Out of character thread XIV

[TinCow]

Good work, people. All of the orders are in for 1320, well before the deadline. Four battles have already been fought and there are four more left to go. Two of the battles will have to wait until this evening. One of them is mine and the other is Hans'. I need to edit the save a bit before Factionheir can play his battle.

That leaves two battles that can be fought immediately:

Fredericus Erlach:

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You are sallying force to destroy the Sicilians who are besieging Ajaccio.

Duke Ansehelm:

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You are attacking the Russian force that is besieging Thorn.

For all players, make sure you post when you are taking the save and then post the new save in this thread. Also, please PM me with the battle results. (kills, losses, etc.) Please include information on the number of prisoners caught and whether they were released, ransomed (successfully or not), or executed. Also, if you sacked or exterminated a city, tell me how many florins you received and how many people died.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1320-4.zip

[edit] The Library will also be fully updated tonight due to the excellent work of Northnovas, who did ALL of the mugshots.

[FactionHeir]

Stig and PK are cracking me up. Help!

[Privateerkev]

I should probably bring this back into the OOC thread. ;)

You know what they mean PK, don't make an issue of it

I did make an issue of it. That's what my first post was for. ^^

Stop spamming PK, you know what is meant

technically, we were both spamming. But, I'll stop and keep it in here. I got my point across.

[OverKnight]

We could always start an "KOTR PBM: Inane Banter Thread" for topics too insipid for even the OOC thread.

[Privateerkev]

I once brought that up when I was floating ideas for the Tavern thread. An OOC spam thread could be fun. I would be up for it if others are.

[econ21]

No spam on the Org please. This also applies to the OOC thread, as often there is key information in it - like "fight your battle within 24 hours or die" messages - and it's a pain if you have to shovel through spam to find those nuggets.

Privateerkev's first post from the messenger thread:

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OOC: GH did ask us to form our posts in the format of letters to the whole Reich. So far, we have had no posts of this type except Elberhard's "state of the Reich" report.

I don't think this was meant to become the "Diet thread in exile".

The way I read these posts IC, is as if Jan got a letter in the mail. So far Jan got:

1.) A random piece of mail from Arnold saying that Dietrich made a poor example of something. I don't know what it is but Dietrich used the wrong words somewhere and somehow. I don't know the context so I just throw the letter in the trash.

2.) Then I get a "state of the Reich address" from the Kaiser. This is useful and I keep it.

3.) Then, quite unexpectently, I get 2 pieces of mail. Lothar and Arnold decided to write me and tell me they have an heir and won't tell me who. I shrug, throw the mail in the trash, and go about my day.

4.) I get a letter from Peter asking about Constantinople and red and Tancred. I shrug again and throw it out.

I take PK's point about the Messenger thread. I think it should be for IC "proclamations" like Becker's PM on Prague declaring independence from Austria. Not for IC back and forth, still less OOC spam. I am going to start pruning the thread ruthlessly now.

Some relevant IC stuff deleted from the messenger thread:

TinCow

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I have declared an heir in my will. Unless I say otherwsie, that document will be kept sealed until the day of my death. Bavaria will have a clear line of succession when I leave this Earth, but I choose not to make it public knowledge at this time.

Gibson

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Why is the city of Wahrheitburg in red, Elberhard? It is not in rebellion. Tancred is perfectly loyal to the Reich, to Franconia, and to the Kaiser (or as loyal as I am Peter says under his breath).

AussieGiant

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My succession is also set at this time.
Those that are affected will be contacted in the event of my death.

[TinCow]

Good. I don't mind there being a 'notice board' for annoucements, as long as it isn't a place for actual dialog. Part of the reason we closed the Diet and Tavern was to help produce the feeling of a lack of unity within the Reich (we could easily have moved them to Frankfurt if we had wanted them to remain open). People can still use the House/Outremer threads for local area communication, but there is no central authority whatsoever in the Reich at the moment. Preventing global IC conversations will help mimic this.

[Stig]

Going to fight tonight when I get back from playing sports