW, the AI never switches Castles to Cities or vice-versa. I believe it would be a good idea to disallow this practice on our end as well. It's kinda gamey, even if the AI did do it, and Lord know we don't need any more advantages.

[phonicsmonkey]

hello fellows,

Apologies for surfacing from my lurking, but I happened to catch one episode of a five part miniseries on Australian tv channel SBS last night that you all might be interested in if you haven't already seen it.

It's a French drama called (in English) 'The Accursed Kings', and stars several of the Depardieu family.

I found it very entertaining and reasonably historical, so you all might find it a fun thing to get hold of in order to research your characters and the period you're RPing.

[Vladimir]

Drop by any time.

[The Lemongate]

Les Rois Maudits. Good books. I hope the tv adaptation didn't screw it up too much.

[phonicsmonkey]

Les Rois Maudits. Good books. I hope the tv adaptation didn't screw it up too much.

I haven't read the books although I'm aware of them - the TV series seemed great, the one I saw last night was 'The She-Wolf of France', about the struggle for power after the death of Louis X.

I can't really judge the acting, not being a native French speaker, but the whole tone of it was really soap opera-esque (a great thing in my opinion) and had me gripped on the edge of my seat.

O the perfidy!

Unfortunately I did an interweb search after posting and it looks like it's nigh-on impossible to find an English-subtitled DVD version, so this recommendation may be for Frenchies only, and for Aussies who can catch it next week on SBS.

[_Tristan_]

I mentioned the series while we were looking for a name for the game (I proposed Curse of the French Kings, at the time).

The books ans series are really great. A lot of sneaky plotting, poisoning, and lowly vengeance...

Plus the design of the sets and costume was done by French graphist Phillipe Druillet which gives it a gothic surrealist feel.

Here are some examples of his drawings one and two.

And a link to the official French (sorry...) TV series site.

[AussieGiant]

Living in America, that seems about right to me for a major election.

That's kind of what I would like to avoid actually.

[Zim]

Eh, I just put "abstain" as a choice so people could prove activity without being forced to make a choice. There could also be political ramifications for choosing to abstain (someone who abstains may be making a statement about the candidates. At the very least they can't say they just forgot or didn't get a chance to vote, so they could earn the ire of a candidate that thought they were a supporter).

I'm not going to force people to vote, although if anyone really wants to do so I'd accept an amendment doing so (it would have to have IC consequences, though, and I'd have to find another way to prove activity for those who prefer not to vote).

That's kind of what I would like to avoid actually.

[AussieGiant]

Ok lets leave it as it is.

[econ21]

There's an OOC charter amendment that I forgot to bring up during the Council session, but would like to discuss now.

I believe that in Lands to Conqueor, as in vanilla M2:TW, the AI never switches Castles to Cities or vice-versa. I believe it would be a good idea to disallow this practice on our end as well. It's kinda gamey, even if the AI did do it, and Lord know we don't need any more advantages.

I think that would be a good idea, particularly given our PvP recruitment rules (which potentially give an incentive to switch to castles to get certain troops).

[_Tristan_]

I concur...

Though I think this amendment can wait until the next council session.

It's not like we have the funds to make those changes now.