1.0 Succession Game Discussion Thread

[NightStar]

Hehe, of course this is all in character in the council thread, that makes it alot of fun. Having a blast as well giving life to a Senator that thinks Bocchoris is the greatest shithole in the world

[Bootsiuv]

Actually, from what I hear....the Baleares are quite beautiful...like the party spot of the Med, or so I've been told....probably lots of young hot mediterranean chicks there.

[Ag3nt_Magnum]

This is so much fun. I like this very very much
Message to Glen: This thing ain't personal, it's just an in-character discussion, don't think even for a moment that I have something against you. I thought that by picking a fight on a subject I believe I'm right on would spice things up, as well as make it easier for me to argue my case, as opposed to arguing for something I don't believe in.

[Sassem]

Hi i just had a total(war) new experience for me with xfire i was discussing with madmatg about things while we both had EB open that was new for me

So will this option make my city/building thing absolete or do people use it ????

please let me know

TY

[Bootsiuv]

Well, for some dumb ass reason, I can't get it to stay on top!!

I dont want to make you do all of that work though.

@Spoofa

Sorry, bro, I didn't realize how hard up Ippone was until I opened the game....they at least need walls first, or we may lose it (as I had happen to me quite a few times in .8x).

Don't worry though, syracuse is still amongst my first priorities...

[Spoofa]

I suggest thou getteth on Xfire.

[Wolfman]

I'm enjoying this greatly! I've never had an experience quite like this. I thank the people that came up with this idea from the bottom of my heart.

[Bootsiuv]

Well, thank some guys who played on M:TW a loooong time ago.

I did not make this idea up, if anything, I merely attempted to introduce it to EB....although that isn't entirely true either, because there were those before myself, although I'm unsure if they ever got anything off of the ground.

Oh, and the creators of the Will of the Senate and King of the Romans games....I drew a lot of inspiration (and some direct help...thanks econ21!)from these two games, as they looked like a lot of fun!!

Apparently, they were!

But I am very glad you're enjoying yourself. I know I have enjoyed it immensely. For some dumb reason, pretending to be a 3rd century bc senator seems cool to me....and my girl lets me know how dorky I really am for that.

Women just don't understand a man's innate desire for power, even if it's make-believe power.

Bootsiuv

[Leão magno]

It must be VH/m since it is the ballanced way to play, (my opinion here - respecting any other)

By the way, as senator of Lilibeo I must inform you all that my x-fire contact is leao (or leão magno), feel free to contact me

[NightStar]

Actually, from what I hear....the Baleares are quite beautiful...like the party spot of the Med, or so I've been told....probably lots of young hot mediterranean chicks there.

Sure they are beautiful, but they are not center of the universe, a place were things are happening, heck people have nothing to do, just swing their sling alot to produce the best slingers in the world.

And yeah, I must admit I knew about Ippone from prior games. The loose rebel stack always ends up assaulting Ippone with 6 or 7 numidian cavalry, the poeni militia don't stand a chance because of their light armor and Gisgo gets swamped. If you build walls they will starve you to death if you aren't quick enough to send reinforcements (yeah I dare you to try to sally against 6 or 7 units of numidian cavalry)

Best way is to send a force of good armored spearmen, besiege Kirta and let 'em come to you.

[PershsNhpios]

I heard somewhere that you swing your sling too much you'll go blind!

Soon I will make some more proposals to the Senate, and put my efforts in the different area of the empire.
But I think that everyone should review the current proposals often, and if you have anything that would need amending or removing, advise the Game Master so that we do not have a crowd of unwanted proposals.

I will return soon, to turn the ravens of Hadrumetum to stone and voice my support of a war in.. Numidia perhaps.

[pezhetairoi]

My dear Glenn, brilliant roleplaying there. What would be the fate of a Council of old men without a young voice of fire, eh? I'm having a great time bandying words with you. XD Mm, I've never played Qarthadast before. I didn't know the Numidians would've attacked, I thought they would stay in their own province, which was why I advised the defensive. Looks like Gisgo will be fighting soon if we ever get past this first turn's debate, eh?

[NightStar]

Of course there is a chance that the rebels won't attack, or wander the wastes and attack after a dozen years, it just pushes my agenda of wanting to rule west africa. I must admit that after playing the Lusitani I'm almost dying to let them build up a bit and have a good fight with them, their regional units look badass

[Leão magno]

They always attack in tyur three or four, at least tha AI never before lost such a great bait

[Bootsiuv]

The council thread will close in 15 mins. After which, I will peruse the final proposals and elimate any which are redundant.

I will then create a battle reports/stories thread, and an election thread.

On a related note, I've often wondered in the past week if my running for Shophet was unfair to other players. Clearly the organizer of the game will have an advantage, as all players have had dealings with me. Ultimately, I decided I would run, but would impose my own limitation.

So, I say this: If you feel most comfortable with me at the helm for the first term, then fine, vote for me.

That being said, do not underestimate the merits of the other two candidates. Both Spoofa and Boru have been instrumental in helping 'behind-the-scenes' and this game wouldn't be what it is without them. They are also well versed in the world of R:TW, and I would feel fine being led by either one.

On a final note, if I do win this term, I will not run the next term. I also will not annex the game, as I've thought of doing. This is no longer 'my' game, but the communities, and I will not save it from a 'slow death'. I will leave that up to our 20+ players. I am confident that someone will step up next term.

I am also scheduled to have a child next Thursday morning, so the week following might not be the best time for me time-wise.

Don't worry though, newborns are surprisingly undemanding, and my wife is a good mother, so I shant be gone for long (if at all, as it doesn't take but 10 mins to post here once a day, and newborns sleep 20 hours a day ).

The point is, if I can find time between a 2 year old and work to play this game, I'm quite confident that something which hardly wakes up (and even then, hardly needs me, like I said, good mother) will interrupt my conquest too long.

Bootsiuv

[Bootsiuv]

Ok, the Council thread is now closed....I will post the finalized list of proposals tomorrow. For now, I'm off to bed, as I am tired from a rather long day.

Bootsiuv

[Leão magno]

The council thread will close in 15 mins. After which, I will peruse the final proposals and elimate any which are redundant.

I am also scheduled to have a child next Thursday morning, so the week following might not be the best time for me time-wise.

Bootsiuv

I only wished t congratulate you, my child is a four month old one and he is a bless! Congratulations

[Akhenaton]

Wow... I try to get back on track with my sleeping, rest, and energy for a few days, and all of a sudden, I've missed the first turn! Although, I guess I couldn't have done anything, as I am not yet OFFICIALLY a senator, seeing as Sassem hasn't created a sig for me just yet, as senator of Gader, but that's perfectly fine. This weekend, I'll be on pretty much only at night and in the morning. My father and I are driving up to Ohio to pick up a Gazebo for our hot tub that we bought on ebay. Sooo, I won't be extremely active this weekend, but I will be on the following weekends. And weeks, except for next, which is the last week of football. Hopefully, my JV team can finish 9-1. We had an awesome game last night to push our record up to 8-1. Sorry for rambling... :/

[NightStar]

Anything planned for live discussion on Saturday?

[Sassem]

Wow... I try to get back on track with my sleeping, rest, and energy for a few days, and all of a sudden, I've missed the first turn! Although, I guess I couldn't have done anything, as I am not yet OFFICIALLY a senator, seeing as Sassem hasn't created a sig for me just yet, as senator of Gader, but that's perfectly fine. This weekend, I'll be on pretty much only at night and in the morning. My father and I are driving up to Ohio to pick up a Gazebo for our hot tub that we bought on ebay. Sooo, I won't be extremely active this weekend, but I will be on the following weekends. And weeks, except for next, which is the last week of football. Hopefully, my JV team can finish 9-1. We had an awesome game last night to push our record up to 8-1. Sorry for rambling... :/

@Akhenaton

You are now but you are still a junior member in the forum and till you're a memeber you can't add asignature to your profile you need to have around 50 posts i think before you can
so i advise visit the EB travern etc.


@NightStar

Nothing that i'm aware off

[Bootsiuv]

No...I haven't declared a time, as it's really a hard thing to do....I'm trying to incorporate as many people as possible.....I've decided to hold them 24 hours from now. I apologize to those who live on the other side of the world, but the fact is that all nominees for Shophet are American, and the Shophet should be present if possible.

Now, I must apologize for not putting this up earlier, but I will take votes for Shophet in here now.

The candidates are

Spoofa
Boru
Bootsiuv

Please just say one or the other in here, as I don't really see the need for a thread all its own at this point....if elections end up being a big deal, I may reconsider.

Bootsiuv

[Leão magno]

If voting is already allowed let me vote for Mago (bootsiuv)

[Bootsiuv]

BTW congrats on your four month old!!

And thanks....I had my daughter two years ago, and now I get my son. He'll be playin EB by the time he's three.

[madmatg]

Spoofa - i think it wise to engage syrakusa as soon as possible after the city of Kirtan is taken(using the troops from the siege of Kirtan of course)

[PershsNhpios]

Considering Mago ignored my requests and offers, Boru has been most deserving of my vote so far!

[Sassem]

First live meeting announcement!!!!!!!!!


Ok pay attention please and we all will learn and experience from this

i talked to bootsiuv and we came to he conclusion that the best time for the most of us it will be held at

2200 GMT SATURDAY EVENING

so the local times would be

NAME AND GMT TIMES / LOCAL TIMES for the meeting

sassem gmt+2 / 0000hrs from saturday to sunday

glenn gmt+10 / 0800 hrs sunday morning

bootsiuv gmt -4 / 1800hrs saturday evening

madmatg gmt -6 / 1600hrs saturday evening


these are just a few examples i hope so much that this is clear for everyone i know as that in this period of year the summer times will change to winter times be aware of that (in the Netherlands where i live it will change this weekend from summer +2 to winter+1 times)

it will be difficult for every one as it is for me but we have to give it a try and we will find out what will be the best time for everyone

if it is totally unclear to you all this just try to x-fire me

your current gmt time can be found at he bottom of this page

And this page is maybe helpful to you http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

[PershsNhpios]

Eight tomorrow morning.. hmm, my mornings are usually very productive as are my days, so night time is the easiest for me.
However I do not ask to change this, and in fact tomorrow morning is rather different from all, so I should be capable of attending.
It is 10.40 AM on the Saturday here.

As for what has been written in the Council thread, I don't disapprove of it because it offensive to Hanno, but because it isn't very appropriate for our era of roleplay.
Nor are the excess of smilies and bracketed actions, these make the posts look very messy and compared to the list of enobled speeches and charactery well thought of above - it makes for a very unsightly intermission...

Not to mention I don't know where you found a sheep's bladder in North Africa.

I hesitated to write this in case it would appear I was shamelessly defending Hanno out-of-character, but I simply found that to be very degrading to all previous posts in the thread, which our players put much effort into.

I also would like to know if my side-story on how Hanno spurred the Lepki populace was out of place in the story thread, as I added something similar to the beginning of the council thread.
I saw the rule that we may enhance our character there, and thought I might do so by showing what Hanno is doing in his province.
This by no means should be used as an argument against him when we return to the Senate, as no others would know of it.
It is written for the audience.

Finally, I would like to know both how we are going to handle adopted family members when they are offered in-game, and if the Senators and Governors can still converse casually in the council thread after the hearing is finished.

I think the latter very productive, and it would allow for non-official discussion of strategies, further player development and more vicious back-stabbing!

[Bootsiuv]

Yes, Glenn, as soon as the proposals are voted on, the council thread will be reopened, and we'll have time for free deliberation, before the next 48 hr period where our council-members shall once again be allowed to put forth formal proposals.

And you were right on in the story thread....I plan on doing one on Mago soon, nothing much....I just like to write....but please continue, as it's what it it there for.

And I will not make deals with provinces for bribed votes my friend. If Boru is most deserving of your vote based on his merits, very good then.

Bootsiuv

As it stands now....

Bootsiuv - 1
Boru - 1
Spoofa - 0

[pezhetairoi]

I'll vote Bootsiuv. I think it only fitting the first term should go to the founder. Of course, like the consular elections, past consuls may not run again for a period of x terms, and I think that's a good rule. What is the live meeting being held on>? I have no x-fire. And it would correspond to 6am sunday morning for me, so I'll have to set my alarm clock.

I wonder about the whole midnight thing as well that Glenn has raised. It is a nice idea, and as I see it, it shouldn't be a problem as long as the whole thing is in character, yes?

And about the sheep's bladder, we're Kart-Hadast, my goodness. Import-export is our business. Hardly a problem, we're the closest the ancient world had to Amazon.com.

And Congratulations Bootsiuv! The tavern barkeeper has a kid! Boy, or girl?

[Bootsiuv]

Boy.

Unfortunately friend, as of right now it looks like we're shooting for X-Fire....with MSN as a back-up. I have not required people give any other platform names because I've asked enough up to this point.

That being said....if we do experience troubles with X-Fire this week, we'll simply have to do standard council thread votes, and hold off on the live votes until a more stable platform can be found. Quite frankly, I've never heard of such things even being attempted, so I'm still not even certain we can pull it off.

I have been perusing the propositions for redundancy, and will provide an ammended list within a few hours time. All players unable to attend the live meeting will be given a period of 24 hours to vote on proposals in that thread. I prefer it to remain in character, but see nothing wrong in some playful badgering, assuming that remains in character as well.

It won't matter much, as I'll clearly mark the beginning of the next session with large, bold type, and I'll make the list of proposals available in post 2 and the first post of that session, for easy reference.

Well, that's about all for now.

Bootsiuv