Out of character thread II

[OverKnight]

My originial plan with Otto was to have him be a brash young upstart, but that was overtaken by events and the actions of other characters. Plan B is to play him as a patriot with a pragmatic streak, no grandiose visions but also no interest in the niceties of war.

It's good that Bavaria is no longer a two man band, this will allow for some more variations.

[Bizzair]

Hey ladies! ;)

I am sorry I realized I started a new thread. If someone could add me to xfire: blairgray0410

I am happily willing to join, and will make a commitment if someone can please! help me as I am a pc noob, and seem slow when it comes to things like this

[OverKnight]

Hey Bizzair, welcome aboard. Econ21 is quite active and should be around to help you at some point. If you're new to forums, click on the FAQ button on top of the control bar, gray bar at top, to get started. If you're just new to PBMs in general click on the How to Play PBM thread stickied to the top of the Throne Room.

If you want to find out about the KotR PBM I'd start by clicking on the KotR Library thread which is also stickied to the top. There are other threads as well that have a KotR prefix. This OOC thread also has the FAQ for KotR at the beginning. Hope that's enough to get you started.

[Bizzair]

Thank you, so I shoukd ignore all the threads without KotR in the name? I am heading off to work tommorow morning but when I get home I will read up on this, also please if you have xfire or msn do add me:

MSN: btotheizzair@hotmail.com
Xfire: blairgray0410

[Ituralde]

Hello Bizzair!

I'm glad you'd like to join in our game and I could offer you the most attractive post of Third Elector of Austria.
You would fit right in, seeing as the House of Austria has become something of a noob assembly, where no member has participated in the predecessor of this game WotS, but we're getting along well and could really use that third active player.

Once I'm home I'm gonna add you to my msn and if you have any questions after reading those mentioned threads, or anything else remains unclear, just go ahead and aks!

Cheers!

Ituralde

[Ignoramus]

I'm sorry about the delay; the coumputer I use needs to have Windows reinstalled. I should be able to continue tomorrow.

Bizzair: Welcome to the game. I suggest you read some of the Imperial Diet deliberations to get a good feel and grip of the game.

[econ21]

I am happily willing to join, and will make a commitment if someone can please!

Hi, Bizzair, welcome. You should start off by picking a House to belong to and posting your choice here. You can see the list of Houses and players in the table in the first post here:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=77311

Austria, and Franconia, are particularly in need of new members.

Then you should get up to date on what's been happening. I recommend reading the later reports in the above thread to learn about our war with Milan and now Venice. You can get a first hand info from the savegame:

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1124-2.zip

Then I recommend you post in-character in the Diet:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...=77086&page=10

A current focus of debate is how to square the risk of excommunication with the desire to prosecute the war with Milan.

[econ21]

Ignoramus - please clear you PM box so you can receive new messages.

[Bizzair]

Alrite, sounds great! I read Austrias the east, I would love to be part of Austria! I'm at work right now, about to head on out for lunch... mmm McDonalds ;)

Anyway.. when I get home I am sure I'll find some nooby questions to ask..

But I have one main one, what are the names of the threads I should read, as I see ones with MTW2 and RTW and KotR and PBM at the front. Whichs ones should I stick to to find out about everything in this game. I will read the sticky on how to play when I get home!

Thanks!

[Dutch_guy]

Alrite, sounds great! I read Austrias the east, I would love to be part of Austria! I'm at work right now, about to head on out for lunch... mmm McDonalds ;)

Anyway.. when I get home I am sure I'll find some nooby questions to ask..

But I have one main one, what are the names of the threads I should read, as I see ones with MTW2 and RTW and KotR and PBM at the front. Whichs ones should I stick to to find out about everything in this game. I will read the sticky on how to play when I get home!

Thanks!

The Following I'd definitely recommend:

The previous OOC thread

Battle reports thread

Stories thread

Chancellor and governor reports

The Imperial Diet

The Imperial Library

[econ21]

Bizzair - yes, the relevant threads are those with Kotr in front; you can ignore the others. I'll sign you up as the Third Elector of Austria.

[AussieGiant]

Alrite, sounds great! I read Austrias the east, I would love to be part of Austria! I'm at work right now, about to head on out for lunch... mmm McDonalds ;)

Welcome to House Austria Bizzair!! Which time zone are you in?

[Jalf]

Ooh ooh, sounds like fun! Sign me up! I'd prefer to join Franconia or Swabia, but I'm not too picky... :)

And now, I guess I've got some reading to do, catch up on a bunch of threads... Everything KoTR, you say? :)

[OverKnight]

Welcome aboard! Feel free to post any questions you have in this thread.

[Ituralde]

Welcome Bizzair to the most noble House of Austria.

As you can see from the Diet thread lilirishmen1986 is already continuing the fine tradition of Austrian-Bavarian animosity. Too bad Leopold's not available in the Diet right now!
Also you should consider that it really isn't in Leopolds capability which units are built or what he does. Those are to a large part up to the Chancellor.

[AussieGiant]

Hey Ituralde, how long can Vienna last under seige?

You are in no position to attack so the Chancellor has to do something.

[econ21]

Ooh ooh, sounds like fun! Sign me up! I'd prefer to join Franconia or Swabia, but I'm not too picky... :)

Welcome, Jalf. I'll sign you up as the 5th Elector of Franconia.

[lilirishman1986]

oh i know the Leopold cant control troop types but i gotta start off the rivalry somehow lol.

[OverKnight]

Start it? You're just adding fuel to an already raging inferno.

I'm kidding mostly, the most recent debate over overthrowing the Pope has cut across House lines actually.

[Ituralde]

oh i know the Leopold cant control troop types but i gotta start off the rivalry somehow lol.

Hehe... if Leopold wasn't holed up in Vienna he'd be shredding you to cinders... verbally of course.

Vienna can hold out long enough I think. Currently I would even favour a sally again, because I thought about the situation and a sally would give the opportunity to attack each of the two stacks seperately if you're fast enough. Otherwise they would combine and I already fear what might happen if they combine and attack the depleted Militia. Either way I'm gonna loose some Militia, but should probably manage to win if I don't loose Leopold.

[OverKnight]

Kagemusha, I'd love to take out Venice, but as I mentioned a few days ago, I'm going on vacation (I'm heading to the airport in a few hours). I'll have internet access, so I can participate online, but I won't have my computer with me, so no battles.

If I can't play a battle, any battle Otto leads, like Milan is besieged for example, will be auto-calced. Heinrich and Otto are the only avatars in Italy at the moment, and I'll be away and the Kaiser's bodyguard unit is wrecked. I don't want to disrupt the campaign by my absence so all this was partly why Otto was calling for more avatars to be sent to Italy.

Believe me, if there was some way of bringing the game with me I would. But it's 15 degrees Fahrenheit out here and I need to go someplace warm. I'll be back and battle ready Friday evening (EST).

[Kagemusha]

I understand completely. I hope you will have great vacation m8! In character i tend to be very gloomy about the situation,in reality i dont think we are not in world of hurt yet. Ituralde could sally out and crush the Venetians in Astria since the Venetians are in two separate armies. Im just little worried about the Venetian army coming from the Adriatic cost towards Northern Italy.But with two turns before it reaches Northern Italy we should have more troops in hand and also GH´s bodyguard unit in better shape.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Welcome Verdizzy, Jalf, Bizzair, and anyone else I missed!

The first post in this thread should tell you a lot. To get up to speed on what's currently happening, I suggest you read the Chancellor Reports Thread as well as the Imperial Library (stickied). Once you know what you're doing, feel free to post in-character in the Imperial Diet deliberations.

[Bizzair]

Alrite, I am home!

Time to read every thread that has KotR at the front ;)

[nazgul3]

u still need people to join...lets see do i need to give u a backround..umm i am part of the Huscarls clan...my clanmate baz helps run this forum...i can pretty much beat any computer u throw at me..have beaten HRE conquest twice on vh/vh. Soo if there still room i will join.

[Ignoramus]

There's always plenty of room for anyone willing to play, even if they're complete novices at MTW2.

Welcome, nazgul3.

[nazgul3]

Great!...now what do i do lol

[AussieGiant]

Ituralde, Econ,

Very well done sir's. That story was great.

Do we have a summary of all the Edicts and their status regarding being seconded?

[Ituralde]

A warm welcome to all the new faces!

There's always room for more, although it may take some time until you get an avatar.
The new Franconian is named Jonas something and is pious and loyal. I remembered the first name, cause that's my name also, what coincidence.

When will the Chancellor report be up Ignoramus?
Also I'm awaiting the, if any, allocation of settlements from our dear Kaiser, as no one took heed to my Charter Amendment.

Cheers!

Ituralde

[econ21]

Welcome, ArchdukeEvan and nazgul3.

AchdukeEvan can be the 5th Elector of Austria. nazgul3 - you need to choose your House. They are Austria (east), Swabia (west), Franconia (north) or Bavaria (south). Which you chose is not really important - it is more a roleplaying thing - but if you are indifferent Bavaria has one less player than the others based on this table:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=77311

Our new avatar is Jonas von Mahren. He is Dietrich's adopted son and 24 years old. By rights, he goes to Zomby_woof but we haven't heard from him for a while. I've PMd him. He can have him if he posts here or votes in the polls on Sunday, otherwise he goes to Jalf.

I'll try to make a list of motions and seconders, but today is busy and it may have to wait until this evening.